Zanzibar Queen Hotel

Right next to beach with two swimming pools and excellent breakfast.

Sometimes the hot water gets finished at peak hours.

The property is very clean. Staff is excellent.

The location is tough cause the beach is gorgeous but you can’t swim in the water.

The hotel puts you in the holiday mood instantly. Well appointed rooms, well-maintained lawns, activities, 2 pools. Food was the standout...we took the half board and it was the best decision cos food was great, flavourful, new options each day, you could even swap to pizza (which our teens were very happy about), not all dinners were buffet styled but in spite of the curtailed a la carte there was enough variety and each dish came well plated and good portions...also there aren't any close by restaurant options either so venturing out at night is not the wisest. They have live music on alternative days and one night they put all their tables around the pool for a bbq night and it was the most gorgeous set up which most other hotels would normally have charged additional. The service is great. We went during the football fever ie world Cup and although there are no TVs in the rooms they set up a screening room and it was yet another hang out area.

The sandy beach was really nice but due to the tides it isn't always possible to swim in the shallow sea. Also yr always approached by locals trying to sell you something, but that's across all beaches that we visited around. Driving distances to other sights are far and due to road conditions, the road is the major part of where you spend most of yr time on tours if you choose to base yrself in one place and take tours like we did. But coming back to the hotel each day felt great especially looking forward to the evening meal.

Booked the private villa with pool, didn’t like that when I was in the private pool a male staff just walked on to property and stopped and stared and then walked through to the beach . Creepy!