AHG Waridi Beach Resort & SPA

Clean, room space

The food could better satisfy different preferences in the future. Wifi is very poor and disconnected all time

From the moment I arrived, I felt completely at ease. The staff were exceptionally friendly, welcoming and attentive.The resort itself is a beautiful oasis, with gorgeus gardens.I had a beautiful room with a stunning views of the ocean. I especially loved the beach area, where I could relax.The resort offers a variety of delicious options, and I enjoyed every meal, from breakfast to dinner. It was a perfect mix of local flavors and international dishes.I can't wait to go back!

Be careful when you choose to book your stay at Waridi. Photo's you see here don't represent exactly the rooms you are going to stay and the place is a bit old. This place has a cheap feeling even though the price you pay is not cheap considering that you are in Zanzibar. The worst thing about this resort is the SPA center managed from a different company. Be careful of their offers and "special discounts." They are very nice when they are selling their packages but not polite at all when you ask them for refunds if you haven't received the services.

- Friendly staff- Fun activities- Great food, but limited selection- Nice pool area- Clean facilities.

- The main Gate is difficult to find. - Bed bugs and termites on bed frames. - The resort spa management will keep bugging you until you agree to use his services.- Insane amount of beggars on the beach. They will disturb you when you try to relax. - Not English-friendly, even on movie nights they will play movies in other languages. - Cats in the dining area while you eat. - Extremely poor wifi/internet connection. - Pool swimming and beach times are limited to 7 PM. - Constant construction noises, you will be guaranteed to hear this throughout the day.

All the staff without any exceptions: Reception, service, restaurant, bar, spa, housekeeping, gardening, maintenance, animation, kitchen; were friendly, welcoming, cheerfull and helpfull. The place was spotless clean. the food was quite delicious. The animation programms were very interesting and well thought of, and the staff did a great job executing it.

basically everything was good, BUT - the alcoholic drinks were all local, not of good quality, the staff was kind, the wifi was terrible, there was almost no internet on the beach

if you want a beach holiday, I DO NOT RECOMMEND this hotel, the tides are always low, there is no sea, and when there is everything dirty, we swam 2 times for 10 days9

Very nice, attentive staff, interesting animations. Nice African-style architecture of the hotel. Beautiful view on the ocean. Great manager Marina - we felt really welcomed.The beach is beautiful - you can have a long walk of you like.

There were construction sites just around the hotel - my sleep is very shallow and the noises were waking me up every day at 7 am. There was also a renovation of one of the bungalows on the hotel area and the noises were unfortunately heard on the beach beds.

We recently stayed at this hotel, the experience was absolutely remarkable. The view of the ocean from our room was simply breathtaking. The food variety here surpassed my expectations compared to other hotels in Zanzibar, we took breakfast and dinner included, during the day we were eating at excursions or in the restaurat of the hotel which was nice. The staff was super friendly and always ready to help.My boyfriend proposed to me here, and it was amazing! The manager and half of the staff helped make it super special. The team's support and effort made the moment magical. The setting was beautiful, and everyone was so excited and helpful. Big thanks to the manager for making our engagement day so memorable. If you want a place with a staff that goes the extra mile, this hotel is perfect. We'll always remember our special moment here! Highly recommend it to others!

What I'm about to share could be seen as both a positive and a negative aspect. Right outside the hotel, there are locals offering their services, including people from the Maasai tribe in Tanzania. Initially, they were quite insistent, but in the end, I can say we ended up making new friends. They introduced us to a new culture, and we ended up loving it.Regarding the hotel's massage prices, they are quite high. However, we opted for a massage right there on the beach with a Tanzanian woman named Maila, and it turned out to be one of the best massages I've ever had. I highly recommend trying their services.

Very nice and accommodating staff! they gave my friend a congratulatory letter as requested and even allowed us to check in early and check out late. Everyday there are activities that is being organized by the staff so guests would have an amazing stay. they also have Good Food, nice spa, and great service! Special shoutout to the Guest relations officer Ms. Miche miche ! She paid attention to details and welcomed us with a very amazing hospitality. Thank you very much!

