Is Africa House Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Africa House Hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Africa House Hotel?

Check-in start time: 11:30 AM; Check-in end time: midnight. After-hours check-in is not available.

Does Africa House Hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of USD 15 one-way applies.

Where is Africa House Hotel located?

Located in Stone Town, this beach hotel is steps from Nakupenda Beach, People's Palace Museum, and Marahubi Palace. Mbweni Ruins and Freddie Mercury Museum are also within 5 minutes.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Aug 25, 2014

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel with view of the sunset

Nice hotel near the waterline in Stonetown. Charming rooms with old fashioned furniture. The staff was very nice and helpful and the sunset bar is definitely worth a visit. However, the rooms are really noisy, especially on Friday when they hired a DJ to play till 2AM.

6/10 Okay

Maria

Oct 16, 2022

Ok, very expensive for the experience. Sea view rooms are extremely noisy.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Sameer

Aug 30, 2022

Disliked: Amenities

They double charged me for the dinner and charged me ($15) at the time of check-out without providing explanation of charges. The dinner was for $21 but my credit card shows it was charged twice. It was careless of the Africa House Hotel to charge me twice. I tried reaching them but they didn't respond. Please be careful when booking this hotel.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Alisan

Jul 15, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Guter Standort und schönes Zimmer. Gutes Personal, nur Frühstücksangebot sehr dürftig.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Apophia

Dec 13, 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cauchemar

Je suis restée une nuit et j'ai réussi à dormir 3 heures. L'hôtel est infesté d'insectes. Il est impossible de fermer l'œil sans se demander si on ne va pas être piqué en pleine nuit. Les chambres sont situées sous le café restaurant qui joue la musique jusqu'à 1 heure du matin. Les chambres équipées de fenêtres qui ne se ferment pas complètement, donnent également côté rue qui est très fréquentée avec un trafic dense de véhicules. J'ai rapporté mes mécontentents au Manager qui m'a dit que l'hôtel appartient à l'état qui ne souhaite pas faire d'importants travaux. Africa House n'est pas hôtel. Par ailleurs, ils pratiquent des prix qui ne sont pas à la hauteur de l'établissement. Aucune personne ne devrait y séjourner.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

P.M.

Aug 17, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fijn verblijf en servicegericht.

Netjes verzorgd en servicegericht voor de gasten. Bij aankomst op de luchthaven stond de medewerker klaar om ons gratis naar het hotel te brengen. Het ontbijt was goed verzorgd met verse producten.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Robert

Aug 10, 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Det dårligste 4 stjernede hotel

Hotellet er i en elendig stand, de billeder som ligger af hotellet på hotel.com er overhovedet ikke tilsvarende som hotellet ser ud nu. Hele hotellet er meget slidt. Vi kunne ikke få Rene håndklæder med det samme de beskidte var afhentet, da hotellet sagde at de kun havde 1 sæt til hver værelse og vi måtte derfor vente til de var vasket på et vaskeri i nabolaget og hentet. Vi måtte rykke for håndklæderne, da vi var vendt hjem fra stranden sidst på eftermiddagen og skulle have et bad. Vi fik dog kun 2 badehåndklæder og måtte igen bede om 1 til hænderne og 1 til at stå på når vi kom ud fra brusebadet- brusebadet foregik i et badekar som ikke var tæt ved gulvet, så det var vand ud på hele gulvet efter bad. Til morgenmaden var kaffen lunken og det kogende vand var også lunken, dette måtte vi sige flere gange. Møblerne vi sad i på terrassen i restauranten var møg beskidte, hynderne var udover de var beskidte fugtige. Det fælles toilet som ligger på etagen ved restauranten var også beskidt og med vand på gulvet flere steder. Vi boede på et 4 stjernet hotel ved Zanzibar østkyst og i skriver at dette hotel er et 4 stjernet hotel, sammenligner vi disse to hoteller, vil vi give dette hotel en lille 2 stjerner, for havudsigten , men desværre følger der også en masse affald med i den udsigt.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Adam

Jan 11, 2021

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

historic colonial building excellent seafront loca

the staff and management are very accomodating, even under challenging circumstances. this is not the ritz carlton or the four seasons, this is a historic colonial building right on the sea front and short walk to everything without being in the overpriced tourist traps like Hyatt. for authentic experience stay in colonial houses like this.

Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Mar 8, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Mangler heis. Kronglete korridorer.Gammelt.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Paer

Feb 2, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Bad communiction

Dålig kommunikation med med hotellet... Jag mailade om att få en gratis upphämtning på flygplatsen (det ingår). Det tog 1 vecka innan de svarade efter en reminder från min sida. Väl på flygplatsen var det ingen och mötte mig...blev tvungen att ta en vanlig taxi...hotellet gav mig ingen kompensation för det. Dåligt.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Angus

Jan 29, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great old hotel

Great old hotel, not over restored. Air con rooms. Very nice atmosphere.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mette

Jan 27, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent view

nice hotel next to Stone Town. Really nice view from the restaurant where the food was very good. The staff were also very nice and welcoming. The room was a bit dark with not much sun light, but I didn’t stay in there much anyway.

