4/5 Chido N. 2 years ago on Google
Quality
speaks
even
after
many
years
at
Hotel
Royal
Damgrete
Twenty
years
later
and
with
new
solid
competitors,
Hotel
Royal
Damgrete
can
still
claim
its
self-assigned
moniker
as
the
best
hotel
in
Umuahia.
Quality
speaks
and
lastsβDamgrete
benefits
from
the
excellent
finishing
of
its
exterior
and
interior
many
years
later.
I
was
here
first
in
2000.
It
is
still
spick
and
span.
The
marble
finishing
has
helped
it
age
well
without
the
disfigurement
and
loss
of
colour
that
often
happens
with
similar
facilities.
Each
hotel
defers
to
its
environment.
Hotel
Royal
Damgrete
offers
mainly
local
cuisine,
from
breakfast
to
dinner.
It
is
just
as
well.
It
is
one
of
a
few
hotels
in
Abia
State
and
the
South-East
to
offer
local
delicacies
such
as
ukazi
with
achara.
They
are
niggardly
with
the
achara,
but
they
had
it
to
serve.
On
this
visit,
Ikeddy
Isiguzo
and
I
hosted
the
Umuahia
chapel
of
the
Correspondents
Association
to
break
bread
and
bond.
It
was
an
exciting
evening.
The
next
day,
April
8,
I
shared
drinks
with
my
schoolmates
at
the
Federal
School
of
Arts
&
Sciences,
Aba.
Our
school
no
longer
exists
because
Nigeria
phased
out
A-Levels,
but
it
exists
in
our
hearts
and
minds
with
shared
experiences.
The
service
at
Hotel
Royal
Damgrete
is
courteous.
The
staff
are
helpful.
They
are
available
and
willing
and
do
not
disappear
as
in
some
other
hotels.
The
rooms
are
spacious
and
outfitted
with
the
right
mix
of
facilities.
They
offer
now
standard
air-conditioning,
desk,
Wi-fi,
and
television
with
a
choice
of
many
channels.
The
bathroom
is
neat;
it
reflects
its
age
with
a
bathtub
and
handheld
shower.
They
would
do
better
with
more
recent
wash
facilities
and
showers.
And
more
than
one
towel,
please!
Hotel
Royal
Damgrete
offers
reasonable
grounds.
There
is
a
swimming
pool,
a
lawn
tennis
court,
and
a
gym.
People
sit
out
as
we
did
poolside
with
a
bar.
Then
there
is
a
well-equipped
gym.
I
found
some
of
the
art
furniture
on
the
grounds
alluring.
Hotel
Royal
Damgete
on
Factory
Road,
Umuahia,
deserves
many
repeat
visits
and
stays.
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