Name: Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel
Address: Zanzibar, Matemwe, 00000, TZ

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Claes-Håkan

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Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Sep 2025

Wolfram

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

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2025

Yilin

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

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2025

jacques

Super experience in magic hotel in zanzibar

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

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2025

Goeril Katharina Froeberg

A little piece of paradise

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2025

Lorrie

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.

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2024

Tatiana

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

8/10

Excellent

08 Sep 2024

ALEXANDER

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.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2023

Brenda

Excellent pool. Clean beach. Excellent menu buy if you have preferences and ingredients are available the restaurant would make a la carte meals.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2023

Turia

A magical stay with African vibes and decor

My friend and I came here to relax, dive and celebrate my birthday. The entire stay made it an exceptional experience and the staff (Robert and Joel) were friendly, efficient and very welcoming. A compliment to the chef, as his lunch and dinner menus were excellent throughout the week. The receptionist Geriath (we hope that we spelled it correctly) was beyond what words can explain. Very kind, service minded and simply pleasant charisma. The owner of the hotel was delightful and very accommodating and thoughtful to our needs, especially on our departure day. We enjoyed the massage very much as they were good and friendly as well. The small hotel was charming and very stylish with African vibes and decor.

All in all, a wonderfull experience and place. Thank you all

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2023

Alana

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Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2022

Verified traveler

Great stay, amazing staff, beautiful views! Can’t wait to go back!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

13 Mar 2021

Verified traveler

Beauty isn't enough.

Hotel beach chair area is beautiful..however the beach is impossible to swim in. The tide is to far out. Also great deal of seaweed and other plant like things flouting in the water does not make it appealing.

NO AC! I missed this part during booking and it ruing my stay, extremely hard to sleep in the heat at night with just a fan. Water in the shower and sink come out salty, very weird to brush teeth and shower.

No bottled water, they filter water into a glass jar and sell it to you for 2-3$.

Food was not bad, they have a nice lunch and dinner menu. Breakfast was the same everyday, standard eggs and toast.

This area of the island is extremely quiet, no life, youll be completely alone, if you like that, its fine, I have a better time up north in nungwi with the nightly hotel band shows and people watching.

Aside from that service is great, staff is friendly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Dec 2020

James

Can’t rate the hotel highly enough, mainly because of the service! Great food, very relaxed and you couldn’t be looked after better. Wonderful location. You must always remember you are in Africa so there will be some challenges but Magic will smooth those out. You would be missing out not to stay here...

Partner

4/10

Poor

30 Dec 2019

Mplaza

Beach was beautiful. Food not enough selection. The place need updating. Especially no A/C .

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Wonderful setting with the owners and staff a whole lot of fun. Lots of sunshine from the skies and the people. Food excellent, rooms very good and spotless. Great bar and restaurant with unbeatable views.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2019

Stefanie

Will definitely come back - absolutely gorgeous!

Absolutely excellent stay - we were here for 8 nights and it was idyllic. Staff were all super friendly and rooms were v comfy and clean. Our bungalow on the beach was excellent too.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

I like the ambiance of the place. Didn't like they have no AC in the rooms.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2019

Andrew

‘Magic’ indeed!! A truly special place!

What a perfect little slice of heaven this place is!! Isolated from the hectic tourism / aggressive sellers of other parts of the island; this place was absolutely perfect to unwind at the end of our mainland safari.

Definitely not the cheapest place on the island for the room prices or for food / drink prices but amazing quality, value and service built in to everything they do. All of the staff members seemed to genuinely care that you have nothing to worry about at all during your stay! Thanks!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Great staff. Really relaxing quiet spot.

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2018

Brooke

Cute and small hotel, everything you need

Really cute hotel! Overall was great. They forgot our airport pick ups BUT I have to say their response was fantastic and they were incredibly apologetic and made up for it. The food is good and menu changes every meal based on the local catches. Great kitchen. Staff are so nice!

Friends

8/10

Excellent

02 Nov 2018

Marisha

The resort itself is very nice, the pool is amazing. The beach was a big downfall compared to Jambiani area, there is a lot of coral and sea urchins (bring water shoes) so swimming was not really possible. Thankful for the pool in this case.
The bed was very springy and the sheets were extremely rough(pilly).
All in all the place is nice! Food was delicious and highly recommend selecting the full board menu! Not many other options anywhere close by.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2018

Akhona

Magnificent

It was beautiful...

