Spice Island Hotel & Resort

Me and my children spent a week at Spice Island Hotel the first week of August before flying to Arusha for a 4 days Safari tour. The hotel is very well located on a very pretty beach in the south of the island. The service is excellent and the staff attentive to requests. The pontoon and the bar located at the end of the pontoon was very well appreciated and we had a very pleasant stay. I recommend this hotel for a quiet family stay.

This hotel was just such a great find for a special trip with my son and we could not have been happier. The rooms are spacious, comfortable and clean and housekeeping were always reliable. They are all mainly in a peaceful garden setting and our room was actually furthest away from reception/pool yet was still only a 2 minute walk to everywhere and it was great to walk through the garden each morning and if you are lucky in the evening you might meet the local family of monkeys which we did twice. The food is very good, consistent and hygiene standards in the kitchen are high. The pool is actually larger than in many similar hotels with beds both there and on the small private beach area. There is also a private jetty with comfy seating and a bar serving a different menu which was great. Easy access to main beach and you can easily walk to Jambiani. You can still expect sales people on the beach but due to the location not that many and they are really no bother at all. Overall this is a super peaceful location and Paje is only a 6 minute drive if you want a livelier evening. Finally the staff were all welcoming, helpful and generally just lovely. They are all very relaxed and discreet adding to the overall super chilled vibe, but if you need anything at all, it just seems to happen without delay. A final note is this hotel is very good value indeed compared to many others nearby. We wanted for nothing and cannot recommend Spice Island enough. Come, chill, be happy.

Super nice hotel directly on the beach We stayed in one of the bungalows with a double bed and an extra bed. This place has everything for a relaxed vacation and the staff is very nice and helpful. The restaurant is good with a wide selection for breakfast, lunch and dinner a la carte. Relax in a sun bed and order fruit juices or hang out on the pier at the bar. The garden and pool area is very beautiful and well kept. This area of Zanzibar is very calm and relaxed with a mix of locals, Masais and excursion bookers at the beach.

I have never left a review in my life, but this resort deserves one. I was initially only going to stay 3 days, but I ended up staying 6 because I didn't want to leave! Where to begin, the staff is just amazing, they are so sweet, caring and were able to accomodate all my requests. The room, view and the surrounding gardens were spectacular. I would have loved to stay longer!

We had a terrible experience and I do not recomend this Hotel to no one. We were requested extra money for the room upon arrival even though we already payed everything, the manager had a very bad attitude when we tried to tell them it is not fair what they are asking, he yelled at us and was rude. As the money was already taken from our account we had no other alternative than to stay. We tried to solve this issue with booking but we had no succes so at the end we had to pay extra and above everything we noticed that they also stole money from our wallets that were in the safe deposit box in the room. 240€ to be precise. As euro and dollar are at the same parity there we didn t take much euro with us and knew exactly how much we had.

I just returned home from my vacation. The location is nice and quiet. You don’t have many activities in the area but it’s nice for those who want to relax. Despite this, I don’t recommend it at all. We encountered a very unpleasant situation when we got there. We were 2 couples and booked 2 rooms - for each room 2 persons. The amount of money was retrieved when we booked the rooms but when we got there, the resort asked us to pay extra charges for the 2nd person in the room even though we already payed it. We provided the necessary documents to support our argument and the manager yelled at us and mentioned that we need to pay or to leave. We wanted to leave but they mentioned that they won’t refund us the already payed amount. Under these circumstances, we were constrained to remain at the hotel and tried to solve this situation with booking. We payed twice the price for our staying. Besides this, everyone was trying to fool you at the resort: in the restaurant they “miscalculated” our dinner of course in their favour and at the reception I’ve tried to buy some sunscreen products and they’ve tried to fool me with over 15 $ even though the real price was on the products. I don’t recommend this location at all since we had a lot of unpleasant situations and all the people in the resort try to trick you as much as possible.