Its nice and busiest cafe in the heart of stone town.You will find out all kind of chicken, mutton/lamb, beef dishes under one roof.We tried chicken and prawns biryani and we liked it.As Indian I can say theyve authentic tastes and their jayka(masala) is the best.I recommend to try their prawns biryani.

Awesome indian cooking! So delicious, we came back twice on our holiday in Tanzania. The price is very good for the quality of the food.

Right next to the more famous and reccomended Lukmann, this one we stumbled upon by accident and were swept away. Great (mainly Indian) food, particulary large selection of great curries for very affordable price (arround 10k TZS). Also some amazing naan breads, like the one with garlic. Staff was friendly and fairly quick, at least for Tanzanian standards.The place is clean and their service are amazing.

A bit expensive, but its worth a visit for their fried mixed rice, which is exceptional! Chapati and fried calamari are also quite tasty.Staff is nice and friendly, tho the service is quite slow (30+ minute on a week night with only a couple tables occupied).

Good mango lassie! I recommend ordering your food extra spicy (I did so and really enjoyed my dal, however for the vegetable curry we did specify to put it more spicy and it missed a bit taste). The ciabatta are good! Overall recommended.

I came here twice for take out. First time was a chicken dish, similar to a curry but with a dark not too liquid red sauce, nicely seasoned and with some fresh herbs in the sauce. Second time a baked cheese in a sauce that was very similar to the first one though the name was completely different. Food was really good however and smelled amazing too. I felt it was Indian cuisine from the name.Price was ok, when you consider it’s a really big serving. I added some fresh lime juice at home… perfect!The restaurant next door is a bit cheaper and very busy, but after taking out food from there I had some tummy issues.. I wouldn’t go there again but I’d buy here again any time.

Among the best Indian food Ive had. Tastes like a hybrid of the best of Rajasthan with its own unique Zanzibari flavor. Probably the most perfect level of spice that comes out of the kitchen, where its heat that opens your tongue to flavour but doesnt overwhelm. Its a must visit. The staff and owner put their heart into their work.

Because we really want to eat crabs, we went to this Indian restaurant asked for crab dish. The boss said that we will prepare the fresh crab for you tomorrow. We feel quite unsure whether it will be delicious or not. After eating it, it is the heaven! The taste and the sauce is fantastic! The crab is extremely fresh. It can be the most delicious sauce crab I have tried ever. Highly recommend! Although lucmann is very famous but they didn’t sell crabs. If you want to try crabs and love Indian curry, you must try this special dish! You need to order one day before. The naan is also terrific.

Small but excellent food and arguably much better than their neighbours. Their Butter chicken or Murgh Makhani is excellent as is their spiced rice.

Visited January 2021Good value for Indian dishes, vandaloo chicken with garlic Naas was great! Service sloooow) but friendly.

Only order what you see. don’t order biryanis from instance unless you want to wait 45 mins for rice totally lacking meat. disrespectful waitresses, too.

Without a doubt the best food in Stone Town. After trying numerous places in the town which were all very disappointing I wish I had discovered Ma Shaa Allah Cafe sooner. Top quality, fresh seafood all cooked to order with plenty of flavour and authentic spices. The curries and chilli prawn are stand out dishes. Service is friendly and very attentive. Highly recommend.

Amazing place for the best indian food in Zanzibar. And very affordable. The owner Yaseer, born and brought up in Zanzibar is wonderful and so is the food. We had a very interesting chat while the food was being prepared. Being an Indian I am choosy of the meal i eat, especially indian cuisine, but hands down I can vouch that this is the best restaurant in Zanzibar and one of the best biriyanis and butter chicken i had in my life. Will visit again for sure. Thank you for the jovial chat and delicious meal.

Testy food. Average prices. The curry was very nice. But we didn’t like the chicken masala.Don’t miss the cheese nan.Long time to serve the food.

Outstanding food and service. We have eaten few times there. As one time we walked and got lost people advice us on the direction. We asked how do you know we are going the right place? You want good food - Ma Shaw Allah Cafe is the place.

Amazing local food, i love the taste of the food since it has its natural taste with no too much spice. Good customer care service.

Excellent food for the money. Nice place, friendly staff.

