Bahari Dhow Beach Villas

Kenya , Mombasa
DIANI, Diani Beach Road, S/N
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50 reviews shown

4/10

Poor

17 Feb 2026

Stephen

The beds were terrible. The beds were horrible and hurting my back. The beds have wires sticking into me and my wife’s back. These mattresses are ready for the burn pit ! Even animals should not sleep in these beds. Need to change all your mattresses to attract more clients and profits.

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2025

Mohamed Rafiou

Check your A/C and shower heads

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2025

james

Great location . One pool was out of service. Room was missing fridge.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2025

Job

Serene environment

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2025

Philip

Overall a great vacation! Great location on the beach and reasonably priced. The villas were very nice with self-contained rooms. Breakfast was included and a very good buffet. Great entertainment on Sundays. Improvement areas would be the wifi, which was pretty patchy, and the hot water supply.

2/10

Poor

11 Aug 2025

John

We were to check in at 12pm. We arrived the facility at about 3pm. The rooms were still dirty at the time of arrival, they finally got cleaned at 5pm. The hot water was not functional. Staff attitude to work was horrible. They appeared less concerned to our plight and were very slow towards their duties.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2025

ROSA

The places is perfectly located with beach and main shops.
The staff make it a 7 star! They are awesome

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2025

Cameron

Place was quite and I enjoyed it

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Feb 2025

Claire

All staff were very helpful and friendly. Food in the beach bar was tasty but unfortunately they didn’t always have everything on the menu including drinks. Rooms were cleaned daily but they need to be updated. Looking quite sorry for themselves as are the pools and outside of the buildings. There needs to be blackout blinds or curtains in the bedrooms as it’s very bright early morning. Also they need to fit shower curtains as the bathroom floor gets soaking.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2024

Tiffany

Was a pleasant stay. Just wish our air worked the first night. We did get switched the 2nd night to a nicer room with air.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2024

JOB

Very nice, clean and quite

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2024

JOB

Very safe and convince

4/10

Poor

12 Sep 2024

Penina

The property was a mess. Leaking in the bathroom, pillow caseses that dont fit. broken insufficient light. Rust, the list is long.Even for a budget room. The staff were kind and tried to fix everything. But it did not really work. But lovely environment.

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2024

JOB

Quite and Convenient Villa
Staff are friendly

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2024

Frank

Our stay was comfortable and met all our needs

2/10

Poor

17 Jan 2024

Doreen

Worst Customer Service Experience

Our stay was disappointing from the moment we arrived on Dec 31st. The security at the gate would not allow our Uber to drive into the compound, even after letting them know we were checking in as guests. They asked the driver to drive through a side road, park and use the side entrance. Unbeknownst to us, this was the beach entrance and absolutely did not make sense to use for guest check in. We had to walk through the sand in our travel clothes and shoes to make it through the back entrance. Our only saving grace was a couple of security guards that helped us carry our suitcases after they heard our complaints. The explanation that we got from the Reception was that there may have been confusion as the main gate security guard assumed we were New Year’s party guests and only needed access to the beach but once we clarified that we were indeed guests, the main gate security guard was unapologetic and would not even allow our Uber through the gate a second time to pick us up. We had to walk up a hill and out of the gate to catch our Uber. To make matters worse, on one of the nights, we were dropped off at about 4am, showed the room key to a separate security guard and he let our Uber through the gate, only this time to be followed by a strange man that demanded to see our room key again to confirm we were indeed hotel guests. This whole experience definitely left us feeling targeted and discriminated against. I would never again stay here.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2023

Verified traveler

Overall ok.Recommended

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2023

Bernard

Verry good place to stay !! Nice, clean and quiet

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Apr 2023

Jasmiina

Good experience

We stayed at Bahari Dhow for about a week and the experience was good. Looking at the other reviews I was quite surprised because the room was very clean and also the pool was maintained well. Of course some bugs could be seen, because we had the room on the first floor and after all this is the tropics... The bugs came from outside and were mainly in the toilet. We did not see bed bugs etc.
There was lots of security guards but the it was not possible to lock the windows of the room because they were a bit broken, so that would be a good thing to fix to make the security of the place better.
The breakfast was good. There was an event on sunday in the restaurant and many locals also attended, which was fun!
The garden at the villas was really pretty and well maintained! There was a gardener who climbed the palm trees to pick coconuts and that was fun to see.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2023

Scott

Good place for the price

Good place right on the beach. The rooms are in fair shape. I would stay there again because it was affordable. The restaurant was good too but they did mess up on my last order and I was not able to get my order corrected or my money back because the restaurant closed and I was leaving that morning.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2022

Masha

I love everything about here. Came with my family and seeing the excitements in their face made me happy.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2022

Pierre

Good location and staff super helpful and price for stay very resonable

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2022

Pierre

Was having to leave early at 7 am and kitchen open only at 7 so they deliver our breakfast to our room at 6 .30 .so that we were able to leave on time. To remember that breakfast was included on our booking. This was very nice from the kitchen staff.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

