Friendly owners, excellent Breakfast

Stayed in June 2025

I feel everything is okay.

yes the breakfast was good, same is the allocation.

Stayed in May 2025

The owners are great, really welcoming and helpful. This makes up for the place's shortcomings. The service could be better though.

Stayed in April 2025

No close to any public transport and no tea/coffee facilities early morning

Perfect for a quiet break. Very nice area and great staff.

Stayed in January 2025

Quite high price of food (probably because there is no alternative around). But Malawi is very cheap, so the prices were definitevely acceptable :)

A good guesthouse located "in the middle of nowhere" :) Comfortable rooms and very friendly staff, also owner was extremely helpful

Stayed in August 2024

Swim area not good (not owners fault but due to high level of the lake)

Excellent food and sunrise view from the bed in the executive suite

Stayed in September 2024

Oh! Waking up in the morning jumping in the shower only to find out there was no hot water. Waited for minutes 😞 I ended up taking a cold shower with my little boy 🤧

Loved the room I slept in as it was located by the lake view waking up in the morning to the view of a beautiful lake.

Stayed in July 2024

Sadly didn’t have much warm water to bath

Great location

Stayed in June 2024

Staff's hospitalities and foods are very nice!

Stayed in May 2024

Arranged airport pickup past midnight was excellent. Breakfast was great.

Stayed in March 2024

There's nothing I would say I didn't like. Sure the place is a project, a work in progress - but for me that adds to the fun, debating options with Bruce and hearing a travelling conservationist give his opinion on a future plan.

First rate welcome, ambiance - a real home from home - you can feel the positive vibe from every staff member. And really really good food - loved the butter fish cooked over the charcoal

Stayed in February 2024

The mattress in the deluxe room is hard and not very comfy.

The service was good, Laureen is kind-hearted.

Stayed in December 2023

A bit too pricey compared to all other places I have been traveling in Malawi.

Laurine, the girl at the reception, was really careful and always made herself available. Food was good and big.Room with AC is a plus.

Stayed in October 2023

I had no complaints

I had a nice relaxing stay. The private beach area was bigger than I expected, I spent a lot of time soaking up the sun. Great view from the veranda, which was a nice place to have breakfast. Bruce and Irina were great hosts, friendly and welcoming. They went above and beyond on my first night as I arrived extra late from the Ilala. I had a laid-back relaxing couple of days. I'm glad I decided to spend 2 full days here. I definitely recommend Main Stream Villa and I'd definitely stay here again if I was in the area. I wish I had brought a flag with me to add to their collection!

Stayed in August 2025

The place is tired and needs some TLC. Whilst there is a sea view, the 'beach' area is disappointing. Shower didnt have hot water in the mornings, and the shower head didn't do its job!

Staff were friendly, the food was good, and the building terrace was good to hang out on. Always good background music too.

Stayed in August 2025

I have very mixed feelings about this hotel, for this price I would not book a room at construction site with view to lobby bar with other guests in the evening. Bathroom without hot water, dirty carpet and broken bath tube, generally it is not hotel for European tourist who expect basic but decent accommodation... there is potential in this location, but destroyed by strange set up and general poor management...

It is hard to say if something in this lodge was as expected based on pictures from booking.com... positive point for clean bed which was somehow comfortable and equipped with mosquito net. Bed room airconditioned. Maybe only manager hospitality and smile was above expectation... if hotel manager hospitality is the most important reason to stay for somebody it can be reason to stop here in future...

Stayed in June 2025

The furniture is old and some is broken and the bathrooms could be renewed. The room was ok but not very comfortable

The food was really good! We recommend the butterfish or pizza! Also the staff was very attentive. :)

Stayed in March 2025

Could be cleaner

Average place, not so good but cheapest in a good location. Value for money yes

Stayed in February 2025

Bathrooms need updating. Mattress needs renewing. Lighting needs rethinking. Curtain on bathroom

Location. Beautiful view from veranda Helpful staff in cooking food when we arrived very late

Stayed in February 2025

The room had no tea/coffee facilities, no TV and particularly no fridge, no complementary water

It was homely

Stayed in August 2024

Nothing, it was all great!

A beautiful location and such welcoming, attentive staff. And the FOOD 😍 - honestly the best we ate in Malawi, get the butterfish if you’re there, you won’t regret it!

Stayed in July 2024

The reaction of the Owners, when I indicated to them that they did not inform me about the availability of breakfast for the Guest

The place is beautiful, my worry is security, as there is no gate. The owner upon arrival of a Guest should provide enough information to the Guest, regarding availability of breakfast, wifi, etc

Stayed in May 2024

This is an honest, friendly and clean lake side project with that wonderful charcoaled fish that you'll always remember. Nothing to dislike at this price.

I've now been to Main Stream Beach Villa several times this year and today I want to highlight what is probably the best meal I've had at the lake - their grilled butterfish!

Stayed in May 2024

The place looks like a work in progress, most of the things are broken. The mirror in our room was broken, the bathroom door does not close unless bolted from the inside. The shower curtain and net curtains need mending. I opened the bedside drawers to put something in but they are full of black things which might be insect ‘poops’ or something. Our room did not have any mosquito nets. We arrived in tge guest house and they asked several times if I have a booking. They made a mistake so they give my room to someone else. Nit happy about that! However, the manager apologised and said he will give me a discount and will upgrade our room for the second night. We did not bother moving from the room! What was the point!!

The food are excellent The staff are great

Stayed in February 2024