It is very far away from center of dar es salaam and airport. Airport transfer offered by the hotel is too expensive. Room service for food is too slow.

The food was really good, tasty and fresh. The property is beautiful and has everything you need. The room is well set up and comfortable. Seems like a well staffed facility with helpful staff. Close to local culture.

Stayed in March 2025

The staff were amazing not forgetting the Managers Deus and Peter.

Stayed in December 2024

The outside environment was not pleasing or compatible with the hotel value.

Surroundings, the food and service were excellent.

Stayed in October 2024

The restaurant is very small and not elegant.

Room was nice - well appointed. Only one channel on the TV - funny, it was ESPN2 and when I turned it on it was the first inning of the Dodger/Atlanta game! I watched the whole game.

Stayed in September 2024

There is nothing not to like.

Very helpful and friendly staff. Especially Halima, Michael, Martha and Grace.

Stayed in September 2024

There was no convenient place to put your luggage. The switch for one of the lights was broken - I feared to touch it as I thought that I might be electrocuted, however, one of the staff showed me how to use it. Nonetheless, it should have been fixed. There is no distinct shower area, so when you have a shower all of the bathroom floor is soaked, which is inconvenient.

If you have an early morning departure from the Magufuli bus station then Hotel Amaranth is likely your only convenient option. They provide a complementary shuttle service to the bus station for guests at any time. The room was reasonable - mosquito net, AC, complementary water, small fridge and jug.

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing

Staff couldn’t have been nicer and more helpful. Pool was a pleasant surprise and food good. Helped me get the bus to Lushoto from the chaotic bus station which is only 10 mins away. Important at 5:30!

Stayed in July 2024

There was no mosquito net in my room so mosquitoes affected my sleep and were frustrating at times.

I expected a lot less considering the cheap price. Actually, the hotel was nice and the staff members were very helpful. It was excellent value for money.

Stayed in March 2024

Cleaning must be improved

Staff are nice however be ready to wait 1-2 hours for your food order at the hotel restaurant you will keep hearing 5 mins however things work slightly differently in this country…akoona matata

Stayed in February 2024

There was lots of noise from the bar downstairs up to very late. The staff who came to serve breakfast appeared to had a bad morning, was very unprofessional and lacked courtesy

The manager Mr. Deus and the staff at the reception were very helpful.

Stayed in December 2023

Nice place clean and modern facilities, and the view is beautiful

Stayed in December 2023

Everything was great except the location was a little remote and you have to take a rough dirt road to get to the hotel

The breakfast was good, a good variety.

Stayed in December 2023

Bit far from the city, about 18k from CBD.

The hotel is decent, clean and good food.

Stayed in December 2023

Was quite difficult to communicate with some staff members (admittedly, I don’t speak Swahili). Their breakfast was pretty minimalist. I would like them to cut up some fruit for breakfast. And if they had oatmeal, it would be helpful. The restaurant only had a few of the items

Super clean, had good butter chicken. Is very close to Magufuli bus station - and the driver helped us navigate the station.

Stayed in November 2023

Too much noise from other hotel guests. Very limited food items on the menu were available to order. Shuttle charges TSh10,000 to the bus station which was the whole reason I stayed. I thought it was included in the rate.

Nice clean room.

Stayed in October 2023

Good Breakfast with limited options.

Stayed in October 2023

Very minor thing..Asked reception to let us know when food was ready and if we would get food packed for breakfast the next morning and very slow response (had to check again!) Dinner took a long time to arrive

Modern spacious rooms and bathrooms Spotlessly clean Very helpful staff, for example accompanying us to the bus stop to buy tickets and then to the bus the next day Friendly receptionist Close to bus station Close to liquor store (!) Delicious dinner

Stayed in August 2023

the location and Wi-Fi was really bad

the pool was nice and the facility itself

Stayed in May 2023

no mosquito net, noise down the hall late at night, location down unlikely alley seems odd but was conveniently near bus terminal for inland travel

clean, modern, well-secured

Stayed in January 2023

Housekeeping not restocking some items like sugar and toilet paper. Not replacing utensils while cleaning the rooms (this happened to the 3rooms that we had for the 3days we stayed) We had requested 3rooms together however we got one on 2nd and two on 3rd, some dude promised to make adjustments after some checkout but no one spoke to us about it again. We were taken to Kidibwi beach however the beach is very dirty.

The rooms were big and clean, aircon working properly. It's easily accessible. Appreciated the attention on arrival as arrived pastmidnight. We loved their breakfasts. We got parked breakfast on departure since we left at dawn which was very kind of them. The pool is big and clean. New year bbq was delicious.

Stayed in January 2023

It is a distance from the city.

They served really good breakfast, the pool was fantastic and the manager was very helpful and available for everything we needed. The staff were also very courteous. It's a gem in mbezi area.

Stayed in January 2023

No refrigerator in the room. I'm sure it might be available with other room options however.

The hotel was nice and clean. Very comfortable beds and atmosphere. I really enjoyed my stay. Food was excellent! Very affordable and decent portion size. Give my regards to the chef! There was an adult and kids pool. Overall, staff were very welcoming to kids and families. They went out of their way to make us comfortable.

Stayed in December 2022

We were very impressed by Hotel Amaranth. The hotel is very close to the Mbezi bus station which was extremely convenient for our journey to the Usambara Mountains. The hotel kindly reserved our bus tickets for us, provided a free bus transfer to the station and prepared us all a packed breakfast to take with us, even though our bus was at 5:30am! The staff were very friendly, the rooms were very clean and comfortable and the on-site restaurant was lovely.

Stayed in July 2025

The location was not what was expected, it’s very far from the city and there’s a lot of music noise the night we arrived (Thursday). Inside of our room, we found tiny cockroach’s everywhere. At the weekend they had two events very loud until 23pm or late, without any advice before about it. The breakfast very poor, need to be improved. The room had a bad smell, sewage.

The hotel at the foto is similar what we found, the receptionist was very friendly and helpful with information, the swimming seems nice and clean.

Stayed in June 2025