The hotel grounds are beautiful! Perfectly tucked away in its own little jungle with plenty of pool space. The beach itself is also beautiful with unique sea stacks, and there are plenty of chairs on a raised platform owned by the hotel. The rooms were well-appointed and comfortable enough and we loved the little lanai outside our room! The staff were also amazing! So accommodating and kind, not only did they clean our room every day, but they also came in during dinner and closed the curtains and opened the mosquito nets. The restaurant was great too and they had a decent-sized menu with good food, from sushi to local cuisine and burgers. Overall, it was a great place to stay for a few days!

The rooms were a little dirty, there was a used band-aid stuck to our mosquito net and the bedding had stains on it. The shower also doesn't have a door or a curtain, which wasn't a problem for us as a couple but if you're staying with friends it could get awkward. The beach is public so there are people down there trying to sell you things as soon as you step off the hotel section which really puts a damper on the mood and the general peacefulness of the whole place. The restaurant had great food but everything was expensive- western prices at $12-$24 a plate.

The hotel complex has a beautiful garden or is decorated everywhere with wonderful and large palm trees and other plants. The food was delicious every day. All fresh. The staff was very friendly. The reception staff and the waiters like Abdillah or Sheina were so fond and always looking for our best well-being. Everything super clean. It is also great that you can travel to the partner hotels for free and use the entire facility.

The situation is somewhat secluded. Just a small private beach. Long walks not possible here

Firstly, consider I am someone who is very well traveled across most parts of the world and have high standards for my stays and the service I receive. I can confidently say at Sunshine bay met all my expectations were met, it has all the traits for a perfect relaxing stay: Really really good food, much better then the top rated hotel I am staying at right now also on the island, incredible service, the staff super attentive and friendly, which is very important, and very good living conditions, wide rooms with comfortable bed, nice terrace, etc. Props to the manager Kilosa for being super helpful, going so far as to making sure I am to recover some AirPods I left there.

We loved everything during our stay. Especially our 2,5 years old son Adam was so happy there. Very kind, better say friendly employees and the manager too. All of them still smiling, helpfull and villing to make our wishes come true. Truly cozy room and the whole resort. A huge portions of food that was always soooo delicius. It's gonna be extremely demanding for local management and staff to do additional improvements of any kind 😏👍.

What could have been better? Well our stay could have been longer 😪

this is a fantastically quiet and hidden place with three cascading pools and a private beach with a view on some picturesque rocks. we had a three years old with us and loved it here. the rooms are cleaned very day, at times even two times, and sprayed with mosquito spray. there is air condition and a system in place against electricity outages. one can walk on the beach by low waters endlessly and, equipped with water shoes, provided by the hotel, do some weave jumping. the restaurant was good, they left no wishes open, and the staff marvellous. we loved all of it so much so that we extended our stay by two more days. thanks sunshine bay. and we look forward to checking out the massages tomorrow!

I cannot think of anything that I did not like.

The rooms was amazing I even recived a free upgrade to sea view .the food was nice they had a set menus but later found out we didn't have to order from the set menu .the gardens are beautiful along with the pools.on the day of departure I revived a free massage which was really great .I’ve stayed in 6 hotels in Zanzibar this was the only hotel that we recived blankets instead of sheets to sleep with which was really nice.

I diddnt particularly like the location as it limited to us staying in the hotel.the food and drink I think was rather overpriced

It’s. very Private,clean and cozy. The food is really good and fresh. The sister hotel is even more beautiful with a dive point. The wifi really good even around beach area.

The beach is abit stony but okay. The food portions very little. They should put more toiletries in the bathroom. No disposable slippers/ flipflops provided They should get a better vehicle to ferry clients to and fro the sister hotel.

Absolutely everything!!! We had an awful experience with a local villa who gave our accommodation away so by chance ended up booking sunshine bay hotel and we are SO glad we did. From the moment we got there we had impeccable service, the girls at reception are just the best!!! We visited for our honeymoon and despite only staying for a night they were so kind and gave us a room upgrade with champagne. It was an amazing experience we will never forget and we will make sure to be back but for longer!!!

Absolutely nothing except the poached eggs were hard boiled.

First of all Kilosa, reporting manager of the hotel welcomed me under short notice with open arms. He immediately accommodated a late request and ensured the room was made available for me and my friend. Not only did he provide amazing support but Kilosa ensure we had transportation sorted in order for myself and my friend to move around comfortably and also ensured we were booked on an activities swimming with dolphins and snorkelling at Nungwi beach of which wasn't included in the hotel reservation. He also ensured we were fed breakfast after the cut off point of serving breakfast. Communication. Attention to detail and the ability to go above and beyond was 3 stand out key features that I had experienced.

Evertything was perfect

Very good pool area (with 3 pools) and enough sun-beds. Good breakfast and many good delicious choices for lunch and dinner in on-site restaurant. Very helpful staff. Spacious rooms. Beach is nice, but not very good for swimming (beacuse of the tide). Hotel also has SPA with different treatments (massage, nails etc).

Hotel is not in the "center" and so there is not many choices for "evening-night" activites and also for other restaurants.