Addissina Hotel

Ethiopia , Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, Bole Area, .
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8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2025

Anne

Shuttle was seamless, staff friendly, room large with very comfortable bed and small balcony.
Whole hotel is a little tired. A lot of city noise through the night, to be expected in the city centre. Addis doesnt see many English speaking guests so there can be misunderstanding due to the language barrier. All staff trued to speak Englush but it is not their first language. All in all a great location and exceptional value stay

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2025

Sosina

Excellent customer service, clean and quiet and peaceful hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2025

Kamal

They were good

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2024

Verified traveler

* * * .5 At Best.

The customer service is amazing. The STAFF get the top Honors. This is one of those hotels that is on the edge of being a true Four * * * * star. What's missing or wrong?:

*** Check for Roaches ***

1. ROOMS have Broken or Outdate appliances (Tv, Irons, Iron Boards, Dirty & Bulbless Lamps)

2. ROOMS need a deep cleaning of the fixtures and furnishings (old painted walls, furniture, old curtains, unsteamed window frames)

3. ROOMS need furniture to be refurbished. (ALL Drawers and Cabinets all need paint jobs and broken - or missing - knobs replaced)

4. ROOMS >> BATHrooms <<< need major improvement especially the Shower units.

A.) The tub basins are scrathed to death. B.)Top hanging shower heads leak and DO NOT stream well.
C.) Both sink & tub need drainage pipes flushed and cleaned. Pray the water does not stay clogged when the water runs.
D.) Test the Shower Doors and Tiolets for LEAKAGE. Be prepared for the Great Flood when you take a Shower or Flush the toilet. The sealant and caulking work like they are ancient.

5. The DOORS might work properly if they had proper latches. Even the interior doors have to be kept closed by placing something heavy (or wedged) at the base.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2023

Rahel

All the staff were so welcoming and they really took care of me, and they especially took care of my elderly mum. I would definitely stay here again and I would definitely recommend this lovely hotel.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2022

Joel

Friendly helpful staff and clean rooms. Recommend if you need to stay near airport but call early for shuttle

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Good quality hotel

Good clean room. Great service in restaurant, good food. Reliable shuttle to airport. Good location .would definitely stay here again

Self

4/10

Poor

07 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Gym equipment needs some work, has a few machines but they don’t turn on.

Business_and_leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2019

Morris

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

I was there for two nights. My first time in Ethiopia.
GOOD - Nice ppl, eager to .help and please. Clean place and im hard to please. I loved the bed, so comfortable. They had a tub and shower with glass on both sides, I liked the style. Has a small elevator which was better than no elevator. Staff, front desk was all very helpful and polite. Maintenance was quick to reply. Airport transport was good and free.
BAD - Some construction on a building next door kept the noise level high at times and some barking dogs but only during the day. The sliding bathroom window was not secure and the door plate was falling off which made it impossible for me to leave my room at times. And the safe was not working. So, I called the desk they sent maintenance, they fixed them all within an hour of my call. Bath tub was nice to have but Im 6\"4\" and it wasn't long enough for me to straighten out my legs and its a bit of a drop steeping out of the tub and the door stop is ill placed right where you step out. watch that first step.
UGLY - I gave laundry some of my clothes to wash and they told me they would have them back same day but they didn't when it came time to leave I didn't have all my clothes and it stressed me out for a little while, they did find them in time for me to leave. The hotel is on a dirt road, and slums are your neighbors, so the surrounding neighborhood is not appealing.
Conclusion - I would stay here again, the price was right and the ppl and inside was good.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2019

Lamont

The staff were wonderful and very accommodating to me and all of there guests. I will recommend all of my American friends and family to stay at this hotel.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Overall I had a fantastic stay at the Addissinia Hotel and would consider staying again. Location is great. Close to the airport and in Bole a pretty hip area of Addis. The free airport shuttle was great. I had some problems with my room (some lights not working, shower head broken and safe didnt work). Management put me in another room where everything was in working condition. Hotel breakfast is good. Enough variety. I also booked the driver, Josef, to take me on a customized city tour. He is a great guy and it was a good tour to see the main cites of the city. But the main selling point of the Addissinia Hotel is the amazing staff. All courteous, kind, helpful and attentive.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2019

M R

Amazing, memorable & comfortable stay at the Hotel

Very comfortable, feel at home hotel. Excellent service, polite & very helpful staff. Excellent restaurant, great maintenance. Clean, hygiene place.
Loved our stay there. Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Addis Ababa.

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2019

larryj

I love the location and the quality of service. Some of the furniture seemed to have been damaged by guest.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

I like the staff and that it was close to the Edna Mall.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Good size bedrooms, the bathrooms were up to date, and full bar and restaurant.

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2018

Nordin

Near the Bole Airport

Very close to hotel. Provides complimentary return airport transfer.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

A well organised and comfortable hotel with good food and facilities.

