The Great Lakes Hotel

3.0 star property

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Interior entrance
Executive Room | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi
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Executive Room | In-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Reviews

4.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Breakfast included
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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Ochieng' Avenue, Ondiek, Near Kisumu Library, Kisumu, Nyanza, 40100
  • Masai Craft Market
    8 min walk
  • Kisumu Clock Tower
    8 min walk
  • Kisimu museum
    12 min walk
  • Kisumu (KIS)
    12 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Room

  • 100 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room

  • 100 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Executive Room

  • 110 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

The Great Lakes Hotel

Hotel in Kisumu with free breakfast and bars/lounges
This hotel features a restaurant, 2 bars/lounges and a conference centre. Free English breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services and dry cleaning.
The Great Lakes Hotel offers 96 accommodations with a safe and complimentary bottles of water. 29-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Fridges and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

During your stay at The Great Lakes Hotel, you're just a quick walk from Masai Craft Market. You'll find features such as free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free English breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at the restaurant
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge and luggage storage
  • Within a 10-minute walk of Masai Craft Market and Kisumu Clock Tower
There's a restaurant on site. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Free breakfast is served daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

A terrace, multilingual staff, and concierge services are also featured at the business-friendly The Great Lakes Hotel. You'll have access to the outdoor pool at a partner property. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3-star Kisumu hotel.

Guests are served a free English breakfast daily from 5 AM to 10 AM.
On-site venue – This restaurant specialises in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free secured self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 5 AM to 10 AM
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool (guest access)

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • 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.
  • Accessible bathtub
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 29-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Mobile key entry
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; check-in end time: 10:00 AM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at The Great Lakes Hotel

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 6 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

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
This property accepts credit cards
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • One child aged 6 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

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The Great Lakes Hotel Reviews

Reviews

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6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Miriam

I never stayed in the hotel. It was run down
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

trevor, kisumu kenya.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
great lakes hotel
no complaints not excellent.but quiet .clean.would stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not an enjoyable stay
Between the stench of burning wafting in from the bustling street outside, the one inch of leg room when on the toilet, the lack of TV remote, and the lack of a working AC, I cannot rate my stay here as enjoyable. A lot of the staff seemed unattentive and when the complimentary water was dropped off one afternoon while I was in the room, the staff didn't even knock - just unlocked the door and apoligzed... Keep in mind that you aren't paying a lot of money to stay here and this is also Kisumu, but if you aren't a tolerant traveller you'll probably regret staying here for more than a night or two.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017