Harbe Hotel

Ethiopia , Amhara
LALIBELA, Kebele 02 North Wollo Getergie
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6/10

Pleasant

07 Apr 2026

Mary

I have stayed at this hotel several times nice mountain view food is always fresh hotel always clean! Staff could use customer service training..

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2026

David

Nice hotel and friendly and helpful staff. Basic service and clean.

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2025

Jose

The furnishings are basic but adequate. While the area has limited dining options, it was very convenient to have a restaurant on site. I would stay here again. The staff was great and the rooms were very clean. I would stay here again.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2025

Robert

Fantastic rooms with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. Very comfortable and even top class linens.
Lovely garden to sit in, great food and nothing is too much for the friendly owner and staff.
They also provided me with an excellent guide by the name of Endaye.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2025

Mary

Property is always spotless. Friendly staff and great chef.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

Mary

Cleaniness of property.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2025

Mary

Property was always clean.The chef was always courteous and prepared great meals.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2025

Solomon

Value

The value is worth a stay.

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2024

Mary

Breakfast was delicious! No wifi in rooms. Only in the lobby!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Mar 2024

Guillermo

Clean, nice place to stay. Rooms have great views of the mountains. Dont forget to plug in the water heater when you arrive.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2022

Dawit

Excellent

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Wonderful hotel in Lalibela

We traveled during the off season but were warmly welcomed. Our stay was comfortable and the breakfast delicious!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2020

Sami

Quite decent place but also a decent walk from the old churches.

Self

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Reasonably good stay. Breakfast was decent.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2019

philip

Lovely!

Lovely hotel - simple and stylish with great service

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2019

KATIKA

Boutique hotel with personality

Had an exceptional stay at this hotel, helpful workers, delicious food (best food I've tasted in Ethiopia) ,and very modern and comfortable room. The wifi is a little weak at certain times of the day so be prepared, I would definately recommended this boutique hotel

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The room had an excellent view. The food was some of the best we had during our stay. Very reasonable price for the room. A driver picked us up from the airport and made all arrangements for us to visit the churches.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2019

Paul

I liked that it was clean, the bed was comfortable and there was hot water.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2019

Janki

Clean and fairly modern hotel, and great staff (very helpful and nice). The restaurant serves decent food. The menu has the standard Ethiopian hotel dishes. The location is a little bit outside the center. My only complaint is that there are no mosquito nets on the windows and balcony doors. The room was full of mosquitos at night!

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

A good escape from the tough road in to Lalibela. Well laid out with plenty of lobby area and seating, attentive and helpful staff, a large menu to choose from with very good soups and decent wifi.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2018

stephen

More than adequate place to stay

The hotel is a 30-minute walk from the entrance to the northern group of churches.
Pleasant and quiet place to stay

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2018

Calum

Helpful staff, comfortable and great views!

I found the location of this hotel to be excellent. The views over the mountains was great from my balcony. I found the staff to be very eager to help and they set me up with an excellent guide!

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2018

Loui

Great location, good restaurant, good staff

This is your best option in terms of location in Lalibela, walking distance to all churches.
Staff do speak English, have the right attitude and pay attention to detail.
Extraordinary views of the city if you request a room with a balcony. Decent, clean, safe and good food prepared by the restaurant. Spacious room with very basic setting but more than adequate for what you require during your 2, 3 to 5 days stay. Own and managed by locals it is a great finding. I would not personally stay in another hotel where you have to walk lots to reach the churches. This hotel is in a 10 mins walk to everywhere you need to visit as a tourist. Would recommend to friends and would comeback, good for all type of occasions.
two recommendations: 1. change the pillows as they are thicker than usual; 2 lower down the volume of the TV in the lobby

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2018

Thomas

Great staff, quiet spot, great rooms, great value. Very good breakfast. And they hooked me up with a great guide to churches and the monastery at the top of the mountain. The manager, Moges Wedaje, was very helpful, and took me to some great local places i never would have found on my own.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2018

John

Excellent value! Some of the rooms have beautiful views of the mountains. Very easy to arrange tours of the churches. Shuttle to and from airport.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2018

Hana

Very nice property, pleasant staff, great location. We have received bottled wanter when we arrived, the bed was very comfortable.

