Name: Mnarani Beach Cottages
Address: North Coast,Nungwi, Zanzibar-Tanzania, Zanzibar, 3361, TZ

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jun 2026

Lynne

Great place but we were there in early June and there was a lot of construction going on everywhere and we might have been the only people in The place. Breakfast definitely leaves something to be desired, it's a good attempt at American or English breakfast but basically it's bread and you can get eggs any way you want. Do you want pancakes you can have honey or chocolate syrup but they don't know what's maple syrup. The food was okay but not exciting and we didn't get out of the hotel much. With the low and high tides the ocean was basically unusable allbeit beautiful

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2025

OLANIKE

It was a nice place

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2025

Amanda

The location was great! Away from the beach boys and quiet. Bathroom had no roof so was open to the whole room and stairs to the upper bed were very steep. Shower was questionable but we had a great time and the staff were attentive.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Incredible views, friendly staff but bad services

5 Stars: the view was amazing. The staff extremely friendly and helpful. Rooms very clean!
4 stars: Location. Restaurant food was delicious.
3 Stars: price for the room was reasonable.
2 Stars: drinks at the bar were very watered down.
1 Star: horrrible spa facility. I stopped my massage after 20 minutes because the masseuse was that bad. It was supposed to be a deep tissue massage and ended up being a horrible massage. Every service here is designed to overcharge you. The laundry service was too expensive. You can get wayyy cheaper taxis and tours if you book outside of the hotel. Late check out is $10 an hour.
Overall, this is not a bad place to stay at as long as you don’t get any of the hotel’s services. It felt like they prioritized profit over comfort for guests. If you stay here, book all your needs elsewhere and you’ll have a good time at the hotel.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2025

Samu

Beautiful hotel just by the beach. The beach is not swimmable when lowtide though but nice pool area provides opportunity for sunbathing and swimming throughout the day.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2025

Verified traveler

Beautiful boutique hotel. Great location and lovely staff. Would definitely stay again.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Oct 2024

Roy

This will not be a repeat visit for me. It started with the front desk. Instead of a warm welcome we were greated with \"passports?\" The rooms were clean but dated. The free breakfast extremely lacking in variety and flavor. The paid food was decent but overpriced for the area. Hard mattresses. Some of the staff, the women, were great and friendly. We did one onsite excursion with a sunset Dhow cruise which was overcrowded and expensive. The cost of this place is definitely not worth it.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2024

Suzanne

Beautiful hotel on the beach at the north end of Zanzibar. This beach was quieter than the west side of Nungwi. Less \"beach boys\" hassling you on the beach.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Apr 2024

STEPHEN

A pleasant if overpriced option

Deluxe room was more of a suite with separate kitchen area, bathroom & bedroom, Large balcony with both chairs and a twin hammock. Not plush by European standards but quite nice anyway. AC was great, wifi was good, food was good. A couple of silly rules, IE outside drinks will be confiscated but a nice stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2023

Chacha

Very nice and relaxing location.. very romantic for couple getaway

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2023

Christine

Best place to stay when you’re in Zanzibar! Quiet, secluded and best views of the Indian Ocean!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2023

Maren Elise

Very Nice place and a beautiful viuw lovely staf. Especially Margarita and Andrew in the bar.
Thank you

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2022

Samir

Nice staff, beautiful location but food for breakfast is not up to the cattiness of the location. Also restaurants price is a bit higher if I compare to other surroundings restaurants and average prices internationally

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2022

Nancy

Our cottage was clean with good hot water and A/C. It was a quiet location on the beach. Food was good. The aquarium where you can swim with sea turtles in a natural lagoon is across the road. I enjoyed the hammocks on the property. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2022

riyaz

Friendly

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2022

Manika

Amazing hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2022

ingvar

Proximity to the reef!

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jul 2021

Lynn

We were charged 40$ extra yet the fault was for the hotel giving wrong information.the manager was not willing to listen

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

07 Mar 2021

Karim

ood but...

