Mayai Ocean Resort

Property class: 4.5
Luxury beachfront hotel with restaurant, near Bwejuu Beach

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At Mayai Ocean Resort, you can hit the beach to sip a drink at the beach bar or relax in a sun lounger, plus you'll be just steps from Bwejuu Beach. 3 outdoor pools provide a splash of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can indulge in hot stone massages, facials, and body scrubs. Offering a beachfront location, Ocean Breeze serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights at this luxurious hotel include a poolside bar, a children's pool, and a terrace.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Free breakfast
  • Spa
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
$88
The current price is $111 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 24 - Nov 25

Why we love this property

Sandy beach retreat
This hotel on the sandy beach offers towels and loungers for all-day comfort. A beachfront restaurant and beach bar await after surf lessons or snorkeling.
Work and beach bliss
This hotel pairs conference facilities with beachfront relaxation. Enjoy spa treatments, massages, and concierge services, then unwind at the beach bar.
Dining with a view
The restaurant offers beachfront and garden-view dining experiences. A bar and cafe add options. Free cooked-to-order breakfast and private dining available.

Room options

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A beachside room with a thatched roof, wooden railings, and a view of the sunset over the ocean.

Panoramic Studio

  • Ocean view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A resort with a central swimming pool, thatched-roof buildings, and lounge areas with sun loungers.

Comfort Double Room

  • Ocean view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A room with a wooden sofa, a wooden table, and a chair. There is a window with curtains, and a view of the beach is visible through the window.

Romantic Studio Suite

  • Ocean view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A white building with a wooden door, a balcony, and a small garden area with plants.

Superior Double Room

  • Ocean view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
Zanzibar, Bwejuu

What's nearby

  • Bwejuu Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km

Getting around

  • Zanzibar Intl. Airport (ZNZ) - 82 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Mapacha - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Shanga Paje - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Paje By Night - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Beach Boheme - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Flow Beach - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Mayai Ocean Resort

  • At Mayai Ocean Resort, you can hit the beach to sip a drink at the beach bar or relax in a sun lounger, plus you'll be just steps from Bwejuu Beach. 3 outdoor pools provide a splash of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can indulge in hot stone massages, facials, and body scrubs. Offering a beachfront location, Ocean Breeze serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other highlights at this luxurious hotel include a poolside bar, a children's pool, and a terrace.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
2:00pm
CHECK-OUT
11:00am

Hotel size

    • 14 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • If you are planning to arrive after 11:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms (speed: 50+ Mbps)

Parking

    • Free secured onsite self parking

Other information

    • Designated smoking areas

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Reviews

Mayai Ocean Resort Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

9.6

Cleanliness

8.8

Amenities

9.8

Staff & service

9.2

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The property sits right on a beautiful beach with a quiet and peaceful location. (6 reviews)
  • The restaurant offers good quality food at fair prices with friendly staff and a variety of local and fresh dishes. (6 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

What a wonderful and relaxing experience. Our room was exquisite with a balcony overlooking the ocean, a large siting room and a comfortable bed. The pools were perfect after a swim in the Indian Ocean. However, the most enjoyable part of our experience was our interactions with the staff. They were friendly and approachable. Needless to say, we enjoyed our stay immensely.
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10/10 Exceptional

Lovely hotel with a beautiful beach and wonderful staff. Couldn’t fault it.
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10/10 Exceptional

Staff are very willing to assist with any request and always with a smile. Excellent fresh food options and fantastic alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. Very clean room and property. Safe and secure property.
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10/10 Exceptional

The hotel is perfect. The restaurant is the best in the area. The managers are super cool. But, most of all, the personnel are the best people in the world. Fun, funny, always smiling, warm, I can’t name it all. We had the time of our life at the Mayai. Thank you guys. Nakupenda.
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10/10 Exceptional

The beach and property were spectacular! Workers are friendly and nice. I had an issue with internet connection and they were on it! Thanks Mayai Ocean Resort
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6/10 Good

Nice beach. Food at restaurant was average and over priced. Room was small with very basic amenities - had to ask for tea kettles and coffee. Wall to the adjoining room was not sound proof and next door guests were noisy so hard to sleep at night.
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8/10 Very good

Reception was very helpful. He secured a moped rental, currency, and anything we needed for our room very promptly. Rooms are nice, the resort has lots of areas to relax: balcony on your room, pool, restaurant area, and upstairs from the restaurant as well as the beach. Staff were all efficient and friendly. The food was very good. Local dishes especially were very tasty. Easy to tell that ingredients are all local and fresh. Breakfast is included and always started with fresh squeezed fruit and a fresh fruit plate, and then choose your breakfast from a few egg dishes, pancakes or muesli - lots of food. Quiet location. Easy area to drive the moped around, not far from spice farms and other towns to visit for an hour or 2.
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2/10 Poor

