Mika Convention Center Meanwood

Zambia , Lusaka
Lusaka, Off Great East Road, Plot 34A/9
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43 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2026

Patricia

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2025

Sebastiana

The room was clean. Staff courteous. Toilet door not shutting.
Did not access hot water for a shower.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

05 Dec 2025

varangy

Staff were friendly and courteous , big room but could do better with small fixes in robe,bathing and shower rooms. Overall it was a good stay.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2025

Marcos

Great

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2025

Sharla

Best find in Lusaka!

We live this hotel. It’s our second time in Lusaka & we were here for 2 weeks. The staff are incredible, the site is serene and the breakfast is fabulous! The price for the hotel & amenities can’t be beat.

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2024

Raymond

It was acceptable property for the price.
WIFI was horrible, especially for a convention center

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

25 Aug 2023

Trina-James

Television stations wouldnt work. Limited resturant menu. Very rarely could i get a cold drink without ice. You had to pay laundry if you need ed to iron your clothes due to tje fact there were no irons in the rooms.On a good not the people and staff were very nic and friendly.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jul 2023

Verified traveler

Walk to rooms too far. Room service sloooow. Shower barely functioning. No security lock on door. Wifi only available in certain areas. May be good for convention but not a very good hotel/motel

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2023

Anotida

Friendly helpful assistants. Ambiance is good just that there were too many roaches time I visited now they popping out of my bags anywhere

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2023

Obaid

It’s a wonderful unique place. Very safe and secure!! The room is quite and clean. Staff are friendly and kind. Breakfast is yummm 😋 gym is amazing!! It’s unbelievable. Also there is spa on the side. Great !!👍

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2022

Jose

The pool was really dirty no way to use that pool breakfast every day the same

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

15 Nov 2022

Sean

This hotel while conveniently located near the airport looks like the set of some apocalyptic zombie movie. It's really a very strange place with limited wifi access and it requires a bit of a hike though uncompleted sections of the property (with no lighting) to get to and from your room to the main reception/restaurant/bar. The only good thing about this place were the staff who were great.

Lastly, beware of the airport shuttle costs. They charge K300 per person. A taxi costs K120 for as many people as you can fit in the vehicle.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2022

Noel

Cozy and exotic

Nice and cozy. Exotic. In town but on a safari. Great place with natural ambience. Great gardens. Wonderful service. Not far from everything..

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2022

Mr R

Excellent, brilliant will not hesitate to ho back. People are. So friendly and polite

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

28 Nov 2021

Ashraf

Nice hotel near the airport

Very nice hotel, quick check in and out. Friendly staff

Self

4/10

Poor

18 Nov 2021

Petrus

I will not stay here again

I will not stay here again. Had no towels in the room. Had to ask. Aircon does not work. I asked for another room but told none was available. The toilet seat is loose and cracked. Its very unhygienic. There was no hot water. The wifi does not work and the cell phone reception is so bad that I had no network. Staff was friendly. Sorry but hotel management has no interest in doing any maintenance. Previous stays was ok, but this was my last time.

Business

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2020

Juan

Impressed

Need a bit of More TLC but overall I enjoyed my stay. Staff is friendly

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Convenient for airport

Decent hotel near the airport for an overnight stay

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Aug 2018

SUNIL

Very good

Good place to stay

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

We were only there overnight but it grounds looked nice and the room was big & clea

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

27 Nov 2017

Shea

Not bad and comfortable

The staff members were great. Very friendly, approachable, and attentive. The campus is developing but so far I found that there were enough facilities to suit my needs. The gym had an abundance of equipment and I was able to stay with my workout program. There is a very nice bar and I was even able to get a haircut in the barbershop. It was really quiet and welcoming. I did see a few roaches. So, I hope that staff would consider pest control to eliminate them. However, it wasn't enough to creep me out. Overall, I would revisit.

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2017

Mel

Close to airport, nice place to stay!

My husband and I stayed here for 5 of our 20 days in Zambia and I wish we would have booked more for the price offered on Orbitz! It was clean, comfortable and quiet! The rooms are far enough away from the conference rooms! The place needs some maintenance but everything worked well, including the Internet which was the best we had anywhere else! The food was ok, I wouldn't recommend eating at the restaurant due to the lack of choices, but it was nice that breakfast was included. Wish I had taken pictures! It's a cute place but I don't feel the pictures they provide are quite accurate. I thought it would be much bigger than it was, but it's a small nice place.