12 Feb 2022

Juha

good beach

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2021

gary d

So happy here

Wonderful place, the best we have had in country.
Spacious and homey.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 May 2021

Verified traveler

The animation was fantastic.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2021

Philip

Great villas on nice part of beach

Overall a very good stay (4 days). The villas are large and clean, the shared kitchen well-equipped. AC in the rooms very good. Nice beach front restaurant and bar with live music on Sunday (s). Wifi for me was very bad, which was the only complaint I had.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2020

Dave

As usual a great place. Excellent breakfast, clean pools, cold air conditioning, a fully equipped kitchen, large clean restroom, quiet, safe, and a great value for the price

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2020

Janel

Great stay! Will be back

Had an amazing stay at Bahari. As expected, it is situated directly on the white sand Diani beach within close proximity to supermarkets and other convenience stores. Our Villa was a shared one but due to Corona, we pretty much had it to ourselves (apart from a couple days where staff members stayed there and one night with other guests). Had a lovely room, ensuite with a balcony overlooking the pool. There is a restaurant on site which serves a buffet breakfast and has a menu with a variety of food for the rest of the day. If you don't feel like eating there, no problem, you have a fully equipped kitchen (cooker, refrigerator, utensils) where you can prepare your own meal...the only downside being that cleaning staff didn't seem to clean there for you, which you will need when other guess occupy the shared areas of the villa. Our room was cleaned daily and fresh towels and toiletries provided. The pool was well kept and there were sun beds outside the villas. Staff were very friendly and helpful. I would stay again! Great price for the location

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Feb 2020

Debbie

Liked the general look of the place. Housekeeping need to pay more attention to cleaning cobwebs. Nice pool n seafront restaurant n bar. Rooms need a bit of updating. Lot of rust in bathroom. Put cable in rooms please. Local channels don’t cut it. Overall I like the villa style.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

17 Feb 2020

Jojo

Dirty pool poor service and the place is not what we see on pictures

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

22 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The pools were closed for maintenance upon arrival and both pools was a horrible green colour after cleaning one turned a blue colour but next day was green looked disgusting the room was very dated walls had blood on them the bathroom was dirty tiles missing in the shower toilet cystem was very hot 😧 The beach loungers were shabby and was never cleaned up for miring we arrived on the Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday was on safari thank goodness and checked out on Friday morn losing a substantial amount of money and costing us even more for another hotel bitterly disappointed and nearly ruined the start of our holiday

Leisure

4/10

Poor

21 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

the service was a horrible disasater when at the resurant u wait hours for ur food at the pool the pool boy never brings towels terrible service but right on the beach nice view and nice pool

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

The Villa was fab. We upgraded to a Master room which was excellent and well worth the money. Close to the beach, perfect location. The Villa was very clean and all the appliances were brand new.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2019

leslie

Each building has 3 rooms and a shared common area. Wifi works in the room and sometimes at the dining room. Very secure area but when you go on the beach the locals hound you and don’t let up, every day. AC works fine, hot water. Restaurant has tasty food with free breakfast. Supermarket less than 5 minute walk away

Friends

2/10

Poor

25 Dec 2018

Reuben

I liked the area it was good. Upon arrival they took us to the room which we didn't not book and was way smaller than we reserved, staff then proceeded to tell to \"push the beds together\" to make it a double bed, we refused. The staff were rude
as they were just hoping we would be ok with that room and take it, during check-in this brought an altercation between us and we felt as though we had to beg them to give us our rightly reserved room. Then staff we took us to smaller room ignored us during our 4 night stay. I would recommend staying here if you are not a \" preferred guest\" to them

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Brilliant resort, good villas to share. My only problem is upon arrival on a very busy day priority was given to guests who had booked and were paying upon arrival. I had booked a deluxe room with beach front view and paid online which they didn't like and I was put in a standard room no beach view and no explanation. I had to let it go so I can enjoy my holiday.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2018

Efeosa

Good people, staff were courteous, ready to assist and easy to talk to.
Clean and serene, good food and the WiFi was good too.

Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Aug 2018

LarryG

There are no phones in the rooms, so if you need to talk to reception or want room service, you have to walk to the restaurant or reception and speak in person. Breakfast buffet had very limited choices and ran out of some items if you came for late breakfast. Be warned that if you choose a budget room, you will have a small room in a 3-bedroom villa with no chairs at all to sit down in your room. You would have to go downstairs to the shared living room, and if other tenants of the 3-bedroom villa are there, you will have to out to the beach to sit. We had a very poorly functioning toilet, which took 15-20 minutes to fill the tank after it was flushed. Overall, the property was disappointing and would not upgrade me to a deluxe room even when I said I would pay the extra charges.

8/10

Excellent

02 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Nice Beachfront Hotel with much privacy and lovely staff.
At the moment a bit under construction but is not disturbing.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2018

Dennis

Great Hotel. Great Location.

