Reviews from guests who stayed at this hotel, shared by our hotel supplier. Score based on the latest 16 reviews.
+I have traveled the world with my family, and HIGHLY recommend the Mayleko Lodge. I selected the lodge at random, and was glad I did. The service was incredible. The Hotel Manger paid personal visits to our room to ensure that we were doing well, and in one case noted we were late for breakfast, and offered to arrange room service so we would not miss our breakfast. The Hotel Manger also arranged sightseeing with a very knowledgeable local guide that my son and I very much enjoyed. The Food in the Mayleko Lodge restaurant was 5 Star quality all the way. Food was fresh and innovatively prepared. Very attentive and perfect service from the restaurant manager and his staff. The hotel grounds are a very large well-manicured garden, with a host of local birds calling the lodge home. Finally, rooms were spacious and perfectly appointed. In short, when in Gondar, this will be the only place that my family will stay from now on when we travel from the USA to Ethiopia.
Verified traveler
February 2020
+Die Einzelbungalows sind etwas kleiner und haben nur eine kleine Terrasse vor der Tür. Dafür sind die Bungalows sehr ruhig.
Verified traveler
February 2020
+Die Doppelbungalows sind sehr geräumig und haben eine Terrasse. Sehr schön eingerichtet. Leider sehr hellhörig wenn man Nachbarn hat. Das Restaurantpersonal ist superfreundlich und hilfsbereit.
“Great hospitality & a gorgeous place!”
+Amazing experience! The place is beautiful and very clean, the service and the food were top notch. I highly recommend this place to anyone who is visiting Gondar..
“Beautiful garden”
+It was wonderful after sightseeing in Gondar to sit down and see all the birds in the garden. The staff are all friendly. You need cash for everything. There was a gap in the door, They helped us with some blankets. Enough warm water. Worst pizza on the tour but the local food was good. Fresh fruit from the garden for breakfast. I would love to be back.
Verified traveler
Family · April 2019
+A beautiful setting. The pool had just opened which was great. Our booking didn’t reflect the room we were expecting as we were given rooms which were sub optimal but we managed to chant this albeit at a price. When it came to settle the bill at the end of our five night stay, they didn’t accept credit cards though.
+proche aeroport mais loin de la ville calme et bon restaurant la proprietaire parle francais
“Great character, very comfortable.”
+Great character, hearing the church in the morning was lovely. Don't have high expectations about food, but the lodges are lovely. They are continually improving.
“SKETCHY BUSINESS”
+As an avid traveler, this was by far the worst hotel experience I have ever had. Upon our arrival at the hotel we were told by the owner that Mayleko does not work with any travel websites. That being said, it is still showing up on multiple travel sites. We were informed that our reservation could not be honored but that there were tents available to rent and that we could use the pool for a shower. The owner of the lodge only accepted cash, and charged much higher rate. At one point an Expedia representative called the hotel to offer payment over the phone which the owner of the lodge refused. Something sketchy is definitely going on with the woman who owns it.
“Owner is an Unscrupulous Fraud”
+Don't book this hotel via an any website. In fact, don't book at this establishment at all. The mgmt of the hotel pulled a bait and switch on me and six others at a very inopportune time. Having booked a reservation for Mayleko through Expedia I received multiple emails confirming my reservation - and that I would not need to follow up to confirm. Expedia's price was approximately $45 per room. The manager, in con artist fashion, played dumb to the Expedia reservation when we arrived on the weekend of Timkat (big Ethiopian celebration in which hotel/hostel rooms are fully occupied). Mger subsequently noted that she had two rooms available at approximately $200 each. Given the isolation of the hotel (approximately 20 mins from Gondar) and the scarcity of rooms on Timkat weekend, she realized we had no choice but to pay.. We might have been okay with paying $200 per room on Timkat Weekend had it been advertised appropriately. Unfortunately, we have yet to recoup our credit card payments (one week later) and we paid mgmt in cash ($200 x 4 = $800). We double-paid. I'd like to place more blame on Expedia, but Mger/ower did not seem concerned with our predicament and made that clear by u