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Mbale Resort Hotel

5.0 star property

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Front of property - evening/night
Executive Twin Room
Exterior
Outdoor pool
Business Room

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Spa
  • Parking included
  • Gym

Explore the area

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Plot 50 Bunghokho Road, Mbale, 1621
  • LivingStone International University
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Mt Elgon Waterfall
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Wanale Cliff
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Presidential Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Mountain View, Executive Level

Designer toiletries, hair dryer, bathrobes, slippers

Presidential Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Mountain View, Executive Level

  • 112 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 King Beds

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Business Room

Business Room

  • 66 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Executive Triple Room

Executive Triple Room

  • 38 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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Executive Twin Room

Executive Twin Room

  • 26 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Executive Double Room

Executive Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Living area

Citizen Cafe & Chambers

  • Kitchen
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
The price is NZ$41
for 1 apartment
includes taxes & fees
9 Mar - 10 Mar
Citizen Cafe & Chambers

About the area

Mbale

With a stay at Mbale Resort Hotel in Mbale, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of LivingStone International University and Mt Elgon Waterfall. .This luxury hotel is 9 mi (14.5 km) from Wanale Cliff and 9.3 mi (15 km) from Sipi Falls.

What's nearby

  • LivingStone International University - 5 min drive
  • Mt Elgon Waterfall - 12 min drive
  • Sipi Falls - 16 min drive
  • Wanale Cliff - 27 min drive
  • Sipi Falls - 77 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Case Del Turista - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Chicken Papa - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Sukaali - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Endiro Coffee - Mbale - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Casa Del Turista - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Mbale Resort Hotel

Luxury hotel with 3 restaurants and a full-service spa
Mbale Resort Hotel offers 93 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. A pillow menu is available. Premium cable television is provided.

Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Karibu Health Club. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, Swedish massages, and facials. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room.

The spa is open daily. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.

Make yourself at home in one of the 93 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a health club, an outdoor pool, and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite to eat at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Onsite venue #2 - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Onsite venue #3 - This restaurant specializes in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English, French, Swahili

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Free secured, uncovered self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–10:00 AM
  • 3 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 2 bars/lounges and 1 poolside bar
  • 24-hour room service

Things to do

  • Bike rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Evening entertainment
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massage - deep-tissue
  • Massage - hot stone
  • Massage - prenatal
  • Massage - Swedish
  • Reflexology
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Steam room

Accessibility

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

More

  • Couples dining
  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Pillow menu
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Premium channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for UGX 50000.0 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: UGX 50000.0 per day

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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

Reservations are required for spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa

Property is also known as

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Mbale Resort Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 22 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 22 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 22 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 22 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 22 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

John

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was nice and clean, very good beds
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely gardens, lovely hotel.
Great hotel. Clean. Lovely. Heaps of amenities in room. Beautiful gardens. Fantastic massage. Overall, so so nice. It's hotels only fault... no lift. We were on the 4th floor so it was a lot of stairs!! I request that Reservations staff let guests know that there is no lift on arrival, and check if they are okay with so many stairs - if we had have known, we would have requested a room on the 1st or 2nd floor as we had a 1-year-old child with us.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Grace

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disorganised! I booked during the Christmas period. They didn’t know how many rooms were available. As a result of overbooking, I was asked to vacate my room on Christmas day. They also shutdown their online booking service because they didn’t have the internal infrastructure to monitor bookings. There’s no lift and the stairs are uneven, which poses a hazard. Sadly, there aren’t many comparable options in terms of amenities locally (e.g. spa, pool). However, I would recommend Mount Elgon Hotel as an alternative stay. It’s smaller, but the overall service is better and has the standard of amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Extraordinary
This place was a hidden treasure in beautiful Mbale. The services and staff were impeccable. Thank Mbale Hotel 🏨 resort special thanks to Madame Gloria Mukite and Madame Lillian Namataka for special services they were like family. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dejligt ophold og venligt personale
Vi havde to dejlige overnatninger på Mbale Resort Hotel, der virkelig ligger i skønne omgivelser! Værelset er stort og renligt, sengen er virkelig dejlig, fint badeværelse, skøn altan. Der er ingen myggenet, da værelset bliver sprayet osv, vi havde dog nogle enkelte myg på værelset på trods af lukkede altandøre. Personalet er venlige, og vi følte os meget velkomne. Restauranten var også god, morgenmaden var lækker (især ift. alternativet andre steder i Mbale). Poolområdet var hyggeligt, dog kan man risikere en del insekter i poolen, hvis man kommer tidligt (inden de bliver fjernet). Både fitness og health club var fine (vi fik begge aromamassage, som var skøn :-) ). Vil helt sikkert anbefale dette hotel! Vi vil komme tilbage, hvis vi er i området :-) Mvh Maiken og Amalie
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Douglas

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to rest in the middle of busy Christian ministry visit, so comfortable. Quiet and peaceful. Convenient and staff excellent. Changed our rooms as one person short in the party and made the stay even better. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dr Helen K

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Curtis

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great facility. The property manager Tom and his team of great support staff did an outstanding job! Look forward to visiting again in the near future.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Michaela

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only problems we had revolved around the time it took to get dinner. The first night we waited 2 hours and 40 minutes for our dinner order - even those who only ordered a smoothie waited this long even on repeated requests to bring the smoothies out before dinner was served. We requested bottles of water 4 times over the span of an hour before they were received. We were a large group and service did improve somewhat each night we were there. I have a feeling that the reduced staff due to COVID made things take longer than usual. One tip is to always order ahead :)
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
LA Mom
Stayed 5 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Dr Helen K

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay at Mbale resort Hotel
Well i had a very great night at the resort hotel, the space, balcon, tea making place within the room that was so amazing,the small refrigerator,very clean room, WiFi,the bed its self was so comfortable. I generally liked the service at Mbale resort Hotel
wardrobe
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great place to stay
Great staff and friendly. One problem. But it’s important. The food and coffee - morning breakfast. The bread has a strange taste and the coffee was terrible. I suggested you find regular bread that foreigners are accustomed to versus what you put out to eat. Also, I don’t know how you do it but the coffee is so weak that it’s not drinkable. Finally the Buffett - some nights there was little food selection. One time they even told me to order from the menu because there was not enough. And this was early in the evening not end of night
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The facilities were clean and check in procedures were pleasant and straightforward. I have stayed here before yet the receptionist offered to walk me to my room.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

R., Kampala

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best hotel in Mbale. We are pretty much regulars here now, and the service really stands out. Held our introduction and engagement party, and the team through everything together in two days-Moliro and his team were spectacular! Hands down, a great hotel!!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel, nice and clean. Swimming pool, good rooms, and dining options.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
My stay at Mbale Resort...
Location of the hotel is good and quiet. Check-in process was a mess I.e miss allocation of rooms. Contents of the room allocated to me were sub standard and filled mosquitoe. I requested to change rooms but I was told the hotel was full and that I had to wait until the following day. Otherwise the food was good. I managed to swap rooms too with the guests I came with and changes were eventually made to my room.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great weekend with family. Would do it again!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

AmyWorldTravel, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful place to stay if you are in Mbale
Lovely hotel and grounds, awoke to amazing symphony of bird calls. Generous delicious breakfast buffet included. Has spa, pool, gym included. Staff was gracious and helpful. Genuinely looking forward to staying there again on my next visit. Only minor complaint - no hot water when I arrived late at night, just lukewarm. By the morning, hot water was back, which was a relief since I really prefer hot water showers, though I have found many hotels in E. Africa don't have it or don't have it reliably.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

TAKEO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Ingunn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021