Name: Ocean Boho House
Address: Jambiani, Zanzibar, TZ
Telephone: +48 600 437 872

Karibu · Welcome

A small house in Jambiani

Ocean Boho House is a hotel of nine rooms in Jambiani, a village on the south-east coast of Zanzibar. It stands in the second row from the sea, three minutes’ walk from the beach.

White walls, thatched roofs, carved wooden beds and a pool in the middle of the garden.

See the rooms

Lounge with wooden armchairs, plants and a pale blue door

Terrace with strings of seashells hanging between white columns

Rooms

Nine rooms, each one different

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Pool & garden

The pool is the middle of the house

Palms, a thatched bungalow and shaded terraces around it.

Swimming pool with a wooden daybed in the garden

Pool and thatched bungalow under palm trees

Covered terrace with a thatched roof and patterned floor tiles

Entrance of the thatched garden bungalow

Restaurant

Dinner under string lights

The restaurant sits in the garden, with more tables on the deck by the pool. It is open to guests of the house and to visitors.

Open8:30 – 22:00

Book a table+255 650 587 796

4.9 / 5

from 231 reviews on Tripadvisor. No. 1 of 107 restaurants in Jambiani, Travelers’ Choice 2025.

Read the reviews on Tripadvisor

Figures checked in October 2026.

What guests mention in recent reviews

The food: Octopus confit, tagliatelle with rock lobster, kingfish with passion fruit sauce and the potato pancakes with tuna are the dishes named most often.
The people: Guests write about warm, attentive service, and several mention the chef and the waiters by name.
The garden: Soft lights in the trees, the boho setting, live music and the event evenings.

A summary in our own words. The reviews themselves are on Tripadvisor.

Restaurant tables set for dinner under string lights and white curtains

Wooden deck in the garden at dusk with lanterns hanging in the trees

Guests at dinner on the garden deck, seen from above

Guests at tables on the deck at night under strings of lanterns

From the kitchen

Grilled prawns on a black plate with dots of yellow sauce

A plated dish in a stone bowl with the pool and daybeds behind it

Seared tuna with an orange sauce in a stone bowl

A plated dish on a dark wooden plate, held over the pool

Grilled rock lobster with herbs and a green sauce

Filled shells with edible flowers on a blue-rimmed plate, held over the pool

A courgette-wrapped roll topped with nuts and herbs

Calamari on a wooden board with green sauce and carved vegetables

Two golden pastries with red cabbage slaw and a yellow sauce

A slice of cheesecake with a caramel and nut topping in a blue dish

A glazed dish in a white bowl on a table in the garden

A chocolate dessert with orange flower petals on a white plate

Events

Evenings in the garden

The garden has hosted the Food Night Market, Dinner under the Palms & Stars and Elementa by Zanzibar Gourmet. Upcoming evenings are posted on Instagram, @ocean.boho.house.

The garden and the lit pool at dusk, seen from above

A candlelit long-table dinner in the garden, seen from above

Cocktail glasses with lime lined up on the bar

A bowl of rice and braised meat served at a market stall

Guests talking in the garden under string lights at the Food Night Market

A guest tasting food between the market stalls under paper lanterns

Your hosts

The people behind the house

SylwesterChef and owner: Twenty years in professional kitchens, in Warsaw and on Zanzibar. He runs the kitchen, looks after the guests and the rooms, and does the repairs himself.
AgaDesign and reservations: An interior designer who created the concept of Ocean Boho House. She works from Poland and takes care of your booking.
HaniaGuest relations: She looks after our guests and how they feel during their stay, in body and in mind.

Two of the hosts in sunglasses on a windy clifftop above the sea

The Ocean Boho House team standing together — The Ocean Boho House team

Booking

Ask about your dates

We send prices on request. Tell us your dates and the number of guests, and we reply with the price for exactly those dates, in Tanzanian shillings (TZS).

Low season

16 March – 15 June

1 November – 10 December

High season

16 June – 31 October

11 December – 15 March

Christmas & New Year

Minimum stay 3 nights

Rooms

Book a room

WhatsApp+48 600 437 872

Emailocean.boho.zanzibar@gmail.com