Starfish Restaurant — Restaurant in Unguja

We've been very happy about our staying at Starfish.

Our room was simple but cozy and well cleaned. It's even very nice because equipped with local swahili and sea things.

Food has been fantastic, very safe, nice to see, I think Europeans can really feel safe eating at Starfish, they have really high hygienic standards.They are careful to food intolerances and allergies, I'm celiac and I had no problems.

We had the possibility to discover Jambiani village, their uses and jobs, and it has been a fantastic way to get involved in their culture and really discover it.

We felt very happy to support local projects with our staying at...

Really hoped to enjoy our experience at Starfish because of their ethos but sadly we were underwhelmed by the food, especially considering it’s price. My mum ordered the spinach in coconut milk with chapati (18,000 TZS), the spinach lacked any signs of coconut milk and seasoning. I ordered the tuna, vegetables and potato (28,000 TZS). The tuna was small, tough and rather flavourless, vegetables consisted of one sliced tomato and chips tasted as if from the freezer. Shame as it has great potential having a prefect location...

Disappointing :-( We went there two days ago and while we were waiting way more than an hour for our food (the two other table were already finished and we were the only ordering guests) a very loud verbal fight started in the kitchen… In the meantime we had to ask when the food will come and we heard „soon“, in „7 minutes“ but the food wasn‘t coming... In the end, the food wasn‘t worth waiting for so long (chicken was very chewy) and we didn‘t get more than...