Kuriftu Resort & spa Lake Tana

Ethiopia , Amhara
BAHIR DAR, Bole Hno 27 Lake Tana Avenue Fasilo Boston Buildin
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10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2026

Addisu

We had a wonderful stay at Kuriftu Resort & Spa Bishoftu. The setting by the lake is beautiful and peaceful, the staff were warm and attentive, and the food was excellent. My daughter enjoyed the water park for the full three days. A perfect place to relax and recharge—highly recommended!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2026

Zuzana

Relaxing, with beautiful surroundings.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2026

Mark Louis

The room was clean and pleasant. The staff were very helpful and attentive. Overall a good experience.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2026

Yordanos

I had a good stay with a great hospitality

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

Debra

Room was clean. Staff was very responsive. Spa was excellent

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2026

Enkutataash

The room was alright compared to the one located at Addis ababa

8/10

Excellent

17 Jan 2026

zelleka

The Architecture, the Garden, the quiet serene environment, comfortable beds, wonderful!!

The staff are very accomodating.

2/10

Poor

12 Jan 2026

Amsale

Horrible stay!! Horrible stuff, bad food.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2026

Elodie

Nice resort offering a massage with the guest room reservation

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Arsema

Yes, I’d give it 9.5/10

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Edward

We had an excellent stay.

Partner

2/10

Poor

11 Jan 2026

Dereje

We really disappointed with your Brakefast variety only ferfer and kinche this is very disappointing, 10 years ago it was fantastic service food and facilities I don’t recommend this place to spend the night only water park for kids

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2025

Michael

Clean room and hotel, great food, very peaceful place to relax

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2025

Getnet

We enjoyed our short stay. The food was delicious and all staff members were helpful and very polite. We hope to come back soon.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

05 May 2025

Soo

They need to improve the food quality. Especially for international travelers. The focus was for daily local visitors and not extensive for overnight customers. Breakfast was poor, lunch was poor and same for dinner. The staff were amazing and very helpful and attentive. The property is very tranquil and beautiful. The food is the only bad experience.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2025

Natnael

Great service and great experience. Highly recommend it.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2025

nardos

Shower didn't have pressure and dinner where serve an hour late all the three day stay. Rather than that everything was good.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2024

Abiy

this is my second time staying and i like everything about it. The resort got bigger and better. i appreciate the peaceful vibe. excellent customer service. i will be back soon.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Sep 2024

Mimi

Even though we stayed for 3 days & 2 nights we were told by the check-in staff we can only use the water park for only one day & breakfast was included for just the 2nd day of our stay, so strange! The lock on the door was really bad & the room did nit have any night lamp! Bathroom had some type of smell even though it was clean. The spa shower had a terrible smell. Kuriftu report can do better, it used to be a good spot but now it’s just a sad place looking for some love & care.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2024

helen

Over all there was nice scenery and we enjoy our time there and they have nice hospitality as the staff was very friendly

Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2024

Tsigereda

The tv doesn’t work and we ask them to fix it multiple time but they just don’t want to do it. The WiFi is average, there’s noise which makes it hard to sleep. The staff needs to be responsive. But other than these little things it’s a place that people should go and check it out!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2024

Yonas abebe

Beautiful

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2024

Kevan

What a beautiful place in which to relax. The rooms are beautiful. The food and service is just great!

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2024

Kevan

What a great resort. The staff is excellent. Accommodations are so comfortable. The food is just great.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2024

Kay

We loved how it seemed to be nestled in the jungle! Beautiful flowers, walkways and wonderful food! The staff was amazing! And be sure to take them up on the massage and steam room!! Water park was fantastic! So much fun!!

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

25 Sep 2023

Abeyu

We are not happy with the service! The first day they change our room, they give us a different room, and the second day they provide us with our room. The room is dirty, the wall is dirty, there is no hot shower or room service, and reception does not answer the phone. I think they are focusing on the money, not the service. I had a bad experience. @kuriftu

Family

2/10

Poor

17 Jul 2023

Raj

The attitude of the front office supervisor was ABSOLUTELY VERY RUDE. Some saff use abusive words not realizing that I understood the local language. The front officer manager even made a gesture on our back to other front office staff don't entertain us and just let us leave. My son notice the whole incident. Unfortunately he only brought it to my attention after we left. A seven star resort with ONE STAR SERVICE.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2023

Monica

The rooms are like cabins with stone walls and cone shaped thatched roofs. Really nice, etnic style interior decor. The staff are really accommodating and professional. The food in the restaurant is delicious and overlooking the stunning looking lake where you can do kayaking for free. We got an out of this world massage in the spa, highly recommended. But it can be noisy at night, bring earplugs! The pool was empty, which was disappointing. And the waterpark beside the hotel was a letdown for my child. I'd go back to the hotel, though, and I'd recommend it but not as a base to go to the waterpark as this was not the best.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2023

