Good value for money hotel. Small but adequate balcony affords lovely views of the daily comings and goings of the city and the mountains in the background. Great place to spend a day or two acclimatising to the altitude.Easy walking distance to St Georges Church and can also walk to the main museums. Food adequate to good. Affordable laundry service.Only downside was the erratic internet service and inadequate hot water.

Street vendors across the street...up and down the street. Got pick pocketed 2 blocks away.

Not happy. Staffs not at all pleasant. Locality poor

This hotel is a useful base with friendly staff, airport pick up and clean, nice rooms. The noise at night is constant on the rooms that face the road, for instance room 603.

This hotel is a useful base with friendly staff, airport pick up and clean, nice rooms. The noise at night is constant on the rooms that face the road, for instance room 603.

Not so professional, staff were well asleep in full view when I arrived. The wifi is useless and does not work.The bathroom facilities are not great.

Decent place. Decent rate when on sale. Hotel staff are a bit shy but nice. Good location (near all the sights up in the north end of town). You need to call for airport pick-up (they didnt reply to emails).

my stay was ok, surprised that hotel does not offer water for the breakfast buffet. customer need to pay for that!!! credit card machine not operating 100%...overall was ok as people are very friendly and respectful.

Good value for money, always felt safe, buffet breakfast included, airport pick-up and drop off welcome

I've been to Addis many times, and currently this is the hotel that gives you about the best value for money. The eggs for the breakfast are overboiled, and I am overall not fond of the breakfast meal, but apart from that, this is a good hotel with spotless cleaning and good service. Transport to and from airport is a pro, but one sometimes has to call when arriving at the airport to make sure they are there (I have stayed at the hotel four times). I will come again. There is now wireless Internet connection on every floor (two connection points on each floor).

The arrival was fine, despite the delay by the airline and immigration clearance, the driver was there waiting for me. At the hotel I took 2 hours to be served with a menu book to choose the food food, from, despite repeated calls, the menu was delivered 2 hours later. The food was cold as usual. Now the morning shuttle, it started with no wake call up, when I asked the receptionist indicated that, maybe the phone was not working, but noone was send for me. Now the shuttle bus had a puncture and was given a small delivery van, very uncomfortable, It was travelling at most 20 - 40 KM/Hr very slow indeed. The driver did not know the terminal, we get lost and end up terminal 1 instead of terminal 2. If it was a busy day, I was going to miss my flight.

Overnight was quiet and the wake up call was on time. Ethiopia airline delayed and the person waiting for me gave my name tag to a sister hotel. But despite numerous calls, it took 2 hours to be picked up to the hotel after checking out of the airport. The promise was always in 10 minutes. I have booked the hotel again on my return, hopefully it will take less time, despite the delayed by the airline.

The Soramba Hotel is very nice. My room was very clean when I arrived and thoroughly cleaned each day. The restaurant served good food, and the wifi in the lobby/wired internet in the room ranged from being decent to excellent. And the free airport shuttle was a great bonus! The only drawback is that the hotel is quite removed from the rest of the city. The purpose of my travel was business, which was located a couple kilometers from the Soramba. Addis traffic around rush hour is a nightmare, and it often took up to 30 minutes to go a few km.

The Soramba Hotel is very nice. My room was very clean when I arrived and thoroughly cleaned each day. The restaurant served good food, and the wifi in the lobby/wired internet in the room ranged from being decent to excellent. And the free airport shuttle was a great bonus!The only drawback is that the hotel is quite removed from the rest of the city. The purpose of my travel was business, which was located a couple kilometers from the Soramba. Addis traffic around rush hour is a nightmare, and it often took up to 30 minutes to go a few km.

overall the stay was good and the hotel is good value for money.The food is very good and the staff go extra mile to make you feel comfortable.

