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Floating Restaurant
R5QQ+R9W, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Floating Restaurant
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CR
Review №1

Delicious food and drinks. Great staff and great music.

Yi
Review №2

It has a spectacular view of port and park. It is over the water , difficult to miss. Definetly you will see it. I ordered Margarita pizza, it tooks very long and its taste is not very good but it is edible. Maybe if you go there you should try other foods...

Ke
Review №3

This place is a gem. The price is on par with the other restaurants in the city, but the difference is that here you get a great view and ambiance. I enjoyed it so much the first time that I came back the next day. I dont remember the exact name of the food that I ordered but it was shrimp and carrots in a curry sauce with white rice. It tasted great and filled me up. My one gripe here is that I ordered a cold coke, and it certainly wasnt cold. It might have been several degrees cooler than the ambient air, but not what someone would typically expect when they think of the world cold. I definitely recommend this place. My photos are from the deck of the restaurant.

Yu
Review №4

Location wise its ok. You can see nice ocean view and feel safe to wait for your ferry. The price is a bit expensive compare to the quality of the food. Also rest room should be improved.

An
Review №5

If you are looking for some seafood or even some Western food, this is the right place, you can enjoy the ocean up close, and the view is not too bad, on one side there is the Zanzibar city port and on the other is Stone town beach. The food that my friend and I had on the first day ( seafood platter for 2 ) was impossible to eat as it was just so big, fortunately there were so many cats around us that our plates at the end finished empty. The food was delicious too. Service was ok, but just as anywhere in Tanzania ( and we have been all over ) it was very pole pole .

Fi
Review №6

Perfect view of the sea, i mean you a even see the fish 🐟 in the clear waters.. That is the only vibe about the floating restaurant. Other than that the services are slow, food is normal. Nothing more exciting about this place

Bo
Review №7

Good view. Great place to take a beer or cocktails. Very windy and refreshing. Prices are high comparing to local market. The food is so-so. But still is great place to have a rest and chill during the hot day

Sa
Review №8

Place is the best, taste is OK, but service is Africa.

Em
Review №9

Its a cool and relaxing spot for eatery in Stonetown!Enjoy seeing the blue ocean around you.

Mi
Review №10

Great location and service. The staff is very professional, the ocean view is wow. Not so great value for the money, everything on the menu is pretty expensive. Our mojitos had a lot of sugar and the food portions are very small.

Mf
Review №11

This place is nice. I have really enjoyed to be here

Yo
Review №12

Very good restaurant! Good price and tasty food!

Ni
Review №13

Poor food at ridiculous prices.The tacos were dry, the fish is of poor quality, the tuna ceviche has no taste and the tuna is of poor quality, the Greek salad is a joke.To be avoided.

Sh
Review №14

Dont mind other reviews. If you want pizza go to Italy. Service is quick and good. View is amazing, atmosphere, music is great. Get seafood, local food. You wont be disappointed.

Jo
Review №15

I was very pleased with the service. We had 13 in our party and sometimes its too much for a place to handle, but they did well. The food was good. I had the fish curry and it was tasty. I agree the portions werent very large but I wasnt looking to leave stuffed either. Waiter didnt show up much but I didnt fee like we were avoided either.

Ed
Review №16

Service is not slow, but actually not caring at all. We had to go and ask for menus, they were just chilling. They couldnt explain what any of the dishes we asked for contained. Finally, we had a kind of tomato toast but it was highly disappointing. The view is nice, thats it.

Se
Review №17

Very nice staff, very close to the ocean. Hope the gvt inspectors were satisfied!

Ba
Review №18

Unfortunately I had a very bad experience on this facility , just by the entrance there was two ladys chating , on my understanding their duty is to welcome the guests and provide general information about the location what did happen because while we were having a look on the menu they were talking about us negatively in Swahili thinking that I dont understand it.Even though we decided to enter , the waiter just brought the menu and he did not give the required attention and the table that we were addressed to was dirty.The waiter was just walking around on different tables were the people from Europe and Asia were sitting, giving more attention to other people and he simply forgot about us , we spent around 20 min just waiting for the waiter to collect our request, where we decided to just move from this facility because were badly treated and we were the only black couple at that location at that particular time. No one from this facility attended to understand why we decided to leave the location without having the meal or beverage. I would expect that this kind of things still happen around this area.

Je
Review №19

Nice but have expected more for the price. The food is ok but not the best one, as we were announced.

La
Review №20

Went there to have a cup of coffee and one Pizza. The coffees were instant coffee and for that way to expensive. Also it came out lukewarm/cold. They offered several milkshakes in the card but only had the banana ones. Very small portions. The taste of the pizza was ok but the crust was cut off. Further the service was slow. I wouldnt recommend it.

