Mnarani Beach Cottages

Would recommend to have bottles of water restocked in rooms everyday not just on arrival since it’s quite a warm place. WiFi in rooms would be great if it was available throughout and fast. The internet connection was very unstable. Include bathroom slippers and shower caps in the rooms.

I have now been on this beautiful place IN Nungwi 6 times! So it is time to give my review to Mr. Nassor/Khalid and their superior staff. It is outstanding. I visite the place for fishing and relaxing, and every time Margareth, Andrew,Juma, Fatma and all other IN the staff team Are helpful and serviceminded. Second to none. Always a joy to be back. Mr. Per Bang Jensen from Denmark

This is a real gem Of a hotel. It’s not your mainstream commercial hotel. The rooms are quirky, clean, comfortable and so homely. From the moment you walk through the gate you are so welcome like a member of the hotel family. Staff speak in first name terms and are so proud of their work. We moved here from Another large chain hotel that was really unpleasant. And we are so glad we did. Kharmis showed us our choice of rooms and was so helpful. Truly lovely and helpful man. Then we moved in. Wow. Waking up every morning looking at the beautiful ocean, the birds and then a lovely wander down to breakfast to be greeted by such friendly staff. Breakfast is nice and sets you up for the morning. Lots of fresh fruit and John makes the omelette - lovely. We were always looked after so well by zubeir and Andrew. Nothing was to much trouble. We spent time by the pool which is beautiful. Nice and warm and very very clean. Returning to our rooms they had always been cleaned to a beautiful standard. The bar / restaurant area is very tranquil And lovely to chill out in the afternoon and grab a bite to eat or a beer. The drinks are not inflated to local restaurants and much cheaper than the big hotel restaurants. It is easy to walk to restaurants and bars in the area either on the beach tide dependent or on the road. It is a slightly longer walk but it’s lovely and so nice to do to catch a sundown or walk off dinner! We booked 2 excursions from there from Mr Mahmoud both of which were great price and superb quality. And so reliable. We also used a local taxi that the hotel use - called Abra and he is great. All in all we had the best stay and very very sad to come home. About the big hotel chains and look at hotels like this as the service is exceptional.

My daughter and I went to Mnarani Beach cottages, for five days. Overall it was passable. But do not stay in the Fisherman house, Dolphin rooms, if you are a light sleeper. At 430am, every morning, a water truck arrives and water is pumped into a tank- so its 70 minutes of a horrible 12W generator sound. It was clean and the location quite good. The beach is very narrow which is great as you cannot get harassed as much by the locals, who all have an agenda. The deck and pool are lovely. The restaurant is over priced and the drinks too are rather expensive. Breakfast was a C-. You cannot pay in shillings everything is put on a tab and you have to pay an inflated rate in US$ at check out. American prices for African quality. Walking into the village is easy and safe. We walked to restaurants 35 minutes away with no drama, day and night.

Such a spacious room and beach front. The spa ladies were fantastic and my wife's facial was good. It was a really relaxing way to spend our two nights there. Make use of the tours to get out of the resort. The beach isn't really a swimming beach and the food was average but there are plenty of options outside the resort.

Lovely resort! I had the BEST massage at the Cinnamon Spa! My room was gorgeous with a lovely view of the Indian Ocean. The staff was very friendly. I also used their laundry service & was extremely satisfied! This hotel was selected for me as part of an Intrepid tour, but I would choose it again if traveling to Zanzibar on my own.