The Manor House by Sansi

Absolutely great service and friendly staff

Set in a beautiful garden setting on high ground overlooking sea. Old colonial style architecture. Rooms are basic but have no kettle in the room. Toiletries, mosquito nets, excellent WiFi. Lovely staff. Great big breakfast and excellent coffee. No pool. Beach is long way downhill surrounded by mangrove. Need to walk some distance Shops and main road for transport nearby. Airport 4 kilometres, a Taxis costs 20000 Tsh. The number 506 dala dala goes into Stone Town from Mimi cafe.. Would definitely stay again

We booked this last minute to be closer to stone town and airport as had early hours flight we booked two nights although leaving early hours ofvsecond but wanted to keep room to sleep in prior to airport. Good value for money. The drive up to Manor is impressive like old colony building white washed met by staff who took luggage. Easy book in and shown to room only one flight of stairs so no lift. Upstairs communal lounge area overlooking extensive gardens and views of sea. Our room was ample big enough shutters on windows so could open but had a net window to stop insects air conditioning netting over bed had english plug sockets. Bottle of water comfy clean bed. Bathroom adequate although could do with renovation but clean no shower curtain so water went everywhere but lots of lovely hot water. Quiet location. Breakfast on veranda breakfast menu but good choice. We did have dinner one night set menu but if didnt like menu would offer alternative would definately recommend and would return

- Amazing building and gardens overlooking the sea (west coast), you can’t believe you’re staying somewhere so beautiful for that price. Unbelievable sunsets! - Staff are so friendly - particularly Richard (front of house), Catherine the chef, and Joel the Masai guard - Service is brilliant - they will take in your bags for you and do all they can to help you - We stayed one night after a late flight from the mainland as it was close to the airport - great location and meant we didn’t need to drive into Stone Town which is not fun to drive in - Free and secure parking - WiFi - Incredible breakfast which is included (!) - So cheap for the level of service you get - We liked it so much that we decided to come here for dinner on our last day in Zanzibar which was delicious - The car we had rented broke down outside the gates, blocking the driveway. About six staff members all came to help us push the car up the hill and out of the way, which was so kind. The manager also called our car rental company for us to ask them to come and fix our car. While we waited, they gave us a welcome juice drink and took in our bags. They are amazing. Only cons are that the bathrooms are a bit tired and could do with updating - though for the price you wouldn’t expect much better! There’s also no air con but I didn’t get too hot.