R5MQ+JXG, Vuga Rd, Stone Town, Zanzibar West, TanzaniaSee Hotel Details
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6.4/10
12 review
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Beatrix & Fefe
Double Room
Stayed in Jul 2025
Traveling with friends
4 review
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Aug 14, 2025
Very Beautiful place, clean & a lovely atmosphere
The breakfast is 10/10 😅🙌
Had a lovely stay
Just behind stone town & at the centre of the town great for visit around sorrounding areas
They helped us through the visit 👍🙂
6/7
Itai
Double Room
Stayed in Jun 2024
Couple
3 review
10/10
Outstanding
Posted on Jul 28, 2024
The front desk staff was out of this world, he explained to us how to go about town and even gave us advice on how to interact with the locals. The breakfast was exquisite 😋 the rooms are very spacious.
6/20
Guest User
Double Room
Stayed in Jan 2025
Solo traveler
87 review
9.5/10
Amazing
Posted on Feb 24, 2025
I enjoyed my stay
Guest User
Double Room
Stayed in Jul 2025
Traveling with friends
1 review
2.0/10
Posted on Aug 27, 2025
Highly not recommended! We didn't stay and lost the money we'd paid for our well-advanced reservation. The manager first denied it was the property we'd booked, and after showing us around Stone Town looking for our place, we returned and said it was FULL!!!! We were then bounced to a dilapidated property, claiming it was the same. On the second day, we booked a B&B on our own, losing our money. DO NOT BOOK THIS PROPERTY!!!!
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Илья
Basic Twin Room
Stayed in Jul 2025
Booked for others
12 review
2.0/10
Posted on Sep 1, 2025
There were no places, although they blocked it, I had to rent in another hotel
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Guest User
Stayed in Dec 2022
Traveling with friends
2.0/10
Posted on Jan 31, 2023
I'm not going to rate the Retro Hotel's facilities because I didn't get to see them. We had a reservation, but upon arrival, we were told they were full and were taken to another hotel "owned by the same owners." The hotel in question is Kekele Square, deeper in the old city, above a bar with loud music until 3 a.m. The second hotel was much worse: small rooms, dirty bathrooms, no towels, and in some, the showers didn't work properly and water was leaking everywhere. We asked for a room change, but they didn't offer a solution. Very poor management and not recommended.