Villa Doris Suites

“Great Location”

We booked this hotel based upon Trip Advisor reviews and availability, since we were fairly late in booking our Lagos hotel. Overall, we were pleased with our stay, and certainly would consider it for future bookings. What we liked: - Value. The “room” is a small one-bedroom apartment with a … more

We booked this hotel based upon Trip Advisor reviews and availability, since we were fairly late in booking our Lagos hotel. Overall, we were pleased with our stay, and certainly would consider it for future bookings. What we liked: - Value. The “room” is a small one-bedroom apartment with a small balcony. We were in 505. The suite had basic furniture (Ikea-like) that met all our needs. There is a full kitchen with some basic dishes. The kitchen was far more functional than a hotel room, yet a bit spartan if comparing it to a typical VRBO/AirBNB. Bathroom was very nice. - Location, location, location. The hotel is a block (through the parking lot) to Praia Dona Ana. For us, more importantly, it is just a few steps from the beginning of the cliff boardwalk that leads to Ponta da Piedade, which we found one of the highlights of Lagos. The walk to the old town is about a mile/20 minutes. - The coffee from the vending machine in the lobby was surprisingly good, and less than a euro. Some Other notes (seen in other reviews and verified here as of Oct 2024): - The front desk is manned 1000-1800 daily. If you arrive at other times, you go to a sister hotel’s front desk for registration and keys. The other hotel is 10ish minute walk away. - There is parking beneath the building. The spaces and maneuvering room are very tight. We had a station wagon, parked under the building once for security, and then did not do that again. We got the car and in out, yet it was tedious, time consuming and bit nerve wracking for us. We used the public street parking thereafter with no issues (availability could be an issue, however we were there during shoulder season and always managed to find a spot). - Yes, there is a derelict, eye-sore building next door. It has security fencing, and we didn’t see anyone come or go from it. While not attractive, it didn’t impact our stay nor did it give us security concerns. Apparently, it’s been that way for years.

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“Safety Issues”

The staff were brilliant but due to an in incident with an intruder coming into the apartment I am unable to recommend staying here. The intruders managed to come across from the derelict hotel which was next door onto the roof of our apartment and scale down onto one of the balcony’s.. Unfortunate… more

The staff were brilliant but due to an in incident with an intruder coming into the apartment I am unable to recommend staying here. The intruders managed to come across from the derelict hotel which was next door onto the roof of our apartment and scale down onto one of the balcony’s.. Unfortunately many of the patio doors did not lock which made it easy to entrance the apartment. He came into our bedroom and then hid in the utility room where we found him and managed to get him out. It was very frightening.

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“Not in room 105”

My wife & I stayed in room 105 for 4 nights, we paid £220 per night for a one bedroom suite with sea view. The hotel reception is open between 1200 & 2000hrs daily, although on one of our days it was not manned at all. You can contact the sister hotel by phone. There is no Bar or Restaurant on si… more

My wife & I stayed in room 105 for 4 nights, we paid £220 per night for a one bedroom suite with sea view. The hotel reception is open between 1200 & 2000hrs daily, although on one of our days it was not manned at all. You can contact the sister hotel by phone. There is no Bar or Restaurant on site, there is a vending machine in the lobby. Although the hotel has a pool it is very small (7m x 3m) and very snuggly fitted between the hotel building wall and the hotel boundary wall. The sister hotel has a Bar, restaurant & pool, it is 10 minute walk (uphill) from Villa Doris. The hotel quotes the distance between the two as 250m, Google maps shows it as 500m - it's a hike just to have breakfast, especially if it's raining. Room 105 is a nice, well equipped modern suite. It is on the 1st floor immediately above the delivery bay and smoking area. Our 'sea view' was from the balcony, over a carpark and around a big tree. If you look immediately inland you are looking at the overgrown mess of an unfinished/abandoned, graffiti clad building that's physically attached to Villa Doris Suites. The deliveries, the cigarette smoke and the mess did not always make the balcony a pleasant place to sit. There is a nice beach not fat away. The old town is a nondescript 20 minute walk along the backstreets. All in all, our room was a nice to sit/sleep in but not so good for enjoying some chilled holiday relaxation; it was certainly not worth the price we paid.

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