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Reviews of Damu Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Damu Hotel
Bole Road, Kirkos Sub City Kebele 01, House No. New, P.O. Box 1255/1110, Addis Ababa

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6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 49 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

2.0/10

Eco-friendliness

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2/10 Terrible

Danial

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Not where map indicated, much further south. Facilities are worn , but staff is excellent just like the breakfast . Needs better lighting
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from JC on 5 Oct 2019
Thank you for taking time to review our property. We appreciate the feedback and we will work on the concerns raised. We look forward to hosting you again.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Claira, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Decent hotel, efficient staff
I stayed one night waiting for a flight connection. From the airport pickup to drop off everything went smoothly with my stay. The rooms are a bit tired but the bed was comfy and everything was clean. Reception staff were helpful and the restaurant staff were very friendly and helpful. There is a good range of dishes, the western and Ethiopian meals I ate were all good. It was relatively quiet at night (some noise but not too late). I didn't venture out but the Africa Avenue location is clearly convenient.

10/10 Excellent

Jamal, Jerusalem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel
This hotel was exactly what I needed. The staff was always ready to do anything necessary to ensure my comfort and well being. The restaurant was very good for free breakfast and room service. Free internet was also appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Adequate hotel in rather inconvenient location
Staff seem poorly trained but generally pleasant and helpful. Bedroom adequate and fairly clean, but with signs of poor maintenance. Breakfast rather poor.

8/10 Good

ELIAS, CANADA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
VERY NICE AND HELPFUL PERSONEL
I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE IN GENERAL AND THE THE HOTEL STAFF WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND OBLIGING. THE PLACE WAS CLEAN AND SAFE.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable stay in Addis
I have stayed several times in Addis and this was my most comfortable hotel stay yet. The view from my 5th floor window over the city was beautiful, no buildings to get in the way. I did not have a laptop with me, but the internet connection in the computer room on the ground floor was fast and reliable. The staff were friendly, and the breakfast was good. Everything was clean. I plan to stay at this hotel again when I return to Addis.

8/10 Good

Chiang Mai Resident, Chiang Mai Thailand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
I booked the Damu Hotel because it was quite close to the airport - and was pleased to see the hotel rep waiting for me when I arrived. The hotel is a small, family-style hotel over six or seven floors. My room was quiet, clean and comfortable. The bathroom had good hot water and a powerful shower.The Damu Hotel is just off Bole Rd / Africa Avenue - several mini-supermarkets nearby and many restaurants including Lime Tree on 2 Fl of an unidentified pale green glass building

8/10 Good

Steven, Lebanon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel to stay at on business trip or holiday
The hotel has such great comfort and great friendly staff. The meals are really delicious, and I prefered to have my three meals there. I was really satisfied with the serices and will really stay there again next time.

6/10 Okay

nahida

good

2/10 Terrible

Ewelina

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Overpriced
The staff was not very helpful at all, and it was very much overpriced. I feel duped.

4/10 Poor

KR

Disliked: Room comfort
disappointing hotel
My stay in Damu Hotel was disappointing to say the least. Although located on Bole road, it is on the end where there are few cafes and restaurants to go to within walking distance. Internet stopped working after my first night and wasn't fixed for the remainder of my stay (another 5 days) despite promises that it would be working again the next day. The room could do with an upgrade as well - the bed was very hard and the bedside light didn't work. Finally, the complementary breakfast was the poorest I have come across in a long time. The coffee and fresh orange juice were fine but the toast fell apart just when looking at it, the croissants were hard as rock and the scrambled eggs were so dry it made me wonder whether they were cooked the night before rather than that morning. I wouldn't stay at Damu Hotel again.

6/10 Okay

Bob, Missouri

Liked: Staff & service
Great location and friendly, helpful staff
Staff was very helpful for the most part. Rooms were comfortable. Beautiful view. Good restaurant Great Location. Only problem was barking dog and loud music from neighborhood.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
The room facilities were adequate. The room safe failed to operate, but I did not inform the reception staff, or the housekeeping service, because I had no absolute need to use it. The hotel is further from the centre than I had expected, but within easy reach by taxi, when the roads are open. All the hotel staff were very helpful, and eager to serve.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Never again
Great location. Cold showers only. Comfy bed. Good food. Aside from the woman at the reception desk, nice staff. No internet or working TV in room. 1 out of 4 lights worked.

