Hotel Hippo Buck

Rooms look clean on the outside but are poorly maintained. They don't wash the pillows, the curtains and mosquito nets are dusty and stuffy, the rooms smell of sewerage. AVOID restaurant. Very notorious for food poisoning. The hotel is very poorly managed and needs a lot of improvement is room hygiene and food hygiene.

Arrived late at night and were well received. For the affordable cost of 3000/- we took the basic room. Immediately impressed how clean the room was, and in the morning, we found all the amenities to follow suit. There was Wi-Fi in the room, which is rather seldom in Kenya. One usually has to resort to the lobby. That said, there was no signal the next morning as we sat in the beautiful open air, bird chorused dining area. The breakfast was good enough, so was lunch. We spent 4 hours rebooking some of our trip, and some small online business. The management refused any type of extra payment since we were undecided and did not depart from our room till 3pm. We looked at the other rooms, for 5,000/- the rooms had a TV, larger bed (ours was a twin), balconies and larger rooms. It was evident that the staff were treated with respect, and later confirmed by our waitress. She was the only staff in the past twelve days (7 accommodations) of travel which were released for Christmas. There is lots of garden space and a decent modern playground. Now the one bummer, the hot water did not work. Located 500 meters from the highway, it was quiet and serene. If we come by this way again, I would look forward to staying again.

The gardens are nice, with nice places to have an evening relaxation and bond with others. The rooms are clean but old and not that well kept. But for the price charged think anyone can let that slide since the hotel is really budget friendly. 'Breakfast' included, a basic room go for as low as USD 20. I stayed there for four days and during my entire stay there were loud music from across the street. If you are on a budget, this is the place to stay, otherwise......

Its a nice hotel but for the price charged alot is left to be desired. The rooms are clean and comfortable, the bathrooms are also clean. The restaurant though needs some improvement as their food is not that great.

It's really a shame. The hotel is nice. It has a nice garden outside with seating areas that are cozy and great for some outdoor relaxation. The basic rooms are, well, basic, but clean and the water is actually really hot with good pressure. For the resident price, ksh2500 breakfast included, it was a good value and a nice change from the more basic hotels we 've been staying in along the way. They didn't have many guests so they do give resident rates to all, if they don't do it ask for it. I read that the turist rates are something like 7000ksh, definately not worth it.
And now, the food. If I could rate the restaurant alone, I would give half a star. Or no star at all. They brought us re heated yesterday's food. It looked awful and tasted even worse. We returned it and they told us, ok it's from yesterday but you should be safe. Oh thanks, that's a relief. No appology, nothing.
So, good place to stay on resident rates, avoid the restaurant. Turist hotel down the lakeshore has great dishes, try your luck there.