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Debbie

Jan 19, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Unpleasant

I paid more to get an ocean room view - big mistake. The bar was located above my room which meant loud music until the early house of the morning, followed by staff dragging furniture across the floor to set up for breakfast. Lots of dancing, drunk people, whoo hoo’s - all of which made for an unpleasant experience. 2 nights of very little sleep; I was glad to get out of there.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Ylva

Jan 14, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Mycket vänlig personal. Gammalt charmigt hotell.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Jan 14, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

The sea view rooms are not worth it cause they are located below the restaurant which means you will hear any chair that get moved and the music

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Shingai

Dec 12, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Great Customer Service

Great Customer Service. Great location. Slightly older building but overally a pleasing place to be.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kim, Nairobi,Kenya

Nov 29, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent place eventhough building is old compared to price. Just one thing, when u take a shower, do shower inside tube coz outside of tude height is different that water flew to the room.. Others were excellent...thanks a lot for all staff n service..

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Nov 12, 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Das Hotel ist sehr in die Jahre gekommen. Die Bilder im Internet sind sehr geschönt. Das Zimner war eine einzige Katatrophe. Das Personal ist freundlich und zuvorkommend.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Anna, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oct 21, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Very nice view from balcony and central in Stone Town.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Sep 23, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

La struttura è affascinante ma i bagni sono un po' vecchi.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Aug 26, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

部屋は、窓の外がすぐ海で素晴らしかったです。清潔さも申し分無し。水回りはやや古かったですが、お湯の出も問題無く不満は無かったです。ホテル内のカフェや、朝食のテラスの眺望も最高に良かった。朝食のメニューも予想以上に充実していました。スタッフの対応もフレンドリーでとても良かったです。残念だったのは、部屋ではWi-Fiが通じなかった事。二階のカフェ横で改修工事をしていて、少々うるさかった事。レセプションで空港までのタクシーを呼んでもらったのですが、そのタクシーが＄20と高額な請求をされた事。先に料金を確認しておくべきでした。総評としては、とても良いホテルで楽しく滞在することが出来ました。

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jörg

Aug 4, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Der historische Charme ist erhalten geblieben

Wer wie wir gezielt Hotel mit (noch) kolonialem Charme sucht ist genau richtig. Die Ausstattung der Zimmer entspricht den 50er oder 60er Jahren (bis auf WLAN und Flatscreen) und die öffentlichen Bereiche gleichen einem Museum. Das Hotel ist Teil der Stadtführungen die man überall buchen kann. Der Hit ist die Dachterasse bei Sonnenuntergang.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Rambart

Jul 29, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful African hotel

Beautiful African hotel in the middle of the city center. Walking distance to the beach and restaurants. Super friendly staff!

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Tarik

Jul 27, 2019

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Schlechtes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis/abgewohnt

In Stonetown, wo ich in unzähligen Hotels übernachtet habe, fiel leiderdieses Mal die Wahl auf das Africa House Hotel: die Schiebe-Fenster sind nicht komplett verschließbar; die Klimaanlagen sind sehr laut; die Steckdosen funktionieren nur teilweise und sind ungünstig gelegen; die Kissen sind wahlweise zu hart oder zu weich; die Zimmer mit „Seeblick“ zeigen zur Hauptstraße, wo eine Holperschwelle die ganze Nacht JEDEN Autoreifen hören lässt! Wenn man ein Zimmer mit Stadtblick hat, ist leider wenig mehr als das Nachbarhaus zu sehen; am ärgerlichsten ist, dass das Hotel direkt neben einer Bar und der Discothek „Tatu“ liegt, die beide bis spät in die Nacht ihre leistungsstarke Musikanlage laufen lassen und ein Einschlafen unmöglich machen. Ärgerlich ist auch, dass das Duschwasser das Zimmer unter Wasser setzt. Unser Wunsch, das Zimmer wegen des Lärms zu wechseln, wurde dankenswerterweise erfüllt. Ungewöhnlich war, dass das Zimmermädchen ein Stück Seife und die zwei Flaschen Wasser aus dem neuen Zimmer entfernen musste, weil wir es angeblich im ersten Zimmer schon genutzt hätten – was bezüglich der Wasserflaschen falsch war und bei Kosten von 20 Cent pro Flaschen unangemessen schien. Das Frühstücksbuffet ist klein, aber in Ordnung (Obst, Omelette, Müsli, Kaffee/Tee, Brot, Marmelade). Das Personal ist bemüht, aber sprachlich eingeschränkt. Ich würde dieses Hotel nicht wieder buchen, sondern nur für einen Blick von der Bar besuchen. Eine Generalüberholung ist dringend notwendig!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jun 30, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Africa House 1 night stay

Great location in Stone Town near key tourist attractions. Old building with lots of character but could use some renovations. Great overall stay and friendly staff. Excellent views from the restaurant terrace.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

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