I stayed for 4 nights and my comments as follow:

* The room was very nice (spacious, very nice view \"Mahaba 1\", nice AC, hot water and coffee tray)
* The staff very friendly
*the beach is nice, but affected by tides, so the water going away sometimes during the day. Also the management need to watch the guest behavior with the shades and sun beds as during our stay we found some people putting their towels to reserve place and going to use other area of the beach or using the pool!!
* The breakfast limited choices with acceptable quality.
* The dinner set menu and tasty \"compliments to the chef\"
* The area very rough.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

The place is fine for the price. Rooms are basic but functional (hot water, air con etc). The location is a little distant from Nungwi nightlife but most guests are probably looking for that. Breakfast is a little disappointing at most Nungwi hotels but this place is slightly above average in the breakfast stakes.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

Dynamic ocean front watching the expansive tides come and go under the over hanging deck!
Did not like workers waking me up at 7am with their chatter.... Some requests of the front desk were ignored...😐

Leisure

2/10

Poor

12 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

The room was absolute disaster! I paid upgrade amd i got the cheapest hole.. no internet or wifi for $137 a night for this hole with no wifi never again! No hot water even, breakfast disaster again...

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2020

Ernst

Mnarani Magic

Beautiful hotel, private and not surrounded by any other hotels, friendly staff, good food. Lush gardens and great sea views. Plenty to do in Nungwi. Swimming with turtles was amazing! Great experience to watch dhow builders perform their art with wood.
We booked an extra night at the hotel at good rates!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

The staff is so friendly. They put nice touches on everything and make sure to constantly check on you. I left at 6am and they packed me breakfast without me asking. They have an on-site your company that provides quite a few of the memorable Zanzibar tours

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Interesting bathroom set up in the rooms that weren't individual lodges. No privacy due to open glass. Wasn't really an issue for us but could see it being an issue for other people. Everything else though was good, not a bad place to stay by any means. It was quite nice. If you're someone who likes to stay in the room maybe look elsewhere. We aren't like that so it wasn't a problem.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Dec 2019

SikieChoonara

Very pleasant, friendly staff.
Overall a good experience.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2019

Lior

Amazing hotel and amazing service! All stuff amazing, and specially Andrew, which made us the best time !

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2018

David

Relaxing accommodation.

Very relaxing ambience - our room 'Pemba' had just been refurbished - new mosquito net, curtains etc and was very comfortable.

Small nice pool area - great feeling of being next to the ocean. Relaxing bar area for sitting in the evening - but a happy hour would be good.

Some more information about the catering needs to be provided - not enough information in the room.

The reception was a bit casual - the account was miscalculated on checkout and the staff tried to say that it was not.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2018

Tina

Had a great stay- staff are all accommodating and super friendly, food was great, location was perfect and the view is unbelievable
Looking forward to visiting again soon

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2018

Teresa

Right on the beach. Nice resort

Clean, friendly, nice location and great staff!
Was a quieter resort...That was my husband’s & my only drawback...we found a lack of things to do during our stay...
If you are looking for a clean quiet getaway then this is the perfect place!
Was lovely overall

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

Good price on coral beacj

great views, decent food and service, nice pool
this is not the sand beach in town but the coral.
food is okay, not great, not bad, showed up for 9.30 breakfast at 9.20 and nothing was left one day.
showed up at the start of dinner and it was fine.
some nights a buffet, some nights table service.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

2 nights in Nungwi

Outdated hotel. Beds uncomfortable. No beach to swim in front of hotel. Service was nice.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Amazing views and most helpful staff

Superb experience. Hotel staff was always cooperative. Rooms are super clean and location is very convinient and close to aquarium. Would definitely go back

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2018

Jessica

Great beach front views. Good budget hotel. Food was a little awful and was a bit far from the main town so it was hard to get other options especially in the evening. Staff a lovely.

Partner

4/10

Poor

30 Nov 2017

emmanuelledubai

Located in a lovely area of the island.

It’s a hard one to review. Zanzibar is an amazing island so it’s hard to be grumpy. Plus there were so many positives some of the staff were absolutely delightful namely Keto at the bar and the tour guide chap was great to chat to, he was such an informed person we asked him so many questions poor guy :).

The location of the hotel is great, it is close to some of the most beautiful beaches that I have ever seen in the world but the beach in front of the hotel isn’t the best.

