Golden Peacock Hotel Blantyre

It’s very comfortable and it’s nice that it’s near the Shoprite and the Kwezy bus station.

The breakfast is okay, but they have no coffee! Only that nasty, instant chicory stuff. The shower had some pressure issues.

Breakfast was very good. Made to order omelettes were great and a great variety of foods everyday. Lots of traditional Chinese foods and fruit and veggies. Over all the staff was wonderful except when we asked for time in a side room for to have a meeting with a group of local friends for a certain price and then later charged full price which we paid 150.00 USD for two hours to use a meeting room. Probably the best hotel in Blantyre all things considered. The restaurant located in the hotel had all we needed for dinners and lunch. Be sure to keep your calculator to figure money in US vs the countries currency difference. Some of the dishes were so large you should and can ask for half an order. There is a mall area and food court within walking distance and prices were very good. $8-12.00 per meal. Also there is a grocery store there too. All the normal stuff. Keep this in mind the very best souvenirs we found were at the Blantyre Airport when we left. The shop there was amaizingly cheap and good quality wood products.

First off we were charged more for our rooms than booking.com promised. I think by about 80.00 for the six days stay. You should probably pay in advance to booking.com. The manager tried to say it was a transaction fee but felt more like a finders fee. Was not up to par. The beds were box springs only it seemed. There was no top real mattress like in America. They were nice enough to give us three extra covers to try make a decent soft mattress like feel. We did tip the gals who brought them. The hotel was very safe to be but we were very aware we were staying in a communist owned hotel. With that said all of the staff were excellent workers and helpful. If they want more Americans to stay there they should invest in real mattresses

Very good breakfast and variety

The place is good

It's was boring no DSTV

The place was clean

The food was very bad and over priced