Marijani Holiday Resort

Resort was nice. For beach location is good. Staff was friendly. Joshep and Gayal was very helpful.

Kitchen need more tide and more utensils

Location near the beach, restaurants and shops. Accesible swimming pool at any time. Nice clean rooms. Complimentary madafu on arrival. Joseph was great and helpful. Room gets cleaned everyday.

The communication of the staff could improve. On arrival nothing is explained. Pool times, Check out, meal times, nearby restaurants or transport options... Any info you need, you have to explicitly ask. Sometimes things had to be asked more than once for them to be carried out. For example, toilet roll in the swimming pool toilets. If shower gel or toilet room in the room runs out you also have to ask for it, rather than them providing it during daily cleaning. One day they put the cleaning product for the pool at 9am and it needs 4 hours before one can go inside the water. I don’t understand why this wasn’t done earlier so guests could use the pool in the morning. The meal times or availability is very unclear too. One night we said we wanted breakfast but the chef in the morning hadn’t been told. Also there is no specific service they offer, you have to ask in advance if you want to eat, but sometimes is difficult to plan in advance. I think there is room for improvement but overall I really enjoyed it and I’d recommend to anyone and would definitely stay there again.

This place is special. They put care into it, from the funky authentic wall decorations and washroom mosaic to the soft towels to staff being available to give you a tuk tuk ride across town (for a fee). I've stayed all up and down the coast and all over Kenya and this place really stands out for its unique design. The internet is good, on my laptop it clocked 77mbps upload/18 " download/23 Ms ping/8 Ms jitter. I was able to make video calls. Both owners are kind and effective (when I was unavailable to receive my change, one owner followed up to make sure that I got it). A staffer started cleaning my room immediately after checkout time, which was good for me because he found two things that I would've forgotten.

The pool was a bit too small (but sufficient for laps). The gate is always locked, so you need a staffer to let you in or out (though of the many times I came and went, this only slightly delayed me once). There was another review complaining about the mosquitos and it's mostly true. I went out to sit on my balcony nightly, and eventually the mosquitos always won. However, the wall mounted fan allowed me to stay out there for a while. And I think mosquitos are going to be an issue anywhere you stay in Watamu. This isn't right on the beach (I'm saying this for your benefit; I knew that when I booked but didn't mind), but it's still walkable.

The property was okay for the price and the location was good too

Was disappointed cause I thought breakfast was included in that price