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Blue Pearl

4.5 star property

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Outdoor pool
Apartment, 1 Bedroom | Living room | TV
Minibar, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds
Gift shop
Bar (on property)

Reviews

5.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Hot Tub
  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Gym

Explore the area

Map
Morogoro Road, Dar es Salaam, DAE, 4868
  • University of Dar es Salaam
    3 min drive
  • Mwenge Carvers Market
    5 min drive
  • Mlimani City
    6 min drive
  • Dar es Salaam (DAR-Julius Nyerere Intl.)
    32 min drive

Room options

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Executive Suite | Room amenity

Executive Suite

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Apartment, 2 Bedrooms

  • City view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Minibar, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, cribs/infant beds

Apartment, 1 Bedroom

  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

Dar es Salaam

A stay at Blue Pearl places you in the heart of Dar es Salaam, a 3-minute drive from University of Dar es Salaam and 5 minutes from Mwenge Carvers Market. .This family-friendly hotel is 2.3 mi (3.6 km) from Mlimani City and 3.3 mi (5.4 km) from Makumbusho Village.

What's nearby

  • University of Dar es Salaam - 3 min drive
  • Mwenge Carvers Market - 5 min drive
  • Mlimani City - 6 min drive
  • Makumbusho Village - 6 min drive
  • Kariakoo Market - 7 min drive

Getting around

  • Dar Es Salaam Central Station - 23 min drive
  • Julius Nyerere Intl. Airport (DAR) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Wanyama Hotel - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Istanbul Turkish Fast Food - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Samaki Samaki, Mlimani City - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪KFC Mlimani City - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Sinza Kumekucha - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Blue Pearl

Art Deco hotel with free breakfast and a 24-hour fitness center
Blue Pearl offers 154 accommodations with minibars and safes. Accommodations at this 4.5-star hotel have kitchenettes with refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers.

Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include bathtubs, bidets, and hair dryers. This Dar es Salaam hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.

An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 154 guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and premium TV channels provides entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and minibars.
Relax and unwind with massages and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. This Art Deco hotel also features concierge services, babysitting (surcharge), and gift shops/newsstands. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
For lunch or dinner, stop by Famished, a restaurant that specializes in Fusion cuisine. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe, and 24-hour room service is provided. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the beach bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and 14 meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Famished - This restaurant specializes in Fusion cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Bristro BBQ and Grill - This bistro specializes in barbecue and serves lunch and dinner.
Brownie Lobby Cafe - This café serves light fare only.
Marimba BAR - Onsite bar.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, Swahili

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) on request
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free RV/bus/truck parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • A bar/lounge
  • A beach bar
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Bristro BBQ and Grill
  • Brownie Lobby Cafe
  • Famished
  • Marimba BAR

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Outdoor pool
  • Spa tub

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Crib
  • In-room kitchenette
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • No housekeeping service
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 14 meeting rooms
  • 24-hour business center
  • Conference space

Spa

  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage

More

  • 1 building
  • 13 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Ballroom

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Crib

Bathroom

  • Bathtub
  • Bidet
  • Hair dryer
  • Partially-open bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with premium channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: TZS 40800 per person (one way)

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

We should mention

Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Blue Pearl Reviews

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 24 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 24 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not recommend!
Very very basic, did not feel or look clean! In the middle of no where. Not much nice to say!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dissatisfied! Would NOT reccommend
Most basic and awful hotel ever stayed in! Absolute dump in the middle of no where!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Terrible. Orbitz did not forward the money we paid to them. When called they provided an invalid credit card number. We had to pay again. This happened over 2 hours at 1-3 AM in the morning. Horrible.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Linda, South Africa/mpumalanga

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor =2
Did not achieve my objective of a breakaway. The neighbourhood is very noisy until into the late hours of the night due to religious formations closeby. I could not sleep at that place due to the noise and the house keeper asked me out before my checkout time and had to wait with my baggage at reception for checkout and transport which l had already arranged for 11h00 based on my checkout time confirmed with reception beforehand.The breakfast was unattended I my first experience was not great hence I never went back for the remainder of my stay. My rating = 2/5

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

6/10 Okay

Hussein, Cairo

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Acceptable when on a budget
Poor internet service and Service support and the Hot water from the shower comes with an intolerable smell. I had to use cold. Not the cleanest hotel and room but completely livable. The reception staff is quite good but that is the only staff that is good. Multiple technical failures on a daily basis (Ex: Elevator, Internet...etc.)

6/10 Okay

Tufa, New York

Liked: Cleanliness
Very convenient if you have business in the area
The hotel is located outside the city in a complex with different offices. It is the most convenient if you have business in that complex, or surrounding area, and want to avoid the city's horrible traffic. That was the case for me. I stayed there several times because of the convenience. Otherwise the hotel is just average. The rooms are big(it is a hotel apartment)and clean enough. No good restaurants in the area. The hotel's restaurant is good. The hotel has gym and a very small swimming pool at the top(13th floor). I always choose the top floors for nice view.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Its main appeal is that it's near UDSM.
Everything about it is a bit shabby looking; the dining room is slow with not very interesting menu; the decor is, well, not really decor. Not terrible, fine in a pinch.

