Mangrove Lodge

I have never stayed in a hotel where the service and experience progressively got worse each day. Everything just started going downhill during our second day you wake up in the morning and the first thing that happens is you are asked about joining one of the tours and offer through the hotel and they do that every chance they get and the moment they find out that you have a booking For a tour with another company and not through them, they will just little snide comments and make you regret your decisions. The second thing was the food you had to order lunch hours before and when you ordered for specific time you get to the restaurant you still have to wait at least another 30 minutes to get it, I ordered calamari on one of those days for eight and only got four small pieces of calamari and that was it just for small pieces of calamari and fried plantain so that was basically two dollars per calamari. There was an element of feeling unsafe because one of the mornings as I was walking up to breakfast there was a strange man just walking around and when I get to breakfast, one of the staff members there tells me that there’s a man who has been asking about me and looking for me and as I turned there, that man is standing right there and my question was, how are you letting this man on the premises, and what if you wanted to come to me and you guys are letting him walk around this entire place because I ran into him on the other side of the hotel so there was that as well which made me feel extremely uncomfortable and uneasy and unsafe. They didn’t spray any mosquito spray as it’s common in the area to in and spray the room with mosquito spray at the end of each evening they only did that first night and we had to keep them and each time it was met with just a sigh of inconvenience like we were inconveniencing them getting there difficult worth it and I think that is the one thing I can attest to being the better part of this entire establishment, but that aside the services awful. You will go hungry, we told the bar open a specific time but it wouldn’t open. Also they change their rules at one day. It’s OK to have a meal by the bar closer to the beach the next day you can’t do that but then you’ll see them. Send them food down for specific people so that was also extremely offputting, I can safely say I will never set foot in that place ever again. Also, the WiFi was bad

We arrived at the Mangrove during our short stay in Zanzibar, even though it wasn't quite what was expected, it worked out for the best. I loved the concept of the Eco friendly property with all the fruit trees and all of its habitats. I was able to walk to the beach. The beach doesn't have turqoise water but just having accessibilty was good enough. Seeing the locals work on their fishing boats, fishing and come out and part take in a game of football and swimming was great, it reminded me of my home island Trinidad & Tobago. The staff was amazing and accommodating, they went above and beyond to make our group feel comfortable and welcomed. My choices of food options were great. My favorite was the seafood platter, fish and the prawns avocado salad. Our group planned to wear white one night at dinner and we decided to do so when Haji suggested dinner on the beach because we ordered seafood. It was a last minute and turned out quite beautiful thanks to Mauwanna's decorations (I'm sooo sorry if I mispelt your name luv). The setting was beautiful and we even had a bon fire. A big thank you to Veronica, Paschal, Mauwanna, Khalifa, Berta, and my room attendant (can't remember her name, please forgive me) and Haji. You all made my stay memorable with your smiling faces. Thank you soo much for having me, it was quite an experience. I would be back. Continued blessings to your business. Haji thanks for accommodating us on the last day of our travels back home, it was greatly appreciated.

Beautiful secluded paradise, private Beach . Amazing infinity pool. Very remote which adds to the chsrm , no tourist. Charming owners ,only 10 Rooma - close to stown town . Gorgeous groubds and Beach club , lots of activities available , exeptional