Zuri Zanzibar

Amazing place, perfect service, lovely staff, great food.... But what was the best, peace, absolute peace and relaxation! If you want to relax in paradise, forget about everyday stress, this is the best place. Thank you Zuri staff to made my best holiday. Will come back soon.

This hotel is an absolute paradise, the best hotel in Zanzibar. Everything fits together. The hotel has its own Spice farm, an amazing pool, its own beach. There are several restaurants and the cuisine is excellent. Simply perfect. Definitely recommend it, it's worth it.

Only stayed 4 nights, wish we could’ve stayed longer. It was a great experience. The rooms were always clean and the food was tasty. There are three restaurants, with one being on the beach. The beach and ocean were great, with access to kayaks, paddle boards, etc. the pool and deck was great too. They offer a spice garden tour right by the reception for free. The fitness center had a good amount of equipment. Everyone there was very nice and polite.

Unfortunately, everything was ruined the moment we stepped in the room. We came during an extremely busy Christmas period, so the hotel had 100% occupancy. The moment we stepped into the room, the stench of mildew was overwhelming. It was suffocating and even obvious to the hotel associate guiding us. You could see it in the look on their face. They were upset to bring us there. All our clothes smelled from mildew. The plastic luggage also. Leather products smell to this day. Never stay in rooms 48 and 49 (we paid double so we could have connecting rooms). We had congestion and problems breathing. They know it’s a scam to put us there. When I complained, Zofia D. was absolutely useless and insulting. No offer for compensation or to offset the cost of the dry cleaning. Just gave us a future 10% discount during non peak season on a $3000 per night villa. Horrible experience. Please stay away. This hotel is set in the most beautiful natural grounds you can imagine. It is filled with incredibly friendly and helpful staff. The beach is absolutely amazing. These factors alone should create a 5 star experience.

Everything in the resort was splendid, late-night room service might need some improvements, but everything else was perfect in our stay. The staff are extremely friendly and will always make u feel welcome. Asante Sana Zuri Hotel and see u next time

Splendid relaxing vacation amidst lush and quiet garden. Beach, pool, clear ocean, great food, attentive service, unique room design, spacious common areas - truly dream like vacation. The chill out sundowners session is a daily routine must.

It is my second stay in Zuri after 6 years. I think it is the best and only luxurious hotel in Zanzibar. Beautifully decorated and spacious rooms with a private terrace, beautiful beach and very nice restaurants. I will definitely go back soon

Wow. I expected a lot about this hotel due good recommendations and the pictures and videos I saw so far. But I was not disappointed. The service was very friendly and the food genious. If possible try to eat at all different locations. Especially the dinner at the beach was a fantastic experience. The beach was very clean and you won't be bothered by beach sellers as soon as you stay at the ground. The security was even to strict some times. As soon as you get back to the huge garden you find yourself in a different world full of flowers and even some curious monkeys coming by to say hello. The hotel rooms are laid in this huge garden offering a lot of privacy. The rooms are very modern and perfect. All with a spacious patio including outdoor shower, hammock and a table.

This hotel is beautiful and has an amazing location however I don't feel it quite offers the right experience to justify the 5* rating. The beach is amazing, perfect white sand and turquoise clear water, gorgeous sunbeds and drinks/food served at your lounger. The people constantly approaching you to sell things all day was very irritating - you can't even walk to the water's edge without being approached by someone, let alone take a walk on the beach. One thing that I found very unusual and quite irritating was that any drinks/food served to your sunlounger had to be signed for each time, despite being all inclusive. Sometimes waiters were calling you out of the sea to sign your "bill" for $0. Halfway through our stay, the waiters were adding a 5% service charge to everything we ordered, and again we had to sign for that each time as well. I found this very strange - I've never been charged service in a 5* all inclusive, that would usually be included in a tip at the end of the stay. The staff were even charging a service fee to re-stock the mini-bar in the room. The rooms were nice and very private, really enjoyed the outdoor shower however the rooms were too small and had very little storage space for suitcases/clothes. Note that the air-con only goes to 24 degrees in order to keep the carbon footprint of the hotel down, but it does offer a cooling system over the bed at night which is more than sufficient. The rooms had great tv and really good films on offer. The food was decent/average - I found it quite bland, the salads were probably the best. The a la carte restaurant/lunch menus were nice however could really benefit from changing the menu, it gets very repetitive especially if you're staying for 2 weeks. The gluten free options were minimal especially at lunch-time and the buffet signs were unreliabile. At one point I noticed that the fried chicken said "GF" and i double checked with the staff and they said that it wasn't and removed the sign. This made me very cautious to eat most things as I wasn't sure if it was really gluten free. I did get foot poisoning during my stay from some bad lobster - I wouldn't know if this was the fault of the hotel or not, could just be bad luck. One of the reasons I really fancied this hotel was because of the yoga options - but it turns out only 1 session is included in your "all-inclusive" and the class was at 330pm - not ideal. They were charging you $30 per session if you wanted to do the 830am class which I thought was very expensive, given the price of the hotel. I felt at least some of the morning yoga sessions should have been included. I'd really recommend doing the daily snorkelling trip to mnemba (extra charge) - you get your own private boat and the snorkelling is incredible. We saw dolphins too and were able to swim with them - amazing! The hotel offer a "sundowners" thing where you watch the sunset and have drinks - they try and charge you $35, but you can just go down there and order d