The rooms were certainly not up to standard. Location wise they were great on the beautiful lush gardens or the beach side views but internally a big NO. The receptionist kindly gave us an upgrade on check in but if what we were given truly was an upgrade then I’m scared to know what we were supposed to have. The room was tiny we couldn’t open both suitcases at the same time. The mattress smelt of mould and the raw wooden furniture in the room also had a damp smell as if it has absorbed years of humidity. I would imagine that they are due for a revamp of the rooms but I’m not sure that it’s on the cards. I will say when we complained about the room the receptionist rectified the situation and moved us immediately. There are so many hotels in this area of a similar price I would imagine that you could find a better one for the money.

8/10

Excellent

08 Oct 2017

Ray

Best reasonably priced hotel in Nungwi!

On returning from a dissapointing stay at noisy, busy Kendwa, it was an absolute pleasure to stay in this peaceful oasis.
Great view of the ocean, no hawkers trying to sell excursions, food generally good and reasonable cost at around $10 for a lunch time main course.
The hotel is also near to Zalu jetty restaurant, voted #1 on trip advisor. Sunset cocktails there are the best!
We were sorry to leave....

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2016

Robin

Beautiful facility but a disappointment

Just an average experience. A beautiful location and great facilities, but had to have my room sprayed twice for bugs. Food was just ok. Tried for 5 star presentation but the flavours didn't match. Staff tried hard but language was an issue. Pre-booked an airport pick up which didn't show up. Overall a disappointment.

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2016

Anouar

Beautiful budget hotel.

Beautiful budget hotel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2016

brian

Best views on the world

Excellent location

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Apr 2016

nachum

Very very good location and very qulity service

Very quit with wonderful wiew to beach and relaxing

Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Mar 2016

Susan

We had a wonderful stay at this hotel. The staff was excellent and made us feel very welcome. If we go back to Zanzibar, this is where we will stay!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2016

Yusuf

memorable stay

really nice hotel located on the beach.down side though when it is high tide you are unable to swim in the ocean.also alot of rocks and sea urchins.food is excellent though.room are comfortable and the beach is much quiter so it much more private and better.owner is a really good guy very friendly.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

Okay I guess but next time I'll be staying..

...Elsewhere...

Booked an ocean view room based on reviews. Room was small and smelled like mildew. The manager said it's probably in the walls. I asked to check out another room but it had the same problem. I was only staying for 4 nights so I had to deal with it. A/C was more like a fan. Not cold at all.

Food is only served at certain times of the day which is ridiculous for a resort. I was late to lunch by 3 minutes and was denied lunch. I was willing to pay for it - but the kitchen staff didn't want to assist me. I spent my money at another resort. Really ridiculous. I'm on vacation - why in the world would I need to order food during certain times.

Staff was hit or miss. Some were very nice but manager seemed to care less.

Tide swings massively here and don't expect a long white sand beach. Most days there was no beach and the certain amount of sand here is covered by high-tide twice a day. According to hotel tides are less noticeable during rainy season. As such - you'll spend your time poolside or laying on a chair on the hotel deck and not on the beach out front..

Breakfast wasn't bad. Lunch (if you're on time) was dismal. Dinner was good most nights.

Massage therapist on duty was great. Go at high tide so waves break close to spa. Will put you to sleep.

I spent most of my time down the road and volunteered at a local school teaching English to the kids during the days.

Nungwi is exploding - lots of options. Keep looking.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2016

M

Take the relaxation skip the dinner

The cottages are a bit removed from Nungwi beach itself and from the nightlife and restaurants. you can walk to Nungwi, but at night its a bit more tricky especially is the tide is high. As a result the hotel has you a bit captive especially for dinner. We booked with our dinners included and felt a little cheated by this in the end. The dinner menu was uninspired and unnecessarily 'international' the worst that I had was a 'beef wellington' that was boarding school-esque the best - a fish dish with more of a local flavour was average. On nights when the tide was low we skipped dinner at the hotel and found one or another little restaurant down the beach which offered good value for money tasty dishes - (I recommend the prawn curry at Braka)

certainly there was no need to stick around for lunch which was expensive and not as good as what you can find down the beach.

