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Tembo Hotel
Tembo Hotel
Tembo Hotel

Reviews of Tembo Hotel

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8 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Tembo Hotel and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Mr & Mrs S
E Sussex

"Tembo Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 4 Mar 2015
"The hotel was acceptable as stop over in Stone town, clean, comfortable and convenient." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 7n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Poor
Facilities:
Average
Miss B & Mr G
Taunton

"Wouldn't stay here again"

2 nights Arrived 25 Aug 2014
"Unfortunately this hotel failed to meet up to our expectations. Every hotel we had stayed in previously with Expert Africa had exceeded our expectations, however this one feel short.

Weren't able to stay in the main hotel, so we were transferred to an apartment block opposite the hotel. There appeared to be a lack of security here, pretty much allowing anyone to walk in and out of the block. The room was incredibly spacious but appeared to be unfinished. We were in a twin room also which was a shame.

After asking to move, the hotel transferred us to a lovely room in the main hotel without any fuss, which was great. However the general room quality needed updating." See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 4n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mr D
Edinburgh

"Tembo Hotel review"

4 nights Arrived 8 Sep 2013
"Room very spacious and comfortable (would have liked a view). Construction of nearby hotel ruined sleep on final night; cement mixers working all night. Hotel management did try to stop it but with no success.. Perhaps you should monitor the effect on Hotel Tembo of this new, large hotel next door.

Friendly helpful staff and an excellent swimming pool are pluses, as is the location on the seafront." See all these reviews: 4n in Zanzibar; 3n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Miss S
UK

"Tembo Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Feb 2012
"A very poor hotel.

We had a room that was next to a very noisy generator that was on all night. Next morning I immediately asked to be moved and they seemed very un-surprised by the fact. Our second room was ok.

Stone Town is filthy and has no buildings, sights, activities or cultural interest of note to encourage anyone to visit it. I would never recommend anyone to go there and wished we had been advised to travel to the airport from Matamwe.

Being next to the sea was a slight plus. The amount of debris and litter washed up and just left on the beach was not pleasant." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Average
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Poor
Mr & Mrs W
Berks

"Disappointing and frustrating end to trip"

2 nights Arrived 27 Sep 2009
"These guys really got off on the wrong foot. The 'welcome' at reception consisted only of pushing an arrival card for us to fill in, having glanced in our direction only long enough to tell where to push the card.

They then put us in a twin room (on our honeymoon). We complained and were offered a 'double', in which only a pair of children could possibly have slept comfortably, it was so small. Their solution to this was to push the beds together in the twin, leaving a 3 inch height difference between the mattresses. Besides the beds the rooms are ill furnished, with non-functional lights, holey mosquito nets, sparking plug sockets and broken fridges. Overall they didn't really seem to care very much.

We were very much not alone in complaining at the front desk, having to take our place in a queue of disgruntled guests. Avoid." See all these reviews: 3n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Good
Service:
Terrible
Rooms:
Terrible
Mr & Mrs C
Leics

"Tembo Hotel review"

2 nights Arrived 17 Jul 2009
"The best location in Stone Town and near to all the sights and restaurantsThe position at the waterside was superb The only shortcomong and we did know about it ,was the lack of alcohol.This somewhat limited the occasion.Evening dining was a 'no,no!'.However,there is always a bright side and we found the most excellent restaurant opposite the Serena.London standards of cuisine." See all these reviews: 9n in Tanzania; 8n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr B St Mary
UK

"Charming- should have spent more time here"

1 night Arrived 18 Aug 2007
"This hotel has a very nice colonial feel and is in a great location. It is clean and very quaint - the fixtures, fittings, electrics and plubing all seem to be 50/6s vintage but they work fine (the room aircon units are modern). It is a good location to tour Stonetown which is a very interesting place that we should have spent more time exploring.

We woud not risk swimming on Stonetown beaches. They look nice enough but the water must be very polluted.

Only complaint would be that the mosquite nets were 3+ inches off the ground and we did pick up 1 or 2 bites." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia; 1n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs C
Brockley

"Nice swimming pool - shame about the beds"

2 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2007
"Atmospheric hotel with huge variation in quality of rooms. Childrens room was quiet, cool and spacious. Parents room was small, hot and noisy.

The swimming pool was greatly appreciated and we loved the town beach in front of the hotel which had all the life and more which we didn't find in Pongwe.

My problem with this hotel (and possibly every hotel on Zanzibar) was a very personal one in that I found the short Zanzibarian bed complete with bed-end a bit of a trial - at 6' 5" tall I come across similar problems all the time - but Tembo holds the record for the shortest and narrowest bed so far." See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania; 7n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Rooms:
Poor
Food:
Average
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