How much is parking at Severin Sea Lodge?

Self parking is free at this property.

Does Severin Sea Lodge provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Severin Sea Lodge located?

This family-friendly Mombasa hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Bamburi Beach and Haller Park. Nyali Beach and City Mall are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Severin Sea Lodge Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Denis, Seattle, WA

6 October 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Poa (Great)

This is my second time staying at the Severin and I enjoyed my stay this time as well. The staff are always very friendly and accommodating and they gave us a room right by the beach with a great view. The room was very nice however the beds are a bit firm which is not a big deal but just worth mentioning if you prefer softer beds. The food is wonderful at the buffet and we also ordered forms eh bar and pool side as well, I highly recommend the samosas and the breakfast. They have a crew that helps with entertainment and we enjoyed two performances one form a masai tribe which was fantastic. The hotel is gated with security and we felt very safe here, we even ventured to the beach to ride camels and had no issues at all.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

EUNJOO

6 August 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

26 June 2017

Disliked: Cleanliness

The hotel is close to the beach and amazing.

Great experience. Although some parts of the room were not dusted (cleaned) for instance the balcony and some surfaces inside the room!

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

ElinA

14 June 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Каникулы в Африке

Отель порадовал своим ра положением, обслуживанием и тёплой обстановкой. Персонал очень дружелюбный. Номер превосходный с балконом и видом на океан . Один минус это пляж . Наличие там местного на кокнися очень настораживает. Они аттакуют любого европейца своими предложениями туров и сувениров. Поэтому лучше находиться на территориях бассейнов .

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Elycia

30 May 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful 11 day stay in Africa!

Fabulous resort hotel.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

26 May 2017

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad experience and horrible service

A colleague and I booked to stay at Severin for 5 days. At check in, we were left to fill in check in forms and offered juice. I requested hot water instead as I have a cold but was told there was none. I asked the lady to get some and she said she couldn't and she is not allowed to access to the kitchen and that the juice/reception is her department and not the kitchen. We waited for over 30 minutes and finally told they couldn't accomodate us as they were fully booked but would put us up in a sister hotel next door. They had apparently spoken to the online travel agent who didn't pass the information to us but had agreed with him that they would find an alternative hotel. We checked into the sister hotel and it was a horrible, run down and dirty hotel full of mosquitoes. We complained to Wycliffe and the manager at Severin but they did nothing. We had a dreadful night sleeping on dirty sheets and being bitten by mosquitoes all night!! Severin then put us up on the second night and upgraded our rooms but we had had such a bad experience with them from the start that we opted to leave. Why Severin chose to put us up in a hotel that is unkempt and classes below them, is perplexing to me but it goes to show what their customer service is like. Not a hotel I would recommend to anyone as their service needs a complete overhaul and they also need to improve the upkeep of their grounds.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

2 May 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Schöne Hotelanlage

Das Hotel liegt direkt am Strand. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und sorgt sich um das Wohl der Gäste. Die Hotelanlage ist ein grüner Garten, welcher ein sehr schönes Ambiente bietet. Einige Vertreter der Tierwelt findet man dort auch, welche auch für Abwechslung sorgen, so zB. Gruppen von Meerkatzen (Affen). Der nahe gelegene Haller Park ist problemlos zu Fuss erreichbar und sehr zu empfehlen. Es handelt sich um einen Naturpark, eine Grüne Oase am Stadtrand, in welchem man unter Anderem ausgedehnte Spaziergange unternehmen kann. Dort findet man auch einige harmlose Vertreter der heimischen Fauna.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2 May 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place with great staff Beach was good but lots of Ripken trying to sell trinkets

8/10 Good

Ricki

30 April 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Severin 2017

Good location. Good food. Comfortable rooms.

2/10 Terrible

Heather

16 September 2016

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Avoid- poor service and condition

This was by the far the worst service and hotel stay experience I have had in a long time- in Africa or otherwise. The hotel staff were very nice upon checking in; however, that is where the service stopped. We had plan to have laundry service. There was an issue due to the fact they did not have the forms available and were unable to provide us with forms before dinner. As such, we went to drop off first thing the next morning as the book in the room indicated it same day before 10. I was told that this was not the case (the new forms said otherwise- the forms we didn't have) and it would be a rush/double the price. I was blamed and not offered any options other than to pay double. They were very rude. It was nearly impossible to get hot water. The shower head (advertised as rain shower) was a cheap/old shower head that sprayed water in streams that hurt like pins and needles yet was not strong enough to rinse out women's hair. The only redeeming factor was the food. We only ate 1 breakfast and 1 lunch- but there were both good with a nice variety. However, the service was slow and we were told by the waiter that they did not have any more Coke. Which of course I find hard to believe, especially because I saw plenty of others who arrived after us drinking Coke. The hotel also boasts they have several bars and restaurants; however, most of them were run down and closed during our stay. Hotel also advertises bathrobes, which we did not have any in our room.

8/10 Good

Carol, US Virgin Islands

27 August 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

I was visiting Nairobi for two weeks and decided to take a quick trip to the Coast. We had the complete adventure experience. We hired a car and took the 8 hour drive down so we could see the wildlife and sights. (Not recommended unless you are adventurous) Butonce at the hotel, it was awesome! Great staff, good food, good location, did I say great staff.

