Zoi Retreat Hotel Zanzibar

Zoi is a wonderful boutique hotel, where each peace of furniture fits perfectly the needs and the eye. Its beautiful design is perfectly immersed in the lash green and white sand beaches views. The employees are very polite and trained, they love to indulge. I loved the perfect mix of nationalities that were visiting and enjoying during our stay. The beach is truly impressive- wide, white clean sand, possibility to walk and swim even at low tide, as anyway the sea is so warm it feels like a pool . The fact that it is facing East offers memorable sunrise views, and shaded hot afternoons. Hotel pool is bog enough to be able to do laps. Hotel offers turn down service which I wouldn’t expect with 4* hotel. Restaurant is very popular and offers tasty treats. You must try crab soup- it felt truly pampering . Being located here, one has easy access to Mnemba island snorkelling, dolphins tour (one is actually swimming with 20 dolphins by one’s side- I didn’t believe it!!) as well as visit the popular beaches on North west.

A beautiful place tropical garden well looked after, excellent food especially the dinners reception staff very good Nice (the receptionist) collected aloe Vera for my sun burn generally all the staff are very friendly, wonderful massage, enjoyed walking into the village and beach and to top it all we went on the early morning trip and swam with the dolphins 😀Thank you xx

Don’t be fooled by the glowing reviews. Lack of maintenance, poor hygiene, unfriendly staff (except at the bar) and worst breakfast we’ve ever had. This place needs care, not marketing.

The hotel is a 15 room cozy, quite, and warm space. Rooms were spacious and well kept. The staff cleans on daily basis…change sheets, pillows, towels and most importantly take into consideration all your remarks. The hotel is directly located on a sandy white quite beach which felt more like a private one with sun beds. The masai passed by trying to sell some hand made local stuff, but you can just ignore their offers by letting them know you’re not interested and they would leave. They were simply not annoying as we have expected them to be! There’s also a nice pool with enough sun beds. We took the half board offer and I have to say breakfast was good enough…not a buffet spread but a satisfying menue including a decent variety you can choose from. Ofcourse It can be enhanced but it was good enough and we surely enjoyed the daily local fruits offered every morning with the meal. The Dinner Menu options on the other hand was excellent that we did not have to go elsewhere for a proper hot meal, we all enjoyed the different options offered every day. As a family of four, we reserved a van each time we wanted to roam around the country to explore the famous or must see spots we had interest in. Some were 1.5-2 hours far but the drive was a chance to see more of the country and local people which we were interested to in as tourists. The staff I have to say were very friendly and attentive. A big shout out to the receptionist Nice who was very helpful, the brilliant waiters Emcha and mousa who were always attentive and friendly. I would also like to point out they have a lovely massage service done by the great ester. Would we go back? Yes for sure! Thanks for a great family experience.

We stayed at this lovely small retreat after a safari to relax before returning home . The staff was so friendly and provided great service. The room was clean and comfortable with AC and a nice big bathroom. The common area and pool were great to sit and read a book or play cards. The food was good so were the cocktails. They even let us keep one room to keep our things and relax in for a late check at no charge. Overall a great way to end an amazing trip. Oh and we love their cats

We had the ultimate end to our Tanzanian vacation. The service was outstanding for our 4 day stay. A special thanks to Miriam at reception for room organising and late checkout ,Ester our fabulous masseuse ,Asya for all our day to day queries. So many smiling wait staff ,always at the ready.View,beach,pool,room, menu perfect.! Our most sincere thanks.