Samaki House

The interior was very tasteful and the room very spacious, Moses was very kind and the breakfast healthy with lots of fruits

You will wake up every night between 4am - 5am because there is a mosque right next to the apartment and the Muezin will basically scream in your ear.

Nice location, Moses (staff) was very kind, the room very nice

1. There is no sign, you can’t find the hotel because there is no sign nowhere. We were out of the hotel and we didn’t knock the door because we thought it’s a house. 2. During the night Imamis (the Muslim priest) was announced sermon twice and the loudspeaker was net to the room….. very annoying

wow! really exceeded my expectations. beautiful swahili chic architecture and interiors. Moses was also great!

Great breakfast with fresh passion juice, fresh tropical fruits, great coffee & tchai. Moses was very helpful whenever we needed him. Very nice rooftop/chill hammock area.

Low quantities of butter/jam/sugar. Maybe could also offer some honey ? Bed linens could be upgraded and bathroom low standard. Loud mosque chanting @ 4 am but it's all over Lamu, you eventually get used to it and go back to sleep. :)

Hotel is located close to the Lamu Town center, so it's convenient to walk into town. It's a small one with 4 or 5 rooms, and the local guy managing the hotel is just great and try to be helpful in any possible way. The house is a typical swahili, so lots of stairs but also nice rooftop terrace. The breakfast was good for Kenya standard, with options for western taste - lor of fruit, toast bread and and coffee.

The room was ground floor and very humid, there was a ceiling fan but was not really enough. Another problem of this room is that it had both windows at the sidewalk level, hence even small kids could look inside, zero privacy and that was especially a problem in the night as we had to keep the windows closed for that reason, and it was hot. The local manager upon request put some curtains, but still they were blocking all the breeze so was like staying with winodws closed - not his fault but just bad room design, too humid, too dark, zero privacy, I hated spending time in the room so I only used it to crash to bed in the evning.

Samaki house is a gem!! amazing architecture, in a good location close to the ferrie and the beach side of lamu!

One of the most beautiful buildings we stayed at in all of Kenya. Traditional Swahili and elegant and spacious. Beautiful common areas and private rooms as well. Great location.

Breakfast included was just a piece of bread with jam. I would prefer to pay extra for a breakfast of substance.

The place is so beautiful 😍