Sandies Tropical Village

The property was beautiful - tropical, clean vibes with a Kenyan twist. The pools were well kept and pool towels were readily available. One special offering is a tailor/dressmaker on site - Esther created and designed a custom dress for a very reasonable price - one of my favorite souvenirs!

Wifi was only available in the common area - would have been great to have had better access in the rooms.

Staff were amazing and stunning location

The beach was full of people trying to get you to take a boat ride and it's almost impossible to enjoy the beach and calm when the property itself doesn't give any guarantees as to whether these people are safe. It took away from the beach. I'd address this as a priority. The spa experience could also improve slightly.

The layout is beautiful with beach just few steps away. Was highly maintained by staff every single day. Although the interior looks very dated and old, but it has its own colonial kind of look to it - if you like antiques. Furniture very old, and if you don’t mind not having a television as there is none in the rooms I booked.

Very dated furniture, so old you could smell the mould and age. Rooms not appealing at all as the interior looked old. Beds so high my feet couldn’t touch the floor when sat on bed - my feet were about a meter off the floor and I’m 5ft 3inches No rugs in room either around bed - just to have a soft landing when you step down from bed

The place îs Goia, The staff îs friendly and helpful. Common areas are beautiful. Food and cocktails were also good. Special thanks for the George from the room service and Birya - garden keeper.

It is impossible to swim because of seaweed. But the beach is good and you can swim in the swiming pool. Security measures were also on a high level. The room looks not like the photos on booking.con, but it was ok. Other problem - there are a lot of mosquitoes there, other hotels were we’ve been arranged this problem. We were afraid yo be byted by malaria mosquito. It spoiled our experience.

Everything was cool the kitchen staff waiters too. The breakfast is also very nice. The rooms are also clean.

The reception guys especially those in the morning hours are discriminative. After checking out they didn't even bother about my luggage. That tall guy and the two short brown ladies... That was dissapointing it doesn't mean the locals pay less....

We spent the first 6 days at the village and then moved to the Dream of Africa. We enjoyed both the 4 and 5 star experience. Some facilities crossed over. The staff where the best and always tried their best to make our stay enjoyable. The food was varied and well prepared in both the buffet and a la cart restaurants. The special Saturday night buffet meals were especially enjoyable with the live music. The entertainment staff were also very visible and constantly reminding people of the programme. I chose this resort because of its evening entertainment. The Beach was perfect and the staff offered escorted walks every day to local tourist spots. I have stayed in Diani previously and found the beach here better and the sea calmer. We were always left with bottled water in the rooms which was great. We enjoyed our stay.and will certainly come again in the future.

The resort generally 4/5 star could do with some elements refurbishing. Our room in the Dream of Africa was very nice but marred by old fitting in the bathroom for example the jacuzzi bath didn't have the correct plug which made it useless and the Italian sinks both had plugs that didn't work. Also the drains did smell from time to time. I was also disappointed the 5 star resort didn't have enough beach umbrellas. The spar had beach umbrellas which were never in use but only useable if you used the spar at extra cost. We didn't let the above Marr our stay which when you take the whole stay into consideration was only a very small detraction. I only mentioned this for general feedback to the management. If you fix these issues I would give top marks.

I've been to Malindi 4 times. It was best hotel experience. Staff are very kind and well trained. I felt hospitality so much. Hotel is just on beach. Pool is very clean.

Food was just OK. Nothing wow, I do not recommend full board. highly recommend explore other italian restaurant in Malindi.

What an absolutely incredible hotel! The hospitality we experienced here was exceptional. I cannot fault the time I had and the service received. I had the most beautiful cake done for my birthday by The Head Of Pastry Sammy, who is one of the most talented and dedicated chefs I have ever come across and I worked in hospitality for years). He made the most delicious cake to the requirements of my diet - no dairy, egg, gluten or sugar. Him and Amelia in particular were such a highlight and made our holiday. Amelia, we cannot thank enough for her kindness and care throughout the duration. I will miss these guys and the hotel itself very much. Thank you for making our stay special. Nakupenda!

Nothing about the property

The hotel was perfect, the room was spacious, beds really big, shower a little bit destroyed but in total we liked it there. Personal was very nice, always smiling, food was incredible, always lot of vegetables, I really liked risotto and bacon for the breakfast. Swimming pools were clean and perfect, the better one is in the miracle garden. By the pools were always free sun beds. Animation program perfect.

-we have been there in february, ocean was really warm but we didnt like the water, it was too dirty, so much seagrass inside the water but thats not the probem of the hotel -we didnt like people on the beach trying to sell you trips and souvenirs, they we re too annoying but hotel had security so they couldnt come to your sunbeds

The location was really nice with access to the beach of Malindi (subject to tide) The staff at the restaurant and at the reception was kind and helpful Breakfast and main dishes were okay with good variety The gala dinner on saturday evening was a good surprise The room was clean and big Diving centre staff

The staff at the bar was unprepared and unkind (particularly an 'experienced barman') The forniture in the room was outdated The list of drinks and snacks included in the 'All inclusive' was okay but the greatest part of it was never available (at the end You could ask for just 3/4 options), even the juices were limited in availablity