Sensations Eco-Chic Hotel

I will recommend this place to everyone

The hotel is everything we hoped, the staff are perfect and friendly, the food just keeps coming. We are planning a revisit

We stayed here as part of our stay in Zanzibar, and this was our third hotel to see different areas of the island, so we choose this all inclusive hotel. When we arrived we were greeted in the reception area, where they took ours flip flops and bagged them up, as we were told we wouldn’t need the for the rest of our stay, and had a little foot massage. We were shown to our room by Ester our butler which they allocate you when you arrive, and as they said, along the powder white sand pathways to our bungalow. Our room was beautifully made out and smelt amazing, we had a large king bed with nets around to protect you from the mosquitos, ( which we didn’t see any of at all) . A large walk in shower, and a separate door to lead outside to an outdoor shower If required. Toiletries provided we minimal, no moisturiser which i did miss to be honest. The outside areas were lovely, everywhere is on the white sand, the bar, the restaurant and around the pool area. The restaurant has a lovely feeling to it and serves all the meals for your stay, breakfast was offered from a carved wooden board which has plenty of choices available, a large selection of fresh fruit was brought over and coffees offered etc. We did have a couple of days when the order some times got a bit muddled up, so always be super clear with the orders when being placed. Lunch was a different choice every day, and being a small hotel and being sustainable the choices were fairly limited, but still always very nice. Pool snacks are also an option if you need extra. Drinks are served around the pool area, and water will be brought to you. Dinner we had one night in the teriyaki restaurant which is available for one night of your stay, very entertaining and good food. They went out of there way for myself and another guest who couldn’t have fish, so the accommodated both of us as well. Dinners overall were nice, again the menu changed daily, there is a lot of fish on the menu, but being being allergic the menu always included a non fish option. Drinks from the bar area in the evening were good on the most part, but did end up waiting 30 mins for a glass of wine one evening as they took a party of 5 orders for cocktails, the cocktails do take a long while to prepare and depending who makes them you can get two very different drinks from one to the next. There is an outside bar, but we found this only open once in our 5 day stay, and this was clearly the managers private guests, who they trying to up there game, this would have been helpful to be open more as there was limited seating inside. The beach area was affected greatly by the tides and was mainly out for most of the day, and this left the shore to be pools of water, but you are warned not to walk out without being accompanied, as there are sea urchins you can step on and beach shoes are also recommended. The guys who walk along the beach will tout you to take you out for boat tours and walk with you on the low tide areas, check wit

Lovely holiday, perfect location- no shoes needed - staff were super friendly our butler was great, couldn’t do enough for us, our villa was beautiful, we had a separate bathroom, plunge pool and decking area- perfect to chill out with a glass of wine before dinner

This holiday was amazing. The resort is small & intimate, with only 20 bungalows. The staff are the best. Special shout out to Greb & Emmy, our butlers, who both went above & beyond. They were only let down by management lack of communication on a couple of occasions. The food was very tasty, with a good selection everyday. The sharing is caring concept for dinner was new to us, but worked very well. A good variety every day of veggie, fish & meat options. The Tepanyaki option was both entertaining & a delicious mixture is steak & seafood. The supposed daily wine options were sometimes more limited than they should have been. This was over promised & underdelivered. The bar staff were mostly very nice & friendly, although on occasions it could take 20 mins to deliver a round of 4 cocktails! Pool attendants also very efficient & friendly, sweeping sand from the sunbed regularly. Management were usually on site. It would’ve been nice if they had engaged with their guests more especially given the small numbers. A very lovely holiday, giving Maldives vibes for approximately 60% of the cost! Highly recommend!

Beautiful hotel, friendly staff, excellent food. Quiet, relaxing. Just perfect. The meals are not buffet style but set menus with two choices each course at lunch and 7dishes at dinner. The kitchen don’t mind adapting meals if needed. It was a fabulous holiday we intend to repeat!!