Hotel looks like a student apartment and definitely not for the faint hearted. Good location with all the essentials at a great price. A bed, tv, a reasonable bathroom and a very nice breakfast, and a small bar/food shop. Recommended to backpackers.

We were shocked when we found out there are two different menus for foreigners and tanzanian people. We know it is kind of common to have different prices for tourists but having two different prices (which were partly double the costs) in a hotel "restaurant" was new to us.
But the value for the money is okay, rooms are clean and the employees are friendly.

We spent there one night after safari so it was like a castle But to be honest – the room was decent, clean and the bed was comfortable and the water was hot :). I did not have a chance to see neighborhood so I cannot tell anything about it. What I can say that in the hotel there is a restaurant with delicious food for a really good price, it was ma only meal in continental Tanzania, but to compare with Zanzibar prices – whole meal cost more or less the same as one dish on Zanzibar. Additionally, staff is very friendly and helpful. Grate option for a night before or after the safari.