We chose this hotel from our guide book which assured us that it was know as the “house of peace” with the “most extensive breakfast in East Africa. Wrong on both counts. The hotel does have a good location just a few minutes walk from the centre of Stone Town. However the cockerels and the mosques mean you will not have an unbroken sleep. The breakfast was probably the worst we had in Tanzania…very stodgy bread and pastries and some watermelon. The coffee was instant but the eggs weren’t..allow 15mins for your ‘ soft’ boiled egg.

The accommodation is run by a woman who is rude to her staff, rude to her customers and rude to her staff in front of her customers. We had booked 2 weeks in advance for a 3 night stay. We had confirmation of this. After breakfast on our second day she informed us that we had to be out by 11am as the room had been booked by someone else. When we told her that we had booked for 3 nights we were told that it was our problem. This hotel was $65 per night which is really overpriced for what it is. The are plenty of better AND cheaper places in Stone Town. Don’t stay here!!!