Amu House

Amu House is very aesthetically pleasing with consideration given to this Traditional Swahili home . It has a fantastic roof top terrace with a great swinging couch . The downside is the lack of hot water as one of the owners feels that paying guests will waste it . Granted we are in a very hot location but on occasions the water was ice cold for a shower . There’s also a lack of niceties - no shower gel or hand towels just a minisucule imperial leather miniture soap. It would be nice to have a mini fridge in the room as no matter how wide the windows are open and the fans are on full swing the rooms seem to trap the heat . Lack of storage for clothes is also disappointing.The extra breakfast is nice and the staff friendly and for the area it’s great value - but I’d pay a little more for access to hot water.

Very poor staff. Alex the manager was very rude and poor in communication. We booked 5 nights at the property, they insisted we paybprior which we did. Soon as we paid they insisted on moving us to a smaller dingy room at the premise. Did not have even the slightest coutesy to make that communication personally. Horrible place to book your holiday, staff are not friendly. Of all properties we booked and stayed in Lamu in our two week holiday this one was the worst. We had to move out with two nights of our stay remaining!