Having lived in Djibouti for a year, we treated ourselves to a night in the famous Djibouti Palace. The rooms were lovely but the prices for this hotel were extortionate, food and drinks prices were prohibitively expensive. Grand Barra's staff were lovely and the atmosphere would have been great except for the enforcement of musical taste from the General Manager... more

I've now stayed at this hotel on two different trips and will not stay again. The hotel look is what you'd expect for a 5 star hotel, but the service is poor, the food even poorer for the price. I had to request an ironing board three times, sent jeans to be washed and 24hrs later was told i'd have... more