Stonetown View Hotel

Location: Malindi Street Opposite Cinema Afrique, Zanzibar City, tz

Star Rating: N/A Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Restaurant
• Family rooms
• Luggage storage
• Safety deposit box
• Tour desk
• Ironing service
• Car hire
• Packed lunches
• Currency exchange
• Non-smoking throughout
• Shuttle service (additional charge)
• Concierge service
• Grocery deliveries
• Kid meals
• Outdoor furniture
• Fire extinguishers
• Smoke alarms
• CCTV outside property
• 24-hour security
• Security alarm
• Broadcast Live sport events
• Television in common areas
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Free wired internet
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Hosted evening meal (reserve)
• Bicycle-friendly property
• Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle

Rooms Available

• Family Room with Private Bathroom

  This air-conditioned quadruple room features a flat-screen cable TV, a mosquito net , a private entrance, a ceiling fan and a seating area. It is fitted with an private bathroom with hot shower.

  Max Occupancy: 7 (5 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Interconnected room(s) available
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Electric kettle
  • Mosquito net
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Adapter
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Single Room

  The single room provides air conditioning, a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom featuring a walk-in shower and a bath. The single room features a wardrobe, a safe deposit box, a tiled floor, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, as well as city views.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Mosquito net
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Adapter
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Double Room

  This air-conditioned double room features a flat-screen cable TV, a private entrance, a fan and a seating area. It is fitted with an private bathroom

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Electric kettle
  • Mosquito net
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Adapter
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Triple Room

  This air-conditioned triple room features a flat-screen cable TV, a private entrance and a ceiling fan. It is fitted with an private bathroom with hot shower.

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Electric kettle
  • Mosquito net
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Adapter
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

• Twin Room

  This air-conditioned double room features a flat-screen cable TV, a private entrance, a mosquito net, a ceiling fan and a seating area. It is fitted with an private bathroom with hot shower

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Private entrance
  • Tile/marble floor
  • Mosquito net
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Terrace
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Adapter
  • Single-room air conditioning for guest accommodation
  • Hand sanitiser

