Opera Hotel

I stayed at the opera hotel recently for 7 nights with my wife and we were absolutely delighted with our experience here. All of the staff were amazingly welcoming, and the owner was particularly helpful when booking our safari trip. The rooms were spacious and spotlessly clean, with the bathrooms up to a modern standard, whilst keeping within the style of the hotel. The pool was well kept, and a good place to relax, and the restaurant had a menu that would suit all tastes. The hotel is around 15 minutes walk to the beach, however, this journey is less than 5 minutes in a taxi or Tuk Tuk. Overall, I would highly recommend this hotel to any potential guest, and will definitely return on my next visit to Zanzibar

First of all this place has bed bugs. My husband woke up with a bed bug crawling on his leg and I woke up with over 20 bed bug bites. The first night I thought it was just mosquito bites but bedbugs bite in a distinctive type of way where they will bite you multiple times in the same area,whereas mosquitoes Will only bite you once maybe twice in the same area. I did speak to the woman in charge, an Italian lady. I explained to her the situation, wanting to hear what steps she would take to remedy this problem. Instead she gave me a discount on my bill, (well appreciated) and explained to me that a family came in August and they also complained about getting bit in the room. However, the mans wife and child did not appear to have bites, and so she dismissed their claims as something unrelated to her hotel. She said, since the father was the only one with the bites, then he must of gotten the bites on a boat trip, and since I also took a boat trip with my crew, I must’ve gotten the bites on the boat trip as well. The problem with that explanation is that there are no bedbugs on the boat for one. Secondly, we all went on the boat so we should all have bites by that reasoning. The fact of the matter is, not everyone reacts to bug bites. You can get bit and not have a bump or a visible mark. So the husband that woke up with plenty of bites, all over his body and his wife, who woke up with zero bites all over his body only woke up that way because she and the child did not have an allergic reaction to the bedbugs. Sometimes you can catch malaria through mosquito bites without even seeing any mosquito bite on your body, this is the same concept. We do not all show visible Allergic reactions to bug bites. I explained this to the lady, however, it seemed as though she did not want to accept it, which lets me know she will not be correcting the issue because she does not believe that there is an issue. I just want to warn anybody who may be thinking of staying there, if you wake up with bites, do not let that lady tell you that you got it from the boat, surely you would see the bugs in the daytime on a boat. The bugs are in your bed. They bite at night when you sleep thats how they go unnoticed and thrive. 4+ of the people in my group also complained about waking up with bites all over their body. However, they did not know it was bedbug bites until after we left the hotel and we all spoke about it together. Bed bugs are easy to catch and have nothing to do with cleanliness, this hotel is very clean. Bedbugs tend to lay eggs in your belongings and soon after they infest your home when you bring your things back with you. They are very hard to get rid of but it is possible if you take the matter seriously and research the correct methods or hire a reputable professional in this area. My second issue with this place is the timings for the restaurant. You can’t bring food in according to the rules and regulations. You can’t eat in your room, accordin

We spent six nights at this hotel, located about a 10-15 min walk from Nungwi Beach. The hotel is very comfortable and has an amazing pool area. The staff is great and you will have everything you need the whole stay. The breakfast is included and we had lunch here everyday, not to expensive at all and a quite big menu to choose from. The only downside could be the walk back from Nungwi at night. It’s a quite lonesome, dark road and we took a cab some of the nights to feel safe but the nights we walked home we didn’t get in any trouble. All and all a great experience and a lovely hotel which I would love to visit again. Just book it :)