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Tembo House Hotel
4.1/556 Reviews
Watch out when booking at this hotel! We arranged an airport transfer upon arrival and transfer to our next Zanzibar hotel for a few days later in advance with Tembo House. While the transfer from the airport went fine, the next transfer to our next hotel was outright scam by the reception guys. To the hotel: we know you have cameras in every angle. Check out when we checked out at 10:15 on Sept, the 14th. We paid our drinks and food by card for check-out. When I asked if we could pay the transfer to our next stay in Zanzibar with the hotel the reception said yes. Surprisingly this payment had to be made in cash rather than by credit card like the final bill at check-out. So we paid 103.500 Tanzanian Shilling to the reception guy (check your cameras at the second reception desk at the main reception). We received a handwritten receipt for the transfer payment. At 13:30 (check your cameras), the time we arranged the transfer, my wife asked at the reception if our driver had already arrived. The same reception guy took our receipt from her and promised to give „a new one“. Meanwhile we were shown to a driver. In the taxi we were sceptical whether the driver knew that the drive had been already paid. He didn’t know anything so I went back to the hotel reception (check your cameras) to request the promised receipt. The reception guy went to the driver and gave him 100.000 Tanzanian Shilling (and kept 3.500 for himself), instead of the receipt (!!!). He obviously (!) planned to keep all the amount and let us drive with the driver so we would have had to pay the amount again! This is outright scam and we hope that this will have consequences for those reception guys before other people fall for this scam. As it seems two reception guys and the luggage guy were involved in this scam. Also, besides, we gave 20.000 Tanzanian Shilling as tip for the whole team to one of the two reception guys. Most likely this money went into the pockets of the reception guy alone (check your cameras) instead of into a team tip box. This hotel would have deserved 4 stars (if there was not this strange smell in the room) but it is not acceptable to be scammed on such a way. So stay away from this hotel!!!
Hotel Verde Zanzibar - Azam Luxury Resort and Spa
4.3/570 Reviews
Great service from staff. Stayed at Verde for 4 days and the entire experience was genuinely like nothing I have experienced before in my life. Watching the sunset from a balcony with a view of the docked ships and boats was a particular highlight as was swimming in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. As for waiting staff, Leticia and Hidaya in particular were very helpful.

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