Baraza Resort and Spa Zanzibar

From the moment we arrived and were greeted by Angela, our villa host we have been spoilt. The villa is beautiful, clean and airy with a huge bath, day beds (inside and out!), a plunge pool and a minibar. The food has been exceptional. Every breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, bar snacks and dinner has been beautifully prepared and presented. Some nights a buffet, other nights a 5/6 course dinner with a theme. The bar staff are great, always keeping an eye out in case you need a drink or a snack. The pool, beach and sea are lovely. Borrow some reef shoes and go for a walk at low tide along the beach spotting crabs and beautiful shells. The gym is good and the 2 massages we had were top rate. The yoga and meditation sessions were inspiring. The water sports team were great fun. Moosa took us on the snorkelling trip, which we’d highly recommend and on an organised reef walk where we spotted star fish, sea cucumbers and beautiful coral. The only downside is that we have to go home.

Excellent quality and lovely attentive stuff. Always had a look at you an your needings. The rooms were just great of excellent quality and were very very clean. The food was very good. A option for every taste. No problem to get a kids menu but they are also able to change main dishes a little bit for the little ones.

We had an amazing stay at Baraza Resort and Spa. Enormously friendly staff that were helpful with everything you needed, quick response. Beautiful villa and surrounding areas. Clean and a fantastic athmosphere. The food was top of the line. A place I like to return too.

We are fortuitous enough to have stayed in some incredible hotels around the world including the Seychelles, Maldives, Thailand, USA, Hong Kong and Japan to name but a few. However, Baraza topped the lot both in terms of personal service (NOTHING is too much trouble) and facilities. The gym and full service spa are fantastic and our villa was simply stunning. Perhaps most worthy of note was the food, whether it was a buffet (which was nothing like a buffet in the usual sense … speciality food stations galore from stir fry to sushi and sashimi and never a grain of rice out of place), a la carte or table d’hote (which was never actually a ‘set menu’ as if you didn’t like the whole lobster or the alternative choice they would happily substitute for something else!), it was all incredible. Whilst desserts at most luxury hotels look stunning invariably they never taste as good as they look! At Baraza they tasted even better! We would particularly like to thank Baraza for making us feel so special without adding the usual ‘extra’ to the bill. We have regularly been offered a romantic ‘chef’s table for 2’ on the beach when staying at some gorgeous resorts, usually at an extra cost of hundreds of pounds. Not at Baraza, we were surprised at lunch time one day with exactly that which was truly fantastic and then again one evening in a candle lit location next to the pool. Both were provided free of charge and were the highlight of our stay. Well done Baraza, all of your 5 star reviews are throughly deserved. We will be back!

We had a wonderful stay. This is the most relaxed I’ve ever been on a holiday. All of the staff were extremely pleasant, polite and helpful. Our villa and splash pool were perfect, the cleanliness every where is exceptional. The gardens are beautiful. The choice and quality of food is very very good and the rotation of restaurants works well to prevent that feeling of boredom that can happen in resorts. Having allocated sun beds with the most amazing ocean view and waiter service ensures a relaxing start to your day. The beach is long and beautiful but we didn’t feel the need to live our sun beds for long. There is lots of privacy with space between villas and sun beds adding to a sense of luxury and guarantees a relaxing stay. The house drinks were all of good quality with no need to buy any other drinks. We used the spa and had wonderful massages. I could keep going, there are no negatives!

This place is amazing. The staff are one of the best parts of it and the food was so good. It has a chill vibe - with limited people it is both relaxing and posh. The villa was out of this world - huge floorplan with a piunge pool, sitting area, massive bathroom, dedicated beach chairs. There is nothing we didn't like here and would love to come back again one day. Definitely worth the price and time to make it happen.