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Chelsea Hotel

3.0 star property

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Point of interest
Lobby sitting area
Point of interest
Reception

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

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

Explore the area

Map
Uhuru Street, Dar es Salaam
  • Kariakoo Market
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Zanzibar Ferry Terminal
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Port of Dar es Salaam
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Dar es Salaam (DAR-Julius Nyerere Intl.)
    ‪22 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed, City View

Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed, City View

Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed, City View

  • 21 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Refrigerator, Executive Level

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Refrigerator, Executive Level

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Refrigerator, Executive Level

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Refrigerator, Executive Level

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Refrigerator, Executive Level

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Refrigerator, Executive Level

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Comfort Suite, 1 Bedroom, 2 Bathrooms, Executive Level

Comfort Suite, 1 Bedroom, 2 Bathrooms, Executive Level | Private kitchenette

Comfort Suite, 1 Bedroom, 2 Bathrooms, Executive Level

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

  • 21 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Comfort Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View, Executive Level

Comfort Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View, Executive Level | Living room

Comfort Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View, Executive Level

  • 75 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Chelsea Hotel

Hotel with free breakfast, a quick walk to Kariakoo Market
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a meeting room. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and a front-desk safe.
Chelsea Hotel offers 68 air-conditioned accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and complimentary bottled water. 32-inch LED televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include ceiling fans and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

During your stay at Chelsea Hotel, you're just a quick walk from Uhuru Monument. Features include free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • Enjoy local and international cuisine while dining at Chelsea Restaurant
  • Amenities include a front-desk safe, a meeting room, and laundry facilities
  • 9 minutes by foot from Kariakoo Market and a 1-minute drive from St Joseph's Cathedral
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

Chelsea Hotel also features a terrace, laundry facilities, and room service (during limited hours). Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 3-star Dar es Salaam hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served free continental breakfast daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Chelsea Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Hindi, Swahili, Urdu

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7 AM to 10 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Chelsea Restaurant

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LED TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 11 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25.0 per night.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.0 per night
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a security system
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • One child 11 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

Chelsea Hotel Dar es Salaam
Chelsea Dar es Salaam
Chelsea Hotel Hotel
Chelsea Hotel Dar es Salaam
Chelsea Hotel Hotel Dar es Salaam

Chelsea Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 126 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 43 out of 126 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 126 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 126 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 126 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Greg

Customer service needs to be improved
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Quick stay in DAR
Room was clean. Limited choice for breakfast but good for the price. Got charged for water at check out as hotel did not spicify what was/ not included as free. This spoilt the actual stay for us
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Parveen

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need Wheat based Indian Chapati and pratha should be unlimited drinking water hardly one guest will drink max 2 ltr and rest is all good. specially Staff is nice.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

THOMAS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great experience, will be back.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tale

Business traveller
Bad customer service and bad breakfast and the room is not clean and out side very noisy
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Rushell

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was told by staff wasnt safe to go outside. Server was dismissive and rude
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

FANG, OTTAWA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Gilbert

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great customer service.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Allen

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Ruth

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel isn't the Hilton by any means but if you are looking for a safe, clean budget hotel this would be it. Didn't see any bugs (we've had issues in other tropical hotels) and the room was very clean!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Eva

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Bad wifi. Unsafe area for families. Smelly bathroom. Ok but not value for money. Should be cheaper
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Zelalem

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible Experience
We had a terrible experience at this hotel. We were first checked into a room that hadn't been cleaned and were then moved to the adjacent room which happened to be right next to the elevator. The walls are thin and we could hear everything from the next room. The front desk agents who checked us in were less than courteous and had attitudes when we brought forth the deficincies. The laundry misplaced one of the four items we sent for washing and had an attitude when we asked them about the missing item. The bellwoman, doorwoman, housekeeing and lunchroom staff were courteous however we wouldn't recommend this hotel for future stays.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Ousmahila, Atlanta

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place, nice staff but the area around the hotel does not look too good. There are markets, low class restaurants and shops around the corner.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Enock

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Close to several points of interest
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Valerio

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unprofessional management!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Navjyoti

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tabrez

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Staff was friendly and helpful, food and location was good. Clean rooms
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Aidan

Liked: Staff & service
Good location. Friendly staff. Fast WiFi.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ok
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jackson

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Service and facilities not worth the money paid , breakfast horrible , staff not professional , have to be careful while paying your bills , need to check and total or else u can be paying more , if you trust , wifi limited , overall not satisfactory
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Linda

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Was just fine for a night stay until catching the ferry to Zanzibar next day. Room was clean and comfortable enough. Nothing fancy but nothing to complain about, got a good night sleep which was all that was needed.

10/10 Excellent

michele

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Shoaib

Overall hotel is just Ok
Hotel is just ok staff is not really friendly. Although I prepaid everything but while checkout i got a surprise that i have to pay additional 40,630 Tanzania Shillings because their system is showing that and they don’t have any explanation to that additional amount and they keep calling it human error in the system which doesn’t make sense. I will probably won’t book this hotel again. If someone stay please don’t pay in advance
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022