The Palms Zanzibar

This place is terrific. Personal, tailored service from start to finish. From management (Siriak, operations manager) through everyone on the staff, well, team, there is a keen desire to make sure your experience is perfect. The setting is stunning. The accommodations are beautiful and thoughtfully designed and executed. We have a few dietary issues that were 1) inquired about, and 2) taken very seriously. Quality of food is outstanding. I give this place my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.

Amazing holiday in one of the most beautiful and luxurous hotel in the world. Service was excellent, friendly and staff was always happy and smiling. They made us feeling so special. Food was delicious and we enjoyed 3-4 courses lunchs and 5-8 courses dinners feeling to be pampered! Almost every evening there was music entertainment and local cultural performance. Only seven villas guaranteed privacy and peaceful stay. Big and warm thank you to whole staff!

Wonderful place, quite small but with big, comfortable beautiful houses. Close to the beach where you have your own cabana. Wonderful service and terrific surroundings. Closeby you have Barazza and Breezes hotels where you can find gym, spa and tennis! Only take a couple of minutes walk to get there. The Palms only have eight houses, which means that you really can relax and enjoy a place without a lot of tourists all around! We were really sad to leave this wonderful place and can absolutely recommend this if you want something extra. The tide is something special, but you need shoes when you walk in the ocean due to many seaurchins! We will definitely come back!

This place is very intimate and one of the most romantic places you can go. The villas are large and spacious, the cabanas were perfect and on the water. we often talk about missing our sundowners (cocktails). The service and details were not overlooked in any way. Ngasa, Kibalabala, Maulid and Jackson made our stay incredible.

We have just returned from the most Unique Hotel , we have ever stayed in ! From the moment you arrive the welcome is overwhelming ! Fatima on reception so warm and inviting with kind nice smile ! The general manager Siriak making sure every day your stay is going well , and making sure anything you need is covered , to making spa reservations, and to organising trips to Stone town (which is a must ) The villas are completely on another level ! I was lost for words when we saw the villa :-) Every one of the bar staff Ngasa and his amazing smile ! , Maulid, Jackson! Who make sure your glasses aren’t empty Also to all the chefs who make everyday the most delicious food , 5 course every evening house keeping and the hard work they put in , the gardeners to the security guards, especially Everest who make sure all safe on the beach , we went to the spa and Had the sultans bath wow wow the ladies are extremely good at their job Nuch and Nara at the Baraza Ten out of ten !!! This small intimate most beautiful Peaceful purest of hotels Will stay in my heart forever We will definitely Be back Hakuna Matata xxx Zanzibar see you very soon

Where to begin! This hotel is honestly the best we have ever stayed in. From start to finish our experience was genuinely flawless. Everything is so personal, from your own Cabana on the beach to the wonderful staff remembering your favourite drink. The food is exceptional, changes every day and caters for every dietary need or preference possible. Thank you for making our honeymoon so exceptionally memorable. Special mention tk Ngasa, Siriak, Maulid and Jackson the super stars running the show from a guest standpoint. Chef Williams pasta was so good we actually thought he was Italian! We will be back! Plunge pool outside your villa, lunch on the beach and endless views of the Indian Ocean. What more could you want!