Name: Onsea House Country Inn Guest Cottage
Address: Namasi Hill Arusha,, Arusha, Arusha, Arusha, 1259, Tanzania
Rating: 9

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Onsea House Country Inn  Guest Cottage

Arusha

Probably one of the most adorable and best places to stay in Tanzania.
Very well.maintained hotel.with a beautiful garden. Wonderful!
The food by Masterchef Axel Janssens was outstanding & best value for money.
A must visit! We definitely.come back.


Best valur for money

A warm welcome in a magical setting, in the heart of the green hills overlooking Mount Meru. We spent one night in a house a little below the Onsea house, furnished with a lot of charm, far from the impersonal hotels. The kindness of the team, the quality of service and the gastronomic dinner, as well as the philosophy and commitment of the owner of the place will leave a very good memory.

It's magical and delicious!

We stayed at Onsea House for one night at the start of our safari for our honeymoon. We really enjoyed our stay. The staff were very helpful and attentive. They also kindly gave us some celebratory champagne for our honeymoon and decorated our dinner table with rose petals. We thought the food for dinner was delicious and also enjoyed the breakfast too. The hotel is set in a beautiful location with a great view of Meru. We found it to be very quiet. The room was comfortable though there were some issues with the electricity which for a period of an hour or so did keep cutting out. However this isn’t unexpected given the location.  We would definitely recommend Onsea House.

Great hotel near Arusha

The best food with chef Axel. Great room and magnificent views. Very good hammam and massages.
They are so professional and friendly. They also arranged our three day safari trip to Tarangiri and Ngorongoro with full service. Really place to start your trip in Tanzania. And pleace let them organise your trip. 

The best place to stay and to organise your safari

It was amazing the people were very nice and helpful the food was delicious the rooms were extremely clean the views were beautiful and there was a-lot of nature birds and trees in overall the place was very peaceful and nice you should 101% go.

Amazing stay and amazing views

I had a wonderful stay at the Onsea House while recently visiting Arusha and the surrounding areas. The property is set on a hill overlooking the green valley of Arusha and Mount Meru. It’s set back off of the busy road so you really feel nestled into the natural environment, away from all of the buzzing horns and city life. I loved waking up to the birds singing and stepping out of my room and into such a lush natural environment. My house (#7) was very quiet, I never heard the neighbors next door and I slept better than I have in a long time! 

The staff were extremely accommodating and very responsive via email even before I arrived. In person, they couldn’t be warmer and sweeter. I enjoyed the many chats that I had with them. While everyone was incredibly friendly, they were also very efficient and on top of everything. Even when there was a misunderstanding on my end regarding the bill, they treated me with kindness and grace- a true reflection of the character and values of the Tanzanian people. 

I could write an entire review dedicated to just the food, which was superb. What I will say is that I appreciated that they went out of their way to provide food to guests that had allergies or intolerances. They made a special rosemary cassava flour bread for me since I don’t eat wheat- and I’m still dreaming about it. 

Just a heads up to future travelers: if you need to rely on a strong internet connection while here, I would suggest getting an international or local SIM card while you’re there so you can use the hotspot. The internet at the hotel is a little slow and spotty. 

Looking forward to my return at Onsea House when I'm back in town!

Fabulous experience 

Loved staying at Machweo Retreat instead of at a Hotel. Located  just 15 minutes outside of Arusha town  I felt immersed in Tanzanian life from the onset as you are in fact experiencing a village aspect.

Reservation was easy to make with Leonard  online and pre-arranged pick up was on time at Kilimanjaro airport - driver very nice and provided air conditioned comfort plus water.

Stunning views over Arusha and Mt Meru, delicious food and staff all friendly and extremely helpful. Pool area is lovely and gardens are lush. Victor the manager helped  organise a driver for a day 0930-1630 to take us around Arusha at a most reasonable rate. I had done my homework and knew how much to pay. Special thanks to Emmanuel for looking after us so well in the dining area  - you are a star. The set dinner menu was absolutely delicious which we had on our second evening with matching wines. 

The rooms are  spacious and well fitted out. Extremely comfortable bed. Only small negative was that we could hear the couple in the next room to us cough and talk.  On the website it says rooms have maximum privacy however our cottage (number 4) shared a terrace and common area with another cottage. This would be great if you were travelling with a family or a group but not otherwise. The staff did offer to change our room allocation but then we would have lost our magnificent view so we decided to stay with it. Just something to be aware of when booking.
Purchased the absolutely stunning book "A Taste Of Tanzania" that Axel Janssens and his friend Wim have created - it was worth lugging around Tanzania and I can't wait to properly devour it for its content and recipes. I was able to have it signed as both Axel and Wim were in residence - very fortunate and a real keepsake. 

Would thoroughly recommend this property for ambience, location and a super start or finish to your Tanzanian Safari. 


A Taste For Tanzania

Tonight, we were blessed with the rich rolling green hills of Arusha, adorned by the most wonderful sunset, spiced by amazing food and, most importantly, fed by the love of Axel and his staff. A night I’ll remember for its passion. Thank you!

Magical and full of passion

We stayed 2 nights at Onsea House to explore Arusha and surroundings before going on a 5-day safari.  Onsea House is an up-scale accommodation.  Room are very spacious with beautiful views, very peaceful amid a wonderful garden, about 10kms out of town.  A taxi ride into Arusha is 35 usd both ways.  Rooms are quite expensive at usd 300+ a night.  At least you expect then decent wifi, and the opposite was true: every 5' you had to reconnect and do a login with password, the worst ever.  Dinner was offered, at a stunning rate of usd 60pp.  And altough the food was decent, it was nothing spectacular to justify this price.  We were told the restaurant was once run by a Belgian chef, but nowadays we only could see local staff who probably still copy what was once explained to them.  Breakfast buffet was OK.

Extremely expensive for value received

Machweo was such a pleasure to retreat for a few days. It has the most friendly staff, excellent food, beautiful poolside and views. We were picked up at the airport by one of the friendliest persons we ever encountered. After arriving at Machweo we just spend the afternoon enjoying a glass of wine while overlooking beautiful surroundings. We also witnessed how the retreat is contributing to the local community by visiting the Baraa school. It is really a great place to stay with great community contribution.

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