Ruvisha Beach Hotel

Location right next to beach . I use to go for Breakfast at 0700 and then after breakfast went to beach for nice walk and also you can go for sailing with fisher mans .

I went in March so afternoon is very hot until 1600 . so 1300 to 1600 I stayed in Hotel .

Nice pool, nice breakfast, short walk to a beach.

I arrived around 4.30am after a very long journey in which I was travelling for over 24 hours. I was awoken by loud phone ringing 12 noon telling me I was now on day 2 and needed to pay. I was jet lagged and a bit startled so agreed to get ready and come down. Half hour later another call to pay, while I was still getting ready, then again 10 mins later another call as I was leaving to go down to sort it. That made me feel badgered and harassed after little sleep. I also had to pay in cash which was very inconvenient as had to find ATM etc which takes time out of other things arranged for my day, back and forth. So the phone calls were annoying and having to pay cash.

The staff is all smiles & help you with your concerns! The management is generous to give me a late check out free of charge.

Location

Food was lovely. Bedroom was spacious & bed comfortable.

Food portions at dinner & breakfast are far too much for one person. Lot of waste & not necessary. Restaurant manager/staff friendly but constantly 'hovering' close by, watching every minute, interrupting several times whilst eating to see if food was good & being asked if I was there alone (it was obvious I was), whether I was married, had husband, separated etc. Definitely not appropriate behaviour. I had to insist I wanted to pay my meal by card - staff member was asking me to pay in cash. In my bathroom, the hand shower next to toilet was leaking (& by the look of rust & scale deposit on floor, it had been for a long time). The hotel needs a good clean, paint job & general maintenance. None of this had anything to do with the cyclone damage. At ground level, at the front of the hotel the view is completely obscured by big tourist buses parked right outside the front lobby.