Marafiki Beach Hotel & Spa ★★★

"I stayed here recently during a visit to Zanzibar. What can I say .......... the location is beautiful, the rooms are spacious and airy, the food is lovely, the staff are friendly and the spa treatments are top class. The pool is perfect when the tide is too far out to swim in the sea. The sand is white and the loungers are comfortable. "

Zanzibar Bahari Villas ★★★

Zanzibar Sunrise at Bandas ★★★★

"It was an excellent experience and recommend to everyone! Excellent food, friendly staff, namely Farah, which helped with all our needs. The rooms are cozy, and the environment was always great! The restaurant food and cocktails were always superb!"

Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel ★★★★

"A cosy, warm and pleasant hotel to relax after our safari. Clear information, great food and staff who are going for the extra mile. Both public as private spaces are very clean. Start the day with excellent Italian coffee watching sunrise."

Boutique Villa Unaweza ★★★★

"We enjoyed our stay at this hotel. Its close to the beach but not directly on the beach and it has a great pool area. The rooms were spacious and modern. I found that it lacked shelving or bench space for your luggage and there wasn't enough space for unpacking so your stuff ended up on the floor, but that was a minor detail. The pool area is the highlight of the hotel with lots of space to relax and close enough to the bar and restaurant area. The staff are helpful, especially Silvie who offers complimentary yoga classes and is knowledgable on tours and activities. I must say that the restaurant was overpriced for what they were offering and food took almost an hour to prepare (even frozen pizza bases) - also, we were a group of 10 and their kitchen couldn't cope with the orders for all 10 of us - so we never got our food together. By the time the last person received their food, the first person had been finished their dinner for a good 30 minutes."

Zanoceanique Luxury Hotel ★★

Salama & Mbuyuni Bungalows ★★★

"The facility is managed by Paco and Maria, two warm people. The rooms are spacious, clean, and welcoming. They all overlook a pool; there are three pools in total within the resort. The interior is beautifully landscaped with beautiful greenery. The staff is extremely kind and always ready to help."

Zanzibar Bahari Villas ★★★★

"This was, without a doubt, the worst hotel experience I’ve ever had. We booked our stay ten months in advance and paid in full eight months before our arrival, yet it was nothing short of a disaster from the moment we arrived. Upon arrival, the manager failed to greet us properly. Instead, we were directed to sit on the sofas in the reception area without any explanation. It wasn’t until 1.5 hours later that we learned—from other guests in the same situation, not the staff—that our room had been overbooked. We were then shuttled to a half-finished hotel that didn’t come close to the standards of the hotel we had originally booked. We were assured this was a temporary arrangement and that we’d be moved to a villa near the booked hotel the next day. However, the following day we were taken to yet another substandard, half-finished building. This one had two small rooms with beds, an empty fridge, and little else. It felt as though the staff from the downstairs restaurant had been hastily evicted to make space for us. The building was infested with flies, lacked basic amenities like drinking water, towels, air conditioning, toilet paper, and WiFi, and appeared incomplete. The shower didn’t work, and there was even a man sleeping in the backyard. Worse still, it wasn’t anywhere near the hotel we had booked. Compensation wasn’t offered until we explicitly asked for it, and even then, all we received was free food for two days at the hotel. The service at the restaurant was slow, and our orders were frequently wrong. The food itself was mediocre at best. That said, the restaurant staff were very kind and welcoming, which was one of the few positives. When we finally got our room, there were no twin rooms available, so we had to settle for a double bed. While this was fine, the entire experience left a sour taste. The pool area was lovely, and the other guests were pleasant, but these were small comforts in an otherwise dreadful stay. This hotel has great potential, but based on our experience, it’s far from meeting even basic standards. I would not recommend it."

Zanzibar Pearl - Boutique Hotel & Villas ★★★★

"We stayed here for our honeymoon and had an amazing time. The staff is friendly and attentive. The room was clean and spacious and the food tasted amazing. Everyone went above any beyond to ensure we had a relaxing and memorable stay, including setting up a private dinner to help us celebrate. We 100% recommend!"