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Greenlight Hotel

3.5 star property

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Exterior
Suite, Sauna
Reception
Free daily buffet breakfast
Standard Double Room | Living area

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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Tabata Road, Off Mandela Road, Dar es Salaam, 35091
  • Place, Kariakoo Market
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Place, Zanzibar Ferry Terminal
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Place, Port of Dar es Salaam
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Airport, Dar es Salaam (DAR-Julius Nyerere Intl.)
    ‪8 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Executive Room

Executive Room

  • 6 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Twin Room, Jetted Tub

Deluxe Twin Room, Jetted Tub

  • 42 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Suite, Sauna

Suite, Sauna

  • 128 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Dar es Salaam

Located in Dar es Salaam, Greenlight Hotel is within a 10-minute drive of Ilala Market and University of Dar es Salaam. .This hotel is 4.7 mi (7.5 km) from Tanzania National Stadium and 4.7 mi (7.6 km) from Vijana Mall.

What's nearby

  • Kariakoo Market - 8 min drive - 7.1 km
  • Zanzibar Ferry Terminal - 9 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Port of Dar es Salaam - 10 min drive - 9.7 km
  • Mlimani City - 10 min drive - 7.9 km
  • Makumbusho Village - 11 min drive - 8.6 km

Getting around

  • Dar Es Salaam Central Station - 25 min drive
  • Julius Nyerere Intl. Airport (DAR) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Italian House - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Cecy Pub - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪New Zahir Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪kwa bonge - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Viva Park - ‬10 min walk

About this property

Greenlight Hotel

Hotel in Dar es Salaam with free breakfast and a sauna
Greenlight Hotel offers 51 accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Beds feature premium bedding. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries.

This Dar es Salaam hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 51 guestrooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and bathrobes. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a sauna or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a hair salon.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at Serengeti, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Serengeti - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6 AM to 10 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Serengeti

Things to do

  • Playground
  • Sauna

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Newspapers in lobby
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 11:00 AM; Check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 1.50 per person, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 20 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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

Property is also known as

Greenlight Hotel Dar es Salaam
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Greenlight Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 26 reviews

6.8/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kuman

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Toshifumi

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Toshifumi

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Eric

Liked: Staff & service
This was the closest hotel near the airport with 24 hr front desk and I came in at 12:30. Only complaint was breakfast til 10am and so was checkout but overall for the few hrs I stayed ther it was worth it
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Claudia

Liked: Staff & service
Das Hotel ist ein bißchen in die Jahre gekommen, es gab kein warmes Wasser in der Dusche. Für eine Nacht zum Flughafen Transfer war es gut. Die Mitarbeiter sind sehr freundlich.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Bad experience and customer service

Bad customer service from the start. I booked for two people. There was only one towel, one bottle of water and told that breakfast was only for one. They did not wanted to tell me the wireless password my Fiancé had to assist. I informed the unprofessional person at the desk that I have prove I booked for two and she refused to look at my paperwork and informed me it was in the system. I went for something to eat and when I returned they had corrected their intentional errors. I read before from a review that someone had the same issue and they charged them extra. I was not going to allow that to happen to me. In the morning I checked out and went to another Hotel. I was to stay for 6 nights , but after such bad experience I would not stay even if they offered it for free. I complained through Hotels.com and received a refund for the remaining 5 nights. Will not be booking this Hotel again. Let’s this be a warning TJ those travelling in pairs
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

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

Awful

WOULD NEVER STAY HERE AGAIN. No wifi in the room. Window above the door, so light from the corridor shines into the room all night. No toilet roll. Soil in the rusty old bath. No shower. Sign on the bathroom door about disposing of used condoms. Lift doesn't stop at the floor correctly, so there's large gap to step up into the lift. Check out took ages as receptionist didn't want to take card payment or issue a tax receipt (but did eventually). Receptionist doesn't speak good English and seems incapable of using a phone or a watch correctly. Booked a pick-up from the airport after the last domestic arrival. Airport was closed, taxi rank empty and had to wait alone in the dark for an hour. Requested a discount for drop-off at the airport the next morning due to the inconvenience caused and was told this wasn't possible. Drive from airport took 50 minutes, not the 20 minutes advertised.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

FA Gerber

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Would rather pay more for something better

Was a struggle to find a cool room for me with a working air conditioner Breakfast is terrible Bed is very comfortable. Will not stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Georg

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

good place

good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Mzungu, Tanzania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Not as advertised

Hotel is new and clean. Decorated well. Staff is very friendly. Internet did not work on my floor. I needed the internet because I was there working. No satellite/cable TV access as advertised. jet tub not working. No mini bar in room as advertised. Restaurant service staff is slow. Finally, the price advertised on Expedia was not the price I paid. After booking, the price was shown as higher than advertised.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

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

All around, terrible

Service was terrible, shower was dirty, bathroom was not clean at all and many of things not working, like light, no towels (even after requesting it several times), tub was rusted and molded. Room was hot, A/A was not working appropriately, breakfast not available at the indicated time, and so on. If you can avoid this please, I would recommend you try to find another better one.