Guest Reviews

• HAMISI IDDI (1/5): Big disappointment - Only Location The room was not clean. The toilet was in very bad condition. You can see cockroaches on the floor. Poor communication skills from the staff.
• Atallah (5/5): - Room was not clean the ac barely working need more work and attention
• HbbYns (3/5): -
• Kristoffer Folke (10/5): -
• Manyane (3/5): - The pictures on booking.com are far from the reality of the hotels current state & are definitely miss leading.
• Amy (4/5): I managed but won’t stay there again. No water was really unacceptable. - The location was good and easy to find. There was no water for almost the entire time and there was no breakfast available, as advertised.
• carole (9/5): -
• Rama (8/5): -
• Mohamed KAROSSI (10/5): -
• Kristin (8/5): -
• Bonnie-Jo (5/5): Perfect for people as a “hit and run” transit hotel. - Price, location. No towels, street noise, dark rooms.
• Moya (1/5): - Pas d'électricité pendant 3 jours de 4 à l'hôtel Aucune explication Chaque jour ils avaient une excuse différente... Aucune solution proposée Le jour du départ...bèh...on est parti sans électricité C'est un problème récurent dans cette hôtel... Dont Attention...il fait très chaud Plus de ventilateur ou de climatisation Plus de wifi On ne peut pas charger nos appareils C'est nul
• Zheal (5/5): - The staff were very polite and hospitable The. Bathroom stinks, most of the time , electric problems, and kitchen can be better kept, rats and rodent repellent control is needed
• ChMuh (2/5): - We booked 2 Double Bed rooms at Stonetown View Hotel but on arrival we were told that no room is available. So we were asked to move to another hotel names The Island Stonetown Hotel and offered complementary breakfast. The hotel was stinky, fridges not working, AC dripping water, Bulbs not wrking, No Towel or Toiletry. After changing 3 rooms, we had to fit in one double bed and one single bed room. Wifi was not working at nights. We were given breakfast timings from 6-10am, but there was no staff in kitchen even at 7am and we had to leave without breakfast both days..
• hadia eltom (10/5): -
• Arturo (1/5): Very negative experience - Horrible Dirty, lo light, no water, no support, toilet dirty, sheets dirty
• Małgorzata (9/5): -
• Sébastien (10/5): Si on cherche un endroit juste pour y dormir, c’est parfait! - Le prix, imbattable, avec une situation facile d’accès et idéalement placé vers le souk. L’hôtel est un peu… décrépi. Mais la clim fonctionne, il y a tout ce qu’il faut, et pour le prix, on peut pas attendre plus !
• Jody (1/5): - I made a booking and money was taken from my account without my permission, even though it stated that payment would only be made at the property. It has been a month and I haven’t received a refund. They are scammers, and I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.
• Bibi Somoe (10/5): Great staff. Great location. - Great staff. Farida was very hospitable and she went above and beyond to ensure my stay was comfortable. Everything was good
• Maeva (1/5): I would not recommend it at all - Staff was nice but their booking system was not working so it took some time to find a room. Really dirty, towel where yellow. There was moldy on the whole bathroom. Marks everywhere on the bedroom walls. Not clean at all. I would not recommend it to anyone. Localisation was good.
• Helena (9/5): I couldn’t be more thankful for the staff and everything they did for me. Thank you so much! - I love my stay at StoneTown View Hotel. Since I traveled alone, I felt like a family member at the hotel because everyone was so nice to me and always polite and helpful. I will definitely come back to this hotel!!! Thank you very much again. /
• Alessia (4/5): -
• Jean Luc POIRÉ (1/5): Désespoir à Zanzibar - Rien, nous avons annulé en arrivant, la chambre ne correspondant à la réservation,pas l'établissement comme écrit par l'hôte, honoré 1 nuit pour 80.000 tsh, et eu la désagréable surprise que l'hôte n'avait rien fait alors qu'il avait promis. Pas de serviettes, terrasse, moustiquaire, bureau, coffre-fort, balcon, pas de commande pour la clim bloquée sur 16°, bouilloire...et vue sur des tôles sous la fenêtre (111)
• Jimmy (6/5): Too noisy - For the tightest of budgets it was an excellent choice, simple lodging at the heart of the Zanzibar city. Surrounded by cheap local restaurants and close to the port it was very convenient for access to the stone town and port to Dar es Salaam Ferries. Well, it was too simple... Guest-house like logging and since it was on the road to the horbour and ferries it was too noisy from the hawkers selling tickets. The place needs a lot of fixing up from flickering lights to missing shower knobs and no towels. No parking space and breakfast is just eggs, toast and a couple of fruit slices. Definitely not suitable for a family stay.
• E (6/5): -
• Roberto (6/5): -
• Roberto (6/5): -
• Roberto (6/5): -
• Mirko (3/5): -
• Mirko (3/5): -
• Tom (3/5): Veldig lav stander på hele hotellet. - Beliggenheten var ok i forhold til sentrum. Mye hyggelig betjening Mye støy fra gaten utenfor. Mye rotter på tak terrassen hvor frokosten ble servert, og i gangen. Frokost ble oppgitt til kl 7 som også sto på info på rommet, men den var aldri klar før kl 7,30. Badet var lite innbydende og lite vann i dusjen. Mangel på håndklær flere ganger.
• Matti (7/5): Paras paikka lähellä kaunista rantabulevardia! - Aamiainen ravitseva ja yksinkertainen - päivän paras hetki! Ystävällinen palvelu. Varmasti yrittivät parastaan. Aamiainen kattoterassilla, josta kaunis näköala Intian valtamerelle. En voi nimetä yhtäkään moitittavaa asiaa!
• Yator (8/5): - Continence and friendly staff. Lack of WiFi I the facility
• Vauloup (3/5): - En fait, rien, si ce n' est le personnel qui est très correct. Notre réservation avec la vue sur Stone town n'avait pas été prise en compte du fait des problèmes avec internet. Nous nous sommes retrouvés dans une toute petite chambre sans fenêtre, salle de bain glauque et très mal isolé du bruit de la rue. Nous souhaitons même un remboursement. Nous sommes même partis sans profiter du petit déjeuner.
• Cerrini (7/5): -
• fabien (10/5): - Excell
• Hope (10/5): -
• Carnero sanchez (7/5): Bien - El hotel esta aun paseo del centro de la ciudad, es un poco viejo, pero estaba limpio las camas no estaban mal un poco viejo el colchon. Desayuno incluido bastante completo La mezquita tan cerca, te despierta bastante. Y quizas podrian darle un lavado de cara