6/10

Pleasant

18 Nov 2018

David

Poor part of town. Can’t really walk around the neighborhood

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Good quality, convenient hotel. Rooms are of high standard, comfortable and very clean. Staff are friendly and the airport pick up is smooth. The location is a bit far from the city's main tourist attractions, but that seems to be true of most hotels where there is no natural 'city centre'. The location is good for the airport. It's functional and does the job.

Very good pizza restaurant on the ground floor - freshly made and the best Italian food we ate on our trip. Sadly the hotel leaves the front door open all evening making the restaurant freezing cold after dark.

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2017

Arun

very good experience

great experience, nothing much to complain, staff is too friendly

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2017

PGB

Great hotel easily accessible to airport.

This is a very nice hotel with great staff. Based on many reviews we read, so much depends on whether the reader has travelled widely in Africa and has reasonable expectations. The neighbourhood is not one that Westerners not used to majority-world urban environments would be comfortable in, but in the hotel everything was above average and expectations - again compared to similar places in Africa.

Breakfast buffet was excellent, menu for lunch was good - no need to venture out looking for food. Coffees available from the bar in the lobby, and the pizza bar which is open long hours made great pizza.
Our plans changed and we needed to come back a week later to Addis unexpectedly, and didn't hesitate to book back in, and brought some friends who took a room as well.
Excellent value.

4/10

Poor

01 Sep 2017

Myra

Avoid the resturant

My entire family was made violently ill after eating in the restaurant. It's more than a week later and I'm still recovering.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2017

Tosif ur

Not a hotel of my choice

Its not at all matching with the rating it has got online.
There are many better hotels may be found in the same cost. Breakfats menu is not all good. It may be good for Locals who may prefer that kind of food. But not at all to the travellers from other part of world.

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2017

Good Hotel

This is not a 5 star luxury hotel, but it is a great hotel for someone looking for a safe, clean, and economical stay. If you are looking for high end or \"business\" (i.e. your company is paying, not you), you may want to look in other areas of the city where you will find the expensive yellow taxis.

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2017

Verified traveler

Value for Money

The hotel worked for our two day stay. There is room for improvement for the food service staff.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Feb 2017

Steven

Not as good as it was used to be.

I'd stayed here once before, a year ago, when it was new. Now it is beginning to look a little uncared for. But the beds are still very good. Service is also not quite as good as it was. For example, the safety box in our room was locked when we arrived, and it took 50 minutes and half a dozen phone calls to get someone to come and open it.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Feb 2017

MAP

Good Hotel and Facilities

Although the hotel was up to standard, its location was not. Currently a lot of construction adjacent and opposite the hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2017

Andrew

A lovely clean centrally located hotel

After three other experiences with small mid priced hotels in Addis Ababa this hotel is perfect. It's immaculately clean and comfortable, the staff was wonderful the owner was courteous and everything worked which is been an unusual experience for me in Africa. The hotel is located around the corner from a massive construction project of a new stadium. However this did not detract from the quality or services of the institution. The food was good It is centrally located in the Bole area of Addis Ababa and it's about a 5 to 10 minute drive to the airport. The breakfast buffet was delicious and the pick up and drop off services to the airport were wonderful. Although this is not an American luxury chain hotel, the services were quite comparable for one third the price. I'm looking forward to my next return.

8/10

Excellent

21 Dec 2016

Tamara

Back a Second Time

Our first night in Ethiopia before going on a tour was spent at the Addissinia Hotel. The staff was personable and willing to help in any way, even storing a piece of luggage until we returned in a week. They also provide a great airport shuttle service, a tasty breakfast, and a friendly bar for adult beverages. Try a deep tissue massage, you won't regret it especially after a trip into the Danakil Depression. We returned to the Addissinia for our last night before flying out of Addis. We would definitely stay at the Addissinia in the future.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Oct 2016

Billy

great!

Hotel, manager, staff, drivers and the food was the best!

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2016

Melissa

Reasonable cost for a nice little hotel

My husband and I love the Addissinia. The staff are always nice, the rooms are nice (if a bit small), and overall the room service food is good (one of the few hotels in Addis that I might actually go to just for dinner). The breakfast buffet is a little weak (but then again, other than the Hilton buffet, I could say that for every hotel we've stayed at in Addis). The rooms do get quite warm though - and I would recommend that they eventually put a wall fan permanently in the rooms (since the rooms are a bit small, the floor fan takes up space AND takes up one of the very few wall outlets).

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Sep 2016

AbdulRahman

Good stay but the noise...

