Name: Mic Hotel
Address: Ubungo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Rating: 6

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Julius Nyerere International Airport

Mic Hotel

We stayed here in 2014 after being robbed in a hotel around 5mins away. This hotel kindly welcomed us and was given the African price to stay here. We had taken two double rooms and both had a great view. 

We used the restaurant and bar in the hotel. Food was served at a reasonable time and the bar upstairs I think we were the only people in. But never the less we made the most of it. 

Wifi was available which was a bonus. 

There was building work going on but it didn't actually disturb us. We were comfortable, felt safe and knew our belongings were safe. If your taking the bus from ubungo then this is the perfect hotel as it's literally around the corner and porters are there to help if needed. 

Ihope iwill be back for sure many thankx for every body for better services and receptionist and weitress iwas enjoy so much for sure every body is charming and food was delicious soup mchemsho from chef is very better and also breakfast and lunch +dinneer

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Actually July 2014 & 2015 I visited..

Thankx for your hospitality 

This is a comfortable, well appointed hotel next door to Ubungo bus station. Given that road travel is the predominant mode of transport around Tanzania this hotel is exceptionally conveniently located. For tourists who want to experience a reality of Swahili life bus travel is far more rewarding than peering through the window of a private hire vehicle. Also one can see the way not only I which Tanzanians travel, but also how they transport goods from sacks of rice to live chickens and bags of tomatoes. My advice is to feel the realty of Tanzanian life rather than merely photograph it from a distance.

Good value and very convenient for travel around Tanzania

What went well. 

This hotel is very close to the Ubungo bus station

The property has a fence and a security guard at the gate. 

I booked a deluxe room which was very large, with an access to a private little verandah where one can sit and enjoy the outside views - see photos of the views. 

The air conditioner worked well and the water was flowing in the bathroom taps. 

I ordered food in the restaurant and after a few glitches, the right door was delivered and it was hot and delicious. I waited for my 2000 shs change which didn't arrive but would have tipped anyway as the food was nice. 

What didn't go so well 

The bathroom has a very old and rusty jacuzzi with a very dirty shower handle which gives little confidence about the cleanliness of the facility. 

The toilet seat was broken and discoloured. It could do with a few manitainance fixes to the taps and the toilet. 

There was only one towel in the bathroom and having booked for two people I wondered what the problem was. Asking for an additional towel at the reception I was reassured that it will be provided but this didn't happen. The one that was available was not dry giving little confidence regarding cleanliness. If you decide to stay here I suggest you bring your own towels. 

Breakfast is included in the room price, but this also was very poor for Tz standards. They only had bread slices, maandazi, bananas, water melons and soup. So if you needed any proteins then you only had peas soup which I didn't fancy and I didn't see any guest going for it. There was instant coffee hot water and milk. 

Overall 

If what you want is a place to lay your head at night and don't care much about cleanliness or having a good breakfast then this place is for you. I think the property would benefit from renovation of the basic facilities and good regular deep cleaning. The jacuzzi could be removed and replaced with a working shower which is easy to clean. For 55 USD per night you should get a better service than this in Dar es Salaam. 

Useful tip

Request rooms on the 7th floor, they are much quieter than those at lower levels. 



The air conditioner worked 

Absolutely filthy. Rude staff. Not worth being close to the bus station, better off staying further out at a half decent hotel for less in price and getting a quick taxi to Ubungo if you have an early bus! I didn't feel safe. Mould all over the walls. Cockroaches all over the top of the shower (which is an old worn down jacuzzi type thing). Completely foul. Wouldn't recommend to anyone!!!!

What a mess

We spent two nights here in July 2017. The hotels location is very strange, it is pretending to be a western hotel with great rooms, we got a corner room with a view and a jacuzzi.

The view was not very good, just overlooking some traffic and a bus park. The jacuzzi did not work. The hot water did not work before discussing with the receptionist who said "some of the taps are reversed, choose the one that has the highest pressure, because the hot water has a pump". So we chose cold water, which had the higher pressure, let it run for 3 minutes, and then we had hot water.

So far so good. In the middle of the night, my girlfriend had an accident and some blood spilled on the sheet. I politely asked the receptionist if it was possible to have a new sheet, and I was assured that this was no problem. A boy was sent to the room, but instead of exchanging the dirty sheet with a clean one, he started examining the sheet. "Oh, there is blood here", he said. "Yes", I said "that is why we want the sheet exchanged". I also mentioned to him that pointing out the blood on the sheet was very indiscreet and unprofessional, and that the lady might be embarrassed by this.

They made a big deal about this and after a while the manager came out and talked about "regulations". "This is not the UK or Europe, we have regulations". "If you spill blood on the sheet we will exchange it the day after, and charge you for dry cleaning". I told them I would pay for a new sheet, but they told me this could not be done until the day after, and at a charge. I was very offended, especially as the receptionist told me that a sheet change would be no problem. Fortunately, my girlfriend dragged me into the room before this escalated into something more.

The hotel was built like a 4 star luxury hotel, but the location is bad and the service is terrible.

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