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2018

Laura

This hotel is GORGEOUS, the food is really good and well priced. Rooms are very cute, well decorated with local made pieces and comfortable. The really special stand out thing here is the staff- they are truly lovely people and their warmth and professionalism shaped our stay. I can't wait to go back.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2018

Bea

Wonder place, food and stuff.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2018

Louise

Super relaxing and beautiful beach

Had a great stay with friends for 2 nights. The hotel is small and directly on the beach. The food is good quality and nice selction of drinks in the bar. Bartender is good. The rooms are small but clean and nice. Very quiet and relaxing. The beach is beautiful and it is safe and not many people bothering you. We went running and walking for miles both north and south. We did a short snorkle trip to the small island close by. Paid only $35 for 2 people for a couple of hours from a guy on the beach. Saw lots of nice fish. The hotel has bikes to borrow for using on the beach but they did not work really well. But who needs bikes when you can walk or run. There was another small little hotel next doors, just 100m up the beach, it was called Bandas. We went there for dinner and live Zanzibarian music one night and it was very nice but slightly pricey. I highly recommend 2-3 nights at this hotel, it is just beautiful and so relaxing.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2018

Danielle

From the moment we arrived at Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel we fell in love with the place! Having just come back from a week stay we are already wanting to
Go back!

The hotel itself was exactly as per the pictures, we loved the feel of the place and felt very comfortable very quickly. The rooms were spacious and although did not have air con (which we were aware of before hand) were kept to a high standard and had a lovely balcony overlooking the pool and beach. Being an eco hotel the turn down service was not every day but if you requested clean towels they were more than welcome to oblige with no trouble.

The food at the restaurant was outstanding! We loved every meal that we had there and as mentioned in previous reviews there are no local restaurants within easy reach so to have this service at the restaurant was amazing! And although prices might have been slightly higher than local prices we felts the standard was well worth the price!

One of the favourite parts of the whole trip for me was meeting all the amazing staff at the hotel! Every single person that we met at the hotel were incredibly friendly and always had a smile on there face! They made you feel completely at home! One of the bar men even took us for a walk out to the local sandbank on his break to show us the local area. The manager also went above and beyond to make our stay as enjoyable as possible.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2018

Erhan

Affordable luxury hotel right on the beach. Staff is extemely nice and helpful. Rooms are very clean and te hotel environment is really good. One of the negatives is there is not much to do around the hotel so if you want a relaxing quite place this hotel is perfect for you. Another thing is the restaurant prices. Food and drinks are ridiculously expensive with very small portions considering Zanzibar standards.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2018

Dani

Amazing place to stay!!

At first I would like to thank a lot to manager Lukas, who was very helpful and let us have a very late checkout for no extra fee (due to low season). Hotel is small but so cute, super friendly stuff, clean and nice furnished rooms. There is no air conditioner only the fan, but honestly it is absolutely fine and sufficient. the beach is amazing in both cases - during high tide or low tide. What about the restaurant - I don't think I had better meals anywhere else on island. Really amazing food!!! Hotel offer all possible trips on island. I highly recommend this hotel if you are traveling as couple.

8/10

Excellent

04 Jan 2026

Gitte Winter

Nice hotel, nice staff, very quiet and peaceful.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2024

Peter

Relaxing place

Nice place, great staff, good food beautiful beach. You could borrow kayaks and join yoga lessons for free. The beach has some seaweed due to the reef, thats the fact for the coast up to north of Kenya.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2023

Linda

Parfait!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2023

Marta

Très bel hôtel petite structure personnel au top tout à été parfait

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2021

Tracy

EXCELLENT

EXCELLENT !
Nous sommes venus dans cette hôtel pour notre lune de miel et l’hôtel à mis des fleurs partout dans la chambre c’était magnifique !

Le personnel est top ! Ils sont tous bienveillant, souriant et à l’écoute ! Si je reviens c’est vraiment pour eux !

Tout est conforme à la description sur les photos

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Aug 2021

ALBERTO

Buena elección

El hotel está muy bien y bien ubicado en Matenwe, un pueblecito que no está tan saturado de hoteles y turistas por lo que guarda mayor encanto. Se trata de un pueblecito pesquero.

Las instalaciones y la habitación estaban muy bien, recomendable pagar algo más por una habitación en el segundo piso o en el tercer piso porque los que están en la zona baja tienen poca intimidad (al igual que los dos bungalows).

