5 bars/lounges

Reviews of Lamana Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Lamana Hotel
1 Famagusta Road, Waigani, Port Moresby, National Capital District

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 59 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 56 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 35 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 165 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 165 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Elsie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the interior design of the room and the customer service is excellent
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 24 May 2024
Hi Elsie,Thank you very much for taking the time to write this positive review. We appreciate it as it gives us the guests perspective, and lets us know what we are doing well and what may need improvement.We look forward to seeing you back again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Judith Lydia Breana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Simple & quite.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 16 May 2024
Thank you very much Judith for taking the time to write this review.We hope to see you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic staff
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 6 May 2024
Thank you very much for your rating and review. We appreciate the time taken to do this as it let's our team know that we're meeting our guests expectations.We look forward to welcoming you back again soon!

10/10 Excellent

John

The rooms where warm and welcoming
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 23 Apr 2024
Thank you very much John, for taking the time to write this pleasant review.

10/10 Excellent

De'Maggio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Best place to stay by far 🙂‍↔️
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 17 Mar 2024
Hi De'Maggio,Thank you very much for your positive review.We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
1. I was visited by few cockroaches in the room 2. My A/C was not cooling this morning 02/03/24 spitting out few ice fragments - it needs fixing asap
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 17 Mar 2024
Hi Mark,Thank you for providing feedback. Can you please advise us which room you were in as we do have a fumigation contractor to do weekly visits, and this report will need to be provided to them.It will also assist us in sorting out the AC issue for this particular rooms split unit.Looking forward to your direct response thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Water during shower sipping through to the toilet pot
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 7 Feb 2024
Hi Mark, thank you for proving a 5/5 rating.With regard to your review, did you mean the water leaked from the shower tiles to the toilet area? We will need to confirm what room you were in to check this for maintenance.Thank you once again for choosing to stay with Lamana Hotel, and we look forward to welcoming you back!

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 17 Jan 2024
Bob, thank you so much for your 5 star review. Do let us know what your favourite part of Lamana Hotel was?Safe travels to you and we look forward to seeing you back again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Goran

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 17 Jan 2024
Hi Goran, thank you for your 10/10 rating of Lamana Hotel. we appreciate you taking the time to do this.Do let us know what your favourite part of Lamana Hotel was?Wishing you safe travels, and we hope to see you back again soon!

6/10 Okay

Sheri

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room and the staffs were good except for the bouncers(security) at gold club. The way they take advantage of drunk people by stealing their money and things is the worst attitude any staff can do to a guest.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 7 Jan 2024
Hi Sheri, thank you for your review. We apologize for the behaviour of the security at the Gold Club and would appreciate if you can get in touch with us to further elaborate on the incident so we can rectify the issue.

10/10 Excellent

Paulini Lali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 5 Jan 2024
Thank you so much Paulini for the 5 star rating. We would love to hear what your favourite part of our hotel is. We look forward to welcoming you back.

6/10 Okay

Marcus

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 5 Jan 2024
Thank you for your 3 star rating Marcus. We would love to hear how we can improve our services to you for your next visit.

10/10 Excellent

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Service and the 'little things' provided by the Hotel and its staff were 10/10.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 25 Oct 2023
Hi John,Thank you for your kind review. We are pleased you appreciated our hospitality at Lamana Hotel and look forward to welcoming you back again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Johannes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Samantha on 4 Oct 2023
Dear Johannes,Thank you for your review! We are glad you enjoyed your stay and our facilities. We look forward to having you stay with us again. Regards,Samantha

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff lovely, Gold Club good. room very nice
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, General Manager on 13 Sept 2023
Thank you so much for your kind words Pauline.We will share your review with our team as the feedback is very encouraging.We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Pamela

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 31 Jul 2023
Thank you Pamela for the 4 star rating.We hope you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Dwayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 11 Jul 2023
Thank you Dwayne for taking the time to rate our services. Do advise how we can improve on your next stay as we appreciate valuable feedback from our guests.

