LUX* Marijani

Jane Pearson

So what did I think about the LUX resort? Gorgeous! A beautiful little resort with just 84 rooms so not crowded at all. Great customer service for sure. HOWEVER! Very disappointed because everything is charged in Dollars and the prices are way too high - so high it didn’t make sense. In addition to a mandatory travel insurance coverage of $22, these are some of their fees: - Room service $15 (it’s 500/- in Mombasa {$4}) - Small plate of Caesar salad with shrimp $22 - Hotel Taxi ride from airport to resort $80 each way! - Private taxi - $40 one way - Beach boys - $100 to walk you into the ocean 😳 - 1hr massage $110 Ridiculous! I’m not in America?! Even in America, prices are not that high! WTH!! 😡 In addition, they charge a $5 per day surcharge for city administration 😳. The food was nothing to write home about. I craved authentic Swahili dishes but the one night they had it, it was tasteless AND they didn’t have pilau or biriani 🤦🏽‍♀️. Nonetheless, I needed to get out of Kenya and visit the closest country (because I’m a kaguoya), and Zanzibar was it. Lesson learned: I love my country, Kenya Word of advice: Go to Mombasa, Kenya instead

Madelaine

This was our second stay at a LUX hotel, after staying at LUX Belle Mare, which we absolutely loved. Also this time, we were very happy with our choice. LUX Marijani is located at a beautiful beach that is perfect for swimming and snorkeling. The hotel is very clean and the staff is incredibly friendly. We are very picky when it comes to hygiene and cleanliness, but at LUX Marijani we felt super comfortable the entire time. The rooms are cleaned thoroughly twice a day, the maids really do a fantastic job. The food was great as well, we especially enjoyed the omelet and crepes station at breakfast and the changing menu at the main restaurant. The BBQ at the beach was always a highlight, as well as the pasta station. Desserts were also very nice and beautifully decorated. We also appreciated the little sweet treats that were brought to our room daily or the watermelon that was served at the beach. It’s the little extras that make us really love the LUX hotels. Every night, there is some sort of entertainment, dancers, singers or acrobats, which was great, since there is not much around the hotel. The hotel garden, pool and beach area are beautiful and very well maintained. We especially want to thank Murshid, Ibrahim, Aloyce, David and Mustapha for doing such a great job and for making us feel very welcomed. We are definitely returning to LUX Marijani.

Achla Shah

A lovely hotel. Beautiful place. Would give it a 4 star as we had been promised a few things upon check-in by a sweet talking receptionist. However we never got it. The staff were very welcoming, but a bit biased. The rooms were very well kept. The pool and beach are were also excellent. The food was however dissaoponting,especially the vegetarian section. There was eggplant dishes in all the three courses everyday, which was monotonous. However the chefs were very good especially chef Desi who went out of his way to serve us good food. Apart from the reception and food, we had a wonderful stay and would recommend it to a friend.

Peter Murar

At first everything was fine. The food was good and the staff seemed friendly. The sunbeds were free if you spent money in the restaurant, and during the first three days we spent around 30 dollars per person. But on the fourth day, completely out of nowhere, they told us to go to the reception. There they asked for 75 dollars per person just to eat, drink and use the sunbeds. They were also quite rude when they talked to us. Because of this, we left and went to the resort next door. It is a shame, because we really liked the place at the beginning. They totally ruined the experience. I do not recommend this place.

Katarína Načiniaková

We visited LUX with five other friends. We wanted to have lunch and a few drinks, but we were met with a not entirely pro-client approach. After ordering, the waiter from the hotel took us somewhere inside the hotel, probably the reception, where they demanded another 75 dollars per person!! for wanting to have lunch and a few drinks there! The hotel staff was quite unpleasant, when we explained to them that we were paying customers, they said that they also had hotel regulations. A very unserious approach, which we have not encountered anywhere in Zanzibar. Go to the Mambo resort next door, where they are very happy to serve you, have delicious food and drinks and do not want to rip you off ;)