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Hotel was nice but we'd booked for two nights and they sold our room for the second meaning they had to move us elsewhere, which was pretty disruptive. The new room wasn't as nice either.

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2018

A Nice Place to Rest

Harbe was a nice place to lay our heads during our visit to Lailbela! The facility is clean and the service is good. The hotel is within walking distance of an ATM and several restaurants and shops.

When traveling to Lailbela again, I would definitely consider Harbe!

10/10

Exceptional

16 Dec 2017

Olivia

Lovely place, a little farther from the main part of town than some of the others, but lovely rooms and lovely view. Wi fi was excellent in the lobby and OK in the rooms.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2017

Harbe Hotel

Great place to stay in Lalibela

I had a great three-night at Harbe Hotel. The hotel is very clean, well-located and the service is outstanding. Salem, especially, is really helpful arranging everything from tours to nights out on the town. The food is also very good with the best breakfast I've had in Ethiopia so far. The terrace is a nice place for a beer or a meal with a beautiful view. I will definitely stay here again if I return to Lalibela.

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Nice option in Lalibela

I spent one night at Harbe hotel during a weekend trip from Addis. The hotel is relatively new, clean, and spacious. Staff are very helpful and friendly. The rooms are large and the showers are hot. The restaurant serves tasty food. The only downside is that I was covered in flee bites once I got home. I understand that fleas are a common problem in Lalibela, but a hotel of this category should find ways to offer flea-free beds and nights.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2017

Wing Tak

Nice and comfy room, very clean and everything is new

Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Terrific service and an excellent restaurant at this new hotel in Lalibela. The only downside is that the room got stuffy at night with the sliding door closed against insects; the hotel doesn't provide nets, and there's nowhere to hang one if you bring your own. The location is perfect for exploring Lalibela during the day -- the churches are very close by, and so are quite a few other hotels and souvenir shops. But do be aware that the hotel is on an unpaved side street, not on a main drag, and that you might not feel comfortable walking to and from the larger street once it gets dark. Moreover, your comings and goings will be noted by the kids who hang around on the corner and ask tourists for money, books, etc. No one wants to feel like a mark, and most tourists would be more inclined to patronize the nearby shops and restaurants if they weren't hassled for money, pens, etc. every time they went to and from their hotel. The only way to avoid it is to eat in the hotel or to take a tuk-tuk from door to door to another restaurant, which of course takes away the possibility of exploration and random encounters with the very friendly and exceptionally welcoming adult Ethiopians. Of course, you can also enlist one of the kids to be your unofficial guide, which will stop the others from encroaching and might even make you a new friend in the process.

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2017

Verified traveler

Very nice hotel, looked and felt brand-new. Had a very nice stay there.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2016

Alma

Awesome. Comfort.

It was great. We ate all of our meals there. Food made to order.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Hotel simole sans pretention mais tres correct. Bonne position pr visiter lalibela. Personnel sympa.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2019

