Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers

Reviews of Hotel Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia

5 out of 5
Hotel Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia
55 Route De Golf Quartier Golf, Lubumbashi

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 68 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 68 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 68 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 68 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 68 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Cyril

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Okay
It was okay
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Response from SL1 on 3 Nov 2023
Dear Cyril,We thank you for your wonderful comments. It is always a great source of motivation for our staff to hear that our guests appreciated their services and attention to detail.Regards,

8/10 Good

Kimberly

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
5 Star ONLY by DRC standards - this should be clear on the booking. Don’t say you’re in international hotel and then not adjust your star rating to reflect international standards. The AC in half the rooms we booked never cooled the room. The showers have broken tiles, shower drain covers, and mold. The staff are always friendly. The property is far off the road and the pool is beautiful, very deep, and very cold (refreshing). Guests are not discouraged from making rude remarks or gestures, which lessened considerably the enjoyable atmosphere. (I was properly and conservatively clothed.) The pool house showers are broken - there’s water but it sprays out of the top of the fixture, not from the shower head. There are no pool towels. And when there’s a function, it’s pretty loud and guests smoke everywhere outside rather then a specific area. On my send stay, the AC worked well, but the first stay was rough. The food buffets… breakfast. The egg station is the only food served hot. They’re are about 20 other dishes that should be warm, but we’re always cold. The lunch and dinner buffets were plentiful but you must love over cooked meats. Ordering off the menu was better, and all options are VERY expensive for what you get. Very expensive for most areas of the world, crazy for the DRC. It’s not safe to leave the property so come prepare to stay if you don’t have a local private vehicle, driver, and security. 3-1/2 stars at best
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Response from SL1 on 19 Sept 2023
Dear Kimberly,We sincerely appreciate the time you spent to share your comments following your visit. It does indeed sound from what you describe that some aspects of your stay did not meet our usual standards of service; Please accept our sincerest apologies for failing to make your stay with us a perfect moment of relaxation. We have read your review with our utmost attention and will take note of your constructive remarks concerning almost of our services (Air conditioning, food, pool area service, shower drain covers, ...Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope that you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future.Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pullman was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from TC on 24 Aug 2023
Mr. Adam,Thank you your kind comment!

8/10 Good

Xiaoyang

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from TC on 24 Aug 2023
Dear Xiaoyang,Thank you for you note

6/10 Okay

Badarudeen

Business traveller
Room was not safe. And locking system failed Shifted to another room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from SL1 on 26 June 2023
Dear Badarudeen,We are sincerely sorry to read your dissatisfaction concerning the Safe. However we would like to take this opportunity to clarify that all our rooms are occupied with safe. Exceptionally, the safe of this room was under maintenance. Please rest assured that we are taking the appropriate measures to address the problem and prevent future occurrence.We appreciate your sharing your concerns, and it is our hope that you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future.Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

Pierre Cheelton

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Craig

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The electronic system needs to be improved, the room card, sometimes work, sometimes it doesn’t I was going back and forth to the reception to get it reactivated, the same thing with the elevator, the card doesn’t always work. Please let the customer know if they book online, if it’s a classic booking, they won’t have a fridge in their room! Luckily I was moved to a room with a fridge after I complain! Thumbs up for that! Overall I enjoyed my stay and the buffet is great
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matala

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were welcoming and organized.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Coenie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A solid base and springboard to engage Lubumbashi
The rooms are tidy and clean and the people are friendly. If you do not speak French you might find it difficult to order room service. Food is good but with limited variety. WiFi works well but drops frequently and one needs to reconnect. It is a solid base to use and a springboard to engage the city of Libumbashi commercially.
Pullman Front View
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022
Response from SL1 on 12 Mar 2022
Dear Coenie, Although we sincerely regret your disappointment with your stay at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia, we would like to thank you for sharing your comments as it will help us to identify areas of concern and act immediately (language, ffood variety, ...) so as to enhance our future guests' experience among us. Sincerely,

4/10 Poor

Bisanga

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service need to be improved . Staffs are poorly trained and forget a lot of order at the restaurant . The overall experience from check in to restaurant was average and at best a 1 or 2 stars service
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021
Response from SL1 on 28 Sept 2021
Dear Bisanga, We thank you for sharing this valuable feedback with us concerning our staff; Please rest assured that the information you have provided will be used accordingly to enhance our future guests' experiences among us and we hope you will visit us again in the future. Sincerelly

8/10 Good

Ibrahim

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice business trip
Everything was fine and clean
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Response from SL1 on 15 Sept 2021
Dear Ibrahim, We are thrilled you enjoyed your recent stay with us. Thank you for making us your choice hotel when visiting the area. We look forward to welcoming you back again very soon.

