Jafferji Beach Retreat,

What an incredible paradise to soak up the sun and savour mouthwatering dishes crafted by the talented chef! We had the pleasure of staying in the breathtaking “Mapenzi room,” which opens up to stunning beach views. The attentive staff is always ready to cater to your every need, making you feel right at home. I can't recommend this fantastic retreat enough for anyone itching for a getaway to the magic of Zanzibar!

Rooms were very clean , food was perfect , nice swimming pool with beach 20 meter. I am tanzanian but I can say this is one of best place I ever went👌 !!!

The location is at Matenwe in Zanzibar. A bit difficult to get ro but an absolute treasure. It's a retreat place but more like a resort.

Directly opposite the beach, great pool, fine location and overall great staff. I'll like to visit again.

Absolutely loved being here. Photos don’t do it justice, you can’t capture the experience, ambience and excellent service; you just have to experience it in real-time. Well done to Maurizio and the team.

We had a great time at Jafferji Beach Retreat, thanks to the wonderful team. They're really doing their best to make you feel at home. Great cook as well, we really enjoyed the food. Accessing the hotel is kinda challenging (bumpy road is far from reality :-) ) and you'll have to drive (or to be driven) quite a bit to reach points of interest, but it's part of the charm ;-)

Lovely place to stay. Food was ok. Room very spacious and beautifully decorated. Massage was absolutely beautiful. The staff were very attentive and friendly, the manager was a bit of an opportunist and will try get extra $$ when he gets a chance.
Overall beautiful place. Would definitely recommend.

Beautiful hotel. The room was clean with an amazing view of the ocean. Restaurant was really good and fresh! Our new favourite place in Matemwe.

We had a great stay and a wonderful time at J.B.R.
The property is well kept, cozy and very pretty; our room was clean, spacious and comfortable.
The restaurant is excellent! The service is a little slow (no issue for us), the staff is friendly, the food is delicious and not expensive.
Cherry on the cake: 1. We loved the shampoo & body wash offered by the resort; 2. The live band on Wednesday was a great surprise and so much fun!

The Manager (Maurizio) and his staff were so chilled, flexible, friendly, and accommodating to our large group. My wife & I had the Harusi Room #6 upstairs and it was very nice, with a fan and AC, a safe for valuables, and with a great view looking east over the Indian Ocean. The bathrooms were all stocked with high-quality shampoos & body wash by Zuri Botanicals. The food was top notch with a variety of choices for both breakfast & dinner (we were on half-board). Our first day they gave us a great deal on lunch for everyone with competitive prices so we didn't have to go out looking for a restaurant that was open in the heat of the day. The pool is small, but adequate and you can't beat the view. The waiters were very good, taking a large # of orders and getting them all correct and the food all came out at the same time. We liked everything we tried and I loved the soups! We went on a dolphin tour / snorkeling trip our last morning that did not disappoint, although there were only 2 or 3 other boats out there. If it's busy, you may want to reconsider & look at reviews online on Google maps, as I'm sure it can get quite hectic and even unsafe for swimmers & snorkelers as they try to jump in with the dolphins. The snorkeling was so-so, but no fault of the hotel's. We did not spend very long there as we'd gotten up at 6:00 am, left at 6:20, and were back at the hotel by 9:30 in time for breakfast, but the water out there was incredibly clear and there was a decent variety of fish & corals. I will add that perhaps due to the season, there was a lot of seaweed on the beach and also in the shallow water, and be careful of sea urchins not too far out - either bring proper reef shoes or only go out a few meters unless you are swimming (it was also not Spring tides / full moon or new moon so water levels didn't change much between tides). Sadly, this is a reflection of overfishing and something would have to be done that was community-led to reverse the ecological imbalance. That being said, I did swim / walk occasionally all the way out to the reef & breakers (about 600 m?), then swam out beyond to the deeper corals and out there I did not see many sea urchins past the reef. Inside the reef there were lots of urchins, but also a good variety of small fish and the coral looked fairly healthy.

Thanks a lot for lovely one week holiday in Zanzibar and specially thanks to the best manager Maurizio. And The staff ware kind and helpfull. Breakfast was every day so good. Swimming pool so nice near beach. Room every day clean. Place like a small real Africa with childrens playing on The beach.