Indian Ocean Beach Club Reviews:  Diani Beach,  Mombasa, Kenya  

The Diani Beach Resort is pretty much like the rest of Kenya, beautiful hotels set in the middle of nowhere and to get there you have to drive thought shanty towns, Like most people going to kenya, the hotel is where you send most of your time unless you go on a safari. Beautiful beaches and wonderful peole.

2011
We have been to diani beach many times before first time at this hotel spent the first 3 days trying to get the hotel to serve us food that was hot and at least appertizing.

2011
It is with regret that we have been privy to the slow decline of this Diani Beach hotel from a 5 plus hotel to at best 3.5 over the last 6 years. We have always enjoyed going there and appreciated the friendliness and willingness of the staff to go the extra mile at all times.

2011
Just had a great week on my own at the Indian Ocean Resort. Fantastic time of year to go....not overcrowded, hot, not humid, lovely sea breeze and NO mosquitos. Found the hotel beautifully located, good amenities (though might be overstretched when fully occupied) lots to do if I wanted.....amazingly friendly and helpful staff who chatted away in at least five languages. Lovely small bungalows set in superb mature grounds.

2011
I like Diani Beach hotel a lot. The beach is magnificent, the water clear and warm, and the staff couldn't be nicer. It's a low-rise complex of bungalows and other buildings, all designed with charm. Built in the early 1990's, it was the first hotel on this stretch of beach.

2010
I've stayed at two other resorts in Diani - Papillon and Hotel Serena and this is the best of the three. Check in and check out process was good, food was reasonably varied and good.

2009
The Diani Beach Hotel was first class all round from the warm and friendly staff to the food, amenities, rooms, location, entertainment and especially the 3 or 4 young lads that organised the sporting activities of which I took part in even though I celebrated my 59th B/day performing with a Big Mumma in the pool aerobics aftrerwards finding out she was the Hotel owners beloved Daughter. I would definately recommend the Volley Ball on the Beach with the local lads. If there was one thing that left a bit to be desired it was the fact that most people left around 10.00 o`clock to go to bed, very boring.

2010
I would have no hesitation in recommending the Indian B R hotel to anyone who was thinking of going. It was also very very clean, rooms, gardens & the Beach and no hassle on it.

2009
We stayed here for one night and then went off on a Safari for 3 nights to Tsavo East & West which was fantastic along with a night Safari. We returned to the Indian Ocean Beach Resort for the rest of our holiday which was just over 2 weeks. We met a lovelly couple there and have remained in touch and have actually visited them.

2011
Beaches are lovely but be prepared to be hassled as soon as you step onto the beach by the sellers. Definitely go as a couple and not as a 'girls only' holiday. Locals are very polite and welcoming but very persistant.

2011
The beach boys and women can be a pain, but you do have to be abrupt with them. The beach is lovely and the forty thieves is a must.

2011
The beach was beautiful but you had to get up at six to enjoy a peaceful walk without being bombarded buy the beach sellers. They would scour the hotels for new clients and then offer you free items so that you were obliged to visit the beach shops.

2011
We may just have been unlucky with our position on the beach, but found the seaweed annoying. The sea was beautifully warm when we did venture in, but a combination of seaweed and beach traders put us off. Lovely white powdery sand, but no sunbeds on beach as it is a public facility.

2011
There are several shops within a short walk of the hotel. One negative point is that you are always pestered by the locals wanting to sell their goods.

2011
Not really a resort more a strip of hotels on very good beach. Local town Ukunda has some shops but souvenirs etc can be bought on beach.

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