8/10 Good

Elisabeth, Larvik

20 August 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Mye for pengene

Ved ankomst fikk vi tildelt dårligere rom enn hva vi hadde bestilt, men dette ordnet seg neste dag. Hyggelig og serviceinnstilt personale. Rom med tv, kjøleskap, liten terrasse og pent bad. Buffet til frokost og middag med mange og smakfulle kenyanske/afrikanske og internasjonale retter. Underholdning hver kveld. Butikker, reise- og taxi service, 2 restauranter, 2 barer, 2 svømmebasseng. Stort og pent område med frodige, tropiske planter og vekster. Strand rett utenfor. Vakthold på alle kanter. Kan absolutt anbefales!

10/10 Excellent

Hans

3 August 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Jonathan, London

28 July 2016

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Hotel shows sign of being need of an update. Rooms are clean but dated. Agreed airport transfer but hotel forgot to arrange. Website not clear on facilities availble in rooms. Will not return

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

15 July 2016

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Ok Hotel, Just ok

The Hotel entrance and Security Staff was very good. The Service Staff in general was excellent as was the case with every hotel we stayed in in Kenya. The room not so at all. Even the common areas appeared to be dated (unreplaced window panes, light fixtures old etc). The bathroom in both rooms we booked had the appearance of a Motel 6 Bathroom....you know the ones you see in movies by the highway. The food dinner especially was bland (but then the primary audience seemed to be either German or Dutch..could not figure out which). The breakfast was excellent though with bacon on the menu believe it or not.The tourism sector in Mombasa has been devastated as we noticed the almost complete absence of tourists (western) on the beach!! There were a fair number of Kenyan resident tourists however, they are not big $penders, don't drink alcohol in general etc.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

17 June 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super Laid Back relaxing experience.

Plus -- Lovely location, friendly if not always super efficient staff. Very comfortable rooms. Great for romantic getaway. Minus -- One of the bartenders is a bit of a sharp operator. I asked for a shot of vodka to go with the excellent mango smoothie. The- vodka was either watered down, or had been improperly stored, but it was mostly vodka-flavored water. After too much back and forth, he agreed not to charge me for it. I then asked for a shot of the local rum. He came back with Bacardi, I said I asked for local rum, he said it was dark rum. I said I know, that is why I ordered it. He said "no problem, I'll charge you for the local rum". I agreed. However, when I got the bill I was charged for Bacardi! When I confronted him with this, he didn't apologize, but took his pen and wrote in the amount for the local rum. But this didn't reflect in the billing when I checked out.

10/10 Excellent

danielle, Liège ( Belgium )

22 May 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Severin Sea lodge experience

I had a nice stay in the lodge , staff super friendly , helpful , food delicious , great location by the beach

8/10 Good

Joar

2 May 2016

Beach boys...

Too many annoying beach boys otherwise it was fine

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

21 April 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very relaxing resort

A very enjoyable and relaxing environment with super friendly and helpful staff. I would definitely return for another holiday. The poor WIFI reception in the rooms was the only negative point of my entire week there.

8/10 Good

Nicola, London

13 April 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Family friendly half-board on Bamburi Beach

Comfortable, spacious rooms with interconnecting doors. Shower a bit leaky but otherwise adequate. Great on site restaurant with delicious food and lovely swimming pool.

8/10 Good

Ola, Oslo

29 January 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Room comfort

Good

Many of the hotels in the area need refurbishing, also this one. But the main reason to go there is the beach and the sea, not the hotel as such. Friendly and service-minded staff, but no response on my complaints on the noisy AC. Too noisy to be used during night. However, my general impression is that this hotel is a bit above average.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

29 January 2016

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

luces y sombras

En dos días cambiamos 3 veces de habitación porque no funcionaba línea telefónica y/o safe (caja fuerte) y/o Aire acondicionado y/o mini-refrigerador. Mal "management" por parte del hotel dado que no garantizan previamente que las habitaciones ofrecen las condiciones, facilidades , servicios y confort ofertados y contratados. El habitual variado "buffet" de la media pensión, presente en anteriores estancias, solo se ofreció la primera noche, y las siguientes fue una escasa carta, en calidad y cantidad, de alimentos probablemente no frescos y calentados al microondas por la elevada temperatura de los platos y no tanto de los alimentos. Decepcionante este aspecto pues no cubre los gustos de determinados huéspedes que puedan optar por este destino y no consuman el tipo de alimentos ofertados

10/10 Excellent

Karl, Heidelberg

19 January 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Klasse - hat mich überzeugt

Der Stil des Hotels gefällt - sehr auf Afrika hinweisend ohne erdrückend zu wirken, Service, Freundlichkeit sehr gut. Man fühlt sich wohl - nebenbei war es sehr ruhig - wir haben es genossen - die Zimmer, den Pool - das Essen, die Freundlichleit, ...

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

20 February 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Carla, U.S.A.

19 February 2015

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

On the beach

Great Stay. The view is perfect and the staff is friendly.

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