I arrived initially with a tour group but stayed an extra five nights by myself. The staff at the hotel were great - in order not to move me out of the room I was already in, I was allowed to stay in a better room than what I had paid for, which was very kind!

The rooms were very clean, the beds comfortable, and the hotel’s beach was great - being situated just above the formal beach means that you aren’t troubled by people trying to sell you tours etc (which happened a lot when I walked along the beach below and when we went for a Dhow cruise at another beach!). The room had aircon and was attractively made up. The other thing to mention that was good was that it had one-way glass, so I could see out when I had the curtains open but people couldn’t see into my room (very important with the floor to ceiling windows for the ocean view!).

The staff were all very hardworking - the restaurant staff were polite, and made conversation with me, which was nice as a solo traveller!

To mention as well, I had said to the cleaner that I liked the flowers that she left in my room, and each day after if she saw me on the beach, would come over with an extra flower for me - which was nice.

The only thing to mention otherwise was that sometimes the food was a bit slow to come, but I generally found in the evenings that if you arrive early it is quicker.

Otherwise a really great stay at the Zanzibari - thank you for looking after me so well.