Lo único que no nos gustó es el desayuno ya que no es buffet. Tienen un menú cerrado que es siempre lo mismo, al estar seis días alojados al final se hacía muy repetitivo.

En las cercanías, en la playa, hay varios sitios locales donde poder comer o cenar a precios mucho más bajos que en el hotel. En el pueblecito, a unos 10 minutos andando, en el centro de Matenwe hay alguna tienda donde también pueden comprarse productos de alimentación.

Las excursiones las contratamos también en los puestos de personas locales que hay en la playa, a precios mucho más bajos que en el hotel (la mitad de precio), también los desplazamientos en taxi. Hay en Matenwe un puesto con taxis locales donde pueden contratarse también los desplazamientos y excursiones (se negocia el precio).

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2021

Barbara

Excelente estadia e staff incrível!

Toda a experiência foi incrível. Desde as instalações, ao serviço, comida, tudo 5 estrelas. Nota especial à simpatia dos trabalhadores todos do hotel!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

13 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Neutre

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Feb 2021

Daniela

Sehr schönes gepflegtes Hotel

Es war absolut wunderbar, sehr gepflegt und sauber. Mit Liebe zum Detail. Ich würde dieses Hotel jederzeit wieder buchen. Sehr guter Service und freundliches Personal.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Super Unterkunft direkt am Meer. Einziges Manko, keine Klima.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2020

Sof

Trés bon emplacement, l' architecture ,conception et la décoration de l hôtel très réussi ,la petite taille assure le calme et la sérénité .
le personnel sympathique, restauration de qualité et varie .
Le gros bémol c est qu il n'y a pas de climatisation et selon la période les nuits sont difficiles et on récupéré pas de la chaleur de la journée

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Petite structure tranquille sur la belle plage de Matemwe. Architecture traditionnelle très agréable pour les pièces communes. Très bon restaurant d’un très bon rapport qualité /prix. Joli jardin. Le paradis pour se reposer quelques jours. Seul bémol : la chaleur dans la chambre malgré les ventilateurs (nous étions en février, un des mois les plus chaud). Personnel très sympathique.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

l hôtel est bien située sur une belle plage
Très dépaysant le petit déjeuner est copieux et délicieux le dîner est toujours excellent accompagné de bons petits plat

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Omdat we pas ‘s middags vertrokken, maar om 10 uur ‘s ochtends moesten uitchecken, vroegen we of we wel mochten blijven om te zwemmen, drinken, eten etc. Dat mocht en we hebben zelfs de kajak even mogen lenen om het water op te gaan. Minpuntje was de barman die geen wisselgeld teruggaf en zichzelf brutaal een fooi wilde toe-eigenen.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2019

Reidun

Hyggelig og service innstilt hotell

Vi var tre voksne damer som hadde bestilt et tremannsrom. Det viste seg at vi fikk et tomannsrom med en gjesteseng. Etter en natt på hotellet ga de oss et rom til uten kostnad uten at vi hadde kommentert noe. Dette gjorde at de to siste døgnene ble mere behagelig og vi satte stor pris på denne oppgraderingen og velvilligheten fra hotellet.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

21 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Ein großes Lob an die Hälfte des Personals. Sehr nett und aufmerksam.
Jedoch steht in der Beschreibung, dass es Wasser kostenlos gibt, dies jedoch nur teilweise stimmt. Pro Tag bekommt man pro Person einen halben Liter Wasser in Glasflaschen abgefüllt. Den Rest muss man sich kaufen für fast 4 Euro für 1,5Liter Wasser! Die Katzen wurden von einem Barkeeper mit dem Handtuch verscheucht, dass man vor Gästen vielleicht nicht machen sollte bzw generell nicht machen sollte! Das Essen ist sehr gut trotz der etwas höheren Preise. Der Strand könnte noch etwas sauberer gehalten werden.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2019

Monica

El hotel es fantástico. No tiene muchas habitaciones por lo que el ambiente es muy tranquilo y relajado. Las habitaciones son muy cómodas, con unas vistas espectaculares al mar. El hotel está decorado con un estilo rústico pero con muchos detalles de buen gusto y, sobre todo, muy bien cuidado. El personal es muy amable y dispuesto a ayudar al cliente. Además, ponen a su disposición bicis y kayaks de forma gratuita. Nosotros disfrutamos cada minuto que estuvimos alojados.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice hotel at a quit empty beach. Very nice staff.
The food quit expensive but tasty.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2019

hirorin

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