Breakfast is varied enough for all tastes, delicious. Only their coffee, they don't know expresso.

The hygiene of food preparation leads you to the pharmacy, regardless of the stars of the hotel. Bdw: buy antibiotics and probiotics, advises the pharmacist. Recommend that the staff use gloves when preparing food and use boiled water for preparing fruit and salads. An excellent starting point for all tours, once a house, now the museum of F. Mercury, 50 m away. 200 m from the hotel by the sea on the platform there is an open kitchen every evening, a lot of offer, good and fresh food, very low prices. I recommend!!

I loved the authenticity and history of the facility. Very clean and gives you the energy Arabic emperor design. The breakfast was perfect. The location you could not beat. The staff were very pleasant and welcoming. They allowed us to have a later checkout which was very helpful.

The wifi was slow. Our television didn't work the entire stay.

Everything, we stayed in the annex where one of the 3 pools is situated and is more private. Room are large with beautiful decor , meticulously clean , good water system. Laundry service reasonable and room service 24 hour. Beach side close to excursion points. Special thanks yo all staff especially manager Kassim , if you need a car look no further . Cant wait to go back , much love Louise and Joan

No elevator but that didn't bother us but might need consideration for others .

- great location, beautiful sunset observed - beautiful colonial building, which made you feel like you transported to the past - really good facilities - 3 pools (one of them infinity), nice area to relax, even a mini-private beach with sun lounges - helpful staff - very fairly priced - stayed in much more expensive places in Tanzania and had much worse experience

- our apartment was not located in the main building but rather a different building down an alleyway. the room was still amazing and it had its own pool but it was further away from the sea

Perfect location on the beach in Stone Town with all the amenities you need. The staff were very helpful. The decor is lovely and we enjoyed two pools. The breakfast selection was expansive. We had a big family room in a nearby building with a bathroom that was huge. On the last day, we stored our bags at the hotel while we did a morning tour of Prison Island. Great place to stay.

We got a bath towel but a hand towel would have been useful.

At breakfast we especially liked spiced coffee .... and the guy who was making omelettes and the girl making pancakes. In general, all the staff was polite and funny, making jokes but not being intrusive at the same time. The hotel has a certain flair to it...perhaps its history has to do with it. Had lobster for lunch which was super good and normal price.

We booked a room in the main building but got one in the annex...we did not complain because it turned out ok

Rooms were very clean. They have different buildings so I guess that the more expensive rooms are in the main one. They have also three pools and a nice restaurant with sea view.

I tried to use the public toilets close to two of the pools and one didn’t have water and the other was dirty.

Our room was large and spacious In a very quiet part of Stonetown Breakfast was fabulous. A variety of dishes Staff were great organising trips and flights

More comfortable chairs in the room would have been great

Good location for exploring Stonetown and being on the beach at the same time. Three swimming pools. Great for families/children.

Not as charming as some of the smaller boutique hotels in Stonetown. However, they typically do not have a pool.

Beautiful hotel, in an excellent location- safe, comfy beds, excellent showers, international television, wonderful staff, walking distance to everything, bank exchange and pharmacy 1 block away. Great restaurant nearby, excellent shopping. 1 block to Freddy Mercury museum and 5 minutes to slave museum. Easy access to spice tours and snorkeling

There was no elevator - Also the water in the hotel was slightly salty- very strange this has never happened to me anywhere.