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Reviews of Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

Diani Beach Road, 80400 Diani Beach, Kenya

#32 of 43 hotels in Diani Beach

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 678 hotel reviews

7.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.2

  • Comfort

    8.2

  • Location

    9.0

  • Facilities

    7.7

  • Staff

    8.9

  • Value for money

    7.8

  • Free WiFi

    7.9

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  • Reviewed: April 17, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing

    1. The food was great with a wide variety menu to choose from. 2. Rooms were clean, comfortable, and serene. 3. The staff are amazingly beautiful humans(special shout out to Madam Saleem Operations manager and Madam Purity guest relations officer)..

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 17, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Services

    The beach and hotel

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 17, 2024

    8.0
    I had a good stay at Diani Reef
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It was not pristine clean

    It gave a feel of a holiday experience.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 11, 2024

    8.0
    Comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    In two nights we needed maintenance 3 times. The sink was clogged, the toilet flash was broken and the TV didn’t work. Lots of rusting in the bathroom.

    Overall it was good! Beach access was excellent!! Breakfast was very good as well. We appreciated the extra bed they brought in for us which made our stay very comfortable.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 11, 2024

    8.0
    Relaxing, fun stay in a great location!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Breakfast - the bread variety could include more whole grain bread. Would like to have had honey available. Special coffees such as Cappucinos, Americano's etc. For people who like there coffee stronger, there is room for improvement here. The piano in the lounge needs fixing and tuning. (: Some live music would be great on certain days.

    Breakfast - Liked the fresh fruits, the bacon and the fact that we could ask for stronger brewed coffee which was served to us at the table. Excellent service with respect to the latter. Dinner - Finns A la Carte restaurant. We had some really good dishes at Finns. The asian options as well as the meditteranean burger was really good. My daughter (and we) loved the Fish fingers which is more like fish goujons - made with fresh fish. Overall we were very happy with the fact that the resort offered a programme of activities and that the staff were very attentive and proactive in making our stay enjoyable for all of us. Great resort if you are a party of people with a range of ages.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 9, 2024

    8.0
    Enjoyable value for money!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The rooms are a bit dated could be upgraded. Also the TV is not working very well.

    Friendly staff, clean rooms and facilities, excellent pool and beach.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 7, 2024

    7.0
    Amazing food!
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The hotel needs to modernise the rooms. They are abit old school.

    The food was spectacular!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: April 5, 2024

    8.0
    great
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    my room doesnt have the best site

    beach and pool

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: April 4, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The salt water in the room. At least the water out of the tap should have come from reverse osmosys filter so it is drinkable

    The food, the staff, the pool, the location at the beach

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: March 30, 2024

    8.0
    Excellent experience
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The facilities in the room are quiet old and shower water was salty

    Excellent pools and out doors facilities, friendly staff, food was very good too. The pool and beach are so clean and decent breakfast offered. Rooms are big with great ocean view.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 10, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very nice area around the beach.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: February 24, 2024

    7.0
    It's was a thrilling stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Showering water was salty😞

    I loved that they had activities to entertain their guests. It's a lively resort and will definitely come back.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: February 20, 2024

    8.0
    great
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    the fridge and the safe box were not working

    Nice hotel and location. Lots of services. Kind staff. Clean room.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 19, 2024

    9.0
    Excellent hotel for those who love eating.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The nearest lift was broken and the main restaurant was 2 floors up. For the elderly or infirm, this was challenging. We reported a smell exuding from a drain cover in the bathroom. The hotel was a great stay apart from my comments. The hotel had a health spa with massage and I treated my wife to massages in the spa almost daily, she was happy.

    The bedroom and bed was very comfortable and the A/C, refrigerator, kettle, TV worked. The bed was clean and clean sheets were offered daily. Our room was sea level and a short walk from the beach. 4 bottles of free drinking water was replenished daily. The hotel food was excellent and in abundance. It did not make me sick or have the runs.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 19, 2024

    8.0
    Absolutely excellent
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It would be Nice if there was supermarked very closeby to buy water and frugt etc.

    I would like to send a special thanks to Mohamed at the reception, who was helping us a lot to make our stay so wonderful even though we missed our luggage because of British Airways. Mohamed and Lewala at reception were fixing our problems because the missed luggage and especially Mohamed was always helpfull with everything and made us feel good. Thank you so much. For sure we Will come back!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 16, 2024

    9.0
    Great resort, would recommend
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night

    There was no mosquitiers in the windows so you could not open it during the night

    Good buffet breakfast, suitable for vegetarians, so many varieties. Large swimming pool, great for swimming when low tides. Beach was very clean, many lounges.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 11, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Deluxe Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The beach, not enough sunbed and umbrella It’s a fight each morning to have a sit around the beach because people from the hotel keep it

    The suite room was amazing Food is okey

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: February 10, 2024

    8.0
    Nice time
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Breakfast very poor

    Pool bedrooms

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 8, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The downside of this hotel is the food and drinks.It is definitely not a five star menu.Very few options to choose from, and they were repeating daily.The fresh juices were more water than juice ( they were definitely diluted).Also, the hotel doesn’t hold an espresso coffee machine.They serve a light, untasty coffee.

    Nice location, great access to the beach, enough sunbeds, enough beach towels.The majority of staff was very friendly.Special thanks to our room attendant Nashon Kiprop, who is hard working, very kind, and took good care of our rooms and everything we requested.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: January 29, 2024

    7.0
    Old-fashioned big hotel on the beach!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    My bathroom was old and with some maintenance to be done.

    Beautiful access to the beach, nice garden and a lovely bar looking at the sea.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 26, 2024

    9.0
    Great experience, would recommend to families especially!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing:)

    It was great overall, very kind staff, clean rooms and hotel was very clean everywhere. The beach was beautiful and well maintained. The food that was served was average because it lacked variety but yummy!! I went with my family and we loved the hotel! They had multiple kids’ activities which really gives parents a good 2-3hr break to enjoy themselves without the children 😊 Yvonne, Liz and Maria were great with my kiddo love and hugs to them❤️

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 25, 2024

    7.0
    People were excellent. Facilities need maintenance. Location exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Cost, comfort, lack of maintenance

    Location, food, staff

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: January 24, 2024

    7.0
    Good food, nice overall, but aging and needs a facelift.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Salt water in the bathroom taps, yuck.. Some parts of hotel needing some sprucing up, some unpleasant smells emitting from some areas (eg.hallway in meeting room area), too many stairs to climb with no accessible elevator/lift (challenge for guests with mobility ussues). The adult/quiet pool seems to have gone into disuse, we were not encouraged to use it, I had contradictory information whether we were supposed to use it as it seemed abandoned (one staff member told me it was okay to use it but reception manager told me it was actually not to be used, but no signage was placed). In spite of that I used it a couple of times. The other, more shallow pool was used for pool games, children, loud music, so not as great an option for us.There were not enough beach and pool loungers, and many of those were in disrepair. The towels were not always available when needed.

    Great staff, nice clean rooms, comfortable beds, good air conditioning, very good food, overall setting very nice.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 19, 2024

    7.0
    Amazing
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The check in process took longer than expected

    The front desk receptionist was exceptional - Celestine - outstanding customer service

    Stayed in January 2024

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