I have stayed in the hotel perhaps half a dozen times or more, for short and long stays. I always end up with a cold and once caught bronchitis following my time at the Hotel du Centre. I assume the black mold in all the bathrooms, the dampness of the carpets, and the sketchy air conditioners may be related. But who can say for sure?

OK, the basics:
- No mosquito nets but plenty of mosquitoes
- Hot water
- Don't drink or brush your teeth with the water
- Fairly reliable electricity that goes off and on a lot
- Free but unreliable wifi that does not reach all the rooms, though you can usually get it in the lobby (not always) (the staff get annoyed if you ask them to reboot the router but it often solves the issues)
- TV
- AC
- Laissez-faire anything goes atmosphere-- this hotel hosts AB and Seleka leadership conferences, NGO staff & hunter-safari tourists & diamond traders, lots of military uniforms, and nobody's going to ask who you brought back to your room or how many. Locking your door, and not answering to drunken pounding at 2am, is highly encouraged.
- Pool and loungey poolside
- One time I got to watch the Miss Centrafrique contest take place around the pool from the balcony of a room with a dear friend of mine while drinking whiskeys on the rocks we kept reloading at the bar. Though if you won't drink the water you really should avoid the rocks. Le chiam!

Food: Downstairs restaurant is quite accommodating & even made me hot water for tea for free every night for 2 weeks. There is a buffet but no vegetarian food, at all, ever. Nice relaxed (empty) bar.

The Brasserie restaurant/bar is half a block walk down the street and serves food (including veg salads & pasta) with music, plenty of alcohol, and the best mixed crowd of local elites, NGO staff, military men in uniform, and women in heels & skirt combos that make for hard walking on Bangui sidewalks. One of the few places in Bangui where you can sit & drink or eat outside as a single woman (dumpy NGO worker-style) and not be bothered too much, though.

This hotel was built in the 1950s and looks like it. The rooms are reasonably nice with a/c and hot water in the bathroom for most people. Unlike some of the earlier reviews we had no power cuts at all. The internet was slow but reasonable for CAR. Also unlike earlier reviews, the sheets were clean. The whole place needs some maintenance. The staff were helpful except for rather grumpy restaurant staff. None of them speak English. The food is over priced and other local restaurants give better cheaper service such as the Grand Cafe, but do take a taxi after dark for security reasons. There is a nice little swimming pool.
Unless you are able to spend $$$$ at the Leger hotel, this is the best choice in Bangui.

Let's face it, unless you spend 100s of dollars a night, you won't get a 5 star hotel in Bangui. So if you've only want to spend about 70$ a night, this is a good place to stay.

It has internet, power, running (hot) water and its reasonably clean.

Be sure to get a room on the first floor, as I've seen rodents in the garden. I also recommend to take the rooms numbered 136 to 144. Because in the higher numbers the pressure of the hot water drops.

Steer clear of the restaurant at night. The choice is very limited, and it is expensive. The Black Brasserie around the corner is a better alternative. Breakfast in the hotel is good, though. With an omelette and fresh fruit.