Ocean Bay Hotel & Resort

Great food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) Very reasonable facilities and rooms. At this time of year the season closes in Gambia so the hotel was virtually empty and it was a peace! The beach has some inconveniences: the shadows for the shade are very far from the sea, the beach has a huge sandy area; there are dogs about 7/8 that "lived" there during the day and surround the people who are in the chairs, do not bother but it is strange for us. Little approach from sellers but there is. Friendly staff and very helpful in general. You can see some different birds and beautiful butterflies.

I liked everything: the service, the cleanliness, the hotel room, the quiet. Nice beach and clean pool. The only downside is the very poor breakfasts—or rather, not poor—a lot of bread and processed foods, not enough natural ones. There's no fish in the morning at all, there's some weird sausage—very chemical-tasting, lots of all kinds of cereal from packets—in short, everything from bags—and the price is listed as in a 5-star hotel. People say it's like that everywhere: a lot of bread and all sorts of chemicals from bags and nothing natural for breakfast.

Just back from 11 nights at the ocean bay. We loved it and can’t wait to go back. Everything about the hotel was excellent, especially the friendly staff, cleanliness and quality of food. The Gambia is known as the smiling coast and no wonder, everyone was happy, chatty, not pushy at all, delighted to have you visit their country. English is a second language to all, so chatting and communicating is not a problem at all. Our room was kept spotless and had a comfy bed. Pool was just perfect temperature and plenty of sunbeds with matresses to catch some rays. Animation team were friendly and had plenty activities for you should you want to participate but equally happy to chat if you wanted to lounge by the pool. The local wildlife was also plentyful and we even got a visit from the wild monkeys, who seemed to view us as much a curiosity as we did them. They had a look around then left without causing any problems. The hotel sits on a beautiful wide beach where there’s a hotel beach bar and plenty sunbeds. All the staff scored 10/10 for us. We will definitely go back.