Reviews of Sunview Lodge & Restaurant
Mombasa Road Sunview Lodge & Restaurant, 90137 Kibwezi, Kenya
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Reviewed: 17 May 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewI'm glad to have found this place to rest and recuperate. Sally and the other staff took very good care of me. Dinner was fulfilling and breakfast was excellent. I slept well.
Reviewed: 28 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
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Verified reviewReviewed: 2 December 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewFriendly staff, nice equipped restaurant.
The room was much too small for two adults. For alcoholic drinks the staff had to go to the village to buy there. The dinner in the restaurant was prepared without any passion... not meeting the expectations. But I was compensated with a good breakfast the following day.
Reviewed: 17 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewService
The bathroom was very squeezed
Reviewed: 6 October 2024 · Stayed in October 2024
Verified reviewAffordable. Close to tsavo. Nice aesthetic. Friendly hosts. Restaurant on site. Power went out due to high winds, but hosts were doing their best to make us comfortable.
Internet issues when we were visiting
Reviewed: 28 September 2024 · Stayed in September 2024
Verified reviewA surprise at the roadside of Kibwesi we detected through recommendation: The place looked a bit worn from the outside, but when we entered we found immaculate premises with a quiet lovely touch for details. It is a simple lodge with a lovely and gentle team of powerful women running the business. We were very fond of the service, the food and how we were treated during our overnight stay. Definitely nothing to complain - on the contrary ❤️🇰🇪
one mini minus: due to security reasons you‘re locked into the rooms quarter during the night. Wandering ouround and sitting in the patio was not possible.
Reviewed: 7 May 2024 · Stayed in April 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 30 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewNothing
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Reviewed: 28 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewGood location halfway between Nairobi and Mombasa. Tasty food.
Intentional lie about equipment. No air conditioning and wifi. Loud fan.
Thank you for your review. There is nowhere we have indicated that we have an air conditioner and wifi. Every room has a fan though. Kindly go through our description prior to your booking.
Reviewed: 17 November 2023 · Stayed in November 2023
Verified reviewBreakfast was better than I expected.Fantastic!
The fact that you have to wait for the food to be prepared.I was a little bit exhausted.
Reviewed: 25 October 2023 · Stayed in October 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 23 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewGreat food
Reviewed: 16 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewAbsolut VALUE FOR MONEY 👍🏼 the Lodge is situated directly on Mombasa highway, almost at half point, and is a wonderful opportunity to take a break on that tiring drive. Staff were very welcoming and had no problems with our extremely late arrival. Superb 👍🏼 The rooms are not exceedingly large, and the beds are better for one than two people. On the other hand, everything is clean, tidy and welcoming, including soap and a bottle of water. Breakfast is served in a small courtyard. Again everything was clean and tidy and again good value for money 😊 If you’re looking for a clean and inexpensive place to take a break on the journey to Mombasa or back to Nairobi, I can only recommend the Sunview Lodge 💪🏼😎
In my opinion, the beds are a bit small for accommodating two adults, unless you are happy with a very cosy night 😉
Reviewed: 9 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewThe food was great! And the staff were very helpful and kind. Good value for money. The beds were not so comfortable.
Reviewed: 28 May 2023 · Stayed in May 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 31 January 2023 · Stayed in January 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 7 January 2023 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewConvenient before catching the train
No wifi in the hotel
Reviewed: 6 January 2023 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewThe best breakfasts and dinners I've had in my month in Kenya. Thank you!
Reviewed: 23 December 2022 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewIt is a good place to stay whilst travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa or national parks. It has a restaurant with a lot of options and the food was good, especially the chicken soup! There is a closed parking to leave the car. The rooms are tiny, but enough for one night. We had ants in the room, so we left our food in the car. They installed a baby cot, so it was a great detail. We slept well, no mosquitoes and no noise from the road.
The bathrooms were really small and the door didn´t close properly.
Reviewed: 14 December 2022 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewFriendly staff, clean
Reviewed: 23 October 2022 · Stayed in October 2022
Verified reviewWas in an ideal location as a stopover on route to Mombassa. On the highway so no driving miles on unmade roads to find it. Even though it was on the highway it really wasn’t troubled by traffic noise.
It was in the middle of nowhere although they had a friendly bar next door.
Reviewed: 30 September 2022 · Stayed in September 2022
Verified reviewLocation very nice and breakfast was amazing very healthy