8/10 Good

Matala

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is situated at an excellent location. They are trying their best to keep the place clean and net. The food was great. However, there are issues that needs to be taken seriously such as people smoking beyond the designated smoking area (rooms, buisness area, etc). Some staff are rude and not welcoming.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Response from SL1 on 26 Aug 2021
Dear Matala, We first would like to thank you for choosing Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia for your stay at Lubumbumbashi and for letting us know your concerns relating to your time in our hotel as it gives us an opportunity to look at areas which may have for improvement and for that we are grateful.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
location
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from SL1 on 4 Aug 2021
Firstly we would like to thank you for choosing Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia hotel for your holidays in DRC and for the review you shared, all of your kind words about your stay with us are great to hear

8/10 Good

Coenie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly service - great food
The rooms are clean, the service professional and the food of a very high standard. At a rate of 150 USD per night it is somewhat pricy for what you get. It is safe and secure and certainly I will stay there in future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from SL1 on 23 June 2021
Thank you very much for leaving these wonderful comments, we are delighted that you enjoyed your stay among us. We certaily look forward to serving you again and to have the opportunity to exceed you expectations in a not too distant future.

8/10 Good

Coenie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly and helpful staff.
At a cost of 150- 200 USD/ night the hotel can certainly be upgraded. The staff is friendly and accommodating and the quality of the food is truly great! Amenities are expensive.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Coenie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Absolute appalling service in the dining and bar areas. Never have I had had such bad cooked fish and chips. No salt and pepper on the table. Tomato and Mozzarella cheese salad was served with gouda. I booked a double room for 2 people and had only 2 flat pillows and 1 set of towels. No TV service and the WiFi was non-existing.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021
Response from SL1 on 1 Feb 2021
We were very disappointed to read your experience during your stay at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia, whilst an apology will regrettably not alter the outcome of your experience on this occasion, please believe we do extend it with all sincerity.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's was pleasant
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from SL1 on 21 Mar 2020
Thank you for your kind review. Our teams make their best efforts to offer to our guests the best experience possible and we hope to be of service to you again in a very near future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel overall is fine, the check-in and check-out process is a bit slow but otherwise the staff is friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from SL1 on 14 Feb 2020
Thank you for choosing the Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia for your latest stay in Lubumbashi. We make our best efforts to offer to our guests the best experience possible and we hope to be of service to you again in a very near future.

6/10 Okay

Tolu

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
Response from SL1 on 17 Aug 2019
Bonjour Tolu, Merci pour la note de 6/10. Nous aimerons en savoir plus pour mieux vous assister. Cordialement,

6/10 Okay

JHW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel is very noisy. Night club downstairs so guests come back to rooms early hours of the morning making noise in the passage and fighting in rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from SL1 on 30 July 2019
We are really sorry to hear that you did not enjoy the experience in our hotel to the fullest as we strive to make each stay with us an unforgettable one. Discussions involving the respective team members and management have taken place to review your comments regarding the night club guests, and we would like to assure you that all of your concerns will be addressed and attended to.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Marketing on 10 July 2019
Merci pour la note

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great central business Hotel!
Really great hotel, thank you!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
Response from SL1 on 3 July 2019
Thank you for your lovely comments regarding the service you received from our team members, we will make sure to share your kind words as we know it will mean a great deal to them.

8/10 Good

Bernard

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Choice of hotel limited. This hotel is ok
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Manoel P GM on 15 Nov 2018
Thank you for your comment. We are indeed the only "international branded" hotel in Lubumbashi. The Grand Karavia Hotel is since Dec 2016 Hotel Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia. Pullman is one of the +/- 40 brands of the AccorHotels Group. We can position it on the Upperscale market. We wish you all the best. Kind rgards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
PLGK
well positionned hotel in Lubumbashi. Close to Golf course (nice place for drinks and lunch/diner). Quite aging hotel but fine. Nice and pleasant staff. Room not always prepares to European standard and demand not always met but general a good place to stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Manoël on 7 Nov 2018
Thank you. We are pleased to inform that we will renovate this "rainy season" (from mid November to Mid-April) the terrace area (Fllor, furniture and a boma). Hope to see you soon again at the hotel. Best regards.

10/10 Excellent

Sam, Lubumbashi-DRC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hospitality, you feel at home, very friendly staff. Perfect relaxing Location Lakeview green gardens. Excellent variety of cosine, People at restaurant are very friendly and will take good care of you. Best place to achieve your business and relax.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Manoel on 2 Nov 2018
Thank you for these nice comments that I will share with the team. They always try to do their best to make our guests stays the most comfortable ones. Best regards.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from PR Pullman Lubumbashi on 31 Oct 2018
Thank you for this nice score !

6/10 Okay

JHW

Noisy passages but well trained staff
Good hotel to stay at however passages gets a little noisy at night and early hours of the morning. Good food and staff well trained and pleasant
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018
Response from General Manager on 5 Sept 2018
Thank you for your comments. Happy to read you enjoyed the food and that you consider that the staff is well trained and pleasant. On each level, all room- corridors have carpet to avoid as much as possible noice. Maybe it was more in the public areas where indeed the floor is covered with tiles. We hope to welcome you soon again ! Best regards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Direction Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia on 9 Dec 2018
Merci pour votre score de 4 sur 5.

8/10 Good

Colin, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Overall it was very good.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia GM on 9 July 2018
Sorry for the delay ! I think I missed your comment. Glad to read you had a nice stay. I will share this with the team. Best regards.