2/10

Poor

22 Jun 2017

David

The hotel is 1 star rating and the unfinished structure is shocking. He needs to be shut down for refurbishment.

8/10

Excellent

04 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Above average

The room was spacious enough, wifi very effective, hot water system very effective. TV channels were broad with good variety. The breakfast was among the best I have ever had in a hotel. Really diverse. Was delayed abut confirming my online booking and distance to rooms was a bit far, although not too far.

4/10

Poor

23 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Good staff, poor facilities

Construction to cleaning is terrible. Wont be staying there again and for the rate I paid, I consider it a rip off. I don't expect Orbitz to partner with such facilities.

2/10

Poor

09 Oct 2016

lidia

I really disappointed place!

You must check what the hotels offer to your company, It very sad to arrive to a new country , tired, and with a lot
expectation from the information and picture you are showing in your web. REALLY VERY DESAPOINTED!!!!!!

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

The room was quiet and dark. I slept well

close to the airport. Big. lots of room to walk around

4/10

Poor

23 Sep 2016

Joanne

Never stay here again, not as advertised!

Arranged airport shuttle in advance and when we arrived at airport, there was no shuttle and it took us over 2 hours to find a ride to hotel. When we called them from airport many times there was no answer. When we finally arrived, front desk was sleeping and it took a few minutes to awake him. When we asked about shuttle back to airport, they said it was unavailable even though hotel was empty. Very outdated room, only one not clean towel in bathroom, then banging from construction very early in the morning! Only great part was Given, who worked front desk in the morning, he arranged us a very nice taxi for our drive to airport!

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Nice facility, just needs mantainance

Very good place close to the airport. Says there is a swimming pool but in real sense it means they have hole without water in it. Staff are very good and friendly

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2016

Great stay wz familiar environment

Great environment for business trip

4/10

Poor

19 Apr 2016

Mike

Lots of Scope for improvement

Very spacious rooms. World class gym. Nice quiet and safe location. However, the place is poorly maintained, run down and truly disappointing. Air conditioning not working, house keeping forgetting to change linen, house keeping response times ...! The place has so much potential ...

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2016

Craig

Mika Convention Hotel & Convention Centre Review

I stayed for two days while on business. The staff were extremely polite and helpful. The rooms are spacious and neat although the bathrooms could use a makeover. The room service unfortunately is not up to scratch as the waiting time is nearly an hour.

6/10

Pleasant

21 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

the hotel is lovely and the rooms are big and spacious but the housekeeper manage has to do
a through inspection in the bathrooms and the rooms especially under the beds etc, something of mine fell
and went under the bed I knelt down looking for it I just left it there because of what I saw beneath there. The electric jugs are so dirty inside I couldn't even make a cup of tea I called the reception to bring a clean electric jug, after a while a room attendant came took the jug for cleaning brought it back to my surprise it was cleaned but the same stuff was still inside then I just left it like that. It even made me not to take breakfast in the morning.

4/10

Poor

16 Aug 2015

Francis

Stay away

For a start, room wasn't prepared when I arrived to check in and had to try a few different ones to find a clean room. Then one I finally got, had no overhead shower!!! ( military style showers!) and the wardrobe doors were broken. The Internet is horrible, doesn't work in the rooms. I couldn't wait to check the out. I would not stay recommend this hotel to anyone.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2015

George

Great Hotel for Price Conscious Business Travelers

Take it from a 40+ year traveler in 39 countries, Mika Convention Center is well worth your visit and consideration on your next trip to Lusaka, Zambia. The staff is attentive, courteous, helpful, well equipped, trained, and highly motivated. The Center is still under construction, so if one is looking for a completely finished site, one would need to wait until July 2015. In spite of the fact that not all the little finishing touches are yet in place, the Mika Convention Center allowed me four days of productive work and restful relaxation. It is very quite (no barking dogs at night, loud parties, or street noise). My room was comfortable and had all the amenities I would expect of a business level type of lodging.

Separate shower and bath, hot and cold running water, though water pressure needs to be increased a bit. Rooms are spotless. Fresh sheets and towels everyday. Room keeping did a fantastic job each day cleaning every surface I touched! The in-room refrigerator was welcome on warm days to cool off the bottled water house keeping provided. In fact, as much bottled water as you care to drink is complimentary.