Maurice

Je recommande l’Harbe Hôtel

Un personnel attentionné, un chambre modeste mais dans un état de propreté impeccable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Mitte Dezember 2018 waren nicht alle Zimmer belegt und so konnten wir uns das beste und größte der noch freien Zimmer aussuchen mit einem fantastischen Ausblick vom Balkon und vom Zimmer aus durch die breite Glasfront, einem Kingsize Bett und einem Einzelbett sowie sehr schönem Bad. Der Zuschnitt der Zimmer ist sehr unterschiedlich. Das Harbe Hotel hat aber auch kleinere Zimmer sowie auf jeder Etage zwei Zimmer ohne Ausblick, d.h es gibt nur ein Fenster zum Gang bzw. ein kleines Fenster, über das man wenigstens frische Luft rein lassen kann.Wenn man bei ausgebuchtem Hotel so ein Zimmer nehmen muss, dann hat man wenigstens noch die große Dachterrrasse mit unglaublichem 360 Grad Blick auf die bergige Landschaft von Lalibela. Das Frühstück gibt es leider nicht als Buffet sondern als Continental Breakfast - etwas mager, aber wenn
Toast und Marmelade nicht ausreicht, gibt es einen Nachschlag. Shuttle vom / zum Flughafen kostet wie bei allen anderen Hotels 100 Birr pro Person, was bei der der Entfernung von ca. 25 km auf teils Holperpiste angemessen ist. Bis zu den Felsnkirchen kann man je nach Kondition in etwa 20 -30 Minuten laufen (geht teils steil bergauf) oder fährt für 50 Birr mit dem Bajaj.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Good value hotel, friendly staff and comfortable room. Well located for our needs

6/10

Pleasant

03 Dec 2018

Jose Antonio

A hotel with no internet in the rooms.

The only good thing of that hotel is Moges, the man in the reception. Very helpfull. thank you for your advices and helping me to book another hotel by phone. But I would never go back to that hotel. No internet in the rooms -though they say they have. No shuttle bus to the airport. And all the inconveniences you can imagine.

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2018

Persio

Preço compatível com o hotel: vale a pena

O hotel está bem localizado (perto das principais atrações e um local tranquilo, sem barulho). O restaurante é muito bom. O café da manhã é excelente para os padrões etíopes. Não há ar-condicionado nos quartos, mas pode se solicitar um ventilador. A cama era boa e espaçosa. Há água quente e o banheiro é muito bom. O wi-fi, como em toda a Etiópia, não é muito confiável ou estável. O gerente e o staff são bem prestativos e estes podem ajudar com as excursões para diversos pontos da cidade e fora dela. Há TV (led) no quarto, mas apenas um canal é sintonizado. Há elevador no hotel, mas não estava funcionando.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2018

Verified traveler

Nice staff and clean room

The staff is nice and polite and the room is clean.

There are different choices of breakfast.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2017

Jan

Perfect location, good service, nice food

They have the best location in town for those who want to visit the Lalibela churches on their own. The staff is friendly and they even sent their own driver to meet me at the airport (price the same as for a shared shuttle). The dinner and the breakfast were excellent.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2017

Mariann

Nytt og pent hotell.

Nytt og veldig pent hotell. Servicen og mottagelse var veldig god. Dessverre litt for få bord i matsalen og fellesrom ellers for grupper. Vi, to vennepar, var der samtidig som ei gruppe sydkoreanere. De tok all plassen i matsalen og okkuperte mye av fellesrommet til sine samlinger.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2017

pablo

One of your best options in Lalibela

Nice views from most rooms and the roof, very comfortable bed, clean and feauriribg warm design. The restaurant serves well prepared food (nothing special though). The staff is very invested into one's well-being. If you don't mind the 15-20 min walk to the churches or the 30 mins downtown (maybe you even like being in a quiet spot), then this is a perfect place.
The only thing I did not like is that the manager seemingly \"punished\" my bargaining for a free airport shuttle by giving me a room eirh an obstructed view. There were definitely rooms available, as it was low season abd the hotel seemed rather empty (hallways, restaurant, etc). This kind of \"an eye for an eye\" mentality seems inappropriate. ih, and wifi is on and off, but that's wthiopia for you.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

ottimo rapporto qualita' prezzo

L'hotel non e' situato al centro della cittadina, ne particolarmente vicino ai monasteri -a meno di prendere scorciatoie a piedi; comunque la posizione e' molto gradevole e tranquilla e prossima all\area adatta allo shopping per artigianato e souvenir.
Le camere sono piuttosto confortevoli e arredate con mobili in legno di fattura locale. Purtroppo, non c'e' molto a disposizione per combattere le zanzare.
Lo staff e' cordialissimo e molto disponibile.