Reef & Beach Resort - Spa Jambiani

Beautiful sunset, good bar & meals, Amazing facility (literally everywhere is more than great) and nice hospitality. I should have booked here at least 3 nights. If you want to stay near famous beaches, then tourist attractions are not in walking distance, but you dont even need to go, staying in this resort is perfect enough. GOOD VIBE!!

We spent 8 nights in Reef and Beach resort at the beginning of May. Due to the delayed flight, we arrived the resort quite late but the hotel ensured that we had sandwiches and fruits when checked in. Nice touch. We stayed in the mangrove suite, simple but fine for us. Aircon worked perfectly, plenty of hot water for shower. Meals in the all inclusive restaurant were good with varied dishes to try on the themed nights...minor things were "beer not cold enough". Tasty snacks were available in the afternoon, no chance of getting hungry! During our stay, weather was a mixture of occasional downpour and sunshine. The beach was rocky with extreme high and low tide. One day the tide was so high and strong that the jetty was damaged. This is nature! Hotel acknowledged the inconvenience and provided free excursion to Paje. There were some building work in the hotel which were fenced off. Hopefully, the resort will have a new look when completed for the busier season. Colobus monkeys were seen every morning, very cute but we didn't find any nocturnal bushbabies. Before our arrival, we did our research of the resort, its location, beach and culture - all have lived up to our expectations. A big thank you to the helpful and friendly staff !!

Our first time in Zanzibar and this was the hotel we chose for our 11 night holiday. We had zero regrets!! The hotel was lovely and very traditional looking - we loved this, compared with a big commercial hotel. Beautiful views of the Indian Ocean!!! First impressions: - Staff were very welcoming & friendly, Advised us that check-in is 3pm (we arrived approx 11:30am) but our All-Inclusive begins immediately so we could go eat & chill around the resort until we had a room sorted. We didn’t have to wait too long as our room was ready at 12:30ish. Whilst we were waiting, we were shown to the showers & changing rooms which was great after a long time travelling. - Hotel was very clean & there was rarely a cleaner out of sight. The public toilet areas were always clean & well presented. - Our room was a bungalow on the beach front …… AMAZING!!! - The hotel was busy but you wouldn’t know through the day, only at meal times. It was fabulous for us as we wanted a chilled out and relaxed break. Spa: OMG what can i say - this place was a godsend. Whilst we were at the resort we had 6 treatments between me and my partner. 2 x Full Back Massages each and on our last night we booked a Hamman Spa treatment. The staff were fantastic!!! Would highly recommend booking a treatment with the team if you stay at the hotel! After our first massage both me & my partner had the best nights sleep ever!!! Trips: We used the onsite trip company Crab and Lobster. Amir was fab in helping us make the best of our stay in Zanzibar. All staff were amazing - very friendly and helpful no matter the questions or requests we had. Some special mentions to highlight: Buffet restaurant Manager: Alvin - thank you for looking after us daily 😊, Buffet restaurant waiter - Daniel “Mr Chelsea” - thank you for serving us so proudly and having football conversations with Gavin every time you served us! 🙂. Monica & Alos in the jetty bar - you were fabulous and made the days pass whilst we were laid down at the jetty.