Name: Oceanview Nyali Boutique Hotel - Hostel
Address: 1st Ave, Mombasa, Mombasa, Mombasa, 80100, Kenya
Rating: 6

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Smoke-free property

Garden

Terrace

Outdoor furniture

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Flat-screen TV

Shower/Bathtub

Wardrobe/Closet

Linens

Mosquito net

Slippers

Toiletries

Rooms

Ironing

Laundry

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Common kitchen

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Multi-language staff

Languages Spoken

Barbecue grill(s)

Barbeque

Recreation

Offsite parking reservations required

Parking

Swimming pool

Outdoor pool

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hostel

Room amenities

Moi International Airport

Vipingo Airport

Ukunda Airport

Oceanview Nyali Boutique Hotel - Hostel

Mombasa

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The place is clean, but basic - breakfast is basic as well
Dont expect much
the ocean is hidden because of the a massive structure being constructed next to it
the dinner we ordered was ok
staff were friendly to us - not many guests when we stayed there
the ocean is like 7min walk and its a rocky part of the ocean

Hidden Ocean View!

I wish there was a possibility of giving zero stars to this place. It was an awful experience. I contacted the hotel to tell them that we’d arrive late because of some traffic issues but they still cancelled our booking. I think they do that so that the guests have no chance of writing reviews on booking.com. 

Anyway, we still checked in and wanted to take a shower but there was no water! I mean the taps were completely dry. After complaining, we got cold ocean water to shower with! They even offered to bring us water in a bucket 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

The shower boiler is a death trap. It sent fire sparks across the bathroom, I almost died of electrical shock! They do not care about the health and wellbeing of their guest. They just want money money money. 

The insects 🐜 🕷 in that place were so many, I wondered how on earth that business is still running. We got itchy skin that affected us even weeks after our stays. They never apologised for those inconveniences. Please stay away from them.

Worst experience ever!

Before booking I wrote and e-mail and specifically asked whether the TV in the ROOMS had DSTV since we wanted to watch our national team playing in the EUROS (football). As I reply “we have DSTV and internet connection”. What a sneaky answer not mentioning “rooms”. When we came they wanted us to pay upfront. We did not think about and paid. When  we went to the room I looked for the channel, it was not there. When the above was mentioned the lady in the reception replied “we dont have DSTV in the rooms and we dont do refunds”. Get lost. We paid 5 minutes ago and they obviously lied just to get money.   There were also no wifi….in the rooms. The toilet was leaking and there were no seat. The room was next to a garage with cars and a lot of constructiong going on starting early (noisy). The shower was cold. There were ants and cockroaches. Just dont go there they are nothing but snakes in the grass.

Worst hotel experience in Africa

This place is horrendous. We were supposed to stay here for 3 nights as part of our international healthcare course of 14 days in Kenya. My professor refused to stay here and we ended up forfeiting everything-- our tour guide paid in advance-- because this place was so bad. I've traveled before and have stayed at 2 star hostels but this place needs to be avoided at all costs. There is no AC and Mombasa in January was 100 degrees. When they offered to put us up in one of the "suites" on the top floor, cockroaches dispersed across the wall as they unlocked the door. Toilets have no seats and are in worse condition than a gas station in the middle of West Virginia. DO NOT STAY HERE!

Don't believe anyone that gives this place more than 1 star!

We got this place since we struggled to find places with AC. We were there mid January and yet the prices were still high. We took one of the 2 rooms that had AC. The AC is old and you can't even change the settings! The place is also old and just basic service which makes the cost absolutely ridiculous. I was even more disappointed when the house keeper flagged us down while we were leaving to ask us for the second glass that was in our room. We had taken it downstairs to the bar the previous night. What a shame, like come on! You make people pay tons of money, why not use it to replace the old ugly glasses if they were to go missing!?! Too petty! Fyi the ocean view is nothing phenomenal.

Not worth the cost

Worst hotel in Mombasa ever. I had a booking for one night and I arrived at 10pm then asked to change the small smelly room with AC but they asked me to pay $40 more so I rejected and just asked for cancelation and getting refunded. The management refused to refund me and when I asked to have dinner instead of my booking. The manager was so rude. Only receptionist is a nice friendly guy.... I wouldn't recommend this place

Don't book it here. Mombasa is full of better hotels

The management is rude, the place does not look like it shows on the pictures.would not recommend anyone to stay there at all the prices they give you online and on arrival are completely different, we felt played, scam.

Terrible

This hotel is good for short stay and its quite affordable. I have been here before and I came back again for one night with my family. I loved the family room, its quite spacious and directly facing the sea.

Its still a nice cosy hotel

Very nice !
Safe plase !
Nice view !
Freandly staff,speek english,ready for help 24h.a day,are you need taxi are TUK TUK !
Near beach,near shoping,more Moscue around!
Recomendet for freands,from another contry!

We had a lovely stay at this hotel, very friendly staff, especially Violet at the reception desk and Thorne at the pool bar. The food was ok and not very pricey, the room was very spacious, clean, no air con in the room but we had a fan. The city mall is within walking distance from the hotel (about 10 minutes walk), the beach is nearby too (Mombasa beach and Nyali beach). We recommend this hotel. 

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