But we ended up watching fruit bats from our room. Spellbinding.

But one never knows what shape one's room is after being made up - I'm often missing towels, there's no water/coffee/tea, and asking for a towel at 9 pm isn't my favorite activity.

A weird hotel in that is part of a sports club with soccer fields and a pool.

There is a small over grown mosquito infested "football pitch" and no other sports or leisure equipment.

But then sitting 600 miles out in the Indian Ocean off the east cost of Africa on a volcano doesn't really lend itself to high traffic, which would heat up the competition.

A part a swimming pool and a so called golf course there are NO, absolutely NO sports facilities.

Other "hotels" are more down-market: if you can put up with the "traffic" the Arcades is ok, for a short stay, as is the Jardin de la Paix (one grade above backpacker

but there is no competition and the owner, who does not live in the Comoros, apparently doesn't care and is not interested in updating anything until he has to.

The buffet had all the canisters unlit and the food cold.

Breakfast buffet is filthy with birds flying around from outside.

Breakfast was totally ok.  We were able to get freshly cooked eggs every morning.

Rooms are ok and clean with a nice breakfast buffet.

We had the buffet one evening which did seem popular with the locals

One can order for eggs, which the chef prepares to one's taste.

On the positive side, you can get eggs or omletttes cooked to order and there was some fresh fruit.

Breakfast just okay and as lunch and dinner.

The restaurant is mixed - breakfast buffet is only fair, and the dinner buffet as well.

The Breakfast buffet was repetitive along with the lunch and dinner buffet.

Nice and simple hotel, same menu for the breakfast everyday, no alcohol service at the bar.

Restaurant with good quality standards, serving continental and local food, 24h / 24h.

the hotel rooms are clean and they are all sea facing 

sleep quality is great 
the hotel has electricity back up so ACs work 
The breakfast menu is repetitive

Positive items were the excellent breakfast (homely made pastries) and the setting at the coast.

Their Iftar Buffet attracts locals and non- Comorian’s.

Speaking of the bathroom, it seems the maintenance requests for the last 15 years May have gone missing.

I asked for a certificate in English - he said no problem, it was in French.

During our stay I asked to talk to the General Manager to inform him of a personal issue and our need to arrange alternative transportation to the airport later that day.

The staff are incompetent lacking the most basic customer service, often ignored or had staff walk away with utter bemusement to the most simple questions asked of them.

I was booked into this hotel by my travel agent.The hotel also sent a taxi to pick me up from the airport.I was given a welcome.drink.I was asked to wait waited for sometime again asked for the keys.Then they told me they do not have a room and  sent me to a another hotel.Not what you expect after a long flight then the long silence by the reception.Never go.this hotel lots of better rooms in Moroni.

They asked 42 eur ( incl 50% discount) while a normal taxi costs 15 eur.

I asked the Egyptian manager where I might find a beer and he politely declined to tell me so you'll need to ask someone other than the management.

The towel rack was dangling from the wall.

Towels had stains on them that looked like they've been there forever.

The walls are covered in stains of dubious origin, the bathroom is covered in mould, the towels were dirty and the bedlinen not washed from the previous guest.

For unknown reasons the hotel is providing only one towel per guest.

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fish was cooked perfectly and was delicious.

The hotel does provide a fair decent breakfast with French baguette, egg omelet and baguette French toast.

Τhe hotel is impeccably clean and offers a quite good breakfast despite the scarcity of several commodities in this country.

Included breakfast is good , and you can enjoy it on the lovely terrace in front of the hotel !

Good breakfast provided, and truly excellent daily and à la carte lunch and / or dinner available.

It's in the middle of the city, the staff are really helpful and can arrange anything you want to do, and the food is fresh and delicious.

The staff is smiling, helpful, breakfast OK : tea or coffee, bread,

We ate dinner here on our second stay, and it was fresh and delicious and really compared to Europe and Hong Kong very cheap.

although we did not have time for breakfast we were provided with juice and coffee.

Helped arrange taxis and saved our bacon when our flight was cancelled.

So, for about 50% less than the asking price of (single) rooms with tv, I had a very comfortable couple of nights: fan, en suite (they fixed the flushing mechanism on the toilet within hours of my taking up the room), mosquito net, and breakfast is part of the deal.

Breakfast is good (very nice fresh juice) which is included

In addition, there is an amazing menu and the food delicious!

It had no airconditioning and if I left the window open, everybody could just walk in.

On my first stay, the large, heavy wooden curtain railing above the window fell on top of my head as I tried to open the curtains.

although the rooms do not have phones the security guard knocked on the door at our requested time.

The only issue is all the mosques calling for morning prayer at 4am.

although I booked this room  through booking.com
The first night I got a suite on the first floor for the price of a standard.

This guest is OK for a short stay, for longer time, I am sure it is possible to find better quality for the price.

Jardin de la Paix

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but it is even worse to let hundreds of bottles every day to float in the water and do nothing about it, as I saw it.

The Buffet offered in the evening was also exceptional.

The breakfast is rather dissappointing too.

People will appreciate a local comorian buffet or entree, trust me!

Still, this is an excellent place to stay in Comoros with a beautiful view, excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner choices, fast internet and decent TV selection.

Breakfast buffet is quite pleasant with an array of choices.

Since there are not many places where you can exchange money in the city, the hotel also has an ATM machine and provide currency exchange as well.

If you have to visit make sure you use your credit card or withdraw local money in advance because the hotel exchange rayes are a ripoff.

Yet I was paying more than €100 per night!

numerous emails back and forth (many going unanswered) and eventually having to make a money transfer to pay a deposit before arrival. .

but i have no idea what they were there for - they were just sitting staring on their phones all day and playing some noisy game.

When he finished his phone call, I asked him if he would be escorting us through the local medina.

but all he seemed to do was sit in a chair and sunbathe or look at his phone.

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they helped me to take the table out of the restaurant so I could have my breakfast in the nice garden.There is a good Indian Restaurant less than 100 meter of the hotel.

but, I suspect that that is related to the power going off).

There is a small restaurant called "Crusty" down where the swimming pool used to be, which is okay.

We forgot to mention that the Hotel has Internet  and Fax facilities.

but drinks are expensive,
it is more like an outside café than a hotel restaurant, the new pool was being constructed which
will improve the site.

Mozzie net supplied, wifi a bit sketchy, even in the foyer, power goes off often (but that might not be the hotel's fault), en suite, water goes off sometimes

In both, as is often the case in the Comoros, the running water and electricity were not reliable.

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