Really superb room. It was spacious and well appointed. Very clean and the bathroom was quite nice as well. The help was great and the cafe downstairs was awesome. The rooftop dining area was quite nice as well. The location was great for getting around Stone Town and the tours they offered were well done (did the spice tour package).

The hotel is located far from the center of Stone Town's tourist life, so you usually end up walking along dark streets next to the port of Stone Town, an area famous for crime. Streets are filled with shady-looking characters so you're in for a bit of a scare in the evening.

Rooms are small, lacking enough furniture. Bathrooms don't have separate doors. Ceilings are ridiculously low, fans are even lower so bring enough bandages to wrap up your fingers when you get cut by the blades (you will, eventually forget about them).

Breakfasts are ok, up on the terrace, and the staff is really friendly. These two must be pretty much the only good things about this place. I'd skip this one next time. You can find a better place easily with a little more money.

We stayed here for two nights in January over our birthday weekend.

We stayed in the jasmine room after reviews here said it was quiter. Def agree that quite it is to the back and was never woken by noise on any night.

Room facilities where great. Mosie nets where excellent and better than we saw in other places. Air on worked perfectly and room cooled very quickly and it was fairly quite in operation. Lots of hot water and this room has a large shower area. Had not been aware there where safes in the room till our arrival that was a bonus.

Breakfast on the rood was lovely and there was a nice selection.

As it was our birthday the hotel receptionist was so kind and gave me a gift of a necklace which she had made. It was a really nice touch. We also where able to chill a bottle of sparkling wine to celebrate with later on the roof all be it out off tumblers!

Wifi was a bit on off but it seemed to be like that all over just the joys of Africa.

Would recommend this as a place to stay in stown town ferry close to the ferry we walked in less than five minuets and very easy to find. We ate at the gardens at night and walked home. It is dark on the walk but zanzibar feels safer than other parts I have travelled.

Friendly and helpfull staff, a small but clean room with good matrass and good location in the city. That was all I needed for my first two nights on Zanzibar. And good coffee at the cafe downstairs! Wifi didn't work that well, but thats quit normal for Zanzibar. I was not really keen on the breakfast, but overal it was really good and would stay there again if I ever go back.