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Ole-Sereni
Ole-Sereni
Ole-Sereni

Reviews of Ole-Sereni

Wildlife sightings and reviews

59 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Ole-Sereni and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Ms R
Wakehurst

"A fine transit hotel"

1 night Arrived 22 May 2015
"The great thing about Ole Sereni is its location near the airport - a key factor given the awful Nairobi traffic. The bar terrace is a great place to grab a drink and relax after your flight - it makes a lovely start to a holiday. The downside is that the rooms are not particularly well soundproofed so there were doors slamming and noise well past midnight, which meant that we didn't get much sleep given we had to be up at 5 for our onward flight." See all these reviews: 3n in Rwanda; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Ms S
London

"Ole-Sereni review"

1 night Arrived 27 Feb 2015
"Check in much better this time though it took a long time for our cases to be brought to our room." See all these reviews: 8n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Hockley

"Clean,comfortable hotel& room, helpful staff."

1 night Arrived 11 Jan 2015
"Lovely hotel, very pleasant, helpful reception staff.

Comfortable bedroom with good en suite facilities. Had only a brief overnight stay." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 7n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Chelsea

"Ole-Sereni review"

1 night Arrived 29 Dec 2014
"Was fine as a basic overnight stop off. The staff were very nice and helpful. The actual hotel wasn't that nice though nor was the room. The location is just on Kenya's equivalent of a motorway too. I'm not sure if there are any hotel airports in Nairobi but if there are that would have been an easier stopover." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 7n in Zanzibar; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Mrs B
Richmond

"Ole-Sereni review"

1 night Arrived 23 Oct 2014
"after a long flight a welcome base for the journey ahead" See all these reviews: 7n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs S
Wimborne

"Convenient for overnight stay"

1 night Arrived 10 Oct 2014
"Convenient hotel for overnight stop prior to early transfer to Wilson Airport.

Check in was quick and trouble free.

Rooms were of a good size, coffee and tea making facilities. staff very friendly and a lovely breakfast overlooking Nairobi national park." See all these reviews: 5n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr D
Witney

"Ole-Sereni review"

1 night Arrived 28 Sep 2014
"The hotel was fine and the staff helpful; breakfast was excellent. The only drawback was the time taken to get there from the airport, about 30 minutes even at 1100pm!

This journey was enlightened by, of all things, a group of zebra crossing the main road leaving the airport; it will always bring a new meaning to "zebra crossing"." See all these reviews: 15n in Tanzania; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H,
London

"Best breakfast choice ever!"

1 night Arrived 23 Sep 2014
"This hotel was exactly what was needed for one night stopover - the staff were helpful, the room was perfectly adequate, the views from one side were a foretaste of what was to come and the choice at breakfast was probably better than five star hotels.

Overall, most satisfactory." See all these reviews: 4n in Tanzania; 3n in Zanzibar; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs R
Atherstone

"Ole-Sereni - a great place to start the trip"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2014
"We only stayed at Ole-Sereni for one night - just to break the journey, we didn't have time to sample any food, it was literally a place to sleep.

It was a very comfortable hotel and we'd certainly use it again." See all these reviews: 12n in Tanzania; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
The Sand Martins
Oxon

"A short night in Nairobi"

1 night Arrived 11 Sep 2014
"This was a very conveniently located hotel for a brief overnight stay between arriving late evening at Nairobi airport, and our departure early the following morning.

The staff were very obliging in arranging for the breakfast buffet to open at 05:30 for us, 30 minutes earlier than normal." See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania; 1n in Kenya
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Showing 31-40 of 59
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59 reviews of Ole-Sereni by travellers since August 2007
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