African Boutique Avis 

During my recent visit to Nungwi Beach, I had one of the most disappointing and offensive experiences at Deep Africa Boutique. My wife, sister, female cousin, and a close family friend—all women of color—were with me as we walked by this shop. Curious to see what souvenirs they offered so we could purchase something meaningful to bring back home to the USA, we approached the entrance.

Before we could even step inside, the owner (who appeared to be of Russian descent) abruptly locked the door and flipped the sign from “Open” to “Closed.” This was not only shocking but deeply insulting. It was painfully clear that we were being stereotyped and discriminated against solely because of the color of our skin.

It is extremely disheartening to face such racism, especially in a predominantly Black country where one would expect respect and inclusivity. To be treated in such a demeaning manner, as if we were not worthy of entering the store, was both humiliating and unacceptable.

I strongly caution anyone—especially Black travelers and people of color—against supporting this establishment in any way. Businesses that operate with such prejudice do not deserve to thrive, and they certainly do not reflect the warmth, hospitality, and beauty of Zanzibar.

The best way to respond to such behavior is by spreading awareness. I will continue to share this experience to ensure others know the type of treatment they might face at Deep Africa Boutique. Discrimination has no place anywhere, and certainly not in a country as rich in culture and diversity as Tanzania.

There are just so many extraordinarily horrible things that have happened to us while doing business with this company over the last two years your head would spin off into orbit if I had time to Geth into this.

All garments are supposed to be brand new custom made to size instead they are anything but.

Almost everything we purchased for clients are a complete disaster! Wrong sizes, wet mildew, incomplete, worn, filthy, oily, ripped, you name it that’s what’s been wrong!

I’ve been buying garments from them for years! Right before Covid everything has gone to crap!

WHEN I TELL YOU NOT TO BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE SHYSTERS I MEAN IT!

They think because they are in India they can get away with this garbage!!

I have to refund thousands of dollars who ordered these dress for a woman’s spiritual growth event who had nothing to wear because of these asshats!

TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW NEVER TO BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM EVER!

Horrible horrible customer service didn’t give me an update this website should no longer be in existence I want my dress now.. no response.

This is worse place to shop they take your money and send you cheap Abayas n kaftans than they make it your fault

Neeeeeever bought from them they only steal your money, I sent everything back but my parcel never been arrived because there’s no one to accept the parcel and if you try to call or text them they ignore you

I wish I could give 0. I ordered a dress and they delivered something totally different. I am totally disappointed and I will never recommend this site again to anyone. I needed the dress for an event and they assured me it will deliver it on July 8 or 9th but the dress was delivered on the 13th. The seller doesn't care about his customers. Customer service is horrible. Avoid them🙄

I would not recommend using this website. Items are some cheap version of what is pictured and customer service is horrible. They clearly do not care about the company’s reputation. I completely wasted my money!

Order 4 keftans in Large,Medium, and Small all based their size chart provided on their site and they did not fit so I had to return them and asked if they could do an exchange. They agreed and of course I paid return shipping with insurance which let me add was $120.00 , but didn’t mind because I was desperate to have them exchanged as quickly as possible as I needed them for an important occasion. I kept messaging them On WhatsApp and emailing them for about 1 1/2 months asking about the package because the tracking site said it arrived in India and had been attempted to be delivered for 3 weeks before I filed a claim which also backfired because in the in the end the package was shipped back to my doorstep. After finally responding to email which took them another month to respond to, all he had to say was sorry for the inconvenience. I would never order a website who doesn’t even have the courtesy to offer something to a customer who’s willing to spend almost $400 worth of merchandise from their store which shows they don’t care about their customers. I let them know that I would be leaving this review will also be contacting PayPal to see if I am able to be reimbursed even a dime for such a bad, untrustworthy, and time consuming experience.

My wife ordered some dresses, different than what they show on their web. Poor quality products. Not worth a penny. Asked for refund. Avoid!!!!!!!!!!!

Ordered 2 kaftan from this website. One of them is ripped /torn. I sent an email but nothing has been done about it. Materials are also poor quality.