First things first, I stayed at this hotel from October 9th - 17th. More than once, I expressed my disappointment with management regarding the false advertising of Wi-Fi being available in the rooms. I asked them to contact Expedia and have that amenity removed. I have waited this long to write the review in hopes that Soramba (with Expedia's help) would do the right thing and remedy this situation. But as of November 5th, 2013 at 11:03pm (GMT +3), the hotel still lists the following... Under Room Amenities, it has "Free Wi-Fi". Under Internet, it has "Available in all rooms - Free Wi-Fi". This is a lie. False advertisement. Wi-Fi is only avalaible in the lobby, restaurant, & bar. There is wired access to internet in the rooms. Hope this helps other travelers who need to be connected to the web make a decision.Other than that, I had a pretty decent stay. I did leave a comment card with the hotel upon my departure mentioning my disappointment with their false advertising and also the need for breakfast to be upgraded dramatically. Other than those two things, I can't think of anything else to complain about. The room was clean & comfortable. The balcony was convenient. The selection of food for lunch, dinner, and late meals was truly international & delicious.

First things first, I stayed at this hotel from October 9th - 17th. More than once, I expressed my disappointment with management regarding the false advertising of Wi-Fi being available in the rooms. I asked them to contact Expedia and have that amenity removed. I have waited this long to write the review in hopes that Soramba (with Expedia's help) would do the right thing and remedy this situation. But as of November 5th, 2013 at 11:03pm (GMT +3), the hotel still lists the following... Under Room Amenities, it has "Free Wi-Fi". Under Internet, it has "Available in all rooms - Free Wi-Fi". This is a lie. False advertisement. Wi-Fi is only avalaible in the lobby, restaurant, & bar. There is wired access to internet in the rooms. Hope this helps other travelers who need to be connected to the web make a decision. Other than that, I had a pretty decent stay. I did leave a comment card with the hotel upon my departure mentioning my disappointment with their false advertising and also the need for breakfast to be upgraded dramatically. Other than those two things, I can't think of anything else to complain about. The room was clean & comfortable. The balcony was convenient. The selection of food for lunch, dinner, and late meals was truly international & delicious.

I spent 3 nights at Soramba hotel and the hotel was neat and comfortable with good interior ambience. I must mention that the warmth and willingness of hotel staff to assist is what my stay memorable. They eagerly gave directions, were constantly asking how I was doing, a staff even gave a sim card so I reach my family. The hotel also provided free airport shuttle on my way out of the country. If I come back to Addis Ababa, I will definitely stay there again.Only issue for me was that there is no means of controlling the temperature in the room although the weather was generally OK. It was quite cold during the night and pleasantly sunny during the day.

The food were not good and nothing to choice from, internet connection is worst place in the world. The restaurant manager won't leave you to eat your food it's like prison. The tv had four channels two news and one channel 2 and one Arab My experience on that hotel was treble

The food were not good and nothing to choice from, internet connection is worst place in the world.The restaurant manager won't leave you to eat your food it's like prison.The tv had four channels two news and one channel 2 and one ArabMy experience on that hotel was treble

The Soramba is good value, even given the low cost of traveling in Ethiopia. Internet service can be iffy but I was relocated to another room when the cable connection turned out to be inadequate.

Good, clean newish hotel suitable for business travellers. Wired Internet in the rooms, wi-fi in the lobby and restaurant. Excellent selection of food in the restaurant, both Ethiopian and international. The hotel also offeres a complimentary shuttle service from/to the airport.

Excellent hotel and location. The staff was polite and very helpful

A nice hotel with helpful staff. Clean and comfortable. Free high speed internet and tv (though with maybe only 5 channels). As a single traveler, I was pleased to find a nice restaurant and cafe on site as it is not particularly safe to walk around by oneself at night and I often got back from work after dark. A 10 minute taxi to the National Museum area cost around 100 birr (roughly 6 US dollars) though some would try to charge more. A ready supply of taxis outside made getting around easy. Also within close walking distance of the Addis Ababa restaurant. They also have a free hotel shuttle which I did not know about when I arrived, but used when I left. A decent savings from the approx. $20-25 USD taxi ride from the airport.

All things good, but the staff really could not help with things like how to get to other cities, even basic info. But rooms were great

The staff were very pleasant and the restaurant and rooms fine. But the lamps in the room had no bulbs so it was difficult to read.

not impressed