Dhow Inn Zanzibar

Jim Smith

Large rooms with sea view and outside bath amazing but large rooms only have one Aircon unit that is not enough. Too hot in rooms. Lovely museum hotel with history going back to 1557.

Synne Marie Nisted

A calm, beautiful and great place to stay. Me and my family was there for two nights and really enjoyed our two days there. Good food, very kind staff and great location!

Mugdha Tasgaonkar

Perfect location with best service! Staff is very kind and helpful. Resort is beautiful and clean. Food was delicious. I loved the lady who makes omelet! Egon who manages customer requests is very polite, good in communication and handling requests. As soon as I arrived, Egon explained me resort map and timings which was very helpful. I never had this service in any other resorts. I was a solo traveller and Egon helped me get to know surrounding activities and arranged car service. You can enjoy quite time for yourself without anyone bothering you! Kite surfing school is located in the resort private beach- very helpful and kind team. Beautiful private beach! Rooms are cute little hut kind of style. Loved my stay!

T S

I would like to share my review of our stay at this hotel in Paje, where we had planned to spend four nights. We chose this all-inclusive hotel, only to discover that it was anything but all-inclusive. The advertising for all-inclusive is far from the truth. Upon check-in, we were informed that all-inclusive only applied from 11 AM to 11 PM, and anything ordered outside those hours, including water, incurred extra charges. Both lunch and dinner consisted of a main course and dessert, with a minimum wait time of 30 minutes for the food. Snacks were not included in the all-inclusive package; they came at an additional cost. Regular drip coffee was included, but cappuccinos and other coffee drinks were extra, which seemed absurd. The hotel rooms were mediocre at best, with very firm beds and pillows. The beach was crowded with vendors, and they had umbrellas that couldn't be folded down. There was also a large tree right above their "private beach," making it impossible to sunbathe on the beach without being hassled by vendors. I must say, I don't understand how this hotel has earned its stars, as it certainly doesn't live up to the quality it claims to offer. I would strongly advise against booking the all-inclusive package at this hotel and wasting your money here. I won't be returning, and I won't recommend this hotel to anyone. The only star I give is for the bar staff and beach staff who was very friendly and made the visit bearable.

Christopher Krogull

We had a lovely stay at this beautiful place. Located quite directly at the beach, the entire staff was very attentive and took great care from the moment we arrived (and were greeted with a welcome drink) up to the moment we left. The food was good and there were quite enough vegetarian options (we had the all inclusive option, including buffets for breakfast and dinner and a small menu to choose from for lunch). Having the opportunity to get drinks right to the beach or the pools was a nice touch and made the stay even more relaxing. The hotel is small and quiet, which was nice for us too. The rooms are beautiful and met all our expectations. There are some cats and sometimes even a little monkey running around the hotel - we really appreciated the cats‘ company by the way :) Considering the price we paid we couldn’t have hoped for a better vacation and are quite much considering coming back for another stay - perhaps even next year! Would be great to see some of the lovely people working here (and some of the cute cats roaming the hotel area) again :)