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Reviews of Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa 5 stars

Diani Beach Road, 80400 Diani Beach, Kenya

#32 of 45 hotels in Diani Beach

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 713 hotel reviews

7.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.3

  • Comfort

    8.3

  • Location

    9.0

  • Facilities

    7.7

  • Staff

    8.9

  • Value for money

    7.8

  • Free WiFi

    7.8

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  • Reviewed: 20 September 2024

    8.0
    Excellent
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Nothing

    The staff was accommodative and friendly, issues raised were attended to immediately, the food was excellent and variety, the environment was ambiance and the view at the beach was excellent. I enjoyed my stay with my family.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    perfect as always

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    perfect as alway

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 September 2024

    8.0
    Great overall. The beachfront is a great highlight and the staff were kind.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Bathrooms quite old and not well maintained and some of the restaurants (oriental) advertised were not in service

    Excellent breakfast options; loved the venue fun activities for each day for both kids and adults; staff were amazing and friendly; beachfront was amazing; close to many other beautiful beaches; great for kids/family travel

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2024

    9.0
    I just wanna come again
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The toilet, no shataf, it's good to have shataf specially for your Muslim customers and my wife was complaining about the hot water shower

    Breakfast and dinner is very good, the tea and coffee in the afternoon also good to have, the entertainment programs was wonderful, specially in this team, Elizabeth the way she treats my children was more than my expectation, pls pass my gratitude to her

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2024

    8.0
    Very relaxing
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Deluxe Room
    • Stayed 10 nights

    The room seems not to have been used in a while, hence it was a little musky in the first few days. But the housekeeping staff made sure it was hospitable and they sprayed air freshner to enhnace the freshness in the room.

    The beach is breathtaking, very nice views. Breakfast has a wide variety and one is spoilt for choice. The 16:00hours tea is a bonus and vey nice for relaxing in the afternoon. The rooms are spacious and very clean, staff are polite and friendly. The hotel has great activities that cater to all age groups, a real vacation spot.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2024

    8.0
    Relaxed and comfy , worth my vacation
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    All was well

    Excellent hospitality service

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 August 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some of the reception and restaurant staff did not appear very friendly.

    Location with seaview from the room. Nice pool and friendly lifeguard.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The Breakfast and the food was excellence

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2024

    8.0
    Lovely beachfront hotel 😊☀️🌊🌴🥂
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel is abit rundown. Needs some renovations, for example in the bathrooms The food can get monotonous if your stay is long. Not a wide variety for kids as well.

    Beautiful beach front hotel. Lovely, large and clean rooms. The beds were comfortable. Also a big balcony with lovely views, but because of the monkeys we rarely used it. The staff were proffesional and very friendly and kind😊. Special shout out to Mr. Hamad from the service team. He went out of his way to really take care of us, thank you :) The hotel is good for families, also with small kids. Interesting activities for kids to do each day and the evening entertainment is also OK. What we enjoyed the most was the main pool, us adults and kids :). Lovely chill out area. Nice music but can be too loud, we didn't mind. There is another pool though if one needs quiet and peace, where kids aren't allowed. Food was good. I particularly enjoyed and loved the kaimatis, mahamri and viazi karai at breakfast. Yummy😋 The beach is beautiful but the beach boys can be a nuisance. We really had a good good time here and we do recommend 😇

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2024

    9.0
    We had a well deserved break at a beautiful resort
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The buildings are dated, could do with renovation.

    The swimming pool attendant called Benard was excellent. Very child friendly and available. The entire staff in the dinning area were amazing, always serving with a smile The room attendants were always at hand to help with whatever needs Access to beach was a highlight.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2024

    8.0
    Owners should really invest in bringing back such an amazing property.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 9 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great property in urgent need of renovation.

    Location right on the beach of Diani

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 August 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location and the view

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 August 2024

    8.0
    I'll give it 80%
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some staff kept badgering us about bills which were never forthcoming for our entire 5-day stay. Particularly from the dinners which didn't form part of our BnB. Next time try and generate the bills in real time so that we sign instantly as we go instead of waiting to follow us without the bills in hand - it was 'the bills are over 'there'; you didn't sign them' 🙄 We are here to relax and not do mental work.

    I really enjoyed beach time - the hotel security 'maasais' patrol the hotel beach line, so vendors and beach boys won't disturb you. As a plus they shoo away cheeky monkeys trying to steal your snacks 😃 The children loved the swimming pools and the playground. I also really enjoyed the daily 11.00 am activities by Dan and his troupe. We relieved our childhood playing water polo. The aerobics was super fun! The stretches worked! The food was well done and even the picky little eaters thought it was yummy! Especially our orders from the beach restaurant. The grilled prawns with coconut rice was our staple 😋 Solomon the bartender was exceptional at his work and we felt very comfortable and well taken care of - our drinks and cocktails came just like we liked them! He is very keen to detail. The room service staff was very polite and clean. We had rooms 3032 and 3033 & we really want to appreciate the gentleman who cleaned and tidied our rooms. We didn't find him as we checked out 😔 I didn't get to try out the spa, maybe next time. We took some beautiful photos by the palm trees and huge coral rock in the middle of the pool. One word - scenic!

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 August 2024

    7.0
    Its a good choice if you stay in Diani beach
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Facilities needs restoration

    Food was fantastic, staff super friendly

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 August 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Food and beverages, other than breakfast was below par. Overall the resort is in need of some renovations and TLC.

    Breakfast was very good.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 August 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Lovely beach with stationed staff looking out for our safety and comfort

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2024

    8.0
    I enjoyed my stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The food made me sick on two consecutive days. The night time entertainment was a bit dull. The shower leaked into the room itself. The staff did take a while to bring drinks but it is understandable.

    The beach access, the pool, the business center, the nature and the room view. The meals were frequent. The tea was nice and the pastries they came with were good. The marmots and monkeys weren't too aggressive.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 July 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room with the games (pool, ping pong) needed a little more maintenance and I'd appreciate if they could try to fix the broken object to make it better.

    The resort was amazing, the food was great, the view was amazing and I even got to learn how to swim.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 July 2024

    8.0
    Very good value for money and the location was amazing
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It’s getting a bit worse for wear

    The location was amazing

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 July 2024

    8.0
    Perfect
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I enjoy the food

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 July 2024

    8.0
    Good food, facilities ok but fun activities to keep guests bonding and having fun would be great
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Pool facilities like he kiddie slide need to be in working conditoin

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 June 2024

    7.0
    Well worth a visit
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights

    No hot water in our room (not a huge problem since the weather is very warm anyway) & the water from the shower & taps was salty. The hotel could do with a general freshen up (some areas are showing their age)

    Location is perfect, Staff were friendly and helpful, the facilities that are in use are well maintained, wifi was good throughout the hotel, Breakfast, lunch and dinner were good but not exceptional, price is very reasonable in comparison to other similar hotels.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 June 2024

    8.0
    They have incredible beaches and the staff are super friendly the food was also good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff were incredibly helpful

    Stayed in June 2024

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