6/10 Okay

Emma

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 3 Jul 2023
Thank you for taking the time to give a us a rating Emma.Do advise how our services could be further improved as we do value feedback from our guests.We hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Narayan, Princeton

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 3 Jul 2023
Thank you for taking the time to give a us a high rating.We hope to see you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Daniel, PRESTON

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room too hot with heavy bed linen. Only drinking water in room was refilled reusable water bottle in fridge - should be sealed bottle waters for hygiene. Restaurants look impressive - but as always, style over substance - why not try smaller menus but better quality?
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 17 May 2023
Hi Daniel,Thank you for your feedback. Was the AC not working in the room?With our bottled water, this is the Kangen filtered water which is healthier than bottled water, which we refill in our glass bottles. The bottles are of course washed and sterilised before they are refilled, and this is also a more eco-friendly alternative to one use bottled water.Please advise what you mean by smaller menus? We have different menus for each of our restaurants as well as the cafe and the bar, which try to cover the varying clientele we serve each day. If there is a dish that is requested by our guests, our chef can try to make something to suit, but we do need a little more detail to do this.

2/10 Terrible

Miok

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 17 May 2023
Hi Miok,Can you reach out and advise why you've given us this rating as there's no comments posted.

2/10 Terrible

Cherlyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very Expensive for Room provided, unit had a common balcony was not private and noisy. Room was like it need to be renovated. Paid high price for average room when I could've stayed elsewhere in a 5 Star Hotel. Food expensive and average quality. I'm happy to pay a high price for good rooms and good food. Overall, very disappointed and won't stay there again. Reception was even filthy and bench not wiped. When in Moresby next, back to then Hilton for me!! Sorry been spoilt.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 11 Apr 2023
Hi Cherlyn,You are very good at complaining on a website but not very good at responding in person when our Front office manager and sales manager reached out to you to help you while you were in-house.You paid ONLY PGK450 inclusive of GST per night, this included breakfast and even upgraded to our executive room ( photo of the actual room online). I know for a fact our reception is cleaned as we have cleaners 24 hours and our bench is not filthy as you mentioned.I remember you complaining on FB about Hilton's service last year, and calling them racist for serving you less than equal, so not sure how you think you're spoilt.We're happy you are going elsewhere as you are not a nice person to have around, when people work hard to try to please you.

4/10 Poor

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel and staff were perfect.l paid for breakfast, to Expedia, and Expedia decided to spoil the holiday by not telling the hotel, that breakfast was included in the room.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant GM on 22 Mar 2023
Dear Nicholas,Thank you for taking the time to write this feedback.We are glad that you found our hotel and staff to be perfect and we will advise the team that their efforts were not in vain.Your rating although aimed at Expedia is reflected on our hotel rating in Expedia rather then on Expedia itself, so unfortunately this does bring our ranking down.We have reached out to Expedia regarding the incident and hope that this will not happen again in future.We do look forward to seeing you back again soon.

8/10 Good

Saina

The Staff were friendly and customer service is good..
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant General Manager on 16 Mar 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review. We will forward on your comments to our team so they know how much it was appreciated. We look forward to seeing you back again soon, and wish you safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

JOSEPH

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Firstly thankyou for the service that you provided in booking my hotel room. Secondly, the room was of standard as well as a very good customer care service provided by the hotel stuffs. And last but not the least I really enjoy my stay.
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 14 Jan 2023
Thank you Joseph, for taking the time to give us a 5/5 review. We appreciate your feedback as it let's us know how your stay was, and that our team was efficient in providing you with a lasting positive impression.We look forward to welcoming you back soon, and wish you the best this year has to offer!

