Essque Zalu Zanzibar

We had a lovely few days at Essque Zalu. As some of the comments say the property isn’t as polished as it could be but the staff make up for it. Always happy and interested - they will do all they can for you. We stayed in an ocean suite and it was lovely to hear the waves at night and sit on the deck. Elal in the bar and Mahmood in the restaurant stood out for us. We stayed on a half board basis and both breakfast and lunch had plenty of options and each night the food was different. We also had lunch at the pool on one day and that was a huge portion size. The location is gorgeous but remember beach shoes as there are lots of sea urchins. It is a short walk to some lovely bars and white sandy beach.

The door lock was hard to open everything else was perfect

We had a wonderful stay at the hotel. Really quiet and nice place. Directly to the ocean but you cant swim. The pool is very nice!

We visited in November for our honeymoon, opting for seafront suite and the all inclusive package. At check in, they tried to put us in their lowest class of rooms available, even when we had confirmation on our side. They said they could get it sorted out by Monday morning (it was saturday), leaving us in the wrong room for 2 nights. Worth noting that the resort was completely empty, they could’ve honoured our reservation. We ended up having to wake up our travel agent abroad to speak on the phone with the booking manager (who offered to move us to the correct room for a fee…) Ended up in the right room The service staff was so nice! Went above and beyond to make our experience nice When we were there the resort was empty so buffet restaurant became a set menu.. we had to complain to have more variety for lunch and dinner. All inclusive also doesn’t get you access to any alcohol except local beer and wine, and no access to the jetty restaurant. The pool could use some maintenance, it actually stained our swimsuits. Worth noting that the beach is impractical, my husband got stung by sea urchins when he tried to go in (shout out to the staff for a pool-side surgery that saved him) Overall, the staff really made the stay better, but I would say this is not a 5 star all inclusive stay, and the managers seemed money hungry, unwilling to make our stay better

We liked everything about the hotel, staff were lovely , room was perfect, location stunning . A short walk to restaurants and not far from Nungwi . Would recommend for comfort and peaceful location.