Mnarani Beach Cottages

Great value for money I sent with my family and need two rooms, which we got in a shared appartment. Really nice and big rooms with privat bathroom and toilet. A great place. But a big minus was a generator right besides our room which was really noisy, and the water in the bath was only hot and almost mon existing … besides this … we really enjoyed our stay, great location, nice staff, great service, great breakfast … so 4,5 stars … and value for money.

A pleasant if overpriced option Deluxe room was more of a suite with separate kitchen area, bathroom & bedroom, Large balcony with both chairs and a twin hammock. Not plush by European standards but quite nice anyway. AC was great, wifi was good, food was good. A couple of silly rules, IE outside drinks will be confiscated but a nice stay.

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.

The place is a paradise. located at the very north of the island, next to the lighthouse. Very nice setting on the beach with lush vegetation and a nice swimming pool. Superb view from the room (we had a king bed room in the new building on the right side - I guess that's their best rooms at the moment). Room was very nice and spacious, bed very comfy, balcony superb. Breakfast was good, staff was very friendly. Restaurant was ok, a bit pricey tho. So just keep in mind that the place is a bit far from everything else turistic in Nungwi - we had a scooter, but without it we'd have to take a tuk tuk or walk a long way everytime we wanted to go someplace else - so if you're gonna mostly be just chilling here it's perfect, but if you want to be more in the centre of everything, it's better to find a place on the western part of Nungwi. The first nigh we got two single beds instead of a queen bed which we booked so we had to change the next day. In the next room our phone wasn't working and they weren't able to fix it for 3 days. Restaurant and coffee was a bit pricey. Exchange rate (2800 TZS for 1 USD) was unfair (everywhere else it was 2700) and credit card surcharge was 3% (could be lower). Overall we still had a great experience and would stay here again.

Beautiful hotel on the beach at the north end of Zanzibar. This beach was quieter than the west side of Nungwi. Less "beach boys" hassling you on the beach.