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Reviews of Blue Nile Resort

4 out of 5
Blue Nile Resort
Kebele 03, Bahir Dar, Amhara Regional State

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 7 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 41 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 41 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Abate

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mohamed

2/10 Terrible

Elias

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Moges, Aldie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful scenery unmatched anywhere else.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Zemen

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful views and attentive staff. The rooms were clean and hot water reasonably available. Although this wasn't a huge surprise, we did all get gastroenteritis from eating at the restaurant at different times during the week. They were often out of food options as well, though there was a big conference going on, so this may have been the reason. This resort is also somewhat overpriced for the amenities and area.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Marta

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful grounds with many lovely flowers and right on the beautiful Lake Tana. Food is very good, including the breakfast buffet. Some of the rooms have older plumbing, but overall great hotel for the location. Hot water and semi-reliable Wifi.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Ahmed

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
Did not get a room with lake view though I made the most expensive booking. Staff handling it was a bit impatient and rude. After some argument/persuasion was changed to new room with l/view.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property location is fantastic located by the lake with incredible views of the lake. The staff at the reception were very helpful and professional. However the twin room we got was so small with very small single beds and hardly any room to move around for 2 people. The shower water was scalding hot and it took us 2 days to figure out how to moderate it. Also no WiFi in the rooms and very spotty throughout the hotel. Food also below average.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
The hotel was maintained at the level of a mid-range hotel you would find in the US. The staff was very friendly and wanted to help as much as possible, but appeared to lack significant hospitality management experience, and were fairly reactive as opposed to proactive. The food was pretty good, and the views were great (if you could find a clean window to look out). There are a couple of newer hotels in the area, which I heard were nice (but same management challenges). There are also some more cultural hotels which were quite nice...HOWEVER, for the price you pay for Blue Nile, it is certainly worth considering in options if you are staying in that area.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

George Allen

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Not worth twice the price
Clean yet dated hotel in a nice peaceful location on Lake Tana, but that’s where the 4 star experience ends. Definitely not worth twice the price of the other hotels in the area. Reception staff were rude, unhelpful and wouldn’t help with organising tours outside of those affiliated to the hotel, which were 4 times the price to those elsewhere. The WiFi was intermittent and essentially unusable and the TV didn’t work. We ended up spending our time at Kuriftu Resort which if they had rooms we would have stayed at.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

MR

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a beautiful lakeside resort in Bahir Dar. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Rooms were clean and modern. Rooms had air conditioning and warm water for showers. Food was pretty good, distinctly Ethiopian.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Solomon Z on 8 Mar 2019
Dear MR on Orbitz, We thank you very much for your feedback

8/10 Good

yogesh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

David, Dallas Texas

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location is everything and it has a great location right on Lake Tana. But the rooms are tired, worn out carpeting, no hot water for showers in the morning. Breakfast buffet was poor at best. On the bright side, the dinner was very good selection and tasty! For this price point,it was a disappointing stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Margaret, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable and roomy bedroom with supeof lak
Excellent hotel overlooking lake Tana. Comfortable and spacious rooms. Food varied local and international. Sitting areas well appointed and beautiful gardens. Can take boat trips to local islands to see churches and history of battles between Ethiopian armies and colonial powers.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Solomon Z on 6 Oct 2018
Dear Margaret, Thank You very much for your feedback and choosing Blue Nile Resort for your stay at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. With Hospitality Regards,

10/10 Excellent

Ahmed

Very clean. Staff very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Solomon Z. on 6 Oct 2018
Dear Ahmed, We thank you for your feedback

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hasn’t been updated in a while but good service
The Avanti Blue Nile looks beautiful from the outside. The grounds are gorgeous and kept nicely. However, there are several reasons this is not a 4-star hotel: - the rooms have not been updated in decades and are small, cramped, dark and dingy - the beds are uncomfortable - the WiFi is poor because it is mostly open and they let people from town come use the Internet - there is no fitness center

8/10 Good

shihao

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice hotel, nice staff, clean room, just no flat sheet on the bed. That was the only thing I didn't like. Other than that everything was really nice
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Pierre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Visiting Ethiopia and Its cultural cities
This hotel is nicely situated near downtown Dahir Bar and facing Lake Tana. So it is a great place to do excursions on lake Tana to visit the monasteries situated around the lake and on the islands in the lake. The hotel although modern, looks a bit old fashioned and being almost empty (as the state of emergency reduced the tourism) we felt kind of alone in this big resort. But overall staff s friendly and helpful to organize tours and activities.