Excellent food, great ambience a must go to sample their cuisine served by an amazing staff who are not only fast but patient enough to guide you through their ample menu. The owner is superb

The food was lovely at this restaurant. Nice friendly staff. :-( There was no WiFi or naan bread the day we visited

Food is tasty but on that day, many items were not available which led to frustration

This place is so overrated and overpriced. We ordered grilled king prawn we got 3 pieces of medium sized prawn and the rest is fried potato... We wanted to pay in card, they wanted to charge us in dollars in a rate lower than anywhere else in Zanzibar, so that instead of paying $23 wed be paying $27 and they explained that by telling us thats their own exchange rate there (!). Be prepared for ridiculousness...

Taste of food was pretty ok. but price to portion was a little disappointing. order lamb dish..came with only a few pieces of meat and full of vegs..

We loved our food, reception, service and overall experience at the Masha Allah Cafe. The food is fresh, served in good quantities and very delicious. I even got an extra potato when I asked for it. Was a good way for us to start our Zanzibar food and travel experience. 5 stars all around

Absolutely a place to try. Great food, nice people and good way to experience the buzzing Zanzibar life passing by on the street. They offer both local, Indian and more internationally traditional food.

Amazing food at a great price. We love eating there and they have lots of great local food as well as nice specials. The staff is friendly and the chef makes excellent food.

Best meal our whole trip in Zanzibar. Naans are beautiful, though chilli cheese naan needs a lot more punch. Loved that you can pick you level of heat/spiciness for a lot of the dishes too as Zanzibar food has been disappointingly mild on heat/spicy.Loved all the fresh cooking and the tandoor. Recommend the paneer karai.

Delicious food! We came here two days in a row for the coconut prawns

Ma Shaa Allah is an excellent lunch option for those looking for a quieter place compared to Luukmaans next door. They have a full menu but the hot bar at lunch has everything you could want. The coconut spinach and tandoori chicken were bomb.

The best Swahili food restaurant in stone town. Service is outstanding.

A great place to get the taste of Indian-Zanzibari cuisine. Waiters may be a bit slow at times and may need reminders. The place gets a lot of tourists, and may become very busy occasionally.

Like its name masha Allah this place is fantastic its one among my favourates cafe when i am in zanzibar i loved this place

Best place to eat in all of Stone Town

Very good curry. Friendly staff. We liked it here!

The food is great, the service sucks tho!

Delicious food, warm hospitality, good location and reasonably priced.

A beautiful gem deep in stone town. Definitely worth stopping by for a bite whenever in Znz

Avoid this place at any cost. Food takes a lot of time to arrive, yet the food didn’t deserve all the waiting. Big fraud. Shrimp was smaller than a chicken’s finger although it’s called “King”. Also, many things on the menu weren’t available.

This place made me a believer in indian food. So so good. Highly recommend this restaurant. They are proud of their quality and spices, and after trying, I can see why. Delicious!

Nice foodFair pricesThank you so much

Good foodMuton byryani was not good the meat was not spiced it taste as if raw

Highly recommended for those who want to eat halal (Really MashaAllah, no alcohol served here!), spicy Indian dishes or fast foods. impressed by this eatery in the location of the old Lukmaan restaurant. Free WiFi & food is worth the wait. The naan veriety was perfect too.

This is, without any doubt, a place to pay a visit if you are around Stone Town and you want to enjoy good local and Indian food!

Really reasonable prices for its location. Good indian and swahilifood

The most disgusting place with absolutely NO COVID regulations being followed. Ordered a variety of meals, placed kids order first and asked for it to be brought when ready. Meals took over 40 mins and magically arrived seconds after we started to fuss. The crispy prawns and tempura calamari were both soft and soggy. When I asked the waitress to please fry more because of the above reasons she actually started pressing the calamari to double check if what I was saying was true. I nearly passed out from 😲shock. Needless to say I jumped up and marched myself and my family out of there whilst the staff looked at me dazed and confused. No one could understand what was so upsetting to me. So yeah, refused to eat or pay for the meals...another shocked and dazed situation. In these Covid times I am quite concerned about their lack of cleanliness but seems Im the only one.

Popular eating joint. Reasonable price and big quantities

One of the most popular Indian restaurant in this town. Recommend to visit.

Best restaurant on the whole island and best food I have had anywhere in the world during 3 years of constant traveling. Went here almost everyday for months whilst living on the island. Delicious, flavourful, inexpensive. I sincerely hope youll be the same if I ever return to Zanzibar, because you will be one of the reasons I do so. Thank you!