10/10 Excellent

Roz

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall was great except too many stairs
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Sales on 26 Oct 2022
Hi Roz, Thank you for your positive review; we value the feedback we receive from our guests and have taken your comments in to consideration. Please let us know on your next stay so we can allocate you a room closer to the main building. We hope to see you again soon at Lamana.Kind regards,Lamana Hotel

10/10 Excellent

Kevin, Dallas

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All the staff are so friendly and nothing is too much trouble.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Sales on 2 Jul 2022
Hi Christopher, Thank you for your positive review. We try to be hospitable and ensure a warm welcome for all our guests. We hope you had pleasant time with us, and we look forward to welcoming you back at Lamana Hotel. Best regards, Lamana Hotel

10/10 Excellent

Nellie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mini Staycation
Booked at this hotel a number of times now and find the staff at the front desk very friendly and responsive, Andrea, Ruth, Patricia and Elizabeth are an asset to the business.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022
Response from Janina on 16 Apr 2022
Hi Nellie, We are so pleased to hear that your stay at Lamana Hotel was a pleasant one; your loyalty to us is truly appreciated and that our reservations team made it a memorable one. We hope to see you again soon. Kind Regards, Lamana Hotel - Sales Team.

8/10 Good

Nathan

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 18 Jul 2022
Thank you for the 4 star rating Nathan. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Nellie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayover
Room is comfortable with all that you need for a quick stayover. Location is central to both entertainment and shopping precinct. Secure complimentary onsite parking
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from Lamana Hotel on 23 Nov 2021
Dear Nellie, Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear that you had a wonderful time at Lamana Hotel and we look forward to welcoming you back next time. Again, thank you.

4/10 Poor

ROY ERIC

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
Waited ages for the hotel bus. Staff very reluctant to give internet saying we booked through a third party. Poor signage from our room to lobby. People smoking in the hallway. I fell down a step that was not even noticeable . Again waited ages for the bus from hotel to airport. Almost missed flight.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Lamana Hotel on 22 Nov 2021
Dear Mr.Eric, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We sincerely apologize for what you've experienced. It is feedbacks like this that help us to better our services provided to you. We appreciate your honesty and will certainly improve the areas outlined. Again, Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 18 Jul 2022
Thank you for the 5 star rating. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

8/10 Good

ROY ERIC

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and safe hotel. Good food
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Jamilla on 2 Nov 2021
Dear Roy, Thank you for your feedback. We look forward to welcoming you back at Lamana Hotel! Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Nellie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business Trip
I have booked at this hotel twice now and both times have had been great. The team are always able to assist any enquiries i had through the booking process. Thankyou Stephanie, Alorah and the Front Desk Team for making our stay effortless. Thankyou for the upgrade too.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Sales Team on 6 Sept 2021
You are very welcome Nellie. We're happy that you had a great experience! Thank you for your wonderful review and we look forward to working together with you again for your future bookings.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Front-office staff service was
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 27 Jul 2021
Hi, could you please specify the time and date this happened so we can address the issue. This is the first time we have received a negative comment and we would really like to ensure it doesn't happen again. Please contact me directly with details. e: goldclub@lamana.com.pg

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Neat and clean. Central location. Close to offices and shops.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 21 Jun 2021
Thank you very much for your positive feedback and review for other travellers. We look forward to having you stay with us again and wish you the best in your endevours!

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place in POM
Best place to stay when there's work to do in POM. Good food and great staff. Comfortable rooms and everything you need.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Lamana Team on 15 Mar 2021
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us, it was our pleasure to have you. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Until them, please stay safe.

10/10 Excellent

Carlos, Washington DC

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked the friendliness of all the staff, always ready to assist and always with a smile. This predisposes one to be positive.
Stayed 13 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 23 Mar 2020
Thank you so much Carlos for this positive post which we can share with our staff during these trying times. They will be happy to know that their attitude and handwork is appreciated and not in vain. Sending our best wishes & we hope to see you once all this is over.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Jacquie Simons, Assistant Hotel Manager on 18 Mar 2020
Thank you for your positive high rating. We wish you a safe onward journey and look forward to welcoming you back in future.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Sales on 10 Mar 2020
Thank you for your review!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good staff, but the property layout and facilities were disappointing
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from JM on 13 Feb 2020
Thank you so much for your feedback. We're glad enjoyed the hospitality provided to you by our staff. In regards to our hotel layout and facilities, at the moment we're currently doing renovations to the Gold Club and definitely looking at creating a new look for the whole hotel. Still getting there :) Again, thank you for your feedback and we hope to see you again at Lamana Hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Ma