I recently stayed here with 4 of my friends. The place was wonderful. It has its own private beach, large swimming pools for both adults and children. The villas are a great size, you can sleep up to 6 adults. Each villa has a dining room, sitting area, kitchen and a guest bath, aside from the full bathrooms in the bedrooms. Our stay included breakfast, which was good. The staff was very welcoming and friendly. It was our first time staying at this resort but it will definitely not be our last.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2018

David

Absolutely brilliant!

We had such a great stay at bhari dhow villas and did not want to leave! The setting is on the beach is actually better than the more expensive 5 star resorts. The food and breakfast is delicious and very reasonably priced. They organised a few daily activities and my wife loved zumba. The staff were so friendly and helpful. Special thanks to Maureen on reception and the security guards on the beach and at the front gate. The new management are doing the place up and we are really looking forward to returning soon. Seriously, this place is a bargain for the price!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jan 2018

Anthony

Super helpful staff.

We stayed in The budget room B 1/1 which is really a 1 bedroom in a 3 bedroom villa. A/C worked great n Wi-Fi was great in the room cz it happened to be close to reception area otherwise Wi-Fi is available around pool n restaurant they said.. The beach is right there which we loved. I did not like their food at their restaurant. ..I found it bland...but I'm super picky with food so I got food from the town which is 10 mins away. One thing I did not like is housekeeping did not cover our mattress with the sheets completely like at the feet. I didn't ask the staff for more...we just put towels there n slept..they also did not replace the soap we only got them day 1 n we stayed 4 nights...so we got our own....just fyi also the shower water is a bit salty...I've stayed in other hotels in the area which used a the same water but they filtered theirs better.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

Good location; close to the beach; great swimming

The Bahai Dhow Hotel has an excellent location directly on the beach. The hotel staff are excellent and eager to please. The Hotel's multiple swimming pools are wonderful and the restaurant is nice, especially on Friday night with a live band playing good music.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2017

Nate

Excellent location with nice facilities

I had a great time at Bahari Dhow. The villas are actually made for a big family. They are clean, have a decent kitchen. The staff was really nice. My favorite thing was the balcony on the master bedroom.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2017

Verified traveler

Hotel is on the beach with beach chairs and towels

Was good for money. The staff were very helpful. All adjacent hotels were expensive and less populated. These premises are self contained villas where you can cook you own food as it is well furnished. It has three pools. one for children and other two for adults.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Mar 2017

Anonymous

Beach Weekend

Lovely place to get away from Nairobi and spend the weekend, very enjoyable with a group of girlfriends and good quiet place to relax and do nothing but watch the tide roll in and out. Breakfast facing the beach and sunrise was lovely. Beachboys not allowed to come near property which was fantastic.

4/10

Poor

24 Feb 2026

Olav

Standard rooms are outdated and not clean. Breakfast absolutely terrible.

2/10

Poor

06 Jan 2026

Suleiman

Das Hotel ist in sehr schlechten Zustand. Betten sind kaputt, matratzen total ausgenutzt, Türen sind kaputt und die Toiletten sind in sehr schlechten zustand und sehr dreckig.
Der Pool ist nicht sauber, das wasser ist bräunlich, überhaupt nicht sauber.

Ich bin sehr entäuscht von diesem Hotel.

Wir kommen sicherlich nie mehr wieder.

Partner

4/10

Poor

09 Mar 2025

Anastasia

Die erste Unterkunft die mir gegeben wurde hat schlimm gerochen. Das Zimmer war nicht wirklich bewohnbar. Due zweite Unterkunft teilte ich mit einem Italiener. Die Küche war schlecht ausgestattet (Herd musste aus einer anderen Unterkunft gebraucht werden, keine Gläser, im Kühlschrank und der Mikrowelle waren Lebensmittel, die weder mir noch dem Mitbewohner gehörten). Schlafzimmer war jedoch viel besser als das vorherige. Angebot war mit Bademantel, Hausschuhe, Hygiene Artikel; alles nicht vorhanden. Fernseher funktioniert nicht. Internet empfangen auf dem Zimmer nicht vorhanden. Kein Warmes Wasser, zudem Salzwasser. Telefon im Zimmer funktioniert nicht, wenn man etwas benötigt muss man zu Rezeption laufen. Musste 4 Tage dem Wasserkocher hinterherlaufen, hab den dann bekommen nachdem ich mich geweigert habe die Rezeption zu verlassen( Morgens kein Kaffee im Restaurant, wenn man Frühstück nicht gebucht hat). Personal möchte oder kann nicht weiter helfen. Abschließbar nur das Schlafzimmer (jedoch mit einem starken ruck schnell ohne Schlüssel zu öffnen). Das Häuschen ist nicht Abschließbar, Wertsachen am besten mit sich tragen. Restaurant hat meistens fast nix was auf der Karte steht. Es ist einfacher sich erklären zu lassen, was vorhanden ist, als das zu bestätigen was man möchte. Essen ist essbar. Poolwasser grün.Die Aussicht aus dem Restaurant großartig.

Leisure Self