Name: Tamani Jua Tao Resort
Address: B8, Malindi, Kenya, Malindi, Malindi, Malindi, 80200, Kenya
Rating: 8

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Malindi Airport

Tamani Jua Tao Resort

This resorts came in handy after two days trips. We arrived late evening and were warmly received by the receptionist John and shortly the owner, Mattia.  The night and day is all quiet. Full of trees hence not as hot. We enjoyed our room, the beautiful garden, the pool and also got a chance to peep through the cottages. These can hold a big family and has kitchen. The bar and restaurant superb. Asanteni, tuonane karibuni. 

After booking, is when i read the reviews and i was shocked...i thought to myself why dint i read before i paid.We set off with my hubby and two children for the weekend.We were welcomed very well, cold juice served to all of us. We were shown the rooms-we had connecting room with the children. Room was clean. One toilet however wasnt working well and we had to go to the childrens toilet as it could flush.
The swimming pool was great, and the children were eager to swim despite us getting there at almost 6 in the evening, luckily there are lights by the pool so swimming at night was not an issue.
We ordered for dinner and despite the reviews i read..the dinner was on time, and well prepared. Only the children were not happy with their chicken, because they expected to get the whole chicken(drumsteak and wings) but it was more of steak breadcrumbed chicken. The rest of the meal was awesome and the waiter was super courteous and friendly.
Morning came and the waiter we had that morning, was nothing near the one the previous night. He was grumpy. The juice was not fresh juice, the sausages were tooo hard but the rest of the food was good.
Disappointment came when we ordered for lunch for the children- chips and sausages.,.One and a half hours later- nothing..and when eventually it came, the sausages were super haaard. 
Overally, the children enjoyed themselves fully as they got the chance to swim the whole time and watch their favorite cartoons and the pool attendants were very friendly to them and they loved their room.
The hotel just needs to look at the showers and toilets.. its a place i would definitely go back...

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Interesting.....

It can't get worse from here.
The food is totally not fresh and the staff admitted to buying from roadside vendors. The staff have no idea what those Italian meals on the menu are. Took 3 to explain.
I received stained towels and instead of apologizing, they blamed their supplier, a random wash lady. My bed had a big bug (attached image), housekeeping was not thorough and wait you see their super torn rag-looking uniform, very embarrassing. In the rooms do not expect amenities such as a fridge! mini bar, kettle, iron box, sandals, toiletries.

There is 1 communal television and no beach. I stayed a full day with no electricity since they had no generator and cold water showers since the staff forgot to switch on the heater,

Please change those old noisy air conditioners its 2017 together with your super boring meals. Note, once you hear drum beats for dinner, run because I was late 35min and missed food completely. I had fruits, not by choice.

To your cliche reply, No you didn't chase me away, I checked out and Never to be spotted anywhere near that hotel.

Rock Bottom

Reviewing the comments i came to understand that this hotel instead of accepting and apologizing for their horrid service and untruthful management oppose to the facts as if nothing ever happened, 

      As a guest at the hotel at the same time over there, i was disgusted by their replies and efficiency in service one example being the food services, food was not fresh instead one famiy had to wait a horrible 2 hours, only for them to be served with stale rubbery street vendered food! 

            The management couldn't even take the courtesy of fixing my water heater and air conditioning on time, i thinking they were waiting for me to finish my stay and start ripping off another customer who might have been poorly advised.!!! 

    I regret not taking any pictures of proof as was to busy solving the hotel bathroom problems myself!!! 

   Sorry to say like you referred to one of your guests " we dont want people like you"  Well i am more than happy to never visit your hotel ever ever again 

  PS : there is no beach within the hotel premises dont be fooled by photos online 

 Thank you

I Dont how they have 4 stars in trip advisor

Reviews from 2014 for this hotel say that there is a trickling stream from the overhead shower, and sadly till 2016 its still the same case.

You dont get hot water until you go and "request" the reception to start the water heaters.

Dont be fooled by the pictures showing the chef cooking for the guests poolside. This hotel DOES NOT have a chef, infact, we needed a dinner in our stay and we called in to ask if the kitchen was on, and decided to have a freshly cooked dinner in the hotel. We were informed it will take 1.5 hours to cook us grilled chicken and french fries, and we ordered 18 plates of HALF chicken and chips.

After 2.5 hours we were served with completely dry QUARTER chicken and stale chips purchased from street food vendors.

Upon bringing it to the "manager's" attention we just get a crude apology and to add insult to injury they give us a "discount" of 300 kshs on our already overpriced stale dinner that we hardly managed to eat.

Upon checking out another shock awaited us as suddenly the room rate became 3500 per person and 80perc off for children when we had a clear discussion with the "owner" over the phone that it was 3000 per adult, children below 10 stayed free and those below 15 stayed at half rate!!! 

When we try clarifying the situation with the owner and tell them to be honest, we get a reply from him saying he doesnt really want us as guests in a crude manner.

Must say we really dont remember a more insulting stay in any hotel then this!!!

Please stay away if you have other options to stay in MALINDI. Oh, and did i mention the hotel IS NOT a beach property and if you get rooms roadside then ANY car passes by and you can hear the car as clearly as though u r sleeping next to it.

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