Paul

Great for family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Feb 2023

darren

Quite nice traditional style resort and rooms but not kept and maintained too well, very tired in some areas, quite a few things seemed like they were rushed and not fiited well, curtain rails, electrics plumbing, i lost count of how many bare wires and electrical wires I saw in thd room and outside around the resort, wires joined with insulation tape , etc (dangerous to everyone staff and customers) drainage smell in bathrooms also, the resort is very quiet almost like a retreat which may suit many but fir me and us too quiet zero entertainment by night oh and the food alwsys cold, room service and restaurant.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2023

Verified traveler

Relaxation

The only problem was checking was meant to be 2pm but the room was not available until 3pm.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jan 2023

Ambrish

The property as such is excellent. But the staff needs more training for Customer service.... customer service doesn't match up to the level of the property Kuriftu has.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2023

Roberta

This is a beautiful well maintained property

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2022

ELisha

Exactly as advertised! Nice and relaxing experience.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2022

Matewose

This is my third visit to this place I find it very nice and convenient also Exclent customer service.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2022

Kevan

A wonderful hotel with a great local flavor. The coffee ceremony in the lobby is excellent.

Business_and_leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

10 Apr 2022

Michael

Billed as a lakeside resort and spa, the place is more of a raucous water park for kids with rooms. We booked a lakeside Felix which had no view and, charming, was not comfortable. There were huge floodlights and no blackout curtains making it hard to sleep. Despite a restaurant on the lake, it was a hike to the water park cafeteria for breakfast. I wouldn’t stay here again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2022

Matewose

This is my second time to this property, this place is keept expanding I love it the water Park, the whole area is safe and convenient great customer service I recommend this place for single couple and family.

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2021

Verified traveler

Average accommodations

They didn’t have our reservation when we arrived, after hours they were able to confirm the reservation. We had booked a top lake view room but we only received a lake view room, not the top floor.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

07 Aug 2021

Jerusalem

I am very disappointed the night reception was very rude and disrespect. The light wasn’t working in the room and I went to reception around 10:00pm I asked the reception guy to speak night manager and they way speak to us very disrespectful please put professional person front office

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

It's an amazing place to stay. You will not only be near to nature, but everything you see and get is more than standard.

Business_and_leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 May 2021

Verified traveler

Idyllic but poorly managed

The location of this resort is the best in the area, with idyllic scenery but the facility needs updating. It looks like simple maintenance doesn't exist in the operators thinking. For example, during my stay, I used two rooms; one with a good shower flow but poor drainage and another with poor shower flow but good drainage. The massage parole, particularly the massage table and covring are old and dirty. The towls I was provided with are old and has holes. The rooms curtains are in taters. Overall this place has a potential but crying for help.Last but not least, the staff are the best of my experience. They are polite and helpful. In every interaction I had with them, they went above and beyond to make my stay memorable.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2021

ADEBAYO

Awesome

Was peaceful

Business

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

I loved the layout. Didnt like the rooms dont have heaters.

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2020

KOFFI FABRICE

amazing

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2020

Joseph

Beautiful nature set, nice rooms but poor service

very weak front desk service.

Reception not reachable.

Room booked not available.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2019

SaiDawi

Nice place, good area and city, clean and lovely, internet was slow

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

04 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Nice massage and swimming pool and sauna. Main restaurant had very slow service, many of the staff didn't understand English and I could't get their attention. TV and intenet in my room didn't work. No one came to repair them, despite my request.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The property is in the town of Bishftou. Its a cleaner city than addis and less congested. People are friendly including the staff at kirfut. I had the lake view which is beautiful and went kayaking immediately. The staff are helpful and accommodating. The room are a bit unkept but you can request housekeeping. They have pool, sauna, steam and massage. Also hair salon on location.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

31 Dec 2018

Getahun

Nothing worked. I had an appointment scheduled for the steam room, but when I arrived on time, no one was there. And when someone finally came, it was out of order. The jacuzzi was not clean and it was cold and not working. The pool was ice cold and didnt have any heat.

The cleaning crew took a full glass of wine and a double glass of Johnny Walker and dumped it. When we asked for it to be replaced, they made a huge ordeal bringing in 5 different people to speak with us over the course of 2 hours to get it resolved.

Lastly, our phone in the room didnt work in our room and we repeatedly asked for it to be fixed. No one came after 2 days of stay.

And finally the WIFI didn't work either.