Jafferji House & Spa
170 Gizenga Street Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Mjini-Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban/Wes, NONE, Tanzania
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170 Gizenga Street Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Mjini-Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban/Wes, NONE, Tanzania
Hotel Services and Facilities
Free WiFi
Free parking
Free breakfast
Pet friendly
Hotel facilities
- Garden
- Room Service
- Safety Deposit Box
- Air Conditioning
- 24-Hour Front Desk
- Express Check-In/Check-Out
- Fishing
- Packed lunches
- Heating
- Diving
- 24-hour security
- Concierge services
- Family Rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hair/Beauty Salon
- Massage services
- Snorkeling
- Daily Housekeeping
- Happy Hour
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Outdoor furniture
- Light therapy
- Temporary art galleries
- Cooking class
- Key access
- Smoke alarms
- Fire extinguishers
- Staff follow all safety protocols as directed by local authorities
- First aid kit available
- Cashless payment available
- Linens, towels and laundry washed in accordance with local authority guidelines
- Hand sanitizer in guest accommodation and key areas
- Invoices
- All plates, cutlery, glasses and other tableware have been sanitized
- Food delivery
- Audible alarm
- balcony/terrace
- Car rental available
- CCTV security in common areas
- Daily disinfection
- Ironing amenities
- Laundry services
- Luggage storage & lockers
- Non-smoking property
- Restaurant (special diets available)
- Spa services
- Tour services
- Room service available
- Airport shuttle (charges may apply)
- Shuttle service (charges may apply)
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- Kisauni Airport - 4.80 mi
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Sheehy (Couple)
stayed in February, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Location. Staff. Character.
Rachel (Family with young children)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Good sized room
Very clean
Boutique style
Breakfast was lovely
Desk staff were very helpful
Nothing
Ayele (Family with young children)
stayed in January, 2026
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Exotic location, at the heart of the historical stone town of Zanzibar, surrounded by local shops.
Way in is could be rather disorientating at the beginning. One has to walk though a narrow lane, off taxi at some distance.
Joyce (Couple)
stayed in April, 2025
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Location
Lack of dining services
Isaiah (Couple)
stayed in March, 2025
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Azhar (Family with young children)
stayed in January, 2025
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
Very clean and organized.
I would prefer breakfast with many options.
Helena (Couple)
stayed in January, 2025
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
In the middle of Stone Town. Very big room with nice deco. Really charming and interesting deco in the whole building, with nice old photographs and sculptures. Good breakfast on the roof top.
The shower was a bit outdated with leaking shower head and not enough warm water. But that was a minor thing compared to everything else that was good.
Paolo (Couple)
stayed in January, 2025
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
It’s a fabulous and fascinating old building with the charms of India. Very friendly and helpful staff.
It could use a renovation at the level of basic facilities such as showers, handles etc.
Ahowler (Family with young children)
stayed in December, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
It's near to everything worth seeing or doing in Stone Town. Close to the sea, ferry, restaurants, shopping and markets. It's very centrally located.
The building has all of the original features, as is common in Zanzibar Stone Town.
It did not have a pool or gym. It didn't have a wardrobe. Stone Town seems to have a rating system entirely different from the rest of the world. A four star hotel can get away with having no pool, no gym, sometimes no TV and rated 4 or 5 stars!
The pricing will also be in the $100 range.
Otherwise, breakfast was adequate with fruits and juices as well as the other usual breakfast favourites, like tea and toast. The view from upstairs is also nice, where you can have breakfast.
The staff were friendly and helpful.
Mufaddal (Group Traveler)
stayed in December, 2024
Guest Score 6 out of 10
Pleasant
Salvatore (Group Traveler)
stayed in October, 2024
Guest Score 9 out of 10
Wonderful
Amazing location, good vibes and the place interior design was a wonder to observe and take in. The gardens were well kept and each space is filled with history to tell. If you're in Stone Town I really recommend a stay.
From my view the room was amazing and well designed but it lacked a bit of privacy in the restroom and shower area.
Jan (Business Traveler)
stayed in September, 2024
Guest Score 1 out of 10
Very Poor
Vikram (Solo Traveler)
stayed in September, 2024
Guest Score 10 out of 10
Exceptional
1) amazing location - honestly, doesn't get better than this. Heart of Stonetown, easy to access all the sights and very safe at night. I'd come back late at night and felt totally safe
2) Great reception and staff - helped me with booking tours, taxi, buying spices, the works. Friendliest in the world, thanks Mohammad and Mallanna.
3) Spacious room, great decor. I took so many photos this will deserve its own album on facebook! Feels like a proper exotic James Bond'ish hotel
4) Great bed, no issues with hot water, etc. Quiet stay, no noise
1) Breakfast; staff were disinterested, disconnected and the breakfast was very haphazard. Some days you a certain item, some days you don't. I'd have to tell the same lady who attended to me every day that I am veggie when ordering my scrambled eggs, and she'd yet always bring it to me with a sausage. Don't expect a whole lot for breakfast and if you do find one item available, grab it whilst stocks last!
2) Wifi is awful and flaky. I know this may not be a big criterion to a lot of people but I had to take a few office calls and wifi was non-existent in both my room and the corridor outside (despite being told it would), the only "stable" place was right by the reception and even there, it would just disconnect automatically and you had to sign back on. In this day and age, it was a bit annoying.
Joanne (Family with young children)
stayed in August, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
Location amd stafg
Breakfast was basic.
Deanne (Couple)
stayed in August, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
The location was excellent. It was an interesting building with lots of history. It was a great Zanzibar experience. The staff were very helpful. With regards to the room -we could open the windows for fresh air and there was a fan and aircon.
We were in the Karma Sutra room and the toilet didn’t have a door and the walls didn’t reach the ceiling. The towels need upgrading although they were clean and changed every day.
Kader (Couple)
stayed in May, 2024
Guest Score 1 out of 10
Very Poor
Nothing , too old, equipment are falling apart.
Nothing, avoid
Basma (Family with young children)
stayed in May, 2024
Guest Score 2 out of 10
Poor
The hotel is very centrally located with lots of shops and a very good coffee shop next to it (Karafuu).
Unfortunately, the hotel was not what we expected. It felt like the rooms had not been fixed in forever, the showers heads, the towels, the bedsheets were all stained, the painting/wall paper was falling off, the rooms were dusty and even the hotel itself was not well kept. We had a bad experience with bed bugs, woke up with lots of bites and when we informed the reception they did not take it very seriously a part from re-cleaning the room nothing else was even suggested to us. The rooftop terrace had a nice view but the breakfast was very mediocre.
Larissa (Business Traveler)
stayed in March, 2024
Guest Score 8 out of 10
Very Good
Agnieszka (Solo Traveler)
stayed in February, 2024
Guest Score 7 out of 10
Good
A good location and stylish deco.
Dump in the room, very evident in the bathroom. The property also charged two sets of extra payments - for the city, and for the infrastructure- I wasn’t really sure if this was legit or just a way to make extra monies
Emmanuel (Business Traveler)
stayed in February, 2024
Guest Score 9 out of 10
Wonderful
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Area information
- Kisauni Airport - 4.80 mi
- Victoria Gardens - 0.48 mi
- Pugu Station - 48.91 mi
- Ngeta Station - 53.70 mi
- Zanzibar - 4.21 mi
- Dar es Salaam Harbour - 46.81 mi
- Mbwamaji Harbour - 48.92 mi
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Jafferji House & Spa
170 Gizenga Street Stone Town, Zanzibar City, Mjini-Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban/Wes, NONE, Tanzania