Dhow Inn Boutique Hotel

It's a nice beach hotel, having a good restaurant and the staff is very friendly. To be recommended except regarding their laundry service because they are not offering to clean separate individual items of clothing as is usually offered in most hotels. A fully loaded washing machine would be charged even if you only need to wash a single item.

Dhow Inn is located in the heart of Paje. We loved that we could walk out to the beach and take a walk on this beautiful sandy beach. The beach offers lots of options for restaurants, cafes and bars as well as excursion options from different operators. The hotel’s location makes it a convenient base for all your adventures. Accommodations: The room offered comfortable beds, clean linens, and private balcony with a private pool/spa. The room was also equipped with a safe, coffee maker, and the pool with lounges and umbrellas was right Infront of the room. Amenities: Dhow Inn offers 3 swimming pools providing a refreshing retreat after a day of exploring. The hotel also has a gym and spa for those who can't miss a workout. Dining: We really liked the buffet style dining with many options to choose from including salads, sandwiches, fruits, hot options, deserts, juices, tea and coffee. The restaurant also offers a la carte dining, but must be reserved the day before. We really enjoyed dinner time show by local acrobats. Service: The staff at Dhow Inn Hotel were genuinely friendly and attentive. They were always eager to assist with any requests or recommendations, making us feel valued and welcomed throughout our stay.

This hotel needs to seriously rethink itself, at least as as far as my experience is concerned. We had a six day stay, half board in a second floor room with a private pool. It certainly looks good on the outside and the pools and beach are wonderful, but… The pool is a gimmick, maybe fun for kids to splash around in but far to small for use by adults. The hotel decided to do some work on the roof over the terrace and pool while I was enjoying my book seated on the terrace. I had to flee as it rained muck and water from the intervention rendering the terrace and the pool unusable. I expected these to be cleaned once they had finished, but this did not happen and needed a trip to the front desk to resolve. The roof still leaks when it rains, so the terrace is basically unusable. In fact with one downpour the room was almost flooded as the drain was blocked and the water accumulated. Next day, the pool was still dirty. Then the air conditioning in our room decided to malfunction, very likely due to the episode of the previous day, pouring water over our open suitcase just underneath. OK, my fault for leaving it there, but we had to go find housekeeping and maintenance guy to fix and clean. The room itself while spacious, is not aging well. But while I have to admit, these are not daily occurrences, its pretty annoying especially when no apology was forthcoming. More frequent issues relate to the quasi inexistant internet, which when it did function was certainly not high speed. Also, the meals while adequate were not particularly appealing or varied. That said, we thoroughly enjoyed our grilled seafood platter for lunch, which of course was outside our meal plan. The housekeeping and bar staff are all very pleasant but have a tendency to forget things. The nightly turn down service with the anti mosquito spray showed up too late for us each night, While the beach is a short walk away from the hotel, the path is littered with rubbish and shards from broken bottles. It must be said this land is not actually owned by the hotel, but it has to be crossed and best not bare footed. My last gripe relates to the 5% surcharge that they impose for payment by credit card…

We spent 9 nights in DhowInn and we really enjoyed our stay in hotel and generell in Zanzibar!The room 404 was clean 10 steps from a great pool , long enough for length swimming what a really appreciated. The breakfast and dinner was a really good combination of different delicious local freshly prepared foods., for lunch we ordered many times the fresh prepared sushi’s (it took time till we got the food but it was worth it). We also enjoyed 3 times 35min massages in the hotel Spa - really nice ! The amazing turquoise white powder beach is couple steps away from hotel with many opportunities for activities . We booked directly in hotel a couple of really interesting and well organized trips . Our guide was Rhamadan and we highly appreciate his guiding qualities and a very friendly and uncomplicated way to show us the true beauty of the island ! We had a wonderful experience with his guiding . In generell we had a very good experience with hotels stuff ! I can highly recommend the stay in DhowInn.

Enjoyed my stay at Dhow Inn! The room was clean and spacious - dinner and breakfast buffets were pretty good as well. The staff is very friendly. I also booked pick up from my hotel in Stonetown as well as for excursions around the island - Ibrahim was the best! Dhow Inn has a private beachside area - however, the people on the beach can still sell to you as it's an open spot, so this is one thing to know.

We were picked by the Dhow Inn driver at the airport to the hotel. I do accord warm reservation, we received from the receptionist. The hotel is well lighted both inside rooms and outside. The only challenge we had was the type of meal selection they had. They were more strict to orders, this could not allow us, an extra different food from the menu.

Fantastic staff We have spent a week in this wonderful hotel heron Zanzibar. The staff has been amazing and we have been treated with nothing but smiles and helpfulness. The hotel is right next to the beach and you have fantastic views from the balcony in the dining area. It’s clean and comfortable and we are happy to have visited the hotel.

Our stay at the Dow Inn has been overall mixed feelings but more towards disappointing.   I will lay out, the good, the bad and the ugly regarding this resort.  first the food is very good starting with the buffet, to the lunch menu, all very well seasoned, very tasty and well presented fresh food. They have a great selection for vegan and vegetarians.  The property is pretty nice very well maintained pools very clean and the rooms are very comfortable.   The bad is that the items are quite limited in my opinion especially on the breakfast and dinner which are a small buffet.  Furthermore during lunch you're only allowed to order one menu item and one dessert from a select menu only.  Its every limited overall. The ugly is that in comparison to all inclusive resorts in the Caribbean or for instance  Dominican Republic you don't get a lot for your money.  In the Caribbean, when you do an all-inclusive resort you get meals and snacks.  There is usually a cafe of some sort that has coffee, tea, cakes and different bakery items. They may even have a sushi area.  For evening dining, they would have specialty fine-dining restaurants that you can reserve during the morning.  That's not the case with this resort, matter of fact there's only one specialty dining which  is a la cart restaurant you pay extra for or by invitation. Not sure what warrants getting an invitation but for what we pay per night... almost $400 US it definitely was not worth it..... other things such as their sushi is a la cart and there's another Bar or lounge menu that is specifically for people who are not staying at the hotel or you could order from that menu for of course for additional charge.   There no watersports included, there no shows, there's no organized games, there is no dance lessons so in comparison to the Caribbean it's just pretty much minimum. And if you're not much of a drinker then the all-inclusive is really a huge waste here being there so many items are considered a la cart or extra charge. Additionally, if your order from the bar outside of designated hours its also a charge.  Even your room bar is only free upon check-in any refills of the 4 sodas or 2 bottle of beer is also a charge.   We also paid extra for a room with a private pool and the word "private" was used very loosely.  Some kids and their parents were up on the second level area in  the gym and the massage area and could see right into our "private pool".  Overall I wouldn't rate it 5  star resort but I think had we purchased a cheaper room and not did the all-inclusive we definitely would have been significantly happier with the experience but for what we paid it just wasn't worth it. Lastly, the room keychain is the size of a cell phone and if you ever lose it because your room number is engraved on it the person would know exactly which one to go to which has less than ideal.

The place is very good, it has four pools and all of them are very clean and the water is too clear also makes the pool not crowded. The staff are great and caring, Reception staff (Frey & Resty) were took kind and shared all the information needed they went extra mile to assist me when I had trouble getting my computer connected for work. F&B staff are all awesome I can’t remember all names but I remember James(supervisor), he takes everything positively(something I leaned:)) the food was amazing, kudos to the chefs !! Room staff were on top of the their job, getting us everything we needed timely, Good job guys! Overall - very beautiful hotel and amazing food and staff!