8/10 Good

Basil Louis Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very pleasant
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018
Response from General Manager on 21 Mar 2018
Thank you for this nice note. Best regrads.

8/10 Good

Razvan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Management on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you so much for this nice global score. We always try to make our guests feel welcomed at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia. Best regards

8/10 Good

Ramohudi Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant Stay
I enjoyed my stay......no issues whatsoever.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good stay!
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at the hotel. It was really clean, unfortunately I did have the problem of ants in the room but the hotel was really quick to respond to the situation when they learnt of it. The breakfast was really good with a nice range of food and service overall was very attentive. I would stay here again.

2/10 Terrible

sudhakar , zambia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth place to stay
Air conditioner not working effectively in the rooms and you go suffocated, not attended to guests at restaurants staff get lost after you place order, same menu daily in breakfast. No aircon working in reception area neither in restaurant staff give justification that due to power issue system not working. Not a place for th price you are paying and previous ratings for stay, No value for your money !
Response from Hotel Management Team on 22 Feb 2017
Thank you for your comments; We are very sorry you did not appreciate the services of the hotel. Regarding the air conditioning in our public areas and restaurant, this is a first time and, after an internal "check", we have difficulties to locate the A/C mentioned problems in these areas. However, we had some maintenance repairs on the main generator during a few hours during your stay. This might explain that. We really feel sorry but can guarantee that all is fine now. Regarding the breakfast, we offer on a daily basis a well known buffet proposing a wide range of products available in Lubumbashi. Feel free to contact us, in advance, to give your preferences for your perfect breakfast. We will try our best to satisfy you. We hope you will give us a second chance and hope to welcome you back at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia on your next trip to DRC/Lubumbashi. Best regards. Hotel Management Team.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from General Manager on 14 Oct 2016
Thank you for this nice note. We do appreciate and try our best to satisfy our guests. Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia Management.

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice business stay over.
Two night stay. Quiet and professional.
Response from General Manager on 14 Oct 2016
Thank you. Our hotel is indeed in a "green and quiet area". From the gardens, you probably enjoyed the lake view as well as the beautiful trees from our neighbour (Golf Club Lubumbashi) ! Best regards. Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia Management.

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Secure hotel
Great hotel. Secure.
Response from General Manager on 22 Sept 2016
Thank you. We are glad to read you had a nice stay at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand Karavia. We hope to welcome you back soon ! Hotel Management

8/10 Good

Arnaud

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel
I had a nice stay. The food was a bit pricey and not so good, but compared to other hotels in Congo, it was good.
Response from General Manager on 22 Sept 2016
We are happy to see that you had a nice stay while staying in Lubumbashi in the DRC. We took good note of your remarks on food rates. We, unfortunately, have to import many "basic" items in order to satisfy our national and international clientele. This has an impact on the rates. However, we can assure that our food rates are among the lowest on the market for a hotel. Hope to welcome you soon again ! Best regards. Hotel Management

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Bearable hotel. Unbearable services.
Point of sale machines did not work. Had to go and draw Cash from an ATM in the City (Hotel ATM's not working) to pay for hotel bill. No concierge service. No Airport pickup. Hookers knocking on doors in corridor and propositioning guests. Wifi limited or extremely slow. Food and drinks were over priced.
Response from Hotel Management on 22 Sept 2016
Sorry it took us so long to reply to your comments. Please note that in March, BIAC Bank, which had an ATM at the hotel, was facing "Problems" in the DRC (still the case). We managed to replace the ATM. We now have at the hotel 2 ATM's (Ecobank and TMB ).. Both are operating normally. We also upgraded the WiFi to the highest available bandwidth in the DRC. Note this service is, of course, free of charge. It is not perfect compared to some countries in foreign countries but we can guarantee it is good for mails and internet browsing. We provide, on request, an Airport Shuttle service including a "Protocole" service. It costs 60$ (Arrival or Departure). Regarding the "Hookers" knocking on doors, this is indeed unacceptable. We fight hard to prevent this type of behaviour. We hope these answers, even if late, are helping you. We hope to welcome you again. Best regards. Hotel Management

8/10 Good

Deon, Krugersdorp, RSA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Lubumbashi
Prevered Hotel on Lubumbashi

8/10 Good

CT, Cape Town

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel!!
Was there for business and the hotel and staff were great. Will be back soon

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Sudhanshu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Overall a great experience

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grand Karavia Hotel Review
Overall it was a good stay. The wi-fi system needs to be upgraded and not have such restrictions.

2/10 Terrible

Youssef, zambia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad exeprience
A disaster just like anything else in DRC!

8/10 Good

Dovell

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michel

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from SL1 on 24 May 2023
Dear Michel,we would like to thank you for taking the time to share this score regarding your recent stay at Pullman Lubumbashi Grand karavia. It is only through feedback such as yours that we are able to maintain and improve upon the service that we provide to our guests. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconsistency you may have experienced during your stay.

8/10 Good

Christian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from SL1 on 6 Dec 2022
Cher monsieur Christian,Nous vous remercions pour cette note ainsi que les photos publiées suite a votre séjour au Pullman Lubumbashi Grand KaraviaSincèrement,