A freind and I arrived at this hotel, checked in and realised after an hour at the beach that we had not discussed price (a massive error on our part!) We approached the reception again, and were told that a night at the hotel would be DOUBLE the original price, that the tourist info office had quotedl!! They told us that we looked like we could afford it, despite that fact that we had been volunteers in Kenya, with no income for the previous 3 months! They were unwilling to bargain down, so unable to pay we decided to check out. We got ur luggage and returned the key to the reception on our departure. But the staff were furious and decided to follow us. The insisted that we pay $30 for leaving our bags in their room for an hour!! The tried to take our luggage and got their security man (who they said was the Police!) to escort back into the hotel. When we refused they assaulted us. Loacl tradesmen came to our assistance and told the two men and their security man to stop intimidating us. We were terrfied as we were both young females and the men were very forcefull. We would have left Nungwi only it was late evening. The locals escorted us to another hotel were we had an amazing time. They joked with us en route, of our misfortune being the entertainment at Nungwi Inn for the evening and that this hotel has an awful reputation of conning tourists. Go to Nungwi, but DO NOT STAY HERE!!!

Bathroom was dirty and shower had almost no water pressure. (When you flushed the toilet, the shower stopped working entirely for 5 minutes.) Grimy and not well maintained. The restaurant serves excellent food, but it's painfully slow and the flies at the tables are unbearable. The location right on the beach is superb, but I think you can do better.

The rooms are basic, somehow clean but old...the breakfast basic (eggs, fruits and bread)...but the restaurant is the best in Nungwi

We stayed at three places in Zanzibar and this was the most expensive one. It was also the one we were the least happy with.

We had a double room with sea-view, and the surroundings where really cute.
However, we where supposed to have AC and there was an AC in the room but it never worked during our stay. We were also told that we would have hot water but we did not. (Not that you really need it, but you don't want to pay for something you don't get). Sometimes we actually didn't have any water at all, but it was not for long. We were also told that the generator would run from 6pm until 6am, but it was less time than that.

The floor, toilet and beed sheets were clean. The towels were shabby and not really clean. The shelf in the bathroom was downright dirty with dead bugs and dust. It was not clean when we got there and it was not cleaned during our one week stay.

The staff did not feel very trustworthy and we had to hassle about the price and pickup time when we asked them to get us a taxi. They weren´t unfriendly, but they weren´t nice either. We also got the feeling that they were a bit annoyed with us when we spend a lot of time on other beaches and ate at other restaurants. But since there was no shade anywhere on our beach, we had to go elsewhere to find shade and sunbeds.

However, the safe-keeping of our valuables was good. We asked the management to store our money and passports in a safe, which they did. Everything was counted and written down before and after safekeeping.