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Chikho Hotel

Kasungu

I've been staying in Chikho Kasungu for 4 weeks. The rooms view wasn't particularly great, but the rooms are comfortable and equipped with everything you need; bed including mosquito net, bathroom with warm water, fridge, air conditioner, closet, table. The free Wi-Fi works well as long as there's power.

Some things that are advertised are not available in the hotel: there is no safe in the room, the pool has been gone for some time, there is no gym or billiards, and the rooms are definitely not soundproof. Besides, the menu in the restaurant has way more options than is actually ever available. Even when indicating in the morning our preference for dinner in the evening, they could not deliver what we wanted. Also, a waiting time of an hour or more is common, so it's better to order in advance.

The amount of food we received every morning with the breakfast included in the room fare is great. Every morning we were welcomed by an extensive buffet. If just a few guests were staying, there would be no buffet, but we could order an egg in any way we wanted. We would then receive a full plate with potatoes, vegetables, 2 sausages (though always still red on the inside, even after repeatedly telling the staff to cook it longer), chicken, and multiple eggs prepared how we ordered. Usually it was more than enough to have food for lunch as well, as we could keep the plates wrapped in plastic in our fridge for the kitchen staff to warm up for us at another time.

The hygiene of the hotel is good, as the corridors are cleaned daily and the rooms as well if you leave your key at the reception. There is barely any insects in the room, unless you leave your windows open for too long. But the mosquito nets around the bed work fine.

Overall, compared to the standard in The Netherlands, Chikho Hotel would not be 'very good', but for Malawi/Kasungu standard it really it. I enjoyed my stay here, the staff was nice and everthing is in good condition.

I definitely recommend staying at Chikho whilst visiting Kasungu or the surrounded area!

Chiko 
Chiko Hotel is located in Kasungu just over an hour’s drive from the capital Lilongwe. It is set in attractive grounds a short drive from the town centre so you would need transport if using it as a base to explore the area. This is one of the smaller conference facilities that I have used in Malawi and its size offers a number of advantages. These include shorter distances between guest rooms and the public areas, smaller queues at mealtimes and overall a quieter calmer atmosphere. There were a few electrical outages during the week but these were of short duration and did not impact on the workshop. There are ramps to most rooms on the ground floor offering access to those with mobility difficulties.
The guest rooms were spacious and clean with tiled floors and bathrooms although finish and décor were basic.. A kettle and cups were provided in the rooms but no hairdryer or iron.  The water supply was reliable and a reasonable temperature. Although there was a mosquito net it was not in good condition so I would advise bringing a plug-in mosquito repellent. 
The real selling point for this facility was the support provided by the staff at all levels. They acted on requests and responded to issues very quickly. For example, on arrival we explained the room lay out required and when we arrive on the first morning everything in the room, including audio visual and audio equipment was exactly as we wanted.
I would be happy to use this hotel for leisure purposes if I wanted somewhere to stay for a few days while exploring the country.

Conference facility with friendly, responsive staff

Rooms have been refurbished and are in good condition.  But the kitchen is sadly lacking, for most of the items on the menu, the answer is "sorry, we dom't have".  And one would expect that a hotel of this size had wineglasses for a party of 18.  They only had three. Slow, but friendly service. I will be back.

Best hotel in Kasungu

the rooms are neat and quite with AC, TV and working table. They also have nice foods at the restaurant however you need to spare at least an hour to get your food after you order. The hotel also have a quite good swimming pool. 

good rooms

Was going to the farm with my colleague and stopped over to have lunch. Their open Chambo fish, a delicacy fish dish in Malawi was excellent. You better try this fish when you are in Kasungu, Malawi. Just ask for open Chambo with any accompaniment of your choice. you'll love it am sure.

Kasungu' s best

A very unique place in the middle of nowhere. For out in nowhere the hotel is very nice but compared to an international standard confusing and sometimes a bit unorganised. However, there is still a long way to go to an international top standard. You are not so sure what the service is doing and what they expect from you. The food is ok and you got access to a pool.

unique place in the middle of nowhere

Booked a room for two and received a rate of US$75 B&B. There's safe parking and good security. 

The staff were friendly but sometimes a bit slow with orders and service. The Waitresses also weren't very keen to get drinks from the bar (which is at the opposite end of the hotel and quite a bit from the dining area but expected guests to do that which felt was rude. Only after the promise of a tip were they up for it. 

Had a room on the ground floor and it was basically furnished (Bed/Cupboard/Fridge/Chair and tea table). It was clean but had loads of mosquitos so had to sleep with the mosquito net down and bugs pray just in case. The room had an Aircon, TV (about 5 channels inc CNN) and Internet. All worked. (Note you have to pay for WiFi) The plumbing in bathroom wasn't good. Sink and shower kept getting blocked and taking long to drain. Shower pressure could be better but at least it was nice and hot! MGMT could invest in better pillows too. They are very hard.

The food was not great. Basic and bland. They had an extensive menu offering steaks, fish, seafood, multiple beef and chicken dishes but could only offer chicken and rice or chicken and chips (fries) with coleslaw or vegetables when we decided to order dinner. 
Food was a real let down. Breakfast again was basic. Cereals, eggs, sausages and chips again with tea and coffee (Also so disappointing to note that they didn't have Malawi coffee! Instead South African Ricoffy in a country that makes its own great coffee!) Overall breakfast was not full English or Continental as promised on the menu.
Lots of flies inside the dining hall. Cans of doom or fly traps would help. 

All in all however this is definitely a better option than Kasungu Inn if looking for a place to stay in Kasungu but it's nothing fancy. They have a pool too but didn't swim as no extra towels provided, it didn't look very clean and there no seating around it as its fenced in. Very bizarre.

Clean but needs major improvement

I stayed with two colleagues.  The beds and bedding was extremely comfortable.  Breakfast was included in our room rate and was buffet but with eggs/omlettes cooked to order.  We also had dinner there every evening and the food was very nice indeed.  The only downside was there was no free wifi, you have to buy time on a hot spot.  I know others have reviewed saying it didn't work, but it worked fine for us.  The staff were really nice, especially if you made the effort to be friendly,  they always tried to help you if you needed something.  We were first put in rooms on the second floor but there was no hot water (I don't know if that is typical), when we told them they moved us to the ground floor and there was plenty of hot water.  I was conceals that there is a drought on in Malawi so tried to use as little water as possible so I can't say if you could have a long shower - it was certainly enough for my needs.  Overall, really nice, safe hotel.

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