Re
Review №21

Better views than Mercurys bar. Service faster. Great for lunch or sundowner

Hu
Review №22

The floating bar restaurant was a great discovery in Stone Town. We spent the afternoon chilling. You can even swim if you want. The staff is friendly and the service is bit slow, but you know, Hakuna Matata :)

Bi
Review №23

The view is very nice but apart from that, the meals were not so good. We had octopus curry that was too chewy and in big uncutable pieces and the tuna fish (catch of the day) was barely prepared, only grilled too much, both for something around 16000tzs. There are other restaurants for the same price with much better meal quality in Stone Town. The drinks were good and at a reasonable price so I guess its worth it for a drink with a view on the ocean.

Review №24

Food is okay (not special, but completely okay), price is okay, staff is kind, however they left us with a bad taste. They brought the bill in TZS, and we’ve asked the price in USD (we already know, it’s 21)They’ve said 24 after looking at us. Okay, let’s leave it, 24. (We did not make a problem about it.)We had only 30 in notes, so went inside with the receipt and the money to the staff to get the change. There, suddenly the price “became” 29.They’ve tried it if we notice, and after seeing we are not complete idiots, they’ve let us go with 24. (Still, the original price was 21.)

Bo
Review №25

We had only drinks in the floating restaurant - they were immaculate. The place is directly at the waterfront (as the name suggests) and you can see over the wide sea with all the vessels. The place itself needs a little makeover.

Se
Review №26

I have visited the restaurant one time now. The view is very nice like you could imagine. The price is a little bit more expensive than the rest of Stonetown. For 18.000 TZS we got a very small portion of spaghetti with sea food.If you want to get full go somewhere else, if you want to have a nice view you could go here.

Ca
Review №27

It was absolute garbage, if I could rate 0 stars i would.We got there at three, we told them we had a boat tour at four. At 3:45 I asked rather angrily where our food was, the manager was uninterested and rude.At 3:50 i threatend to leave with my family without paying, a few minutes later they brought our starter, a salad, the lettuce was quite clearly dirty and the whole dish looked unappealing, i told him it was dirty, he rather rudely claimed it was pepper. We left without paying AND missed the boat tour.Absolute joke, do not recommend unless you want to your intelligence insulted.

Ja
Review №28

The location of this place is very nice. You are sitting right next to the sea. But the food you get there is very expensive and just very few. After leaving we spent much more money than usual but were still hungry. The food was ok but not worth the money.

Ka
Review №29

We chose the place because of the location by the sea. The food was very disappointing; raw chicken kebabs and an undelicate lobster with stomach content coloring the meat. We have got much better lobster other places in Zanzibar. The waiter never came back to us after we told him, hopeless service!

Ma
Review №30

Its a nice breezy place. Not a lot of food selection, but I had the peppered steak and it was tasty and reasonably priced. Staff were friendly too !

al
Review №31

Only the place is amazing ; service is a little slow, we had to ask for the menu, prices are correct but the food is really low quality, especially for the price required (7€ for a poor little pizza)

Ka
Review №32

The only good thing is the location but nothing more. The coffe was cold and very small. For this price absolutely too expensive. The pizza was ok but had no crust. I will not come again.

Ni
Review №33

Decent food and service on a nice sea view location. Speed of service improve since previous visits but still ensure you are having time to spare.

Pa
Review №34

A good place for lunch as its by the sea front away from the hussle and bustle of old town, where you can relax and enjoy the sea breeze. The food and service were fine would happily eat here again.

Al
Review №35

Very nice place to drink a beer or juice and watch the sunset on the ocean. However it is very uncomfortable outside after the sunset when the lamps lure a lot of flying insects directly in your vicinity.

Ah
Review №36

The view is amazing sea and the wind its amazing and the food too is delicious everything is great

Eu
Review №37

I think its Cape Town fish market now. If so, good service food and drinks.

Mi
Review №38

Very nice setting. Typically slow service but thats everywhere. Food was barely average...bland chicken curry and overcooked calamari. Not worth the money.

As
Review №39

Slow service, lukewarm beers, average food. The only thing this place has going for it is good views and clean toilets. Useless place to eat.

fa
Review №40

Nice sea view but drinks are not cold enough

Ja
Review №41

Only had drinks and chips. Chips were decent. Other food seemed a little bit pricy, but drinks were on par with other restaurants. Good views.

Ma
Review №42

The food is awful and very expensive compared to nearly all locations around. The staff is slow af and couldnt care less about you.

