Sea View Lodge

Our stay at Seaview was beautiful, the staff were amazing, the food was lovely, can’t understand why there are some bad reviews as we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The scenery was stunning having breakfast and looking out to sea, the dinners were very reasonable, cheap and lovely, me and my girlfriend Enjoyed ourselves very much and I hope to return at some point, thanks again to all the staff that took care of us, (we loved the cats) the hotel was very authentic in it’s architecture and being situated in the village meant we got to explore the local lifestyle/shops and overall ambience. Perfect if you’re looking for a relaxed vibe, it felt personal, like the staff understood us and our preferences.

Room with very basic equipment. Clean, although staff didn’t change towels all stay, even took dirty one and never replaced. The worse is food. Breakfast very limited, but even scrambled eggs flaky and tasteless. Dinners disgusting. Even we paid for half board, we ate outside. Staff especially in the restaurant unpleasant. So if you need budget place just to sleep, OK. But believe there are much more beautiful beaches in Zanzibar.

Unless you have never ever travel this hotel is the worth I ve ever experience with my family. See my pictures. It's a total.joke not saying something else to stay polite. There is no care in this hotel. Its abandoned.|I only notice something good. The pancake in the morning are quite good. But would you pay this price for 2 3 pancake in the morning while having a terrible experience.

We spend 4 nights here at the end of our 2 week Kenya/Tanzania safari. The staff were very quick to respond to our emails and organised our airport transfer and welcomed us with smiles. We stayed in the beachfront huts no 10 and 11 which were beautiful and right on the white sandy beach. We had very good powered showers with hot water all day and sun beds right outside our huts. We booked half board. The breakfast consisted of fruit plates, and also cooked breakfast which was lovely especially with the view of the ocean and the hotel is location on the right side to be able to watch the beautiful sunrise. Many dinner options but I liked the calamari the best and it was very filling as 3 courses. During high tide the gentle waves came up close to the fence and the water was warm. During the few hours of low tide it was nice walking on the wet sand along the beach. We did this in the mornings and also after dinner. Its a public beach so there were kids hanging out by the fence in front of our hut asking for drinks and biscuits but they never came into the hotel and hotel staff seemed to be keeping an eye in the background so it all felt very safe. Was good to see the local kids and tourists play football on the beach. The hotel organised a Fishing trip for us with the locals which was a lot of fun and they cooked our catch for dinner too! The cave for swimming 20min wakk away is worth a visit and we took a drumming class there too. Also recommend taking a quick taxi drive and the short boat ride to visit the Rock restaurant! Overall we loved the place and was sad to leave. Very friendly place, beautiful location.

This was PARADISE. We had the most amazing time here, it was hard to leave! The staff were fantastic and accomodating. This is a smaller hotel, with smaller rooms but we spent most of our time at the beach, on the day bed or in the pool, which we enjoyed as we had the beach all to ourselves and on our doorstep. We enjoyed our breakfast here and had lunch/dinners also. We visited many other restaurants nearby and still felt the quality, service and price were best at Sea View Lodge.

We stayed in one of the beach front bungalows for 10 days and had a wonderful time. The staff were so friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. Our holiday got off to a horrible start as our luggage got stuck in Dubai but management and staff at Sea View Lodge were so helpful and made sure we had everything we needed while waiting for our luggage. Cannot wait to return!

I can say I love this place. First of all - people. Never experienced in my life such an optimistic, smiling and helpful crew. People who work at Sea View Logde create the sprit and atmosphere of this place. Secondly I really appreciate the calm and relax you can get there. There are only few rooms which make your stay very intimate. You can always find yourself a sunbed without a problem or swim in the pool on your own. No crowd, no shouting etc. Food was very tasty and always fresh. Prices in the hotel are acceptable, but obviously it’s cheaper to eat or drink in the village. Rooms are not the highest standard, but you can get the real African culture experience. It’s all compensated by the view that you see every morning you leave your room. The hotel is located right next to the ocean. If you’re looking for a calm and relaxing holidays - this is a place for you.

Small and calm boutique hotel, perfectly located on amazing beach with white sand. I would say, it is on the best part of Jambiani beach (there is still sufficient space on the beach during high tide). Hotel has pool, massages, nice restaurant with tasty cuisine and about 16 houses to accommodate. Rooms are ok, comfy, a bit of renovation needed. The staff in the hotel is amazing, lovely people working there, very polite and helpful. I recommend it.