4/10 Poor

GLOJOS, Tanzania

Liked: Room comfort
Lacking some important amenities

6/10 Okay

Deichgraf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Conference hotel
I stayed overnight, in transit through Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar. The Blue Pearl was the only hotel where I could (easily) find a room, perhaps due to the Obama visit in Dar. The hotel is big and set up for large meetings/conferences. On this occasion it felt deserted; I saw maybe a dozen other guests. The room was large and comfortable and clean, but nothing special. Food was African standard. Staff were friendly and helpful. Location is a bit out of the way -- several kms from downtown Dar, and not near the coast (at least not that I could tell). A utilitarian place to spend a night, but nothing to get excited about. Megachurch under construction right next door starts blaring Swahili sermons over very good loudspeakers at 6am, and hotel walls are too thin to permit any sort of sleep after that.

4/10 Poor

Africanist

Liked: Cleanliness
Out of the way, overpriced
I stayed at this hotel several times over the course of a month. The first thing to mention is location. It is in Ubungo, near the bus terminal and not far from the University of Dar es Salaam. If you have business in this area, the hotel is a good option. However, if you plan to spend time in the city center, Msasani, or elsewhere, the hotel is well out of the way, especially considering the horrible traffic problems facing the city. There is also very little within walking distance, and the Plaza adjacent to the hotel offers very little as well. In terms of the hotel itself, the rooms are apartment-style and very spacious. The hot water and a/c work very well. But the hotel is certainly not four-star quality. It is overpriced compared to options that offer a better quality of stay. Services such as laundry are nothing short of highway robbery. There is also a tremendous amount of noise from the outside, in particular a nearby church that produces loud singing at around 5 in the morning. All in all, there are much better options in Dar es Salaam.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Close to bus station.
Everything was fine. The restaurant was acceptable.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TERRIBLE
TERRIBLE! awful food in the restaurant. Internet cost 10 usd per 24 hrs but I can hardly use it, and the hotel refuse to refund (because it is actually connected with 10 kb/ s download rate......)

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel comfortable rooms
The rooms are spacious and clean,breakfast was good.There are a few stores in the plaza where the hotel is located. The hotel was about 500m to the bus station so it is convenient if you plan a trip by bus. It is a bit far from the center and you need a cab to go to the ferry terminal. It is not a cheap hotel but the proximity to the bus terminal was why I chose to stay there for one night.

6/10 Okay

Charles, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Blue Pearl Hotel Dar es Salaam
I am still in the Blue Pearl hotel. Wanted to extend my stay via your site but it says no rooms. There are plenty of empty rooms at this particular moment.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Blue Pearl Hotel, Dar Es Salaam
I would readily recommend this hotel in the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam in a quiet area of town. The complex is large, the infinity pool on the roof top wonderful, the staff courteous. Two draw backs: 1) the restaurant really battled flies, especially with the morning buffet; though the staff were trying hard to keep things under control; 2) a great facility like this should not nickel and dime you with internet! Not only was it not included, the connection was minimal. I spent much time in the large lobby connecting through Skype because I was unable to do so from the 11th floor. Fix these two problem areas and the place would be great.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good Hotel
The hotel is a business hotel very close to the airport and the ferry point.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Heli, Sipoo, Finland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Safe spot on the way to the airport
We were flying back to Europe after a 20-day visit in Tanzania. Wanted to spend the last hours sunbathing, swimming in the pool, working out at the gym. The not so clear water in the pool did not invite to take a dip. We seemed to be the only guests in this huge hotel. The bar looked like a porn club and smelled like a damp cellar, the restaurant had the atmosphere of a school food canteen. Room service brought us a salad we hadn't ordered but no utensils. Sorry, cannot recommend.

6/10 Okay

Mohammed

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Un patron incompétent
Nous avions une réservation pour 2 chambres : 4 adultes, toutes réservées sous un seul nom, pour la nuit d'arrivée en Tanzanie et la nuit du départ. Ils n'ont pas vu les deux numéros de réservation et les deux numéros de carte débités ! Au retour la 2è nuit, ils nous ont dit que si nous voulions les chambres, il fallait les payer, notre crédit dans cet hôtel étant épuisé la 1ère nuit. Toute l'aprèm au tel, à essayer de débloquer l'histoire, 240€ de note de tel mobile ! C'est seulement le soir, après dîner vers 22h, avec le personnel de nuit que JE me suis aperçu qu'ils n'avaient pas tout imprimé, et ne ne travaille pas dans l'hotellerie ! Le patron ne s'est ni déplacé, ni excusé de toute cette journée de galère.... Plus jamais ça ! C'est un boss incompétent, qui a un égo surdimensionné. Boycott de cet hôtel jusqu'à un éventuel changement de patron.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
dålig manager
The internet didn't work, the manager was unfriendly and not service minded, looking at the customer as a problem