森恒
Review №43

Staffs attitude was awful though location is nice. I may just unlucky but never ever go there again.

Sa
Review №44

Its a very nice place to sit and eat. The service here is very slow though

El
Review №45

Much room for improvement. Best scenery. Service not so good.

Su
Review №46

Great views. Nice place to have a cool drink after shooping.

Sa
Review №47

Its a nice restaurant I have never seen a restaurant like that which is on water

Da
Review №48

Fantastic food, great service and a fabulous view!

Ma
Review №49

Good food but small portions

Di
Review №50

Best place to eat in Stonetown.

Ed
Review №51

A restaurant worth visiting

Mi
Review №52

Does not accept credit cards. Slow service. Good setting

Al
Review №53

Good food and a great view of the sunset.

La
Review №54

Pricey, but worth it. Great octopus and prawns.

Ha
Review №55

Nice view

sh
Review №56

Delicious meal especially sea food.

Ma
Review №57

Had to wait very long on the food but the food was okay.

Af
Review №58

They didnt have anything we ordered and made us wait a long time before they told us

Is
Review №59

Offer the best view to seaport and forodhani park

Ya
Review №60

Great place to relax n dine

Ja
Review №61

Nice views. Friendly service.

ah
Review №62

Very nice view and staff

Am
Review №63

Best restaurant in forodhani

HS
Review №64

Nice location, nough said.

be
Review №65

Food was bad

Se
Review №66

I liked the pizza here.

Pe
Review №67

Excellent

Su
Review №68

Very attractive place

Gi
Review №69

Lovely! Superb Daniel

ge
Review №70

Have Dinner on a floating restaurant

ne
Review №71

For their services

Na
Review №72

Located forodhani

Ok
Review №73

Great atmosphere

#M
Review №74

Nice place exactly

An
Review №75

Great zanzibar experience

Yo
Review №76

Nice place

Di
Review №77

Stone town

Hu
Review №78

Nice place!

Vi
Review №79

Poor service

Ka
Review №80

Good Restaurant

Ан
Review №81

You can pay by card !!! This is a huge plus.Great ocean views, polite waiters.Delicious grilled fish. Various interesting lemonades. They bring a glass with ice and a slice of lime, and lemonade is poured into it all. The beauty!

A
Review №82

Seafood restaurant, the place is a bomb, the building itself is also interesting, the view is excellent, I tried tuna here, very tasty, this light, you will lick your fingers 👍😎

Se
Review №83

Views at sunset are beautiful, food can not be ordered and limited to drinks. Impressions are the most positive. Not all waiters know English, but do well. The prices are moderate.

Ев
Review №84

Delicious food, amazing view, polite empathetic staff, they cook very quickly, thank you guys ❤

kh
Review №85

It changes places often, but never goes away, beautiful from afar and when you have a great view. to eat very correct. a colorful attraction in stonetown.

Zi
Review №86

Delicious food and reasonable prices. Features sea views

Па
Review №87

The prices are reasonable. The food is delicious. Nice view.

ro
Review №88

European style restaurant. Burgers good served with friesToilet very clean

ゆっ
Review №89

2015/9 Shisha in Zanzibar, Tanzania. I forgot the store except here ...

No
Review №90

Nice service and a beautiful view of the Ocean (especially at sunset). 😊👍🏻 Typical European food and we werent looking for that, so we limited ourselves to a few beers 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺😂. Besides, neat and fairly clean.

Би
Review №91

Great restaurant. Delicious. Everything is at a high level. They accept cards for payment. Great location. Delivery fast enough

Ma
Review №92

Very nice place, reasonable service and food for high prices

ma
Review №93

Delicious tuna

Ye
Review №94

Good vibe. I also had grilled Changu fish, chicken salad and seafood pasta ... the pasta was not good !! Shine! Eat while watching the seaIts good to spend time!

Pa
Review №95

Fantastic cuisine and beautiful sea views ...

Pa
Review №96

Small portions expensive but tasty. You have to wait a long time for food over an hour :( Mens toilet massacre.

Ke
Review №97

Its a place for locals to come and go. There were many local people talking to tourists, so I could not make it easy

Mi
Review №98

Good food nice view of the harbor nice staff

h
Review №99

A bad service from the girl with blue headscarf. The location is the only thing good about it

Ma
Review №100

Very slow service for bad food at high prices ...

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  • Address:R5QQ+R9W, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Working hours
  • Monday:8AM–10PM
  • Tuesday:8AM–10PM
  • Wednesday:8AM–10PM
  • Thursday:8AM–10PM
  • Friday:8AM–10PM
  • Saturday:8AM–10PM
  • Sunday:8AM–10PM
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