Papillon Garden Bar Villa — Hotel in Shanzu ward

I have stayed here many times over the past five years or so. It is a lovely spot for individuals as well as families. There are only 16 rooms which I think contributes to its ambiance and "niceness". A small staff is accessible at all times, helpful and genuinely friendly. I know them all by name and they are all my favorites, so I will not name anyone here!||||For swimming, there is a well kept swimming pool - it is cleaned every morning early enough for the early risers. Or, walk to the beach, about 100 meters from the hotel. Do your exercise on the beach before the sun rises in all its glory or just find "your spot" and meditate. ||||Breakfast is included in the charge and includes coffee or tea, fresh juice depending on fruits in season, toast, eggs, sausage, and at least two pieces of fruits in season.||Snacks, lunch or dinner is available and based on the fare offered on the menu. Beef, chicken or goat available for the meat eaters. Local vegetables cooked and available with the starch of your choice for the vegetarians. ||At the end of the day, relax with a cold drink of your choice - reasonable priced and listen to an updated music play list of local Kenyan music, pan-African, Reggae, R&B and pop! Shake a leg at your table or get on the dance floor. ||Taxi? Tuk tuk?Boda Boda? Any staff member will be willing to call your preferred means of transportation. Or, walk out to the main highway - 50 meters or so and hop on the local matatu (14 seater mini-bus) for a ride into town or to the nearest shopping center - City Mall to stock up on snacks. ||||Enjoy the Bamburi area from...

This is not an exotic stay. It is 100% functional. Fit for Bed and breakfast and then you can wander around on excursions away from the hotel to come back and have a decent night's rest.||It is just fit for purpose.||Spent a few days with family and the highlight was the pool and then off course we had the same breakfast layout for the entire period.||The staff are friendly good folks, basically human nature as opposed to having a professional training in hospitality.||The localized "expats" resident there are also friendly; one actually baked and shared tasty things with my kids each day...it felt quite homely that! True Africanism...ish||||The main road to Mombasa and or Malindi is just 50 meters from the entrance and transportation is abundant. Very useful for excursions.||The beach is about 200 meters from the rear of the hotel....also really neat.||||The Manager shows up for 1 hr everyday, does a show of being on top of things and is then off to someplace having done absolutely zilch.||||The downer was raising room prices on the 11th hour. I thought it tacky!||||There are no security concerns here; if anyone is robbed as I have seen mentioned on other reviews, it is decidedly...

We are a couple, not expecting much from remote resorts, and not willing to pay more than we think it's worth, therefore we were content while being there.||-calm, nice place, clean room, no mosquitoes||-if you get offended by the presence of some fat, old European tourists who come to have fun with black young girls near the pool, then this may not be the place for you||-very basic breakfast, not much, all the same each day (except that and some water we never bought there anything)||-ask about Moses the guide, he is a great buddy, you can agree with him on timing, route, he's really trying to help you get where you want, listing you the options||-Nyali mall is a good place to shop stuff and eat good in the neighborhood, you can go there 'n back by regular matatus (careful how you chose, one of them did not stat clearly they go to Bamburi, so they derouted us a little, but went back along the road to the Guest house, without issues) or tuktuk (a bit more expensive, worth for 2)||-roads are quite dark after sunset, however it's still not hard to find the place||-Wifi in our room was weak, better next to the pool (coming from...