Crowne Plaza - Dar Es Salaam by IHG
Central pool bar built for business travellers
About this hotel
The pool bar here is genuinely built for the water's edge, serving cocktails and high tea to guests who would rather not climb out between rounds, set within a sun terrace and lush garden despite the hotel's downtown, business-district address. Family rooms keep air-conditioning, private bathrooms and a work desk as standard, useful for travellers mixing meetings with pool time. The restaurant runs African, Indian and international menus with a full breakfast spread, while a business area and coffee shop cover the daytime work crowd. Free on-site private parking and a central location eleven kilometres from the airport round out a property built firmly for daily convenience over any resort-style atmosphere.
- Year-round outdoor pool with bar
- Business area and coffee shop
- Central, 11 km from airport
Our take
This suits business travellers who want a genuine pool bar without leaving the commercial core of Dar es Salaam, since few central hotels here run a proper swim-up-style setup. The trade-off is atmosphere: this reads as a business hotel with an unusually good pool feature, not a resort, so travellers chasing gardens and a beach-adjacent setting should look toward the Msasani Peninsula instead.
- ✓Order from the pool bar rather than room service at least once, since the cocktail and high tea menu is a genuine standout here.
- ✓Use the business area for calls if your room desk feels too close to pool noise during peak afternoon hours.
- ✓Book early if visiting during a conference week, since the central location fills fast with business travellers.
Why we love it
- Pool bar with cocktails and high tea
- Central business-district location
- Sun terrace and lush garden
- Free on-site private parking
Why guests love itThe pool bar sets the tone here more than the rooms do: cocktails ordered without leaving the water, a sun terrace busy through the afternoon, and a garden setting that feels out of place for how central the hotel actually is. Daytime splits between the business area for calls and the pool for breaks between them, the restaurant's African and Indian menus covering dinner most nights. It works well as a business trip with a genuine pool feature attached, rather than a leisure stay with meetings squeezed in.