• Christine (2/5): A éviter - Horrible ! Je ne recommande pas du tout cet hôtel est je suis étonnée que Hôtel.com le propos. J’ai payé 42€, il n’en vaut pas 10 ! Vétuste, salle, plomberie hs, … a fuir
• Verified traveler (2/5): Хуже найти сложно - Возможно, когда-то, лет двадцать назад, отель выглядел так, как на фотографиях. Ныне это настоящая помойка. Комнаты грязные, с разводами на стенах. Обещанной москитной сетки не было, от нее имелись обрывки крепления. Жуткая слышимость, с утра до ночи местные гомонили под окнами и носились на мотоциклах. Без включенного кондиционера вообще жить нельзя, с включенным кондиционером очень холодно, а одеял в отеле нет, только тонкие простыни. Санузел выглядит так мерзко, что я не решился принимать душ. Не понимаю, отчего у отеля такой высокий рейтинг.
• ABUBAKER (8/5): - Excellent customer service very friendly The only issue is room space and the breakfast we ate eggs every day 😁😁
• Myriam (8/5): court séjour à Stonetown - Hôtel très simple mais suffisant quand on est de passage pour visiter la ville rapidement. Le personnel est très agréable.
• Verified traveler (6/5): - Le personnel est très sympathique et accueillant. Mais pour le reste , il y a encore beaucoup à faire: lavabo, douche, wc tous pratiquement collés les uns aux autres, si une personne se douche, personne d’autre ne peut rentrer sinon on sera mouillé, les papiers toilettes il faut les demander tout le temps, de même pour les serviettes, cela peut faire 2 à 3 jours sans qu’elles soient changées .
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Locating the front door can be a little tricky but one you find it everything will be great! Nice location near the dock and a nice little coffee cafe nextdoor. Clean rooms and very helpful ladies at the front desk
• Lus (8/5): - Très bon rapport qualité prix, personnel incroyable 👌
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Excellent service, extremely clean, nice breakfast, very friendly hotel with great staff. I am now friend with most of them.
• Gino (10/5): Nice staff and clean hotel. - We had a lovely stay in the Hotel with nice staff and clean rooms and other areas! The only thing that made us upset was the apparent extra fee that was $9/night/person extra charge that wasn't written or included in Hotels.com.. This was greatly disappointing because the room was $18/night and this extra tax made it dubble the price which is an extreme increase and surprise when not mentioned in the booking (apparently this tax is addes in bookings.com but not Hotels.com) Hopefully this will be mentioned in the future with additional tax to pay in hotel. Other than that we loved the place and gice it a 5 star because of the nice and helpful staff and clean ac room.
• Christian (8/5): Sans problème - Personnel tres sympathique et serviable
• muru786rus (10/5): - Location is 5 min walk to the port. Close to all the main stone town attractions.
• Verified traveler (6/5): A mediocre place - The hotel entrance and reception not inviting. The rooms are small to normal size, clean but worn out. There is no mattress but foam. Internet service exists but very slow. Breakfast is ok. No fresh coffee or tea though, they come in tea bags here. The nearby mosque can be a nuisance at sunrise specially on your first day after an 8 hour flight. On arrival we were offered a triple room for about three hours until we were appointed to our reserved rooms. The best excuse was that the people staying in those rooms had not arrived to pick up their staff. In my opinion, the hotel is overpriced for what you get. There are nicer places nearby in similar prices.
• Giulia (10/5): - We experienced a welcoming atmosphere from all the staff and more from Wilson and Fatima. The location is perfect if you travel with the ferry from Dar Es Salam.
• Douglas (6/5): You Want economy, You Get a 2 star Hotel - I have stayed here several times, and continue to occasionally becasue of friendships I have formed with staff members. The staff are always helpful and polite. The hotel is a 2 star, in a noisy part of the city, but an excellent locartion near to the ferry port. THe rooms are very basic, and it is likelt that something does not working a room on a given day. The price is hard to beat, though.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Great place to stay if you are on a budget. The hotel is in the middle of stone town and close to everything. The staff are super friendly and helpful! The room was OK and clean, but there is no barrier between the toilet and shower. The overall experience was good but do not expect luxuries since it is a cheap hotel.
• Sondre (2/5): Not a nice place - You are woken up terrified at 5:30am by the extremely loud islamic call to prayer, chanted from speakers pointing directly into you room. There was no breakfast even though we paid for it, and the bathroom was not very clean. Almost no other guests there.
• doreen (8/5): - Great location.
• doreen (8/5): Value for money. - Central location . Great staff . Budget hotel but worth the price.
• James A (10/5): - The hotel staff was wonderful. The rooms were clean and the hot water abundant. Just a short walk from the ferry. Definitely would recommend it.
• anne (8/5): Rooms overbooked, but good manager made up for it - I was quite upset when we checked in and were told for 2 of our 3 nights, we would have 1 rm with 2 queen beds, instead of the 2 adjoining rooms I'd reserved and paid for on the booking site. But the manager was very willing to compensate us for the lost room according to our requests - we got a delicious meal and tour of a spice farm with transport from the hotel. The rooms are a bit old and run-down, especially bathrooms, but were clean and had good Windows and Ac. The rooftop terrace for meals is lovely, and the included hot breakfast was quite good, especially the fresh juice, fruit and the crepes they made one morning, and all the staff were kind and friendly. It is hard to find, especially since there was no sign, but other than some traffic noise from nearby busy road, location is good- ten minute walk on waterfront from Forodhani Gardens/old fort, and five from terminal for the fast ferries from Dar. Overall, it was a great place for us with our two young kids (5 and 8)-- as long as you can be a bit flexible, I'd recommend it.

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