Name: Zenji Hotel
Address: Malawi Road, Zanzibar City, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Zanzibar, 00000, Tanzania
Rating: 9

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We stayed at Zenji Hotel for 2 nights. The rooms were beautifully decorated and had both air con and fans. 

The staff were all extremely helpful and friendly.

The rooftop breakfast and coffee was delicious! 

Highly recommended and good value for money. 

Beautiful classic villa with delicious breakfast

The staff was really friendly and hotel is super clean. There are nice handmade soaps for guests. The beds are also very good. The breakfast is also very good, with homemade jams and fresh fruit. We stayed two times at this hotel and the first room we had the water pressure in the shower was super low but that was the only bad thing about the hotel. Also the food in the restaurant was nice.

really nice place

My fiance and I chose this place based on a few amenities and we were beyond impressed with the hotel as a whole.  We arrived a few hours before check-in but they kindly stored our bags for us while we went out exploring.  Every staff member we encountered was polite, kind, and welcoming.

We opted for a room with a balcony, which sadly we didn't use as much as we thought we would.  The laundry service was a necessity for us, and both times they had our clean, folded clothes ready for us when we came back to the room after dinner.  The rooftop breakfast was a wonderful touch.  The fresh juices, amazing coffee, and delicious jams made a wonderful start to every day.  We utilized their tour and transportation booking options almost every day, and every one we had we loved!  Since we were staying for more than 3 nights we also got a free historical tour of Stone Town, unfortunately since our schedule didn't allow for it until the end of our stay a lot of the information we had already learned from other outings.

One of the nights there was a power outage in the middle of the night but after a few minutes the generator kicked on, had I not been awake already I wouldn't even have noticed.

The coffee shop you have to walk through to get to the check-in area has great expressos and milkshakes that we took advantage of several times.

Perfect spot for a week long stay

Shared toilet and shared shower. Yes. But for the price paid, I think that this nice little boutique hotel offers great value. Situated in Stone Town, it is walking distances to almost every sights of interest. Not to mention the ferry back to Dar, which is only 8 min walk away from the hotel. The room I got was nice and clean. The AC and the ceiling fan was chilled enough to relieve the heat from my (hot) body. The towel swan welcomed me proudly with its long neck. This is a feature usually only seen in the pictures for room advertisement, but this time the towel swan was a reality! Thanks for this little detail, which lifted my hotel experience to a new level. Dear hotel management, the towel swan was cool and didnt go unnoticed from my side! Also, the breakfast buffet was delicious with fabulous Tanzanian coffee and homemade jams and juices! Ok, ok, I will lastly tell you one thing that I missed in the room. A small table next to the bed where I can put my phone to sleep next to me. Thats all. But surely, I will for stay here again next time I visit Zanzibar!

Could not be happier for the price paid!

This was a great stay and the service, staff and breakfast was amazing! They were always ready to help us with any needs we had. Hasan was always willing to help us with anything we needed. The room was very clean comfortable and welcoming. The location of the hotel is central to all tourist attractions and great shopping spots as everything is in walking distance. The rooftop where breakfast is served is cute and well set out. 
There was always fresh fruit, homemade jams, juices and bread at the buffet. The coffee is out of this world! 
All in all, an exceptional experience! 

Friendly staff and great service 

We really enjoyed both of our stays at the Zenji. Zuwena and her staff were so accommodating with us and always helpful with taxi rides, dala dala information, and general tips about stone town. On our first stay, they checked us in quickly and early so we could sleep after our red-eye flight. On our second stay, we initially tried an Airbnb but had to leave when the power went out. Zenji took us in last minute. 

Wifi, electricity, cleanliness, and security were all great.

Amazing stay with fantastic hospitality

I stayed at Zenji Hotel for four nights while exploring Stone Town, and it fit the bill perfectly. The bed was comfortable, the en suite bathroom served me well, and the room quiet most nights (except for one night when there were door-slamming guests staying across the hall going back and forth between their room and the hallway bathroom until late). I spent most of my days walking the corridors of Stone Town, saying Hello to people, and looking into the shops, and from where Zenji is on the eastern edge, I could walk around the corner and set out on a passage. Breakfast on the rooftop each morning was lovely, including an omelette cooked to order, and the staff at the hotel were friendly and helpful. They also arranged for me a three-hour walking tour in Stone Town which was great and are available to arrange other outings on Zanzibar.

Nice hotel on the edge of Stone Town

We loved staying at Zenji. We were looked after really well by the Owner and Staff. The hotel is beautifully decorated in Zanzibar style. 

They have an excellent breakfast, with really good coffee, fresh seasonal juices and home made pineapple and mango jams!!!

There is a travel agency on site. They helped us arrange transport to Matemwe. We also did an excellent city tour with them and a trip to the turtle island. 

They have a cafe in site with excellent coffee and food at brilliant prices. I tried the seafood pasta and wraps and they were amazing!

We learnt that the owners contribute to the staff education and we could see that those working there are treated with respect and they seem looked after well. 

Zenji is a 5 minute walk from the ferry. Very convenient! The location is a ten minute walk from the main square on a busy local street on the less touristy side of the town. I wouldn’t walk alone at night time but walking in a couple/group seemed absolutely fine. I guess that is probably true in most areas of stone town city.

Overall a fantastic stay and we would definitely come back! 

Excellent stay! Brilliant staff

We stayed here one night to see Stone Town on our transit homeward. Hotel is very simple, not luxurious but staff are very welcoming and friendly, rooms were small but clean, bathrooms were fine. Breakfast is served on the rooftop and is quite good. The hotel is located close to the ferry terminal, and also the Old Fort.

Simple but very good stay in Stone Town

Great place for the budget traveler. Optimal location close to the waterfront, restaurants and Forodhani Gardens. The bus terminal is also 5 minutes walk from the hotel. Friendly staff with good basic English skills. Good breakfast with nice view. Clean and fresh room with functioning A/C and ventilator. Good WiFi. We were very happy to start our vacation here.

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