This hotel is old and tired. The welcome was, at best, lukewarm, and the service was generally not good. The room was not well cleaned but there was good air conditioning, which was very welcome. Furniture was old and beds uncomfortable. The phone in the room did not work and other guests were allowed to yell at each other at 3am in the communal areas! Breakfast offer was good. Restaurant was awful - service was poor, food was almost inedible, card machine doesn’t work! They do not sell alcohol and don’t name this in their description. They do offer “mocktails” which are an absolute laugh! Don’t waste your money! Swimming pool was nice but the chairs/sofas around the pool are very dirty. Would not recommend it.

Good location, friendly staff, and a really interesting and unique building. Would stay here again next time I’m in Stone Town

Hotel con arquitectura Swahili, lindo

Great location! Nice and old in a good way. Nice rooms. Just one thing, extremely hard beds.

convenient location, good facility, kind and helpful staff, but so loudy due to too close to some ports

Beautiful location, great swimming pool and the staff were all fantastic. Wish we’d known about the noise from the ferry/container port though.

Second stay in two years, always a perfect stay! Service, food, pool, location!

10 out of 10

Room was good. The website said they had a bar but in fact they did not. No elevator but over all ok

todo esta inmejorable el trato la habticacion y sobre todo el personal

Our room was fabulous with views of the ocean and the street activities. The pool was a calming place to be after a day of Stonetown exploration.

Hotel has an antique charme. Room is smelly and has seen better times. Variaty of breakfast poor.

Beautiful hotel, great location. Everything you can want from a stay. Very friendly staff. Great buffet breakfast

Das Hotel erinnert an ein Riad in Marakesch. Mal was anderes. Suite mit Meerblick ist schön. Bad mit Tür nach oben offen etwas unpraktisch weil man keine Privatsphäre hat. Einrichtung im Hotel echt schön und mal was anderes. Frühstück ist super. Viel Auswahl. Es gibt keinen Alkohol im Hotel. Pool schön aber keine Liegen. Strand ist nicht zum Sonnen geeignet da das Hotel direkt an einem Fährhafen liegt. Daher auch ziemlich laut. Lage aber zentral um alle Sehenswürdigkeiten gut zu Fuß zu sehen. Personal eher zurückhaltend aber hilfsbereit

Great place to stay if getting the ferry from Dar Es Salaam and good space to explore from for a few days. Lovely room and reasonably priced. Non alcohol hotel which I think makes it a bit cheaper than others, which is great value.

Omar who managed the breakfast service was excellent and immediately put guests at ease with his warmth and attentiveness. Young Mohammed on staff was great and highly responsive to guest needs and carried himself with professionalism like all of the staff. The hotel has excellent location and high walk ability to Stone Town attractions. I particularly liked my room with seafront view. The property is very well managed and a place for potential improvement is considering a ventilation system for the bathroom.

Loved this hotel. Enjoyed a pleasant swim in their gorgeous pool. Delicious breakfast. Very helpful staff. Brilliant location on seafront.

I loved the place, beautiful with room towards the swimmingpool.

Great room palatial and with great breakfast except lift and no gym and cold pool ! Only room has air con not the hotel itself

At check in advised we could have a family room instead of two rooms. I said yes. But management insisted we pay for them both coating $125 more. Will not return. Area around is nice and Stone Town convenient.