Overall good but the pick up from the airport was late and the noise from the new stadium construction can be annoying

Family

4/10

Poor

03 Sep 2016

Wiley

OK, Not Great Option near Airport

Overall this hotel is OK if you have business in the neighborhood or need to be very close to the airport - otherwise there are nicer options at the same price point elsewhere in Addis. I stayed for business so the location wasn't a problem, but if you're on holiday and want to be within walking distance of restaurants / sights / public transportation then this is not the place. The hotel itself is ok - bedding is good, rooms have balconies, nice TVs, refrigerators, bathtubs, etc. One drawback is lack of carpeting in rooms, which wouldn't be a big deal except that Addis can be quite cold at night (and the rooms also have neither heat nor AC) so its very cold in the rainy season. The first room I was in was dark and had twin beds, and the staff was happy to let me change rooms the next morning. Staff are generally friendly and helpful, in the daytime at least - the night front desk staff are shaky which, given how many flights arrive at odd late hours in Addis, can be a problem. The night I checked in I exchanged a few dollars for Birr and the staff who did the transfer tried the old short one big bill \"mistake\". It was the same staff member who checked me out a week later, again late at night, and he was both nervous and clearly didn't know how to do a lot of the basic things you'd expect (e.g. print of detail for expense account reimbursal) so the checkout took almost half an hour - good thing I was leaving a little early.

8/10

Excellent

30 Jul 2016

Rebecca

I had a 24 hour layover in Addis and needed a place to relax and catch up on sleep. The hotel was perfect for this-- the food at the restaurant was good and the spa helped me unwind.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2016

Heidi

Great staff. Would stay here again.

The staff was the best thing about this hotel. If we needed anything or had a question, they went out of their way to accommodate. They were friendly, caring and helpful. I would definitely stay here again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2016

nadya

Great stay!

Extremely helpful staff, especially Abel
Absolutely gorgeous room

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2016

Teresa

Room got better the longer I stayed in Ethiopia

The ONLY room I stayed in while in Ethiopia that HAD a blow dryer, tea kettle, iron,shampoo,and mini fridge IN the room. Had HOT water also!;just lines connected backwards. (Use the \"cold\".) Clean enough. Poor maintenance though. Light OVER bathroom sink appeared to be on a timer. Could not turn it on in the day time to put on my makeup. No AC. They brought me a fan straight way. Great employees. I would stay again. Not far from airport.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2016

Kevin

Addis Layover

Awesome

8/10

Excellent

29 Nov 2019

Kyrre

Decent hotel with good service, but needs some refurbishment. Shower only had luke warm water and the general maintenance was not the best. But good value for money.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2019

Bashir

اقامه جمليه جدا ورائعه وكل رياره حا أقيم في نفس الفندق

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jun 2019

Hashim

Best hotel and nice staff.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

아디스에서 가장 안락한 호텔

편안하고 느낌이 좋은 호텔입니다.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Perfekt vid en första vistelse i Addis

Perfekt hotell för den som vill få en första introduktion till Addis Ababa. Du bor nära flygplatsen och till Bole City.

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2018

Alexander

Komfortabeles Hotel

Ein Aufenthalt im Adissinia Hotel ist uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen.

Die Zimmer sind sehr gemütlich eingerichtet und haben auf einer Seite einen fantastischen Blick über die Dächer von Adis.

Das Bad ist sauber und bietet allen Komfort in Form von Badewanne, Dusche, Waschbecken und westlicher Toilette.

Das Personal ist ungemein herzlich und sehr hilfsbereit. Die Fürsorge beim Frühstück mit tollem Buffet mit frischem Obst, lokalen Gerichten, frisch zubereitetem Omlett sucht seinesgleichen.

Die Lage ist in der Bole Area, damit nah zum Flughafen. Mit einem Taxi ist man schnell bei den Sehenswürdigkeiten, wie das Ethno Museum oder das Nationalmuseum.

Ich war bei meiner Zeit in Äthiopien zweimal dort und werde beim nächsten Aufenthalt wieder dort Stop machen.

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2017

Genet

Nice hotel close to Bole airport and Edna mall.

The hotel is nice, the staff was very friendly and helpful. The WIFI is good and fast.
The food at the restaurant is good but the breakfast buffe needs some improvement. Had been nice to have choices which include other varieties than only omelette , firfir and some pancakes. I didn't see black bread or fresh fruit except that the juice is good. the outside area is very crouded which makes it difficult to unload luggegs if you come by car like I did. Should be guest parkering available near by.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2017

Jonas Ørnes

Great!

Great location, just a few minute walk from Edna mall and Bole. The staff is friendly, helpful and service minded. The rooms are clean and very nice. Great value for the money! Comfortable bed. Will come back!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 May 2017

abdi

Gepflegtes Hotel mit sehr freundliches Personal

Ich bin gut empfangen und willkommen geheißen von Personal.Auch transfer Hotel Flughafen hat gut geklappt.Allgemein sind das Team von Hotel Addissinia sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Sie fragten mich immer auch ob ich irgend einen wünsch habe.
War sehr schōne Aufenthalt

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2017

Billy

距離機場只需20分鐘車程

距離機場只需20分鐘車程

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2017

Constance

Hôtel propre et accueillant

Mon époux et moi avons passé un séjour agréable dans un hôtel propre avec un personnel accueillant et aimable. La cuisine est bonne et le petit déjeuner est offert.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2017

Hans

Bra vistelse i Addis

Besökte kompis som jobbar i Addis, lätt att fånga en taxi och med guideboken i hand leta upp det som intresserar

Family