10/10 Excellent

Margaret, Surrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Idilic hotel situation deserving it's 5 star rati
Excellent service,food both international and local very good . Lovely views of lake Tana from bedroom and all balconies and dining room.very central to restaurant in pretty garden that was cheaper than hotel serving fresh fish.highly recommended would certainly stay again .we were moved into larger room with sitting area when extra bed for child would not fit into twin bedded room at no extra cost.

8/10 Good

Peggy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It lived up to previous reviews.
When I first arrived, I was placed in the older section of the building, with twin beds and a rickety mattress. When I learned that my colleague had a better room, I was able to transfer. The staff was very accommodating. I enjoyed my experience very much. The queen bed was comfortable and the views of the lake from my window were spectacular. The complimentary breakfast each morning was delicious, although the breads were a little dry.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bahar Dar Visit
Nice hotel, nice staff, good location. However, the room I was given wasn't the one I booked. Should've had a "furnished balcony" but the (small) room had no balcony at all. I asked at reception and they said those rooms had all gone (so why was my booking accepted?). The best they could do was move me to the room below, which had a small outside space. For Ethiopia in general, if you're booking a room for a specific reason (e.g. view, balcony, jacuzzi) then my advice would be to email the hotel after you've booked it and confirm they've got the room you're expecting, but even that may not work. I found all hotels I stayed at outside Addis had very nice reception, bar, restaurant, garden areas but when you get to your room it's small or it's not what you were expecting or the premium TV channels aren't available or the wi-fi doesn't work. There will be something wrong.

6/10 Okay

Nadine

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Blue Nile resort
A friend and I stayed at the blue Nile resort hotel, which has a stunning setting and views on the waters edge of lake Tana. It was a perfect spot to start our tour of lake Tana and Islands. The staff were helpful and it the buffet breakfast had a good selection. However the twin room was very small which had not been apparent in the photos online as I had thought it was a twin room with double beds not singles and there was no hot water.

6/10 Okay

john, london

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel just by the lake
Communication before arrival is non existent eventhough we emailed the hotel few times. Be careful to book boat trip as the local guides with rediculous price and very pushy operating from the hotel. We thought we were booking through the hotel but obviously not which is very disappointing as we have clearly asked the front desk to help us on the spot. We were not sure if

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good location next to the lake
Quite a modern facility. Staff is attentive and friendly. Facility lacks gym, spa, swimming pool and outdoor seating. Food is reasonably priced, but not great options and quality variable.

6/10 Okay

DIEUDONNE

Business traveller
I regret the high tarif for medium comfort room and the refusalm to issue an invoice pretexting Expedia would do, which they even do not reply my mails >>> never again through expedia and I would book directly with hotel
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
We were given a room that was under construction. It smelled of paint and was disorganized. Breakfast is not very good. Staff are not friendly. Asked $250 for 2 people for a Lake Tana boat tour. This is a lot more than the market price.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

SEUNGJU

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

SEUNGJU

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from bame on 5 Aug 2022
Dear Expedia Group before all thank you for choosing us. and i have considered Mr. Seungju's comments. we asked them about their stay at checkout time, but they didn't give us any feedback. may be if you have something to tell us in detail, we are always ready to improve. With Hospitality Regards, Bamlak Tesfa Front Office Manager

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

JOSEF

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wie fast immer muss man darum kämpfen die bezahlte zimmerkategorie zu erhalten zuerst wurde nur ein standartroom angeboten und erst nach intervension beim manager das gebuchte zimmer erhalten
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Rwaka

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good place to stay
Didn’t have any record of our booking for a second room, but more than made up for it by giving us a family suite instead. Good breakfast. Good location, but the poor design of the hotel doesn’t make the most of it. Small rooms
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Gert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Alessandro, Belluno

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bella struttura, pulita, ottima posizione sul lago
Bell'hotel con personale accogliente, bella posizione in luogo tranquillo con un'ottima vista lago.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Nabil

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
والله يا اخوان أن سعر الفندق لا يستحق أكثر من 50ريال. لا نظافة والاخدمات. موقعة ممتاز

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
호수 전망이 좋습니다.
호수 가까이에 있으며 전망이 좋습니다. 직원의 응대는 매우 느리며, 화장실의 상태는 만족스럽지 않습니다. 하지만 객실의 상태가 좋으며 정원을 산책하기에 좋습니다.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
호수 전망이 좋고 객실이 깨끗함
호수 전망이 매우 좋습니다. 객실은 깨끗하며 화장실은 환기가 필요해 보입니다. 정원관리가 잘 되어 있으며, 산책하기에 좋습니다. 직원들의 응대는 만족스럽지 않습니다.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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