We did enjoy the relaxing atmosphere and privacy that this hotel offered, other hotels have loads of people walking in front of them day and night so I guess that is the trade off.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

Good for couple to relax, not for teen

Family trip

Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2015

Scott

Beautiful location right on the beach. Very relaxing. Hard to leave.

Partner

4/10

Poor

13 Jul 2015

trish

Tiny rooms

We went to relax and do some kayaking. We did plenty of relaxing, but kayaking was difficult due to fluctuation in tide, so we never went

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2026

James

Hotel bien, un peu cher par rapport à d'autres de même qualité

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2026

Philippe

La climatisation est située au dessus de la tête de lit et le ventilateur est bruyant. Les nuits sont dons difficiles.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2025

Johan

Mycket trevligt. Bra läge vid vattnet, några minuters promenad till din sandstrand. Tryggt.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2024

Morten

Nice chill atmosphere. Great Staff

Friendly staff and great view. Perfect for relaxing. The beach was not my favorite by low tide. But the rest were great.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

Melanie

Fantastiskt

Fantastiskt fint!! Utmärkt Service!! Stor eloge till Andrew en fantastisk man som gjorde vår upplevelse så mycket bättre. Sjukt hjälpsamma och trevliga människor, allihopa! Sjukt vacker utsikt över vattnet och skön pool. Bekvämt rum men en hel del insekter dock. Mycket myror och djur som var överallt i rummet. Viktigt att sova med draperiet på så det inte kryper upp något i sängen. Det enda negativa i princip. Annars riktigt fint och mysigt ställe

Partner

4/10

Poor

08 Feb 2024

adnan

Over all not so good

Very nice scenery and nice design of the landscape. But I was met by s cockroach when I stepped in the room. The power went out every day for 1-2 hours and it was not always the hotel wanted to turn on the generator. I got food poisoning at dinner. The hammock infornt of the cottage was nice.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2024

lene

We stayed here for 5 nights.
Its a ti min walk to sentral Nungwi.
This place is great , its a good place to relax
We stayed in the family superior room seaview, this is a big room with a Nice balcony with seaview.
The bed is really hard but it was ok for a few nights for us.
The staff was great , thanks to Andrew in the bar , he is great.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Jan 2024

Ninna Bo

Great value for money

I sent with my family and need two rooms, which we got in a shared appartment. Really nice and big rooms with privat bathroom and toilet. A great place. But a big minus was a generator right besides our room which was really noisy, and the water in the bath was only hot and almost mon existing … besides this … we really enjoyed our stay, great location, nice staff, great service, great breakfast … so 4,5 stars … and value for money.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2023

John

Fantastiskt julfirande på Mnrarani

En vistelse över förväntan.
Vid högvatten var det perfekt hav att bada i. Poolen och de gemensamma utrymmena var mycket fräscha.

Rummet i huset med hängmattor var helt perfekt för oss. Mindre problem åtgärdade hotellet direkt.

Maten i restaurangen vart typisk hotel standard för området, fräscht och gott men inte särskilt spännande. Ett stenkast bort finns den fantastiska restaurangen Aluna. Enskilt läge, men ändå bara 5minuter promenad till centrala delar och 15min promenad till större stränder.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2023

Couture

C’était presque parfait, sauf déçu un peu de la plage dû aux rock et algues

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2023

Janne

Fantastisk utsikt.

Härliga bungalows med fantastisk utsikt. Frukost, lunch och middag var riktigt bra. Goda drinkar i baren där kvällens var gjord med färskfrukt.
Sängarna var hårda som alltid på Zanzibar :-)

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2023

nathalie

Les fenêtres ne cernais pas entièrement, le robinet du lavabo de la salle de bain ne fonctionnait que pour l eau chaud
Et quand je demande à avoir une chambre plus correct on me dit que c’est 20 dollars en plus par nuit, quand je dis que non que trop cher on me dit 10
J’ai jamais vu ça ils auraient dû me changer gratuitement de chambre

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2023

Giuseppe

Good stay, correct, some rooms could use a modern side up but overall ok ! Staff is just the best !