6/10 Okay

Peter

OK for an overnight

Greenlight is a typical transit hotel, with convenience to the airport being the main attraction. I had communicated directly with the hotel regarding transportation from the airport and they said that they would arrange for a taxi to pick us up. However, upon arrival we found that no taxi was waiting for us and had to negotiate a price that ended up being almost twice the price quoted by the hotel. Once we arrived at the hotel and asked about the missing taxi, the front desk staff seemed to be unconcerned, offered no apology or other compensation for the increased fare. Checkout time is quite early, 10 AM. I would stay here again if there were no other options available while transiting through Dar.

6/10 Okay

Kim, Canada

First night in Tanzania

We had arrived into Dar es Salaam in the middle of the night and were leaving the next day around noon. The room was nice but bring earplugs as it was very noisy outside at night. The staff was kind and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Got the job done!

A good airport hotel alternative, about halfway between the town and the airport. The shower was amazing.

6/10 Okay

Fares, Brazil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good location, great staff

Good location close to airport. Super friendly and helpful staff

8/10 Good

Alexander, North Carolina, USA

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

Transit stopover

Stayed for an afternoon/evening with checkout around midnight on our way to the airport. Very convenient and friendly transit hotel when you need to rest and don't want to spend many hours at the airport. Not far from the ferry and airport. There is a restaurant attached which serves great food at a very reasonable price even by local standards. Staying longer would require hiring a car or taking taxis/local transit options as it's not near the tourist areas, as far as we could tell.

8/10 Good

Frans

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Grootte kamer goed. Douche minder

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Ett ok hotell men lite avlägset.

Bra och rent men avlägset och maten var inte alls imponerande.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service

4/10 Poor

Sofia, Stockholm

Disliked: Room comfort

Clean rooms, really bad breakfast.

We only stayed for one night and arrived in the evening and left in the morning, we picked this hotel to be as close to the airport as possible. It says here that the hotel is 4km away from the airport - it is not, it's 9 km - which lead us to an argument with the taxi driver, but the hotel also confirmed 9km in their brochures they had. The room was fine and it was clean. None of all the outlets in the room worked though so we couldn't charge anything which was annoying as we were leaving for one of the islands the day after. The breakfast was extremely disappointing though, there were ALOT of flies all over the restaurant which was disgusting, the boiled egg I got was bad/old. Basically I only had two plain toasts with nothing on them.

8/10 Good

Katarina, Sweden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Overnightstay

Very nice staff at the reception and maneger

2/10 Terrible

Jonas, Gothenburg, Sweden

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

Try to find an alternative !

The only good thing I can say about this hotel is that the transfer worked fine. However transfer is not for free as indicated on Hotels web-page. When order and payment is done the hotel confirmation states that if you stay 3 nights or more the transfer is free - but I doubt anyone has ever stayed here voluntarily for that long. A USD 20 fee (one way) is charged, which was changed when we left to USD 50 for two ways. Restaurant in the hotel lobby is NOT good! AC in the room but only active when you are in the room so it takes an hour to cool the room after return. Power cut for an hour didm´t help much either.

8/10 Good

Merja, Göteborg

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Trevlig övernattning nära flygplatsen

Personalen var ytterst hjälpsam och försökte verkligen sitt allra bästa att gästerna skulle trivas. Tyvärr deras kortterminal funkade inte och dom var tvungen att köra dig till närmaste automaten. Samma fel överallt i Tanzanien, i andra hotellen, restaurant oxå. Vattentryck i duschen var dålig, men det är kanske inte hotellets fel, kommunal snarast. Ingen oväsen, sov riktigt bra.

6/10 Okay

Valentin, Boulogne-Billancourt

Disliked: Staff & service

Pour une nuit, en transit...

Nous n'avons passé qu'une nuit dans cet hôtel avant de partir pour un Safari dans le Serengeti. Nous avions programmé un transfert depuis l'aéroport avec le manager, mais personne ne s'est présenté à notre arrivée. Le côté positif de l'hôtel, c'est sa proximité avec l'aéroport. Rien de plus, rien de moins.