Archipelago Waterfront Cafe Zanzibar

AMAZING restaurant! The best curry we had in Zanzibar – highly recommended. We also stayed at the hotel and the manager was incredibly welcoming, offering us cold water and fresh mango juice while we cooled down 🙂. All the staff are amazing and very friendly. The best customer service we experienced in Zanzibar.

Perfect Lunch Spot at Great Prices. Had lunch here with family and every dish was spot-on. The garlic toast is worth a special mention — absolutely delicious. The food overall was superb, and the prices were very reasonable for Stone Town. Great place for a satisfying meal.

The waiters are super kind and friendly and the food is really tasty. Everything for a reasonable price. On top there is an amazing view with a terrace facing the beach.

Went there for breakfast very early. The espresso machine was broken so they offered us an even nicer coffee! Fair prices, good food and friendly service- definitely recommend!

This place charges in a ridiculous exchange rate when paying in credit cards- The menu listed prices only in TSH. At payment, we were told that credit cards were accepted only in USD and had to be charged using an exchange rate that was highly unfavorable to customers, adding about 10% extra. There was no notice of this at the time of ordering or in any visible place. We said we were willing to pay in USD using a fair market exchange rate, but the cashier and another older staff member did not speak English, kept rolling their eyes at us, refused to use the market rate, can only say “ATM ATM…” and followed us while attracting local people to provoke us. In the end, we exchanged money and paid in TSH cash instead. I’m telling you this is not the way of doing business in rest of the world. We should not condone this behavior. Food and waitress were very good.

I would avoid this place due to food poisoning. We went because of the reviews and order the bbq fish, fish kebabs octopus and calamari. Everything was ok but afterwards our stomachs hurt soo badly And it caused a lot of pain. We know for a fact it was this restaurant as we skipped breakfast and lunch that day and didn’t eat 24 hours before going here. The symptoms started 3-4 hours after we left which is when food borne illness always hits me.

I tend to have a great experience but this time not so much, I asked the waitress for more time to order but by the time I called her back she refused to come to my table to order so I just had to leave. Nasty work if this is how you treat locals these days

Amazing food, so delicious I could not have enought of their grilled white fish! But the place lacks the charm, and can get very smelly. Possibly because its too close to a sewer vent! Otherwise it was good priced meals and authentique.