This hotel is located right in the city centre of Dar es Salaam and not too far away from the airport. Therefore it is both a good location for business or private trips to Dar es Salaam and a good stopover for travels to other destinations all over Tanzania.

The area around the hotel is not too pleasant and inviting. For sure it is not a quarter where you would enjoy to go window-shopping at night. But on the other hand: For such purposes you will not find a lot of much better places in Dar es Salaam. And entering the hotel you will soon forget the world outside as you will find a very distinguished and comfortable atmosphere. The whole staff is friendly and helpful.

The rooms are spacious, well equipped and clean. A WiFi connection is available for an extra charge. Due to the location of the hotel many rooms cannot offer a fantastic sight. Looking out of my window I could only stare at the wall of the big building next door which was about three metres away.

The breakfast buffet was o.k., nothing to complain about, but nothing to be called extraordinary as well.

So if you look for a good accommodation in downtown Dar es Salaam at a reasonable price the Peacock Hotel is a good choice.

We stayed just 1 night enroute to Arusha. It is in the city center so it was ok to walk around the neighborhood in the day but it didn't look very safe at night.

The good: My room was very clean and the hotel was a good value. We ordered a la carte from the restaurant and it was very good.

The bad: My brother's room was full of cockroaches that went scurrying when they turned on the lights. And the hotel shuttle driver made us miss our flight. The ATM at the airport ate our ATM card upon arrival. The shuttle driver insisted on driving us to the bank the next morning to retrieve out card. We explained that it was more important that we make our flight as we had other cards in the group. He insisted and claimed to know the city traffic very well. Needless to say, he got us caught in a traffic jam and we missed our flight. The traffic jam didn't appear to be as a result of an accident or construction. It appeared to be the normal traffic for that time of morning leading us to believe he didn't know the traffic in the city as well as he claimed.

the name actually defines the location, its located in the center of the city, wether you want to go to the out skirts-airport or twoan side near(hotel new africa) from here most places are at a distance of 10-15mins
taxis easily available like at most hotels.

the staff is v. helpful-curteous,
rooms: are old but clean, tv sets a changing some of them now equipped with lcds, a/c's working fine,
breakt fast: is average, however, if you ask something in paticular the staff mostly manages it.
events through the week: couple's dinner, Tanzania nites and grill nite are std. every week food is good, internet is slow in some rooms, however we were lucky and speed was fine through our stay.
bathrooms/washrooms: small but work fine, vanity could be improved
if its business the price is worth your stay, not really for someone whoose looking for luxury

We had cold water and was told by staff if you run it for 40 minutes you will get hot water After spending 10 days in a village we were looking forward to a hot shower. the drainage came up and filled the floor by toilet Were promised breakfast at 5 so we could catch plane but no breakfast arrived We were just told " Sorry". and then to top it off the lift doors would not open. Lucky we only had 1 floor to take the stairs