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Severin Sea Lodge

4.0 star property
Family fun on the beach, near Bamburi Beach

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Bar (on property)
Bar (on property)
View from property
Terrace/patio
Scuba diving, water skiing, windsurfing, beach volleyball

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Spa
  • Gym
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Room options

About the neighborhood

Map
Malindi Road, Mombasa, 28, 80100

What's nearby

  • Bamburi Beach - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Nguuni Nature Sanctuary - 5 min drive - 4.6 km
  • City Mall - 5 min drive - 5.0 km
  • Mtwapa Mall - 6 min drive - 5.8 km
  • Nyali Beach - 21 min drive - 7.8 km

Getting around

  • Mombasa (MBA-Moi Intl.) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kendas Arcade Hotel - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Dublin Street - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Severin Sea Lodge - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Shots Bar and Bistro - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Pirates Beach Resort - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Severin Sea Lodge

Upscale family-friendly hotel near Bamburi Beach
Consider a stay at Severin Sea Lodge and take advantage of a terrace, shopping on site, and mini golf. This hotel is a great place to bask in the sun with scuba diving, windsurfing, and water skiing. Treat yourself to a massage at the onsite spa. Fitness classes are offered at the gym; other things to do include volleyball, sailing, and motor boating. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a garden and a playground.
Other perks at this hotel include:
  • Free self parking
  • A safari, tennis courts, and a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • A 24-hour front desk, meeting rooms, and a billiards/pool table
Room features
All 188 rooms include amenities such as free WiFi, safes, and room service.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Fitness classes
  • Beach volleyball
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Fitness center
  • Full-service spa
  • Golf driving range
  • Mini golf
  • Motor boating
  • Mountain biking
  • Playground
  • Safari
  • Sailing
  • Scuba diving
  • Shopping
  • Surfing/body boarding
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Water skiing
  • Windsurfing

Family friendly

  • Babysitting services
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini golf
  • Playground

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry cleaning service
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business center
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages

More

  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

More

  • Safe

Policies

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards

Property is also known as

Severin Sea
Severin Sea Lodge
Severin Sea Lodge Mombasa
Severin Sea Mombasa
Severin Sea Bamburi
Severin Sea Hotel Bamburi
Severin Sea Lodge Kenya/Bamburi
Severin Sea Lodge Hotel
Severin Sea Lodge Mombasa
Severin Sea Lodge Hotel Mombasa

Frequently asked questions

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, Haller Park, and Nguuni Nature Sanctuary. Leisure Golf Club and Rabai Museum are also within 3 mi (5 km).

Severin Sea Lodge Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 60 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 60 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Denis, Seattle, WA

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

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

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

Elycia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful 11 day stay in Africa!
Fabulous resort hotel.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

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.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Severin 2017
Good location. Good food. Comfortable rooms.

2/10 Terrible

Heather

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

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.

4/10 Poor

Jonathan, London

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

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

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 )

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

Verified traveler

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

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.

10/10 Excellent

Carla, U.S.A.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
On the beach
Great Stay. The view is perfect and the staff is friendly.

8/10 Good

Sonie

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

10/10 Excellent

kathryn, chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach hotel with great African character
We enjoyed our stay at Severin right on the beach. You could walk off the hotel property directly on to the beach. The pool was pleasant, the bar had nice drinks and breakfast, and the room was comfortable with AC and a mosquito net and a nice shower. The bar also had some live entertainment each night. From the location on the north coast, several local restaurants offered transportation to take us to/from dinner ( check out La Marina restaurant for a special night out). During our visit in July the Severin hotel (and all of mombasa beach) was really empty, so it seems the recent terror attacks have greatly affected the tourism, however we never felt unsafe and the hotels and restaurants had visible security in place. I'm glad we did not cancel our plans and we had a great time at Severin.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing
Very relaxing and great staff. Could have been even better if beds were a bit more comfortable.

8/10 Good

Vayolet, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great Hotel
I had a great stay and loved every bit of my stay. The hotel staff were very professional and friendly. The receptionist Steve was amazing and very helpful.

2/10 Terrible

Mohamed, Uk

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor
Vry dissapointed !! Wat was advertised on thy web was no where near wat was the truth total con!!!!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well appointed and efficiently run hotel on beach
I had a comfortable room with view of sea. Lovely gardens with two swimming pools and plenty of places to sit in shade or sun to relax and read. Friendly and responsive staff. A rocky barrier with a few steps down to the beach separates the hotel garden from the public beach, which provides privacy for the hotel guests without spoiling an open view to the ocean. The hotel met my needs for a reasonably priced hotel to combine work with relaxation. It is a well serviced with wireless internet, regular power, good lighting and desk in my room where I could work on my laptop, whilst also having the beach/ sea/ garden on doorstep for walks/ swims/ reading respectively.

2/10 Terrible

Undisclosed

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Very nice stay, spoilt by overly rigid dress code
The hotel is very nice, in particular the pools, gardens, bars and even beach. Me and my wife were having a great time until we decided to have dinner (included in our fees) and were informed we would not be allowed to wear bermuda shorts, miniskirts or dresses shorter than knee high and no slippers. I would understand such a code for a ballroom at a city hotel, but this is a seaside resort, and the restaurant is not even air-conditioned. We asked for an explanation and were given a completely unsatisfactory explanation about how other guests would be uncorfotable if my wife were to wear a skirt of I were to wear knee-length bermuda shorts. I tried to inform them that I have been to more than 30 seaside cities in 5 continents and never been met with such rigidity but there was nothing to be done. We ended up going to the very nice Italian restaurant 200m away from the hotel and had a great meal in our beach attire.

6/10 Okay

CAR973, Dorset, UK

Disliked: Room comfort
Dated but functional
Severin Sea Lodge fronts onto a public beach and is set in attractive well-maintained gardens. Although there are lots of beach boys touting for business, they stick to the beach area. Both pools are excellent and there are plenty activities to get involved in. So why the average rating? Our cottage room was stuck in the 70's complete with terrazzo floor, poor lighting and a Swahili bed not suited for tall people. The room just looked tired and dated. Staff on the front desk appeared disinterested whilst others around the pools were cheerful but scarce. Occupancy seemed to be low which may have accounted for this but it contrasts with the Serena and Whitesands where, over the previous two weeks, staff were much more service-oriented and cheerful. One exception is the Imani Dhow restaurant where you will find Oscar who serves up excellent food and makes it a very special occasion. For a short break, this is a good hotel and a nice place to relax.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Houston, TX USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Place to Rest
My husband and I had a excellent experience at the Severin Sea Lodge. The food was good. Hotel and grounds were clean. Staff was very helpful. Massage was great. We will return for another vacation.