Local restaurant with nice indian food and good prices.

Check the buffet. Below is 10000 per person including soda! Delicious

Overrated. Food wasn’t bad, but not exceptional either. Pretty expensive compared to their neighbors Lukmaan where we went multiple times.The staff is not super friendly, service is as usual in Zanzibar pretty slow. The prawn masala was good, but you could expect more than 3 prawns in the dish...French fries were not tasty.In a nutshell: there are surely better Indian places, this restaurant is good, but if you have other options, go somewhere else.

The buffet looked great but we ordered a veggie curry and dhal from the Indian menu which were both absolutely delicious! Lovely staff too.

Nice place and all Indian food is available for Lunch and Dinner, the Biriani was nice and the staffs are good as well. I recommend the place.

Beware its cash only place. We only figured it out only after we had a meal. Rude management told us that we HAD to ask about payment options before we ate. The server charged me extra for a soup which she previously said was included. Moreover, bottle of water was opened when the server brought it to the table. Food was tasty. But overall experience was mleh.

Friendly but overpriced for what you get. The service is slow. I ordered a shrimp curry and got about three small shrimp. My complaint was not resolved. It’s in a fun neighborhood outside the usual tourist District.

Delicious and affordable food. I tried the coconut seafood curry (4000 tsh), beef pilau rice (5000 tsh) and puffed bread (500 tsh). The coconut curry and rice were delicious and full of flavour, and the bread was soft and comforting. The pilau is very different from the pilau found at local eateries in Dar, so try it even if youve had pilau before. The service is quick if you order from the prepared food. The waiters are friendly, but it was after speaking with three waiters that I found one who can recommend me a dish. I wanted to know which was the most popular rice and curry dish and the servers kept saying all of them, which was not helpful at all.The major complain I have is that the food is not warm. It is served cold and it is very difficult to eat cold rice or beef. I asked for it to be warmed up, but they returned the cold food back to me 10 minutes later. I guess the microwave didnt work. But it is certainly a major concern to be served cold food, especially from food safety perspective. If it was not for the cold food, then this place is definitely 5 star.

Our expectations were high given the ratings so we were a bit disappointed. The staff was indeed very friendly but service was slow. We sat down at 5:15 and received our food at 6:30. The prices were low, which is a big plus but the food was mediocre. The curry was quite tasty but the tuna was undercooked. Our other two dishes were underwhelming. It was very average but the staff was kind and the price was fair.

We are very picky but this was a very good indian food. Decent prices, kind stuff, you should definitely try.

Nice and friendly service. Ate at Lukmaan which is next door to Ma Shaa Allah previously and although the food is more or less the same, Ma Shaa Allah cafe is more customer friendly and cleaner as well. Also they have a menu which is easier to read and understand better than their neighbouring cafe.

We visited this restaurant (2 adults and 2 kids), based on the reviews I had seen here. It wasn’t hard to find but as other reviewers suggested - staff were friendly but service was incredibly slow and the place has no real atmosphere. At one point there was only us at the restaurant but it took 40 mins to bring just three dishes and 25 mins for juice. I ordered a chicken korma (which I never usually order) but it was not good at all, it was so bland (won’t be making that mistake again). My husband had the rogan gosht (his favorite), but the lamb was fatty and there was little flavor. The kids had the kofta which actually was the best. We are sticking to our usual fish from now on.

Good food. Service was tired a bit though. But in the hole nice place.

Food is good, and not too pricy, however expect to wait an hour plus for your food. Slow service.

Visit for delicious Zanzibar cuisines and much more. Visit for international dishes and more.

Not as good as Luukmans next door and slightly less authentic. Ma Shaa Allah is more of a sit-down place, and the service is pretty slow, to the point me and my friends were a bit concerned about missing our ferry back to the mainland. The tandoori chicken and the Zanziberri smoothie, however, were good enough to earn this place its fourth star. The decor is OK but definitely not anything special.

A down to earth place, nice atmosphere and very friendly staff. Food was very tasty and good price. Recommended!!

Best Biryani in the world. I have had friends fly me the Biryani on the plane to Arusha. Its that good.