I think the onion rings that we ordered for room service. Cause that’s just sauteed onion rings.. it tasted burnt, no breading, not the typical onion rings you’ll buy elsewhere

We really enjoyed our stay, we should have stayed longer!!The hotel ambience is fantastic as well as the staff that is always smiling and very helpful the food is very tasty, there are fish, meat, pasta sweets, tropical fruit, fresh fruit juices… wow!The beach is paradisiac, it seems a dream and it’ very relaxing. What we appreciated more than everything was our bungalow with sea view… a stunning view! The room was very clean and there’s everything you need. We will definitely come back, asante sana!

the only good points are that animation staff is nice, and spa has reasonable prices.

We were very disappointed by Waridi - on booking pictures, you could have the impression it’s a small, cosy hotel, but it’s actually a big spa with all the inconscient linked: Rooms are old and have a weird smell, bathroom was a drama (door nearly banging in the toilet seat, water heat management was a nightmare, low pressure, with even sometimes no longer water at all…).Animators are friendly, but sometimes animation music is too loud (aquagym at noon for instance - not relaxing at all when you are laying on the beach).The diner buffet is very occidental : too bad that most of dishes are stuff you could eat in Europe, while you could expect more local cuisine such as curry’s, etc. Overall quality from medium to good for some meals.On the contrary, breakfast buffet was very bad: industrial jams, tasteless pastries (and good luck to manage to have crepes, as they were always out…), coffee quality very variable. Also, the private part of the beach is surrounded by locals who are literally sitting and waiting to tout for massages / cashews / clothing etc. It’s a very weird sensation to relax on the beach and see you are watched.For the good points : staff and animators are friendly, good spa for reasonable price.

The view, the activities and the food

Had to walk from the gate and to the gate as the security would not let our driver in and the day of checkout we had to carry heavy bags to the gate as well... Very unpleasant

Breakfast was good, the staff was very kind

The location is far from everything, in july is too windy (it's blow all day). In front of the beach were standing a lot of masaai and tourist guide who were really annoing all the time-we didn't experience like this in Kendwa or Nungwi. The massage wasn't so good even when we said that we want stronger pressure she doesn't care or not understand.

the staff were very helpful,accommodating and friendly especially Juma at the bar and Imen at the reception.

the electricity was going on and off all the time,therefore the AC nor WIFI were not working all the time. The hot water was not running 24/7. The beds were hard to sleep on.

Location,view,design and staff

Food

A monkey visited us in the balcony.

Food is not good. It was a surprise, usually food in Zanzibar resorts is great, but not here. Very poor, and you better hurry up if you want to eat some meat. There's also very little illumination in the rooms.

The staf was amazing theye are so friendly and theye always try to be cheerfull The food was excellent I would like to thank the manager for the hospitality

the place was very well maintained, the beach was clean, the staff were very nice, friendly and approachable. The mattress was comfortable. The spa was absolutely phenomenal! That was our biggest highlight. me and my husband got a massage and it was the best massage we both ever had (we’ve traveled the world and had massages in many many countries but this was the best one yet) it was so good that we got another one the following night and it was just as good. Cherish your masseuse because they are extremely talented.

the beach chairs didn’t adjust (flat and sit up right), the balcony chairs and bar chairs were very hard and uncomfortable (having a back cushion would of made a big difference). The rooms were old. The sink and the bathroom had a very strong foul smell that would invade the bathroom. We had to keep it closed so that the room doesn’t smell bad. But the most annoying thing I found was the fact that they didn’t have good coffee, which is very surprising after knowing that the owners are Italian. Instant coffee is a disgrace to coffee. We had payed for full board and we couldn’t even get an espresso in the morning for free, we had to pay for it. That for me was very annoying. I don’t drink alcool, but I love a good coffee, Italian should know better than that. Even for the breakfast buffet, brewing a pot of coffee is already 100% better than instant coffee and it cost the same thing. Maybe the hotel should invest in an Americano coffee machine and have filter coffee instead. Also the food in the buffet could of had more variety. We were there 4 days and we saw the same beef with the same marinade served in 4 different ways, that’s not variety, that’s the same meal whether you serve it on a stick, balls or in a shape of a steak. The local dishes were extremely good, I wish there would of been more local dishes and less western dish, we were in Africa after all.

Great Staff, Amazing food

Terrible beds and pillows, No internet. Beach was not private as advertised, you could not walk on the beach without being bombarded with 20 guys trying to sell you things. And the shower didn't have water pressure ..and power failures all the time so no aircon once a day.

The staff were very welcoming, the room was lovely, the beach was beautiful and the food was very good. Highly recommend!