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Asmini Palace Hotel

4.0 star property
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Front of property
Balcony
Property entrance
Standard Double or Twin Room
Free daily continental breakfast

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Kiponda Street, Stone Town, Zanzibar Town, 3292
  • Malindi Mosque
    1 min walk
  • House of Wonders
    3 min walk
  • Secret Garden
    2 min walk
  • Zanzibar (ZNZ-Zanzibar Intl.)
    28 min drive

Room options

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Executive Suite

Executive Suite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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Desk, free cots/infant beds, rollaway beds, free WiFi

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 King Beds OR 1 King Bed

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About the area

Zanzibar Town

With a stay at Asmini Palace Hotel in Zanzibar Town (Stone Town), you'll be steps from Malindi Mosque and Beit el-Sahel (Palace Museum). .This hotel is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Zanzibar Ferry Terminal and 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Zanzibar Night Market.

What's nearby

  • Zanzibar Ferry Terminal - 5 min walk
  • Forodhani Gardens - 5 min walk
  • Old Fort - 5 min walk
  • Slave Market - 6 min walk
  • Shangani Beach - 6 min walk

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cape Town Fish Market - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Passing Show Hotel - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Meeting Point Cafe - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Lukmaan - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Livingstone Beach Restaurant - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Asmini Palace Hotel

Zanzibar Town hotel in Stone Town with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
Asmini Palace Hotel offers 12 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers.

This Zanzibar Town hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 12 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in African cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Swahili

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–10 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Fridge
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • Lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Fridge

More

  • Desk
  • Phone
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 11 AM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between May 1 and June 14.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 40.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 5.00 per person, per night
  • An effective city/local tax rate of 12.00 percent will be charged

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 40.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Asmini Palace Hotel Zanzibar Town
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Asmini Palace Hotel Hotel Zanzibar Town
Asmini Palace Hotel Zanzibar Island/stone Town

Asmini Palace Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 53 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 53 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 53 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 53 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 53 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Damii Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic breakfast
I would say they have the best breakfast I have tried in Stone Town, and trust me, I have tried several.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Well located near to the centre of Stonetown, friendly helpful staff. Could do with a bar up on the rooftop terrace.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Juliette

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

allison

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Nice rooftop breakfast. Very friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ken

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

rolando

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was pathetic.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Phani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a really lovely hotel, perfectly situated for walking tours of Stone Town. The rooftop breakfasts were delicious and the staff was attentive and helpful. We had a wonderful stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Guillermo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best value for money in Stone Town
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

David, Wisconsin, USA

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was friendly and accommodating. Rooms were spacious, clean and culturally intriguing. Rooftop breakfasts were very nice. Located in the heart of Stone Town, the hotel was well situated for walking tours of historic sites, shopping, and access to the scenic harbor. Airport shuttles and island tours were set up nicely through the front desk.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very good mid-range hotel
We were only there for 2 nights, but were well looked after by the staff. It is very central, but NOT where it is shown on hotel.com's website. please use Google to see where it really is. This was clearly pointed out by me to hotels.com, but their call centre agent was incapable of resolving this. Our room was totally acceptable for a mid-range hotel. Breakfast is simple and is served in a roof-top restaurant. it's nothing spectacular, but we'd definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Clare, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice basic hotel close to the ferry port
We were given cold fresh juice when we arrived and staff were really helpful when we were checking in, and with any questions we had during our stay. Rooms were comfortable with ac, fridge, bottled water, tea and coffee, tv, mosquito nets. We had lunch in the rooftop restaurant, which was all good (cheeseburger, puzza, calamari). Breakfast was also good, and they allowed us to check out late and helped carry our bags to the ferry. Would definitely recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would recommend this hotel
God location close to everything in stone town. Pretty good wifi as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, well located near the sea front and close to ferry yet only 10 mins walk from main tourist strip. Can be confusing to find as it's marked in the wrong place in Google maps. Staff are really nice and accommodating. Clean, spacious room with good air con and nice breakfast on the roof terrace. Overall very good hotel!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Luke, Zurich, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice breakfast and friendly hotel staff. We went in low season, so we were the only hotel guests.

8/10 Good

Bonnie

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good location. No frills, satisfactory stay.
No frills but very acceptable. We used it for one night before departing for the coast and would probably have wanted a few more comforts if staying longer. Had a family room and there were two double beds and didn't feel cramped. Really good location for exploring StoneTown. $15 taxi from airport.

4/10 Poor

Maria

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Central location, room was musty, mattresses very old. Nice staff.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, but let down by poor breakfast

8/10 Good

Andria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and management
A nice cosy resort with all you need.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirt and dust turn me off.
I liked the location right in Stone Town, the hotel's character and authenticity and friendly staff. I didn't like bugs and dirt in the elevator, filthy menus, garbage in the planters, hideously stained pillows and inches of dust on bed frame.

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it.
Frederica was an amazing host. I will be back if I'm in Zanzibar again.

10/10 Excellent

Aaron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Chrishella, Milwaukee, WI

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
BED BUGS IN ROOM 104
I stayed at the Asmini for four nights in a double king bed room. The first night I woke with a few bites on my arm and wrist which I assumed were a mosquito bite. The next night I had a ton of small red marks on my feet, again I thought it was from maybe walking in the sand. The third and fourth night my legs were on FIRE. I had multiple bites from my feet to my thigh. Ironically my roommate didn't have any bites. She pointed out that it didn't look like mosquito bites. So I googled 'Mosquito bite vs bed bug bite' the pattern in which I was bite were exactly the pattern of bed bugs. The main thing was that they bite in a line vs mosquitos bites which are randomly placed. That's exactly what I had, bites in a line formation. Our room on arrival was very dusty and had many spider webs so I'm assuming no one had stayed in it in a while. The laundry/towels were very stiff. I definitely don't understand why it was rated/listed as a 4 star hotel. Had this not been the case I would have rated the hotel differently as they were accommodating to my early arrival and the men who worked the reception desk and kitchen were very nice. The Zanzibarian people are very nice people. However I would not recommend this place to friends traveling unless the whole place is exterminated.

8/10 Good

HEA, Dar es Salaam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Central location, very friendly and helpful staff
Nice place, very good value for money, nice breakfast on roof terrace, staff was top!