Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel

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Location and general areas are very attractive. Staff is very kind and helpful. Kitchen and rooms are on the basic side.

Very quiet are away from the tourist crowd, walking on the beach is relaxing. The breakfast was very good.

Location and property very nice

The staff was just wonderful, a big happy family who welcomed me straight away. Lovely location, straight at the beach with great food and beautiful rooms. The owners are just delightful and really cared about my complete stay. I would definitely come back here again!

Great location

Perfect hotel very quiet the good
dimensions. The personnels on top. The boss very sympathic. The room very clean. Good coktaild

A little piece of paradise

This side of Zanzibar Island is quite a distance from any service, shopping or dining so everything has to be arranged through the hotel or a tour company. It is a small boutique hotel, which we liked and worked out ok for us, but we didn't really realize in advance that once you're there, you're kinda stuck. We enjoyed the food, salt-water pool, sit-upon kayaks (not sea kayaks) and walking on the beach but it was quite windy while we were there and the bicycles were old and rickety, but gave us a good workout. There were some poor descriptions about what each tour included, there is no laundry facility guests can use as the website said. They could send laundry out, but not very cheaply, and we were concerned how long it would take. The desk manager did work with us to clarify tour descriptions and coordinated transfers and tours to our satisfaction. He made adjustments to the tour descriptions and our final bill when we pointed out the discrepancies, so were grateful for that. Stone Town and Prison Island tours were not as impressive as expected, but I'm comparing to an extremely well-done tour in Ghana of the slave dungeons of the Cape Coast Castle, which was much more comprehensive and informative.
If you are prepared to just go relax on the beach or by the pool, it's a beautiful setting, but be warned the tide goes in and out nearly 3 times per day, so swimming in the ocean when the tide is out really isn't an option.
It is a gated security property.

The king bed was 2 beds together and you fell through in the middle a bit.

Great beach , lovely pool, great restaurant, lovely breakfast

hotel is well located in front of the beach. park is very beautiful with a lot of vegetation. building is also nice, well integrated.
rooms are specious, well arranged and clean. bathroom is nice too.
personnel is helpful.

The staff is definitely the best!
Joe, Robert and Ely are such a cool guys and they are all available to help you in everything.
The breakfast is very good aswell!
Is a very quiet hotel for those who are looking for it.
Ely makes the best Brazilian Caipirinhas!

This is a well run hotel with basic facilities. The problem is the beach. It is full of rocks and sea urchins making it unusuable. No one was swimming in the sea. This should be made clear as not everyone wants to swim in the pool.

Lovely boutique hotel with lovely staff. Very clean room and all communal areas very well looked after. All neat and clean. Breakfast with the best view. Very peaceful. Not tried the pool but was great lounging under the palm trees on the authentic looking deckchair overlooking the sea. Bliss. Limited breakfast options but enough choice for my 3 day stay. Offered packed breakfast on my departure day as I left very early, at 5am. Would definitely go back to Zanzibar Magic again!