Located right next to Lukmaan - where Luukmaan once used to be, Ma Shaa Allah Cafe at Mkunazi Street, is a welcome addition to Stone Towns very affordable food options. Food is kind of Indian with a dash of local flavours, so expect curries, very delicious naan bread (very much recommended) to be ordered from a menu if you are up to a waiting time of 30 minutes and more or go for the buffet-style options when in a hurry. The team has earned a reputation for their friendly and attentive style, the ambience is functional rather but pleasant enough. A good sample of food for four plus beverages left us all in all happy with a bill of approx 60.000 TZ. The only real minus was the juices and smoothies that ranged from super nice for a simple mango juice to okayish for the avocado version to pretty bad for the so called Koko Cooler that was spoiled by a obviously unsuitable pineapple. Hopefully, this was just bad luck.

Good restaurant for local cuisine.

Clean and comfortable place. The food is prepared fresh and they have an extensive menu. Owner and staff are welcoming as well.

Great ambiance, sumptuous delicious food ! Definitely recommended 👌 Reasonably priced.. Friendly staff always welcoming with a Smile Pole Pole 😊

Extremely nice staff and great indian food. They make delicious Naan in a tandoori oven😋

Most wonderful food in town. We kept coming back to enjoy the flavorful dishes and fresh juices. Staff is wonderful, too. We couldn’t recommend it more.

Very slow service. The waiters dont write the orders and so forgot our drinks. The waiter took my smartphone to put the WiFi password and I had to remind her 10 minutes later to give it back to me. Competent waiters are required. A bit expensive for residents. Tasty food.

Very good, the buffet was very nice

Food served over here is best Indian food stuffs compare to all restaurant in Zanzibar. Recommend anyone to visit this place. Ambience is good and one can also taste authentic Zanzibar mix here!

Facing the road sitting, variety of local food (indian/ arabic) but not as much as Luukman next by. We had great biryani rice with chicken and spenach. Everything was tasty and staff very helpful!

Vegan paradise!! Amazing.. Finally I found a place with a wide choice of vegetables. Love it. Very tasty

Really delicious local and indian food! Good price! I would definitely recommend it! My fav was coconut sauce shrimp with fries and passionfruit juice!!!

Cleanliness and good services..The food is delicious ...Oops i didnt take any picture because of enjoying the food

Great halaal food

Unbelievably delicious food!!! Fresh, flavorful, with exceptionally nice staff!!! An absolute must for real food lovers!!!!

Located near slave market in stone town.Good food but you have to wait for a while if you choose from the menu, not the few minutes as said. Buffet have limited choices and some restrictions

Very organized, the service is very good, super nice waiters and waitresses. The food is tasty, cheap ... it is a nice place to have lunch/dinner at, less crowded and chaotic than lukman beside.

The place has a nice atmosphere and delicious food

The food was amazing although you shouldnt expect a great ambience. The prices are reasonable and the taste is authentic. Highly recommended.

Really nice local restaurant, right next to the ever so popular lonely planet top choice, Lukman. However this is personally my top choice and in my opinion a whole lot better than its neighbours. Food is good and cheap and staff are very friendly and helpfull. I recomend it.

Best swahili cusine in Zanzibar

Very good food, diversified and lovely people. I highly recomand

I love the food here. Must try the beef masala its so good and the spinach food which I ordered.

Simple affordable food with a friendly owner welcoming you to his place. The mango jam, and chutneys in pots that you can take away are also very tasty

Absolutely the best cafeteria. Dont go next door tot Lukmans. Those who know, know to go to Ma Shaa Allah.Friendly, great chicken and vegetables.

Great food for a very low price. All staff were very friendly. Highly recommended, and we would definitely go back!

Made to order smoothies using fresh hand cut fruit. They do all the peeling off and cutting right in front of you. Only 3000 tsh!

Ok place.Sometimes a little bit crowded, prices are not so high.

Best place for local food, Indian dishes and vegetarian dishes. Its my favorite place to eat in stone town. A must try while here.

Good food

Ive been eating there for many times. Such good food (my favorites are the wraps) and such friendly staff.

Nice place!!

Food service horribleOwner does not own up to their fault for food not cooked properly and tastelessWaiters grumpyI would not recommend it at all and give0 stars if I could

Wonderful restaurant, offers variety of local, Arabic, western and Indian food with the drink choices varying from coffee, fresh juices, ice cream and slushes.

Good restaurant in stone town v good pakistani food I highly recommend it