8/10 Good

Lydia

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GOOD
In general, the staff was kind... the reception, porter, waiters, even the chef! the receptionists were helpful: they were fast, polite and well understanding. Everyday - at the breakfast time from 7 - 10 AM I found the hotel manager salute me and asked about the quality of the food and if I have any comment. the hotel is near to coffee shop and a night club, which make from 8 to 11 a musical NOISE! the hotel also - as hotels.com mentioned - is closed to malls, local markets (24h super market) and restaurants (especially Indian)... if you like walking, you have to wear good shoes: Addis Ababa has up-down streets. I didn't found a high quality scaling City Map at the hotel: hope to provide in the future. But they gave to me the hotel card in local language to show it to the taxi driver in case I got lost. the room was clean and well arranged. they provide a teeth brush and one-use slipper in the bathroom, I had found hot water for shower anytime. it was a TV with 9 channels: 2 local, 7 in English: news, movies, clips.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
good hotel for cheap
nice, clean room and bathroom. breakfast is ok and the free internet works pretty well. staff is nice and helpful. only complain is the noise, dogs barking, diesel generators going on at 5am and music til late at night were not the best to get a good night sleep.

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff were helpful. The hotel is located mid way between the airport and the city centre. Only a short taxi ride downtown. Only downside was that the beds were extremely hard.

8/10 Good

Sara Davolt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was fine in the hotel.There were big renovations on the main street, which was inconvenient. I was not able to get into my email during the three days I was there.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Attributed rates according to local standards. As most Ethiopian people, staff is extremelly nice and helpfull.

6/10 Okay

tom, jersey channel islands

Liked: Cleanliness
DAMU addis ababa
It's all about expectations! For ethiopia it'sprobably a good hotel, well worn at the edges very friendly staff. a lot of business people there who seemed quiet happy, if you're a visiting tourist and have expectations of European standards you'll be very disappointed. The thing that did concern me were having booked a free shuttle to the airport for :5:00 with a wake up call at 4:30- neither happened. Going downstairs at 4:55 all the staff were asleep- it could have be grim, missing the plane.I chose the hotel as it had a visa payment. At check out visa machine didn't work and could only get a small amount of cash from the ATM around the corner. The beds were really hard!

8/10 Good

Ras Siefe, Kenya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Damu Hotel
A small friendly hotel situated in the Bole district of Addis, Polite and helpful staff, Good security, easy access to for local transport and taxis, and many places to eat out. A very safe and secure location, inexpensive, ideal for first time visitors to Ethiopia.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
場所が間違っています。 正しい場所に修正の上掲載されます事を願います。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from JC on 13 Dec 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
gutes Hotel Zentrum nah, sehr freundliches Persona
Besonders gut fand ich das Personal auch das Essen war sehr gut.

10/10 Excellent

Kari, Eldoret, Kenya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ystavallinen ja erittain avulias henkilokunta.
Voimme menna samaan hotelliin toistekin, ja voimme suositella tata myös muillekin.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Praktisk hotel
Damu ligger nær lufthavnen med let adgang og nogle km fra centrum. Et udmærket forretningshotel til en moderat pris. Udmærket restaurant på stedet og grønt område neden for hotellet.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Die Reise vom Flughafen bis Hotel hat eine Stunde gedauert wegen die grosse Baustelle im Bole Road. die Autos können nicht bis Hotel fahren und die Hotelgäste mussen zu Fuss bis Hotel ( was riskant ist).vor dem Hotel steht über grösse Locher ( Baustelle). Ich habe nicht dort übernachten und habe meine Reserveration gekanzelt. Auf die Web Site von Hotel und Ihre Hotel Beschreibung haben Sie diese Tatsache nicht erwähnt. Mit diese Baustelle ist man verhindert über in die Stadt zu fahren.

8/10 Good

JORDI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cerca del aeropuerto
El hotel y su personal en general muy bien y muy atentos. Dos puntos negativos, que acordamos que nos recogerían en el aeropuerto a la 1 de la madrugada y nadie apareció, siendo que tenía confirmación por parte de la recepcionista del hotel que nos irían a buscar, y los colchones eran mas que duros, imposible dormir mas de dos noches.

