Zanoceanique hotel

This place ticked all the boxes for what I required, simple, quiet, chilled and relaxing for two weeks. Super helpful staff, Ciprian, John and Selma cannot do enough for you. What do you need? Local advice? (they really do know it all) Assistance changing money? (at a favourable rate) Where to buy a bottle of whiskey at short notice? (it’s not obvious and there is no bar) Tour information? (obvious but well done) A bit of a chat and an informal Swahili lesson (because why not?) Transportation: Just ask (certainly to anywhere on the island of Unguja and probably far beyond) Rooms: Basic, well airconed, spotless, with a safe and fridge (not a minibar) all of the housekeeping staff are very quiet and shy but wonderful. Restaurant: Simple and clean (you can look into their kitchen if you are quick or simply ask) a satisfying breakfast, decent lunch and good supper (do try anything with octopus!) There is no bar. Cost: Come on! You are in Zanzibar, it’s cheaper than anything you spend at home. Anyone that complains about the prices at Zanoceanique would be better off not going on holiday. Location: Matemwe is not a metropolis. It is barely a village, but it has what you need, even an ATM opening soon! Maybe some would want more, but you cannot please everyone. Walk one minute to the beach, turn left or right and you have restaurants and bars a plenty, you’ll find all the entertainment you need. The Beach: Safe swimming, lovely, no rip tides, no massive swells, but enough for it to be fun. This is not a five-star establishment like Hyatt, Ritz or Mount Nelson, it is a simple family run place that punches above its weight and does it very well. An observation: I see lots of complaints about the beds being too hard. My sleeping App show’s I had nothing but prolonged deep sleeps that were almost snoring and apnoea free. My body, such as it is, feels rejuvenated and my mind blissful. The beds are fine people, you just have bad backs, no hotel can cure that.

Quiet and close to beach Asking for some extra mushrooms and bread for breakfast should not be a problem 😕 It is ok for max 3 nights

This is worst hotel in all of Zanzibar. We booked this hotel Zanoceanique at end of January to the beginning of February for 8 days 2025. But clients only stayed 2 nights due several things. The first thing which was very bad for our clients was the mattress which made our clients to have sleepless nights, they said that they felt like sleeping on a wooden board ( even other complains tells the same thing) , towels were not changed. Breakfast with not even a jam. Our clients only stayed 2 nights instead of 8 and decided to shift to another hotel in which we refunded our clients. We refunded our clients 500 € . When we asked Zanoceanique hotel to refund us 500 € for the days that our clients did not stay at their property they refused and did not refund us 500 € , we reported them to the authority of Zanzibar which deals with hotels but still did not refund. It is shame that, this hotel does not live up to a good standard of hospitality in the tourism industry. See Proof of refund to our clients.