Nest Style Beach Hotel Zanzibar

Wonderful boutique hotel. Beautiful beach, very tasty food and smiling hotel staff. On-site gym (it's a bit old, but it's there) and two swimming pools. Large selection of drinks and a la carte dinner. Open buffet breakfasts and dinners. Rooms cleaned daily. In the evenings, just before dinner, an interesting tradition of getting to know each other with local juices and alcohol.

This is our best place to stay in Zanzibar so far.We rented a car and stayed in 7 hotels around the island and we fell in love with this cute and well run hotel,especially when know how hard is run all the logistics here in Tanzania. But managers and all the smilling staff did our stay unforgettable. Hotel itself is not as big as resorts in other countries,but has a family atmosphere and personal touch.Rooms are so cute as well as gardens and reception area.Food is very good,especially a pa carte menu food ,which is included in all inclusive option,as well if you are not on all inclusive,a la carte prices are more than reasonable. Try dhow boat cruise which is another original plus and walk on the beach when low tide,where there you will find beautiful small banks. So,the conclusion is that for sure we are going to stay in this hotel next time when we come back to this beatiful island,can’t forget the quality of the service and entertainment personal,cute rooms and property.

Nest Style gets it right when it comes to providing nice accommodations, friendly service, really good food and drink. I have stayed in more luxurious places and on the opposite end much less expensive lodging. What we appreciated with Nest Stle is it did what it does well without being pretentious, at a price point that makes one feel they got a bargain. It checks all the boxes (that really matter) Friendly service- ✔ Accommodating to guests needs- check Good food and drink - ✔ Wifi consistency - check (a few outages but very few) Simple but tasteful decor - ✔ Attentive staff but not over bearing for tips and or trying to up-selling stuff- ✔ All in all a great place for the price paid. Some things to improve on but merely personal preferences. - Morning Coffee. With Tanzania and Kenya coffee producers. Their coffee should highlight this and coffee should be from the region and bean to cup. - the fitness center really needs a re-do. - if all inclusive, refill the mini fridge daily. Having said this, the food and drink was very plentiful and easy to get at the bar / restaurant just a few feet away from my door. Bottom Line. Highly recommend the hotel, think new management is trying to improve on a good hotel and concept. It takes about 1.5hrs to get from the airport to the hotel by taxi and plan on paying $100 round trip. Also did not realize until we arrived that Visa cost depends on Nationality. Germans pay around 50 euros for single entry. US pays $100 per person multi entry.

When first arriving here we were very warm welcomed by friendly staff. The rooms are spacious, there are two pools and the hotel is at the beach. The sea front is very shallow and one must take care not to step on sea urchins. The staff makes the difference at this place, they are very helpful and taking care of all our requests, also requests out of the ordinary. We liked the Bar-B-Q every evening with changing dishes. Good stuff all!

Location is great (don’t get discouraged by comments on tides), from the restaurant to the beach: the guys there take really good care of every detail and are really kind. We had some issues but they were promptly addressed. Food was really good as well, abundant and at a fair price. Excursions are presented, arranged and performed with high standards and attention to the customer. Only watchout is related to wifi connection, that was not consistent (they mentioned some issues related to the internet plan). Overall a great place to stay!

The Nest Style Beach Hotel offers a good value for travelers seeking an alternative to the constant tourist hustle of Stone Town. Located on the extreme southeastern shore of the island, Nest Style is about a 90-minute car ride from the Zanzibar airport. Just take the route toward the village of Makunduchi and you will find Nest Style literally at the end of the road. It was formerly known as La Madrugada Beach Hotel & Resort, as evidenced by the tiles at the bottom of the swimming pools that still spell out its past moniker. I never stayed there when it was the operated as the Magdrugada but, judging from the legacy reviews, the new management team for the Nest Style have made some marked improvements over the days of old. The property features 37 rooms spread over five separate two-story buildings with white adobe walls and thatched roofs. My small family of three stayed in two rooms during our week there. A problem with the air conditioner in our first room necessitated a move to another room to allow a repair crew in to fix the issue. Both of the rooms were nicely appointed in a style that featured a combination of finished concrete and natural wood. If you are looking for gleaming marble surfaces and silk sheets, this is not the place for you. But. if you want the laid-back vibe of a tropical isle with a “casual chic” décor, the Nest Style perfectly fills the bill. The centerpiece of the property is a rectangular garden that houses two swimming pools and a large two-story wooden structure with open sides that serves as the bar/restaurant/dining room. The lower portion features a bar that is reasonably stocked. They offer a variety of soft drinks, juices, a few local beers and a solid list of basic cocktails, including some “obligatory” tourist treats served in a hulled-out coconut. The upper floor is a dining room that offers nice breezes and a good view overlooking the pools and the beach beyond. It faces the east, so you get great views of the sunrise. The beach is not conducive for bathers who want to take an immediate swim. During low tide, you need to hike about 200 meters in knee-deep water over a sparsely sanded rock-and-coral seabed to get to water deep enough for a dip. High tide is not much better, with the closest water getting up to about waist-level. Water shoes are pretty much a necessity. We found the pools to be the best option for swimming, with warm water that was meticulously clean but not overwrought with chemicals. And we did enjoy the beaches for walking, shell-gazing, and the usual ambience that comes with being near the shore. Between the low fence marking the hotel boundary and the beach, the hotel maintains a wide strip of sand terraced up a few feet from the water’s edge that features some large lounging cabanas. They have pergola tops that allow you to seek sun or shade, as desired. The food served at the Nest Style is good and plentiful. A breakfast buffet is served each morning in the second-floor dinin