8/10 Good

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Ein einfaches, aber ordentliches Hotel. Das Preis-Leistung-Verhältnis ist gut. Für einen Kurzaufenthalt absolut empfehlenswert. Hervorragend hilfsbereite Damen an der Rezeption. Leider wird die Hauptstraße unweit des Hotels in den nächsten Jahren erneuert werden.

8/10 Good

Weidner

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

8/10 Good

Anton

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, breakfast, ok location - that's it
Only recommend to stay at Damu for a few nights and as long as you can live with prostitutes in the next-door room not being paid and creating a big scene btw 3-5 am. Hotel management did not see this as a problem.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
die Angestellten waren sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Das Fruehstueck war sehr gut.

8/10 Good

Linus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Chambres confortables, personnel chaleureux, excellents petits déjeuners

10/10 Excellent

generosi

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

空港に近い便利なホテル
観光スポットからは距離が少し離れているが、空港に近いのでトランジット等には便利だと思います。サービス等は可も無く不可も無くという感じです。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Für Eintagsfliegen
Wer günstig nur eine Nacht in der Hauptstadt überbrücken möchte, für den ist dieses Hotel sicherlich eine gute Option. Für einen längerfristigen Aufenthalt würde ich ein anderes, wenn auch vielleicht teureres Hotel mit besserem Service vorziehen. Insbesondere die Zusammenarbeit des Hotels mit "befreundeten" Taxifahrern, bedeutet für Touristen stark überhöhte Fahrpreise bezahlen zu müssen. Besser man sucht sich selbst ein Taxi auf der Strasse, das man in der Regel für unter 100 Birr bekommt.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
hotel damu a addis abeba simple mais sur
hotel sérieux qui n'est pas un hotel de passe contrairement à d'autre qui sont moins chers; on dort au calme

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Damuホテル（Addis Ababa）―送迎バスあり？
「空港からの送迎バスあり」というキャッチフレーズに、納得して予約しましたが、E-mailで問い合わせしても返答がなく、旅行当日はタクシーにてホテルへ向かうことになりました。 到着してフロントに申し出たところ、「迎えに行ったがあなたがいなかった」との返答があり愕然としました。 おまけに、帰りのバスをお願いしたいと申し出たところ「前日になったら！」と言われ、前日申し込みにフロントへ行くと「今日は運転手が休みで連絡取れないから、無理。」「タクシーを呼ぶから１５０ブル（約７００円前後）払って！」と金銭を要求されました。 ホテル側の都合しか考えていない態度にがっかりでした。 立地は、申し分のない場所なのに残念です。

8/10 Good

Flesque, Bruxelles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Huiselijke vriendelijkheid in Damu Hotel
Het hotel ligt net in de luwte van de hectische Bole Road en op steenworpafstand van blauwe stadsbusjes en taxiplaats. Wij (voor het eerst in Addis) troffen er een voldoende ruime kamer met bad / douche en wastafel, wc en twee goede bedden, t.v.(met veel sneeuw), bureau en voldoende kastruimte en een klein prettig balcon. Er was een kluis op de kamer, maar die hebben we niet gebruikt, wij nemen altijd alles mee. Dagelijkse service van de kamer is prima. Er is een lift. Het ontbijt is, met (Europese) ogen gezien, eenvoudig te noemen voor gasten die een sortie aan broodjes/worst etc gewend zijn. Maar de bediening is er (huiselijk) verzorgd en buitengemeen vriendelijk.
Damu Hotel Addis Ababe

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hotel Damu

8/10 Good

Annalena, örebro

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

10/10 Excellent

Anne, Asker

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bo greit og trygt sentralt i Addis Abeba.
Damu hotell ligger sentalt på Bole road - mellom flyplassen og sentrum. All betjening er vennlige og hjelpsomme med gode engelskkunnskaper. Det er rent og skikkelig og betaling med kort (Visa) fungerte upåklagelig. Absolutt hånterlig pris. Baren The Elephant Walk rett utenfor døra har god service og er et utmerket sted for kaffe og folkeliv. Mange Lonley Planet-anbefalte spisesteder i gå-avstand. Lett å få taxi.