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Reviews of Empire Addis International Hotel

3 out of 5
Empire Addis International Hotel
Bole Road, Addis Ababa

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 37 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

2.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Jama

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The reception is very poor, the rooms are not clean, the street is dirty, I rented it for two nights and left without sleeping.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Response from EMPIRE ADDIS HOTEL on 15 Mar 2023
Dear Jama,We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to cleanness and poor service. We regret any troubles you faced and we are working hard to ensure that it doesn't happen again.Please feel free to contact us if there is anything else we can do to make it up to you.

2/10 Terrible

Sirak

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Corneliu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Clean and comfortable otherwise nothing soecial.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from yesew on 30 Oct 2019
Thank you for your comment. We are at the center of Bole and it is more active place for social activities like walking round,visiting malls,shopping etc.. I hope next time when you come contact front desk agents for information. With hospitality Regards, Yesewzer M. Front office Head

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything you need for short stay by the airport
The Empire Addis International hotel is kept in very nice condition with clean rooms, comfortable beds and nice restaurant and bar areas. There is a lot of construction in the area around it and partially finished roads, however it is easy enough to walk out to the main road where you can find restaurants, other hotels and shops. Their airport shuttle is available 24/7 and ready within 5 minutes of asking!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 13 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was good. Short walk to lots of restaurants. The late checkout time and airport shuttles were also great. I didn’t like the smell emanating from the bathroom.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 12 Dec 2018
Thank you for your compliments, we will take care of the bath room problem. with Ethiopian hospitality regards.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Be careful
I arrived from the airport at 3am only to find that the room I had reserved wasn’t actually reserved and I had to wait in the lobby until 5:30 for a room to open up. The staff also insisted that I hadn’t paid (I had, but it was online, which they seemed disconnected from). The next morning when I went out for a walk (the hotel is at the end of a dirt road), I was approached by a man who claimed to be the hotel driver who offered to tour me around. It soon became clear he was trying to scam me: inviting me to “cultural dance ceremony” being put on because it was an Ethiopian holiday (it wasn’t). Though he may be unrelated to the hotel he seemed to know people that worked there. Regardless, be careful if traveling in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 12 Dec 2018
Dear Partner, I request personally a great apology for your uncomfortable situation.Because some times the on line booking is late we request guests payment or their booking Id, so if the room was not ready by the time of your arrival it shows that we didn't receive the booking before hand. The on the road guides are beyond our control it is the problem of all hotels at around. we have reported so many times to the community police but the result is not so satisfactorily.Based on this comment our security officer will go once to remind them, pls. be sure our drivers never request guests for private Guiding. I regret and request once again for your apology for your uncomfortable situation. Thank you and wish you all the best.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 7 Nov 2018
Thank you

4/10 Poor

John Robert F

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The restaurant servers were lovely, but the rest of the stay was below par. The bathroom door didn't close, the check-in staff were not very helpful, the airport shuttle arrived very late etc.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 7 Nov 2018
dear partner , thank you for your review , it is very constructive to improve our service we have taken an action to the commented spot. Thank you and wish you all the best.

8/10 Good

askar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome short stay hotel
It was nice expirience in this hotel. Friendly working staff and very clean hotel. I would stay there again during my business trips.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 24 Oct 2018
Thank you