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

31 Jan 2023

Verified traveler

Enkel frokost og middag - samme menykort til lunsj og middag.
Tidevann og noen ganger så høye bølger, det blir farlig å bade, når de slår mot bryggen.
Elendig vei siste kilometer med mange og store huller

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2022

CCM

Super ervaring.

Goede, rustige locatie waar je op 500 meter meteen de drukte in kunt gaan.
Service gericht personeel met oog voor de gasten. Het eten is goed verzorgd, ook voor personen die rekening moeten houden met een bepaald dieet.
We kregen zelfs een upgrade.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2022

Verified traveler

10/10

Väldigt nöjd med både rum, frukost och själva hotellet. Rent, fint och trevligt. Bra service!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Sep 2021

Emilie

Bonne situation en bord de plage même si oa route pour arriver à l'hotel est assez chaotique. La vue sur la mer est magnifique, pdj correct mais pas très varié. La dame qui propose les services de spa (massages et onglerie) est très bien. Attention Nungwi est tout au nord de l'île. Nous avons été déçus par l'accueil, notamment au bar, et le service excursions/voyages. On avait l'impression de les déranger si l'on demandait un renseignement ou que l'on voulait commander. Les chambres étaient propres et agréables, ce qui était cohérent avec les tarifs pratiqués.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2021

Frederic

Endroit tres calme la literie meriterait d'etre moins dure et la cuisine quant à elle au niveau du restaurant devrait etre plus fournie et variée

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2021

Fabien

Personnel au petit soin avec les clients. Nourriture très bonne malheureusement les salles de bain sont ancienne et mérites un rafraîchissement...

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2021

Marvens

Séjour agréable dans un endroit un peu isoler du monde du centre de Nungwi. Il ne manque à cette hôtel qu’une nourriture digne de ce nom pour être au top.
La suite Sunset est agréable et à le necessaire.

La plage de l’hôtel est quand à elle bien entretenu

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2021

Laetitia

Magnifique piscine et on a adoré les quelques hamacs disposés le long de la plage. Les chambres sont propres mais auraient besoin d'une petite rénovation.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Dec 2020

Verified traveler

Fantastisch zicht op de Oceaan.
- Dagelijks kruipende insecten in de kamer(s). Sanitair in slechte staat (schimmel in douche, lekkende douche- en wc-kraan). Ontbijt ok, maar niet super.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Dec 2020

Martien

Fantastisch uitzicht, maar mieren in de kamer omdat er een grote kier onder de deur is, een slechtsluitende, lekkende douchedeur en schimmel in de douche vind ik onacceptabel op dit prijsniveau. Personeel was aanvankelijk niet vewelkomend en is heel slecht in het luisteren naar klantenwensen.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2020

Michel

Fantastisch

Fantastisch verblijf, uitstekende ligging, en de service een dikke 10

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Excellent treatment by personnel.
A bit more variety of food would be nice.
Overall we had a very pleasant stay.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2020

Elisabeth

Chilla!

Helt rätt ställe att slappna av på. Ligga vid poolen, en hängmatta, ut i havet vid lågvatten och kolla snäckor, krabbor mm. Middagen, som ingick i priset, var inte mer än OK. Frukosten var bra. Massagen var bra och prisvärd. Vänlig och hjälpsam personal, men med en del språkproblem.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2020

stephane

Perefect size and location. Nice staff

Great and quiet location. The massage area right by the sea is pure bliss.
Be prepared for a nice but but slow service.

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2020

MANUEL

hotel mnarani

El hotel tiene una vistas impresionantes, las instalaciones tipo restaurante piscinas y zonas de relax son estupendas. Sin embargo, las habitaciones son un poco peor, la puerta del baño de la mia no cerraba y las camas un tanto viejas. Los camareros como en todos los sitios donde fuimos de la isla muuuuuuy lentos, hay que tener mucha paciencia en esa isla.
Por otro lado, como consejo, no cojáis la excursión del hotel de Menemba, no merece la pena por lo menos con ellos.
Pero sin duda alguna, es el sitio más fresquito de toda la isla.

Friends_and_family Family