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Triple thumbs up
Amazing stay. Excellent customer service. Facilities and provisions are more than what I expected - even the provision of Kagen water. Towels and beddings are really clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Lamana Management on 29 Nov 2019
Thank you very much for taking the time to write such a positive feedback. We will forward your comments on to our staff so they know their hard work is appreciated. Seasons greetings from us at Lamana Hotel and we look forward to welcoming you back. Kind regards

8/10 Good

Kris, Australia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our overall experience at Lamana Hotel was very good. The room was clean and comfortable, the staff were very helpful and friendly and the complimentary breakfast was nice. Location was central, close to Port Moresby’s largest shopping centre and Hotel felt safe and secure. Friday and Saturday nights are a little bit noisy as the hotel has a nightclub, but thanks to the reasonable price for our stay we were ok with a bit of noise, it wasn’t loud enough to keep us awake all night. The complimentary airport shuttle service was great too. Would definitely recommend staying at Lamana Hotel.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Sales on 18 Sept 2019
Dear Kris, Thank you for taking the time out to let us know how you feel, your thoughts are important to us and we are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us here at Lamana Hotel. Again thank you so much for your feedback and we look forward to serving you again in future. Kindest Regards, Jamillah Mamia | Lamana Hotel Sales Executive

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Sales on 30 Jul 2019
Hi Carlos, Thank you for your feedback. We're glad you enjoyed your stay with us at Lamana Hotel! Kind Regards, Jamillah Mamia

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Over all ok, room past use by date and cockroaches, no complimentary milk for my coffee but lovely bottle of kangen water. Staff was good as usual,beautiful nature polite png people.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Sales on 18 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review, While you are pleased with the customer service, we deeply apologize you didn't have a good experience staying with us. We assure you this will not happen again. Thank you for choosing to stay at Lamana Hotel. Kind Regards, Jamillah Mamia | Lamana Hotel

8/10 Good

Ofra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely except on Friday and Saturday nights!
Lovely friendly staff. Very clean. The restaurant at 'Spices' offers really good Indian food. The main issues was it was very noisy on Friday and Saturday nights when the Club was in full swing.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Sales on 14 Jul 2019
Hi Ofra, Thank you so much for your feedback. We're happy you enjoyed your dining experience at our Spices Restaurant. For the noise, please be advised that we are looking at measures to minimize that. We deeply apologize for the noise and we wish we could have done more to make your night more comfortable. Again, thank you for your feedback as it helps us improve our services and facilities provided to guests. Kindest Regards, Jamillah Mamia || Lamana Hotel Please accept our most sincere apologies.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not suited for business travelers in my opinion. Very noisy with Gold Club, noise so loud Friday - weekend cannot sleep until 4am. Unclean room experience. Lots of people lottering around even right outside of hotel room door at all hours of night. No fresh fruit or juice. On plus side: Nice Italian restaurant. Very nice staff. Helpful front desk and concierge.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jamillah on 2 Jul 2019
Thank you for your review, We deeply apologize for this, please be advised that we are looking at measures to minimize the noise from the Gold Club from Friday-Saturday. Also in regards to people loitering around the Hotel Rooms we will soon have the entry to the corridor leading to rooms closed off meaning only Hotel Guests will have access to this. I will also speak to the FOM about your room experience. We assure this will not happen again. Your thoughts are important to us and it is you that helps us improve our services and facilities. Again, thank you for your review. Regards, Lamana Sales

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Sales on 2 Jul 2019
Hi Richard, Thank you for your review. Guest satisfaction is our reward!

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Functional hotel, good food and service - a bit dated
Stayed 10 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Jamillah | Lamana Hotel on 18 Jun 2019
Hi Richard, Thank you for your feedback. Hope to see you soon at Lamana Hotel!