We’ve had a terrible experience at Bamburi beach hotel. Rooms: 2 of the rooms smelt like damp. We told reception and they aired it out twice, unfortunately the smell was coming from the air con. We were not offered new rooms. We continued to stay in smelly rooms for 11 days. My fridge did not work for the 11 days I was there and never replaced. The tv did not work for the 11 days I was there. Bathroom door was broken and did not close. Food: The food was the worst part of the hotel. The food was the same everyday. The salad, fruit and cakes were occupied with flies the whole time. Flies for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The salad was never really topped up and it would become soggy and warm in 30 degree heat. We ate a lot at the Sarova White Sands next door and the salad was kept on a cold plate with ice and it would be served by a waiter. The cakes and fruit were in a fridge so it was very fresh. We spent most of our time eating out even though we had paid for an all inclusive package. Hotel: There are two pools. We spent a lot of time at the pool at the back as it was much quieter but there were no drinks at the bar. Not even water. You would have to order the drinks if a waiter was around and wait a very long time! It was very busy and over the Easter weekend they did not have enough space in the common areas or even during eating times. The sun beds were never cleaned in the morning. We had to clean them ourselves. The entertainment was good. There was always a performance followed by some music which we did enjoy. Staff: Reception were unhelpful - very poor customer service. Chef Denis and Florence were great always checked to see if we needed anything. The cleaners for our rooms were great. I’ve stayed in a lot of places in the last 10 years and this has got to be the worst stay I have experienced. If you are looking for a hotel on Bamburi beach, we highly recommend Sarova or Travellers Beach Hotel & Club. Do not stay at Bamburi Beach Hotel!
Hotel has rude staff. Poor service. When on full board no lunch provision have to beg for your food. No water at times. Clean up room only after follow up. Poorly maintained sea front beach. I recommend staying at any other hotel of possible do not waste your money
Ive stayed for 7nights at Sai rock and tonsay the most, it was not what i expected. I come to msa every 6 weeks for work and stay in average hotels on B/B and enjoy the service. What i chooose to give feedback on; Not worth the money we paid for Wifi that doea not work. Like seriously, isnt that the bare minimum a hotel can offer WIFI? couldnt use my laptop for a whole week cz wifi couldnt work in the room. So i came back with soo much workload that i could have done then. So INCONVINIENCE!! Breakfast was always cold. I was attending a conference at a nearby hotel so i was taking breakfast daily at round 7-7:30 latest except my last Day. And it was always cold. i mean how bad can it get surely. Some day even the tea was cold i never complained cz i was too tired already so i went served tamarind juice which i dont. Im a chai person but aarrgghh House keeping- water at the hotel is too salty i mean its just extra salty IDK why. So 2 consecutive days they dont replace the shower gel cz i prefer it to the soap since il lathers easily so 3rd day i write a note saying “please replace shower gel today you havent done so past 2 days” guess what -whoever he/she is comes cleans, picks the note and adds the soaps. No shower gel day 3. On 4th day is when i found 2 again. But again, i was too tired to complain cz thats just nonsense! Ironbox - Its good for a hotel to know that its the little things. I borrow an ironbox by calling the reception at around 7 the lady said it will be brought to the room. I wait and since i was getting late for work i decide to go get it. At the reception ahw says housekeeping hajafika wakifika wataleta. I mean im getting late my friend so i waitnfor housekeeping? I had a white shirt to iron so i waited. Few min its brought to the room and i take out like 5garments that needed ironing and ironed. Here is where its at. 25min ironing someone knocks my door a gentleman “dada waweza kuwa umemalozia pasi”.OMG!!! I honestly asked him does this hotel have one ironbox really? The worst that could haopen is i leave it in the room instead of handling Over at the reception but housekeeping would have come and found it jameni🤦♀️ The guy had to stand and wait till i finiah ironing and take the ironbox with him. But that was pathetic really inconvinience. First i wait to get it then someone stands out to waitnfor me to finish? HYGiene- bathroom walls were dirty not scrubbed at all. Also im back with a loss since housekeeping decided to throw away all my ETR receipts of my expenditure that i had well placed in a drawer. That drawer had a paper written the wifi password and also a box for my face soap and that was left untouched. I had these stack of receipts i folded and kept there to be re imbursed by accounts later. Around 6k worth of receips ive lost the money cz someone thought i missed the bin below the table and my shallow brain did not know what it was 🤦♀️doing placing them nicely folded im a drawer. Im beyond words for my
Fantastic place , friendly, helpful staff. Hotel is very clean, rooms arę cleaned every day. The food is delicious and very diverse. Great swimming pools, you can choose the more crowded one or the quiet one where you can just relax , depends on what u currently need . Nice guys working in there , polite nice Bushmen Joseph or James , very nice , hard working people with big smile on their faces.Hakuna matata , no problem with any our request they face . Despite our previous concerns, i find Kenya a very tourist-friendly destination and the hotel itself is very safe. I will definietelly comeback very soon again .