EMERSON SPICE
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Arty boutique hotel with rooftop terraces and restaurants in a historic setting in Stone Town.
This arty boutique hotel is a listed historic building, with beautiful carved wooden doors and antique chandeliers. The 11 rooms are unique, with marble mosaics, wood panelling, colorful stained-glass windows and princess beds. Some are extended by rooftop terraces, have a shower on the balcony; all are spectacular. An antique book on Zanzibar sits on the desk, underlining the cachet of the place. Bonus: delicate linens, coquettish lounges... Secret Garden and Tea House (roof terrace) are excellent places to dine.
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Upsides:
1) Location - right inside Stone Town, easy to access anywhere by foot
2) Service - lovely staff. The receptionist on the second day told me had overcharged my card and I didn’t even realize it.. appreciate the honesty
3) Beautiful rooms - reminds me of the riads of Marrakech. So beautiful!
4) Restaurants (spice garden and roof top dinner) were lovely! Although was still a bit hungry after the roof top course dinner.
Things to be aware of because it is important to manage expectations:
1) There is no access by car. Your taxi has to stop nearby and then it’s a 5 minute walk, but our driver rang the hotel beforehand so there was a porter that met us at the car stop to help with bags.
2) it’s a heritage hotel so some things are unavailable. There is no lift and the stairs are rather steep, not at all suitable for those with mobility issues.
3) there are 5 mosques in the vicinity and you will wake up 5am with more than one imam screeching in your ear even with ear plugs. On some days it even started at 4am (not a prayer but some mumbling). If you need your beauty sleep, this place may not be for you. We did not sleep well during all our nights there because of this but I guess it’s not the hotel’s fault. There is no sound proofing because it is a heritage building and you will also hear noises from normal life throughout the day.
4) the shower pressure was at times atrocious, marginally acceptable at best. sometimes there was no water at all temporarily (even with no power blackout). To me, this is a real disadvantage.
5) there was no safe in our room, so we had to keep valuables with the reception.
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