we spent 2 restful days at the Bluebay after a week of safari. lovely welcome with cool towels and drinks and a beautiful set up with open air dining, plenty of lounge areas and a good beach...a bit of a relief after the long drive from the airport. Water in the Indian ocean was bathlike and pools a little more refreshing. Staff was attentive and eager to please. Rooms were spacious and cool ...AC was very welcome and worked well. We loved our balcony seating area. Food was good. Make sure you order the local beers for real refreshment! We enjoyed entertainment as we ate and the Masai set up a market on our last evening. we had a small problem with a leaking fridge which was addressed right away.Make sure to use your bug spray in the evenings as you will enjoy sitting outside. overall a very pleasant experience!

After our safari in the serengeti we visited Blue Bay to relax and reflect.
It is a perfect location on the northeast coast of Zanzibar.
Our second floor balcony room was very nice with a fantastic view of the gardens and Indian Ocean.
The staff were wonderful. The dining room was comfortable and the dining was great.
Beautiful swimming pool and gardens and incredible beach.

The clientel was very international.

I heartily endores this resort.
The beach was very entertaining. At low tide the tide was out almost a kilometer.
The water is very warm and the waterfront has many working boats and fishermen.

We stayed at Blue bay for 5 nights at New Year 2013. The grounds and pool are lovely. It is on the very gorgeous coast and lovely to look out at while sunbathing.
I had an accident while travelling and we needed the wheelchair unit and a wheel chair. The staff could not have been more helpful. This unit was very suitable for persons with disabilities and there were ramps most places around the grounds.
We found the service at the bars and when wanting a drink on the beach / lawn area, very friendly and didn't take too long. The pizza restaurant on the beach served very good food. We had lunch there and ate at the buffet for dinner.
I liked our unit. It was a good size. Extra pillows came promptly and turn down was accompanied by spraying. We were not bitten at any time.
My husband and I travelled with our children who are in theirn 20s and their partners. I'm not expecting to return to Zanzibar but would rcommend Blue Bay.

We were initially impressed on arriving at the hotel-and ther layout,pools and dining areas are nice if a little tired. The rooms themselves were clean but again, tired.

On the night we arrived a tray with leftovers from the downstairs room's room service was left out awaiting collection. It was still there three days later which shows a lack of attention to basic details.It took several calls to get an extra pillow

Staff were lovely and willing to help but service was very patchy/slow on occasions. Again a symptom of lack of training/attention to detail.

Food was good but we had reservations about how fresh some of the seafood at the buffet was.

Overall, we enjoyed our stay but felt for the levels of service and standard of furnishings the hotel fell short of where it should be for the rating.