Terrible experience. The location is really nice and on the beach. The food is really terrible and takes forever to come. It was basically inedible. Definitely do not order any fish! The hot water in our room was broken and it took 2 hours to fix. Then it broke again the second day and took another 2 hours to fix while they made us wait in the room and offered nothing to make up for the problem. On our last day we waited more than 2 hours for our breakfast which we then had to send back! There are lots of options in Zanzibar. Mayai is not worth it.
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10/10 Exceptional

amazing
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10/10 Exceptional

It was an amazing experience
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6/10 Good

The staff were fantastice. Unfortunately we cannot rate this resort better because the pool was unusable. The large adult pool was being used by a child who pooped in it everyday. We brought it to the attention of the owner who assured us they would address it. The next day the child again pooped in the adult pool. Upon check out, we watched the dad, mom and child trying to remove the poop from the adult pool for the third day in a row. We came to the conclusion that this was a daily occurence. And therefore we could not use the pool. I would suggest a sign stating adult only. And please enforce the rule! It ruined our stay at this resort. There was a kids pool there. Just unfortunate that this child was using the adult pool as his toilet. At least a childs pool would be easier to clean. This family was a long stay. So we witnessed it happen each day. It would be happening for another two weeks.
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8/10 Very good

Precis vid vattnet. Men man badar inte gärna där pga tidvatten. Plastsandaler rekommenderas. Sjöborrar finns men även sjöstjärnor.
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8/10 Very good

Es war ein schönes Hotel und wir konnten dort sehr gut entspannen.
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8/10 Very good

Kjempe hyggelig personale, relativt lite men fint hotell rett ved stranden. Rommene er ryddige, men av litt eldre standard enn de større hotellene på nordsiden av øya. Vi hadde hele hotellet for oss selv og ble godt passet på hele tiden
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10/10 Exceptional

Mine bedste anbefalinger. Vi var der med vores vennen par, personalet var utrolig søde venlige og altid meget glæde. Jeg kommer gerne igen
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10/10 Exceptional

Fantastisk! Nydelig sted, nydelig rom, nydelig strand, nydelig mat og drikke, nydelige ansatte!
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10/10 Exceptional

Partendo dal presupposto che se si viene nella zona sudest di Zanzibar si predilige il relax piuttosto che la "movida' del nord, lati positivi del resort sono le dimensioni ridotte e quindi tutto molto vicino e a portata di mano senza trascurare la tipicità del luogo, ristorante/bar alla carta di buona qualità con prezzi giusti, personale cordiale e buona pulizia. Aspetti negativi, nessun servizio organizzato, ne diurno ne serale per intrattenere in qualche modo il cliente e la parvenza di poco sicuro al di fuori delle mura perché immerso in un villaggio di capanne locali. Se scegliete questo è perché volete assoluto relax e meglio senza bambini, potrebbe essere benissimo categorizzato in adult only (questo un mio consiglio per il resort)
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotellet med den beste maten.

Fantastisk service, og Zanzibars beste restaurant, litt dårlig vanntrykk når alle dusjer på ettermiddagen, men ellers fantastisk og rolig hotell.
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10/10 Exceptional

Enkel rom i rolig omgivelse

Fantastisk hyggelig personal, maten var bra i Restaurangen som var åpen hele dagen. Rommen er enkla kun med seng, nattbord, innbygd hylle og gratis safe og uteplass eller balkong. Stranden er ikke det beste men det går å bada. All innredning er lokalt tilvirket enkla men helt ok. Likte best at det var rolig og stille på hotellet. Litt tungvint system når man vil ha rommet rengjort då måtte man levere nøkkelen til resepsjonen. Kommer gjerne tilbake.
Dubbelrom
Innbygd hylle med safe og dør til andre balkongen
Bad
Basdeng
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10/10 Exceptional

L’hôtel est incroyable. Il est intimiste, au bord de plage et le personnel est tout simplement aux petits soins. Pour avoir dîner dans plusieurs autres hôtels, je ne regrette aucunement mon choix. Le restaurant est très bien. La masseuse Anna est incroyable. Chambre nettoyée tout les jours si vous le souhaitez. Rien à redire.
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10/10 Exceptional

Perfekt för avkoppling

Hotellet var helt underbart, god mat, fräscht på rummet och allmänna utrymmen, trevlig personal. Ett extra plus var sällskapsspelen dom hade i restaurangen som man fick låna gratis.
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8/10 Very good

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10/10 Exceptional

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10/10 Exceptional

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10/10 Exceptional