Reviews of Nest Hotel
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60 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Nest Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
Mr & Mrs P
Staffs
"Nest Hotel review"
2 nights Arrived 12 May 2016
"This hotel is superbly located on the sea shore and offers a level of luxury that we really appreciated after some difficult long driving.
The hotel has all the facilities you could wish for ,including some stunning sea views and some seals in the water as well.
Luderitz is worth a visit to look at the German architecture,and gain an impression of how life used to be years ago." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
The hotel has all the facilities you could wish for ,including some stunning sea views and some seals in the water as well.
Luderitz is worth a visit to look at the German architecture,and gain an impression of how life used to be years ago." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr A
Washington DC
"Nest Hotel"
1 night Arrived 22 Oct 2015
"A comfortable travel hotel at the end of the long drive to Luderitz from the Fish River Canyon, but not much more. Well located in town on a point overlooking water on three sides.
Attractive outdoor areas for enjoying fish-andf-chips in the brisk sea air. A disappointing restaurant with poor service (though the presence of an international windsurfing/kitesurfing festival probably contributed).
While Luderitz itself has relatively little in the way of tourist attractions, the drive between Luderitz and Aus is amazing, with the Namib-Nakluft Desert on full display in all its arid beauty," See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Attractive outdoor areas for enjoying fish-andf-chips in the brisk sea air. A disappointing restaurant with poor service (though the presence of an international windsurfing/kitesurfing festival probably contributed).
While Luderitz itself has relatively little in the way of tourist attractions, the drive between Luderitz and Aus is amazing, with the Namib-Nakluft Desert on full display in all its arid beauty," See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr C & Mrs L
UK
"Nest Hotel review"
2 nights Arrived 27 Sep 2015
"Nothing exceptional but a quite adequate hotel with a good outlook over the sea and convenient for the town."
See all these reviews: 21n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Mr F & Ms E
USA
"The place to stay in Luderitz"
2 nights Arrived 5 Jul 2015
"Nest hotel is not only the best known hotel in Luderitz, it's a local landmark and hangout, so it's a pretty bustling place in an otherwise sleepy town.
Situated at the very tip of a peninsula over the water of the bay, it has fantastic views on the ocean and the city from almost every room. The pool area looked very inviting, but we didn't check it out, it was too cold during our stay. The restaurant has an outdoor patio which is perfect during the day for lunch or a drink, and dinner was delicious; lots of options and very attentive service. They did lose our reservation the first night, but accommodated us anyway.
Reservations are definitely recommended, as they seem to be sticklers about having a reservation for dinner. Nest's location also makes it an easy starting point for exploring Luderitz on foot, or starting a drive of the area. The concierge was happy to spend the time to explain all our tour options to us, and make suggestions for things to see." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Situated at the very tip of a peninsula over the water of the bay, it has fantastic views on the ocean and the city from almost every room. The pool area looked very inviting, but we didn't check it out, it was too cold during our stay. The restaurant has an outdoor patio which is perfect during the day for lunch or a drink, and dinner was delicious; lots of options and very attentive service. They did lose our reservation the first night, but accommodated us anyway.
Reservations are definitely recommended, as they seem to be sticklers about having a reservation for dinner. Nest's location also makes it an easy starting point for exploring Luderitz on foot, or starting a drive of the area. The concierge was happy to spend the time to explain all our tour options to us, and make suggestions for things to see." See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs P
Newport
"GREAT LOCATION"
2 nights Arrived 9 Jun 2015
"NO COMMENTS"
See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr W & Mrs N
Cumbria
"A good base for Luderitz"
2 nights Arrived 21 Feb 2015
"Served as a good base.
We were in Luderitz during high winds and sand storms, so we were bunkered down to some extent here. We would have liked to dine at other places in town but the weather prevented us on Saturday and The Nest seems to be the only restaurant open on Sunday.
Generally the hotel was of a good international standard." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
We were in Luderitz during high winds and sand storms, so we were bunkered down to some extent here. We would have liked to dine at other places in town but the weather prevented us on Saturday and The Nest seems to be the only restaurant open on Sunday.
Generally the hotel was of a good international standard." See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs D
Bristol
"Nest Hotel review"
2 nights Arrived 11 Jun 2014
"This was a very modern and well appointed hotel with an excellent Wi-Fi system which we could access in our room. There was some confusion on the first night and we were told we had to have the set menu. On the second night we were denied access to the set menu and told we had to have al la carte as we were only booked for b&b. Strange as our meal on the second night was cheaper than on the first night! Service in the restaurant was very slow and staff not as friendly as those on reception."
See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr D & Ms E
Herts
"Buffet on Saturday night"
2 nights Arrived 17 May 2014
"We were there on a Saturday night and surrounded by tour groups, the buffet dinner was not very good.
Sunday night was a la carte and much improved." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Sunday night was a la carte and much improved." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good
Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Feedback Response
We have forwarded these travellers� feedback to Ulf Gr�newald (the General Manager at the L�deritz Nest Hotel) and he was very apologetic for the service standards that did not meet our travellers� expectations on their first night�s stay. However, Ulf was pleased that the travellers had a better dining experience on their second night, with the full � la carte menu available.
The L�deritz Nest Hotel assures us that they are committed to providing the best possible experience for all their guests and they take onboard all the feedback that they received.
The L�deritz Nest Hotel assures us that they are committed to providing the best possible experience for all their guests and they take onboard all the feedback that they received.
Miss K & Mr G
London
"Nest Hotel"
2 nights Arrived 15 Apr 2014
"This is a dated large business hotel that feels quite impersonal. The bathroom is ok, the beds are comfortable and the sea view is nice. The air conditioning in our room didn't work properly - it just pumped out hot air.
The restaurant is expensive by Namibian standards and the service is incredibly slow. The food was quite nice though. Breakfast buffet was good. Wifi was free and reasonable.
I would recommend having dinner in the Bay View Hotel instead, although they don't take walk ins so you need to reserve a table in advance (the service here was also very slow but the food was better and the prices were much lower)" See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 7n in South Africa
The restaurant is expensive by Namibian standards and the service is incredibly slow. The food was quite nice though. Breakfast buffet was good. Wifi was free and reasonable.
I would recommend having dinner in the Bay View Hotel instead, although they don't take walk ins so you need to reserve a table in advance (the service here was also very slow but the food was better and the prices were much lower)" See all these reviews: 8n in Namibia; 7n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average
Location:
Average
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs F
Ealing
"A pleasant hotel in an attractive location"
2 nights Arrived 21 Jan 2014
"This was the only actual hotel we stayed in rather than a safari lodge. It is clean and well-appointed on a headland to the south of the interesting, still very Germanic town of Luederitz. There is a good restaurant in the hotel although other places can be reached quite easily in town.
Although this was quite different from the much smaller places we used for the rest of our trip - the restaurant one night had a busload of guests which was almost a culture shock for us - the staff were friendly and helpful upholding the high standards we had already come to expect in Namibia.
We gave the room a rating of "good" as it was genuinely good, but not excellent if compared with some of the other safari lodge accommodation we had experienced." See all these reviews: 25n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Although this was quite different from the much smaller places we used for the rest of our trip - the restaurant one night had a busload of guests which was almost a culture shock for us - the staff were friendly and helpful upholding the high standards we had already come to expect in Namibia.
We gave the room a rating of "good" as it was genuinely good, but not excellent if compared with some of the other safari lodge accommodation we had experienced." See all these reviews: 25n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent
Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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