Itsandra Beach Hotel & Resort

The Itsandra Beach Hotel is a clean oasis in an island country with an enormous litter problem, where any kind of garbage collection is obviously unknown and all trash ends up in the forests, in the sea or by the roads and town streets. Very different from all the other Mascarene Islands. So after exploring the capital of Moroni and the countryside of Grande Comore during the day, we were happy to return to our accommodation, where one can see how the whole country should look like. The Itsandra has its own private little beach, kept clean as well, and only when swimming in the sea by it, one will get touched by floating plastic bags or other refuse. The sunbeds were usually all occupied already, when we went there late afternoon and the water of the swimming-pool didn't look too tempting with the temperature of a thermal spa. Very friendly was the man in charge of the beach area. Unfortunately this cannot be said of some of the other hotel staff, especially at reception (no smiles, no greetings) with the big exception of a young man called Imran, who also did our check-in. First we were offered an upgrade into a bungalow above the pool, but when we asked to have a look at it first we saw that it was more of a downgrade into an old construction with a glass front that didn't open. We preferred to be given the room we had booked, a 'Chambre Supérieure de Luxe avec Vue sur la Mer'. It had a balcony with a great view out to the sea, especially at sunset and over a coastline of black volcanic rocks and a rich green vegetation. In the mornings we could see the fishermen in the water. For a 'de Luxe' room a lot was missing though. It had only one chair in the room and no chairs or table on the balcony. There was only on one side a reading lamp by the double bed. WiFi and A/C functioned well. The bathroom was separated by a glass wall from the bedroom, which we didn't mind, but which might not be to everybody's taste. There was a good choice at the breakfast buffet, but the lady in charge was one more unfriendly person. The place we liked was the bar with a great view over the sea, where we could order good Mojitos and Caipirinhas. Also we asked to have dinner here instead of the big hall with the crowd. Even when there was a buffet only we managed to get - thanks to Maître d'Hôtel - our 'Langouste' at the bar, all by ourselves. Food on all three evenings was excellent and we got to try Comorian specialities like 'Mataba' and 'Pilao'. Compliments to the chef.

Very nice hotel in Comores, friendly staff everywhere…Front desk reception, servers, cleaning, kitchen.. always smiling and ready to help, especially MIDILADJ Food was delicious and a good variety. Breakfast as well is good. Hotel a bit old and maybe need some maintenance and renovation but overall wonderful experience and will surely come back. The view is just WOW! Highly recommend if you are traveling to Comores

It was a good hotel restaurant with good food . The chef was super nice . We were a group of 11 persons from Hong Kong . We stayed 4 nights. The chef prepared different food for us in different varieties. We will not tired of the menus. Pizza, grilled fish , spaghetti , Chinese food and finally lobster . On the last day before we went to airport , he prepared a very quick lunch for us, highly efficient .

I really enjoyed my 3 day stay at Itsandra - the facilities and the service were outstanding - in particular, Anichat at reception could not have been more welcoming, helpful, informative and professional. I’ll definitely return to Itsandra.

Trip Advisor won't allow me to date it beyond 1 year ago. I lived at Hotel Itsandra from Nov 2009 to April 2010. Staff is great, food was better than anywhere in Comoros, and the view is great. Every evening, I would swim from the Itsandra beach, past the .6 meter clam 20 meters from the beach in the carved out rock channel, drop a rock into it causing it to slam shut like a vault. Dont get your finger stuck or you will drown in kess than 10 feet if water. Swim to the left until I got to a 2 meter round coral surrounded by 6 lion fish. Sometimes, you can see a yellow and black sea snake, they stay at the bottom in the sand. They are poisonous, but scared of people (i had a colleague who liked to pull their tails to my astonishment) Then I would swim to the end of the reef where the depth would drop off (dont wear any shiny objects if you do this) and swim north (to the right) parallel to the drop off line. You can barely see the outline of sharks and barracuda in the deep areas (they have better eyesight and can lurk a little farther than human view). As you swim north, past Itsandra by a 500 meters, I would cut right and swim to the rock cliff by Ali Kazma's house. There is a carved stairway from the ocean. From there, swim back to sandy channel (it literally looks like a ship plowed a channel through it to the hotel) and look for fun snakes, octopus, and lobster (with 8 foot antennae) along the way. The channel will lead you back to the large clam and the the hotel. The swim is .7 to 1.1 miles depending on how far North you swim. I loved the hotel staff and the manager then (Patrick Helou). They helped us get scuba gear and took us to shipwrecks. The beach huts are fun to live in too, but if you have lots of meetings, the main hotel is best to stay in.

Golden Tulip is a gem in The Comoros. I had good stay and the rooms are excellent. I love the Seaview. Anichat at the reception is the best and very helpful. She ensured my stay was very comfortable