8/10 Good

Murray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable digs in Addis.
Friendly and helpful staff but hotel is off the beaten path and hard to find although a close walk from the airport.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 10 Oct 2018
Dear respected guest, thank you for your stay in our hotel and the constructive comments. we have the reception desk at the airport get-away to assist our guests apart from this we are communicating our guests by the time of booking to serve a shuttle service to the hotel.Any ways we still do our best to reach our clients at the airport. Thank you and wish you all the best.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a nice stay. A problem I experienced was some noise during the night time from outside. Either from the bar or a near by club/building. The staff were friendly for the most part. The food was excellent. Thank you for the good experience.
Stayed 20 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 25 Jul 2018
Dear Partner,greetings from Empire Addis & thank you for your review it supplements our effort to make our service to the standard of guests satisfaction. thank you wishing you all the best.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel close to airport
Hotel was nice local ethopen hotel off Cameroon street road is passable to hotel. All was good at hotel if you like quite secure room this is the place. Taxi are expensive to epac and you are not close to main part of boil. Nice hotel for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 25 Jul 2018
Dear Partner greetings from empire Addis & thank you for the review you made. it assists us to see some of our short comings including the fare of taxi drivers. Thank you and wish you all the best.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Convenient from the airport
Nearest hotel from the ADD airport with a free convenient shuttle service (shared). Good wifi connection but there's a disruption of electricity at night for a couple of minutes.
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 11 Apr 2018
Thank you dear Partner , hopefully you enjoyed our services upart from Electricity failure this will be solved very soon. Thank you and wish you all the best.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and amazing staff
Empire Addis International Hotel is located near bole airport and walking distance to two malls, cafe and shops. They have humble and great staff. Looking forward to stay again in the future trips. There is no a lot of space for parking but the location, the reasonable price and convenience pays off.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 23 Feb 2018
Dear partner, thank you for having you at our establishment as a guest . your comment helps us to strengthen our service quality to be sustainable. Thank you once again and wish you all the best.

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Good for 1 night transit stay but that is all.
Then hotel is very basic and works for a transit/overnight stay. It is close to airport and there is a free shuttle. Rooms are large but basic and the breakfast is ordinary. This hotel is more a 2 /12 star on international standards
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 23 Feb 2018
Thank you dear Partner your comment assists us to improve our short comings. Thank you and wish you all the best.

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay. Quick in and out.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 5 Dec 2017
Dear Jessica, thank you for using our accommodation while you were here in Addis. your comment is very constructive and help full for our sustainable service giving. Thank you and wish you all the best. Fesseha Sahelle manager

8/10 Good

THOMAS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel just arrived early morning and was very accommodating

6/10 Okay

Valerie, Traveller of the World

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Easy airport access
The room was clean and, except for one, the staff was helpful. There were a few issues with the room. Bottled Water is included, be sure to ask for it.
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 18 Jan 2017
Thank you and we appreciate your comment because it helps us to follow up every detail. thank you and wish you all the best. Fesseha Sahelle Manager

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
My experience
I was stayed in two days. * Location near by Addis Ababa Airport. * Staffs good * house keeping very poor like Rest room , etc. But overall good.
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 20 Jan 2017
Thank you and appreciate for the comments given , We will try to maintain the maximum service standard. Thank you and wish you all the best.

8/10 Good

Kaustubh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Mohamed, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Plenty of space, good net and great ppl !!!
Stayed for a week, rooms have a lot of space, looks like apartment style building not a hotel. Internet is good in room and lobby. Rooms with kitchens are great, only issue is nothing inside new kitchen cabnets / not even a cup ??? As usual most workers are great and try to help as much as possible All rooms ( i looked at many and used 2 ) have very nice table and floor lamps but none of them can be pluged into was to be used !!!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad Condition Rooms
Arrived at the Hotel tonight. But had a few problems with the room. No hot water to take a shower – Called reception - By 23H44 still no one to look why After they came to have a look at 24H00 the handy man said they can’t do anything; Main bedroom & Bed lights do not work – Called reception – They can’t fix it tonight; Bathroom towels have holes in them – wear and tear – looks like very old towels; Room was not as clean as some of the other Hotels we have been living in while travelling; Shower is blocked and overflows onto the floor. The second night did go down without any problems, threadbare towels, blocked shower drain for cold water shower and the bedside lights worked. They were apologetic but that as far as I am concerned is absolutely no excuse. They said the hotel was full and they could not move him – it appears that they overbooked and gave him a room that should have been closed off.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad Condition Rooms
Arrived at the Hotel tonight. But had a few problems with the room. No hot water to take a shower – Called reception - By 23H44 still no one to look why – After they came to have a look at 24H00 the handy man said they can’t do anything; Main bedroom & Bed lights do not work – Called reception – They can’t fix it tonight; Bathroom towels have holes in them – wear and tear – looks like very old towels; Room was not as clean as some of the other Hotels we have been living in while travelling; Shower is blocked and overflows onto the floor. The second night did go down without any problems, threadbare towels, blocked shower drain for cold water shower and the bedside lights worked. They were apologetic but that as far as I am concerned is absolutely no excuse. They said the hotel was full and they could not move him – it appears that they overbooked and gave him a room that should have been closed off.

