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Burley House - Guest House

3.0 star property

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Luxury Double Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe

Reviews

9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Gym
  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Off Ufulu Road, Area 43, Lilongwe
  • Tobacco Auction Floors
    7 min drive
  • Parliament Building
    7 min drive
  • La Cantina
    8 min walk
  • Lilongwe (LLW-Kamuzu Intl.)
    39 min drive

Room options

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe

Deluxe Double Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Luxury Double Room | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe

Luxury Double Room

  • 431 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe

Comfort Double Room

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Burley House - Guest House

3-star Lilongwe guest house with bar/lounge
Along with a 24-hour fitness center, this guesthouse has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities are onsite.
Burley House - Guest House offers 9 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. These individually decorated accommodations include desks. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, and premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels. In-room massages, irons/ironing boards, and hair dryers can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
Recreational amenities at the guesthouse include a 24-hour fitness center.
The guesthouse offers a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

This business-friendly guesthouse also offers a 24-hour fitness center, barbecue grills, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Onsite uncovered self parking is complimentary.

Burley House - Guest House has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free secured, uncovered self parking on site
  • Free extended parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Billiards/pool table
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden

Spa

  • In-room massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Hand-held showerhead
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • No elevator
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor
  • Built in 1988
  • Communal living room
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Down comforter
  • Egyptian cotton sheets

Bathroom

  • 9 private bathrooms
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 21-inch TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Chef service
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Individual decor
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; your host will greet you

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between December 23 and January 5.

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 25 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 6)

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, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Burley House Guest House
Burley House Guest House Lilongwe
Burley House Lilongwe
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Burley House - Guest House Lilongwe
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Burley House - Guest House Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 63 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 63 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Readford

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lilongwe hidden gem
Staff are amazing and nothing too much bother, honesty bar gives sense of trust and family. Would book again for sure.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Alexander

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Peaceful haven convenient for city and airport. Staff extremely helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Don, Portland

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service was outstanding in every way. Rooms are spacious and clean. We enjoyed both dinner and breakfast. My only complaint is that Burley House is so popular that it is difficult to book. Certainly not your fault.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Susan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful and helpful staff, quiet location, clean and well kept property
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joyce, New York

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and efficient service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joyce, New York

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very friendly and service was excellent. The food was great and the place very quiet. We had a pleasant stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service, great food, and comfy bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary, London

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for stopover in Lilongwe before flying out next day.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Returning to Malawi after thirty years, with my 20 year old son who has never visited the country, I was looking for somewhere to recuperate after the long journey that would give a good first impression. Burley House was exactly what I was looking for - beautiful garden, comfortable beds, welcoming staff - nothing too challenging before we set off to explore the country.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sergio

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and friendly staff

8/10 Good

Junaid

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Burley House Guest House
Relatively new, rhe staff makes efforts to keep their guests satisfied. Internet access, contact numbers and Map needs some work. There are a few structural improvements that could be done, but understandably this will take time and money. Overall, an enjoyable stay. I would gladly book with them in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Geri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at Burley House are exceptional! They anticipate & cater for guest needs before guests even have time to realize they need a thing or service. All of the staff are friendly but also allow guests to have their own personal space. The setting is very tranquil & chic, & offers many outdoor group & individual work / meeting spaces with good wifi. The neighborhood is very walkable, & there are other guest houses & restaurants within walking distance if you want to explore. But it is not necessary to go out for meals, since the food at Burley is 5 star. The family style table encourages guests to interact & create a community of travelers. The airport shuttle includes concierge service all the way through immigration. As a single traveler, I really appreciated this.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was one of the best stays I have had anywhere. The house is clean, very peaceful and quiet and you can hear the birds in trees in the garden. The rooms are a good size, well appointed and the beds are exceptionally comfortable. The shower is good and toiletries are provided. There a blackout curtains and mosquito screens on the windows and nets around the beds. They also off a laundry service for any of your clothes and a desk in your room where you can work. The hosts are excellent, attentive and super professional and nothing was too much trouble during our stay. There are vegetarian and vegan options for breakfast lunch and dinner and everything is homecooked to order. There is also a very good choice of breakfast options including soya milk. You can also eat in the garden if you want to and there is internet throughout the building. There is a small bar for alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks and a very comfortable lounge where you can watch television if you choose or have a game of pool. The house seems very safe and secure and the location is pretty quiet apart from commuting times when there is very light traffic noise. It was like staying in a top hotel but in the comfort of my own home and when I am next in Lilongwe I look to stay here as my first choice. I really recommend this place to all travelers looking for a home away from home with comfort, good food and peace and quiet. 5 stars from me!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

richard, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A real find
Apart from the bed being a bit firm for my taste, we enjoyed our stay. The place is clean and very well maintained, with pleasing décor and furniture. It's in a peaceful location on the edge of Capital City, but access to town was easy. We ate dinner twice at the guest house and I have rarely found such good food in Lilongwe - or anywhere in fact. I've stayed in q number of places in Lilongwe , including the Sunbird hotels, but will now choose to stay here. What made the stay particularly good were the staff. Malawians are by nature a friendly people, but the staff at Burley were faultless.

6/10 Okay

Marilyn

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
B&B atmosphere
Adequate continental breakfast. Good dinners at reasonable price. Small, intimate B&B type atmosphere. Other guests were quite interesting international business people. Inn could benefit from some updating and maintenance. Room keys are difficult to use.

10/10 Excellent

Don, Portland, OR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff and comfortable rooms...
Burley House is a lovely "oasis" in Malawi's capital city with a staff who cater to your every need in a quiet and comfortable location. Food choices are limited but very tasty, and it's a great place to relax at a relatively reasonable price. Bit hard to find and lacks signage at the main road (M-1), but that's my only complaint. I always try to stay there when traveling to Malawi.

10/10 Excellent

Dan, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful English-style house in diplomat district
Amazing food. Beautiful room.

10/10 Excellent

Terrence, Chapel Hill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service and accommodations.
Very professional staff and quite comfortable. Definitely a repeat customer.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good safe friendly stopover
Lovely quiet place with very friendly staff. Food also good. Just a bit far from town with no transport

10/10 Excellent

Bryan, Michigan, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved the Burley House!
It was not my original plan to stay overnight in Lilongwe; however, my flight was cancelled and a place to stay was needed. After searching for a hotel for some time I came upon the Burley House. After reading the warm reviews about this establishment I decided to make a reservation. The hotel staff was exactly as described - fantastic! The atmosphere was pleasant and relaxing before setting out on a 36 hour flight home. The meals were also marvelous! My only regret was that there was not room for another friend to stay overnight with us, but the Burley House was full and our friend had to find other accommodations. I'm not sure if I will ever have to spend the night in Lilongwe again but if I do I know where to go!

10/10 Excellent

Donald, Reading

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely guest house
Really friendly and accommodating hosts. Felt like you were staying with friends. Food was good, rooms comfortable and all very good value. Would have stayed here again but they were fully booked.

10/10 Excellent

Josiah, Chipoka, Malawi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice Bed and Breakfast
My wife and I live in Malawi. Hotels/Lodges here are a lot of money for what you get. We have stayed at some of the higher end hotels when they had deals going on. South Africa, Zambia and Kenya all of cheaper hotels that are less money but better service. The Burley house is on of the cheaper options. It is clean and the room is nice. It will remind you of a Bed and Breakfast type place. If you are from out of town and just need an overnight stay it is good place. The staff did a really nice job! We felt welcome and the evening staff went out of their way to get us tea and soft drinks. Some of the high end hotels in Lilongwe look at you as if you need to have a private jet to stay there. You will not get that type of feeling here. Very welcoming.