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Spice Palace Hotel

3.5 star property
3.5-star hotel in Stone Town

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Spice Palace Hotel

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local and international cuisine
Superior Studio Suite, Kitchenette | View from room
Property amenity
Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local and international cuisine

Overview of Spice Palace Hotel

Reviews
8.6

Excellent

Popular amenities

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Check out the area

Map
Soko Muhogo Street, Zanzibar Town, Mjini Magharibi Region
  • Popular LocationOld Fort4 min walk
  • Popular LocationShangani Beach4 min walk
  • Popular LocationSlave Market5 min walk
  • AirportZanzibar (ZNZ-Zanzibar Intl.)14 min drive

Room options

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 16 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Standard Single Room

  • 12 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Large Twin Bed

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Superior Studio Suite, Kitchenette

Superior Studio Suite, Kitchenette

  • 22 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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The price is CA $148
per night
CA $183 total
includes taxes & fees
3 May - 4 May
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About the area

Zanzibar Town

Oceanside stay.With a stay at this Stone Town hotel, you'll be steps from Jaw's Corner and Hamamni Persian Baths. House of Wonders and Freddie Mercury Museum are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Old Fort - 4 min walk
  • Shangani Beach - 4 min walk
  • Forodhani Gardens - 5 min walk
  • Slave Market - 5 min walk
  • Zanzibar Ferry Terminal - 13 min walk

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • Cape Town Fish Market - 5 min walk
  • Lukmaan - 3 min walk
  • House of Karafuu - 2 min walk
  • Abyssinian Maritim - 3 min walk
  • Beach House Restaurant - 5 min walk

About this property

Spice Palace Hotel

3.5-star hotel in Stone Town
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is served daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

An outdoor pool, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the business-friendly Spice Palace Hotel. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle are available for a fee.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Zanzibar Town hotel.

  • 28 guestrooms or units
  • 4 levels
  • 2 buildings
  • Built in 2017
  • Local cuisine breakfast (free)
  • Breakfast available (free)
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • Elevator
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • Coffee shop
  • Dining venue
Spice Palace Hotel offers 28 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. 65-cm flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries.

This Zanzibar Town hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Ukrainian

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Refrigerator

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available 7 AM–10:30 AM on weekdays and 7 AM–10:30 AM on weekends
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • In-room accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 65-cm flat-screen TV
  • Cable channels

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Desk
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
An early check-in fee will be charged
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal and airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property charges 5 percent for credit card payments
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 4.00 per person, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 50 per room (one-way)
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 5 percent

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    No onsite parking is available. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. Cash is not accepted. Contactless check-out is available.

Property is also known as

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Spice Palace Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 48 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 96 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 96 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Barbara, Virginia Beach

Disliked: Amenities
Property location is nice. Very old and smells of mildew. The pool is the size a jacuzzi, no seats around the baby splash pool. I had no hot water and the tv did not a connect. The free internet is null and void. Connectivity to the internet was poor for both new gets that I stay at Spice Palace. Heed this warning and stay elsewhere. The breakfast served each morning was horribly!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Arne

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location in Stone Town. Very nice room. The dining was reasonably good, although at times just a bit slow. The staffing and service at the lobby coffee bar was very poor, with apparent staff disinterest -- this is the only aspect of this hotel which could use some more attention, Otherwise, highly recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Annlee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A hidden gem among the hustle and bustle of Stone Town. Great location and friendly staff, though quite noisy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Roald

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Javon

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel!
I had a truly amazing stay at this hotel. The staff were so nice. The room was very big and had a comfortable bed. And the breakfast was very delicious. I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wilmer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I had a great stay at Spice Palace Hotel, perfect location, near to the most popular tourist attractions!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kenton

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tired and misleading
The hotel is very tired. The rooms were very tired, the mosquito nets were grey with neglect and had holes in them, defeating their purpose. The shower in the bathroom had cracked tiles and wholes in the door. You also needed to be a contortionist to sit on the toilet, and all this was in what is described as a superior suite. They claim to have happy hour on beer and cocktails between 4 and 7 every day (advertised in the bar) but when you try to take advantage of this they use all sorts of excuses to give you any form of happy hour discount. When I tried to raise this with the management they didn’t even have the decency to respond to my email. Either they need to remove the happy hour sign and references to happy hour or honour it. The food was average at best. Do not use their airport shuttle as the charge double the going rate and do not get you as close to the hotel as they possibly could do. This is all a great shame as the hotel does have great potential due to location. All it requires is some freshening up.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

saleh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Majority of things are ok but something very important which I didn't like is the fact that you cannot easily sleep in the morning or during the afternoon and the reason is that too much light in the room. The sun goes directly through the small window of the door overlooking 5he balcony, from the toilet door. The curtains are not dark and leave the sun light to come in. I was in Room 302
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sven

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay
Was a nice hideaway in the Middle of town, the staff and rooftop restaurant were a saving grace, especially during our trip, the staff were very accommodating
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2021