Jafferji House

A charming boutique hotel with a fantastic location right in the heart of Stone Town. Everything was as expected – comfortable stay, helpful staff, and a perfect base for exploring the historic city. Would recommend for anyone looking to experience Stone Town's unique atmosphere.

We had booked 2 rooms through our travel agent for our family with 3 teenage children. On arrival, it turned out that they had overbooked our reservation and the rooms were occupied by other people in the meantime. The gruff lady at reception made no effort to address or rectify this problem. |We received, after a phone call, confirmation from our travel agent that both rooms had been reserved and paid for a month before and that the hotel had mailed a confirmation of this reservation.|When we calmly mentioned this to the receptionist, she still refused to talk to us and was so arrogant that she would not even look at us. |Being experienced travellers, we did not let it affect us too much and, through the intervention of our travel agent, were able to travel on to the beach hotel where we would stay for the last 5 days of our holiday. So it turned out to be 7 days.|Jafferji house looked quite a nice hotel, but loses all its value for us because of an unprofessional staff member at the front desk. Pity.||

Very cool old hotel, it feels like you’ve stepped back in time there. My room was comfortable and large, but very dark. There is no comfortable seating other room or elsewhere- just hard wooden furniture.||The uniqueness of the property, its very central location and the bargain price make it a good choice for Stonetown.

Excelent location. The personal was very attentive. My daughters got a nice suite. Open bathroom and shower. It was ok with us. Our room on the other hand had a closed bathroom but it was a little bit smelly. For one night it is ok. The breakfast buffet includes omelettes, sausages, baked beans ...if you ask for!

Hotel itself was not bad, but has the worst staff ever. When we arrived they had completely ignored the "twin beds" request on the booking, and had no other choice than giving us an upgraded room.||Problems came later. We arrived by car and needed somewhere to park. The hotel has no parking, but the lady on the reception desk told us we could park around the old fort, so we did. The next morning, someone deliberately has deflated the 2 front wheels to avoid us driving it. So we came back to the hotel and asked to call the police. Incredibly, nobody knew the number of the police, nobody wanted to help, and all seemed quite funny with the situation and continuously were laughing at us.

A lovely hotel - we had a really nice stay here. The view from the rooftop whilst having breakfast was spectacular. Rooms are very clean and tidy. Hotel is right in the heart of stone town.

Very nice hotel with good views for breakfast! Totally recommendable!

Utterly enchanting- from our 5am arrival until our departure 3 days later we were looked after so incredibly well. The hotel organised our airport pickup and opened up with a gentle tap (you may need help to find it as it’s in the narrow streets of old Stonetown). The front of house was superb and Peter took care of us. The hotel has so much atmosphere, full of antiques and lush vegetation. Breakfast is in the roof balcony. Excursions can be organised. I had read a few unpleasant reviews but I can’t think why, cleanliness was first class and the hospitality was outstanding. I hope you are lucky enough to find a room - we stayed 3 nights it was so good.