On a rainy day, the staff drove me to the reception area in the center golf cart. Guest rooms are about 200 meters from the reception area.

I was amazed at the few mosquitos throughout the property.

This was a good value for the price. A disclosure, I paid a promotional price through Expedia bundled with my air travel. I plan to return on my next trip.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2015

Jerry

Great Stay

I would like to thank the Manger of the Hotel, you are truly a Professional, I would like to thank Mrs. Sakala for making sure I had every thing I needed to make my stay more a Excellent one. Thank you Peter for the transportation to and fro. A Big Thank you to all the Chefs in the Kitchen, Thank you House Keeping for Cleaning my room everyday. Thank you to all the Personal trainers for helping me to get back in Shape. Thank you Moses for the Conversations we had during my Stay keep up the good work. Last but not Least Thank you Grounds Crew for keeping the Hotel Clean and Neat, Thank you Devin for helping me keep my Phone Charged. There some people Names I cannot remember but God Bless you and all that you will do for Him. Thank you, Pastor Woods.

2/10

Poor

18 Nov 2014

tara-jane

Go somewhere else - it is not finished - terrible

not even 3*. No guests!! unfinished and bad. No lock on patio door & window in bathroom, anyone can get in. Air-con not working throughout the hotel.
the reception area was impressive, but look - bad construction and repairs everywhere.
Pool being built, no hot tub, construction zones everywhere - shouldn't be open yet, or offer reduced prices until ready.

Unbelievably rude manager called saying that Hotels.com hadn't paid and what was i going to do. I walked to reception with my cases, which is a trek on badly made road to complain about the room (everything is unfinished or badly done) no shower or air-con. He said no problem and acted as if he had not even called me! new manager needed who knows how to run a hotel, arrange maintenance and be polite to customers

I felt for the staff who are well presented, polite and helpful. They have constant complaints from guests. I paid more than the Radisson. $50 transfer to and from the hotel!! it is $25 for the Radisson and that is twice as far. Some of the staff are from the Radisson and InterContinental and have given up good jobs, for a hotel with no guests.
dont be fooled by photos. It is truly awful and needs money spending and to listen and look at the problems when selling rooms at 5 star prices.

8/10

Excellent

17 Feb 2022

Verified traveler

Bra for jobb men dårlig wifi.

Nær flyplassen, flott stort område, beste treningsstudio i Lusaka, frisør, enkel frokost, ekstremt god middag, dårlig wifi.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2017

Mikko

1 night transit

Stayed during transit, Ok hotel with pretty big rooms. Food wasn't anything special but location was good for early flight in the morning. Large area and probably good for conventions.

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2016

Verified traveler

Friendly and efficient service, clean and peaceful hotel. Good cost-benefit ratio.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Prima , netjes en aardig personeel .

Was prima voor een nacht op doorreis naar Livingstone .Het is een conferentie hotel . Niet al te duur . Prijs kwaliteit goed .

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2015

Uwe

Ruhige Lage, gutes Restaurant, top Gym, sehr freundliches Personal.
Schöne Zimmer, aber sehr schlechte Bauausführung. Sehr weit vom Stadtzenrum entfernt, über 80 Minuten im Berufsverkehr.

4/10

Poor

30 Apr 2015

Marit

Feilaktig kart forvirrer eventuelle kunder

Hotellet kunne vi rett og slett ikke bo på, så vi vet ikke hvordan det var. Hotellet ble beskrevet som sentralt beliggende i Lusaka, med et kart som viste sentrale enheter vi kjente igjen i nærheten av Lusaka Fair -område, like ved Manda Hill kjøpesenter. I virkeligheten lå Mika Convention Centre langt ute på landet, utenfor Lusakas grenser, i Chongwe District.
Vi kunne ikke bo der pga et tett møteprogram, og fikk lov til å bo på det langt billigere Mika hotel i Kabulonga i
Lusaka. Vi var ERGELIGE for å si det mildt!!!! Mika hotel var forsåvidt OK som det 2.klasses hotellet det er, men langt fra det vi mente vi hadde betalt for. Betjeningen på Mika Hotel var OK, det var rent nok, men det var flere små saker å utsette på rommet -ikke femstjerners nei!!
Dere må endre presentasjonen og kartet - vi var himmelfalne da hotellbilen kjørte oss ut av byen! Vi ble hentet og kjørt til flyplass som avtalt -det eneste som stemte med bestillingen.