2/10 Terrible

cowona, Douala

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't try this hotel
Bad hôtel With no wifi service. Lots of smoke smell in the room: strange for a non smoking room. No shuttle bus and they were asking 20€ for a one-way... Don't go unless forced to
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 3 Jan 2015
Thank you for your comment alerting us to the problem you have been having with our hotel. I am sorry you have been subjected to such a frustrating series of events and we pride ourselves on responding to customers' concerns, this is just in response. I certainly understand your frustration at being disconnected with internet as because of a failure from the internet service provider (ISP) which affects not only our hotel, the whole area of the Bole part. In regard to smoke and shuttle service, it's strange and unusual to hear about, as we apply highly restricted rules in smoking for all of our non smoking rooms except special requests and as we provide free shuttle service from/to ADD airport with alert airport pickup.no fee can be requested for this service by the hotel shuttle service car. I trust you will look into this matter and see that proper action is taken to uphold the rules just to preserve the beauty and well known impression of our hotel specially with online reservation stakes. We will make every effort to see that this never happens again. We appreciate your business and will do everything we can to serve your needs. Again, I apologize for the distress this may have caused you. Thank you for your comments. We hope to serve you again and I will gladly do what I can to be of assistance. We wish all our clients best hospitality regards,

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Average hotel next to Bole Airport
Hotel is new, rooms are clean. Breakfast is not good, internet is broadband you can even do video calls.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not recommend
While close enough to the airport to be convenient, the hotel was very poor in quality--no hot water, difficult to find, airport shuttle did not meet us at the airport despite direct communication with them, limited restaurant menu, no TV in room, no internet availability. Fortunately, the beds were extrememely comfortable and the beer cold.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gutes Budget-Hotel in der Nähe des Flughafens. Tagsüber rundherum Baustellen-Lärm. Nachts aber ganz ruhig.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

gemitec 5000, Ongwediva

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Addis close to Bole Road
Just for a short visit to get some stuff done and to relax
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Fesseha Sahelle on 11 Apr 2018
Thank you dear partner, your comment assists us in our further effort to be more efficient. Thank you and wish you all the best.

6/10 Okay

Daniom

Liked: Room comfort
Response from General Manager on 20 Sept 2016
Thank you for choosing us :) :) :) . We will work harder for five star(*****).

6/10 Okay

Daniom

Liked: Room comfort
Response from General Manager on 20 Sept 2016
Thank you for choosing us :) :) :). We will work harder for five (*****) stars.

6/10 Okay

TOZOKU, 东京

亚亚酒店普遍挺贵
该国内外有别,酒店普遍偏贵。房间保险柜坏了不能用,把贵重物品拿去前台存,也没开票之类,全凭记忆吗?取的时候发现所有钱都被点了一遍,并做了记录。比如欧元多少美元多少,日元还给我用胶圈绑起来。挺好是挺好,但是一般而言,保险柜的物品不是不清点,放进去就得了吗?酒店床很舒服,超过奥林匹亚附近的Residence酒店。餐饮贵,吃不惯。

8/10 Good

ami, France

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Chambre suite luxe, bonne qualite/prix
Tres bonne impression de ce sejour dans cet hotel. Par contre, petit dejeuner tres mediocre

6/10 Okay

Stig, Allerød

Best choice for transit sightseeing
Highly recommendable for a short transit stay for i.e. 24 hours to see Addis Ababa. Quite close in a taxi to the city, and perfect airport location for catching a morning flight without traffic jams. Reasonable breakfast for a short stay, but very delicious food in the restaurant for dinner.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Marianne

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort