Simple Review: Great vibes, and nice people. Detailed Review: This place is home, if you are in Addis Ababa for few time and you want a place to call home, then Mad Vervet is where you should be, wither you are solo, a couple, or a group of friends. From nice rooms, to good kitchen, and clean environment. a bar with nice vibes. Card games, and chess are played along the week, and people gathering every few nights + Sundays BBQ Brunches. You would definitely make good friends there. And the good thing is you don't need to worry about noise if you are too tired to socialize, you will feel like if there is no thing if you went up stairs. Prices are the best of the best. Shall I talk about security? Well, Rona the dog is a 24 hours guard, she would make sure that you are not a thief before giving you the permission to enter the building. besides 2 guards who are there 24/7 It is a legit business with great service, and nice people.

It's the only hostel in town, and thus the best one. I only stayed a couple of nights due to my planning, however I'd have loved to stay more

The place itself is ok, the owner however is not. We were looking for a trip to Simian mountains and eventually decided to book a trip independently from the hotel. We found a local guide who could arrange a tour for us much cheaper than Manuhie offers. The morning we are supposed to leave with our local guide two thugs show up saying they are from Manuhie and that we have a problem. They quickly start arguing with our guide and not long after they punch him in the face and drag him away. Perplexed and confused and worried for our friend we tried to interviene but the brutes makes it clear it means trouble for us too. Stay well away from this place, the owner sees you as his property and in our experience does not allow you to choose your own way. Stay away from this place. Tl;dr : The owner had our local guide beaten up and dragged away for choosing him as our tour operator.

So glad I decided to stay at this hostel when I arrived in Addis. I booked for 2 nights but extended and stayed for a week. I met so many amazing people at the hostel bar, guests and locals and they definitely made my time in Addis. The staff here are honestly the best, so friendly, genuine and willing help you out with anything! The hostel itself is chilled, massive kitchen and common area. There is 24 hour security and always felt safe here. Can’t wait to get back to Addis now!

A Vibrant and colorful place in Addis, you meet so many interesting people from all corners of the world. Young, friendly, fun owners will make you special cocktails you have never heard of.. 😁😁. I definitely recommend it.

A blend of chill and hype vibe, great service and cool people to hangout with. New favourite spot in Addis :)

I've been living in Addis for 3 months now and this is one of my favorite spots to grab a beer and spend time with friends. The owners have been leaders in the Couchsurfing community for years and created such a wonderful environment to connect with travelers and newcomers to Addis. I love how sustainable the hostel is and would recommend Mad Vervet to anyone!

My current best place to hangout in Addis. You find a very diverse group of friendly people almost any day of the week. The staff are down to earth and helpful.

The Mad Vervet Hostel is the friendliest place I have ever been to. It is more than just a hostel - as soon as you enter the building, you feel welcomed and loved. It feels like home, home to many wonderful and open-hearted people. This place stands for the Magic of Friendship, Unity, Equality and Kindness. If you have the chance, please visit the owners of Mad Vervet, Neba, Beza and their superstar dog and give them a huuuuuge hug from me! 😊 But remember, once you visit this place, there is no way back, you will want to move in and stay there forever, enjoying the time with these fascinating people!😊 Lots of Love to everyone. ❤️

Perfect hostel for budget travellers, one pays little and gets good value for little money. The team running the place is very friendly and helpful, the outdoor bar is a good place to hang out. The location is ok, not to far from the different centres of Addis

Excellent price, good location and amazing staff, if you want to fill like home this is where you must stay! They also can help plan out your travel, take you out to public celebrations. You can also meet amazing people at their hangouts!

The best hostel in Addis. Very accommodating and friendly. Also I'll miss my friend Rona 🐶🐕 😘😘. The cheapest 💕 and large rooms, WiFi but not in the rooms, shared kitchen, hot water available, bar, restaurant. If you don't have money for luxury then this is the place to be.

This hostel is absolutely superb, the staff are friendly, helpful and fun.i loved the Bar.

Such a cool place to vybe and meet new people.

This place is amazing! Really friendly and helpful people that know the city and the country well. Prices are quite amazing and the event nights are full of nice vibrant people. Go for karaoke or beer day and have a blast. Really enjoy this place.

This is the best and truest backpackers hostel in ethiopia. Stayed many times with them in 2019 and 2020 when I visited Addis while I was in peace corps. Beza, Nebyu and staff are kind, friendly and thoughtful hosts. Party vibes if you care to partake or chill comfort if that’s what you’re looking for. Ask them about what to see/do, how to get around, which old movies or TV shows you should get into or even their academic vocation as civil engineers. Beds are comfortable and rooms have enough outlets. Furniture and design elements designed and made by hosts. Ask for their help to get to/from the airport as it’s not the easiest place to find, but once you’re there you should be able to figure out that it’s conveniently located between 22 and bole neighborhoods.

Want to meet the friendliest people, get insider information, have hang outs and an authentic ethiopian experience (including celebrations of holidays)? Mad Vervet is your place to stay. The owners are one of the most accomondative people you will find in Ethiopia.

Best backpacker hostel in Addis.

Friendly welcoming place with a Rick and Morty theme. Bathrooms are kept clean but are not abundant. Bar 3 nights a week!

The vibes that make Addis worth staying in for more than one night.

Nice friendly hostel vibe which I didn't find anywhere else in Ethiopia. It could be a great place to make friends. Great bar with cheap drinks, super helpful staff. Big kitchen with utensils to use. Lounge with a TV. Beds were comfy.

Is the best guest house in Addis ababa. Rooms are clean. Thank you

Very noisy day and night due to mainly local guests. Structure with no noise protection. Mosquitos in room, no mosquito net, wifi not working. Overprized for foreigners (sgl. 350 ETB /night with bath for 6 nights). Very basic room interior (bed, chair, small table). Long lasting voltage drops on power net. Good renewed ensuite bathroom on ***-level. Due to lack of tourists the guesthouse hosted local workers who misused the green courtyard as carpark for a commercial pick-up. When they loaded the car at 5 am on several days they run the diesel motor for all time loading, longer than 20 minutes. It's local tradition. You felt like sleeping directly on the parking lot. All children of hosted families woke up and stayed awake. Since there is no noise-protection in the building, you hear every word in the neighbour rooms and the courtyard. My room was filled with dozzens of mosquitos when I arrived. Mosquito protection is difficult to find in Bahir Dar, they don't care. Finally I could purchase a strong spray and I sprayed the room extensively with good success. They then wanted me to move to another room. There was no mosquito net or a suspension for your own. For the night I used coils. Lake Tana is malaria endemic, despite what they say. Take care! The renewed bathroom with very good hot shower was the best I had since month. It is possible to wash clothes and hang outside. The high farangi-prize is not reflecting the lack of quality, especially the noise issues from other guests. If you are looking for a calm place for a longer stay to relax and work intellectually, I recommend you to spend a little more birr and bargain a several nights stay at the larger hotels.

Its fun to have a Hostel in Addis

The bar in the hostel is chill and friendly staff

Coziest, Friendliest Hostel/Bar in Addis. If you're travelling to Addis and on a budget be sure to check this place out.

Best place in Addis Ababa for backpackers and travelers.

It's the only real hostel in the country so you meet many people and it has a great atmosphere. Needs much more attention on maintenance and cleaning though, plus the WiFi didn't work for our whole stay.

As a first-time traveller to Addis, this is one of the best places to stay. You may be a bit apprehensive about travelling around the country but once you get here, you would be sure to meet several avid adventurers who will give you the information you need. The staff don't always reply to you so just turn up on the day you say you are. From the airport, it is a Birr200 to get to the hostel on the Ride App. Just say you are going to Blue Sky Hotel and then direct them 2 streets up. There are 2 bedroom secluded rooms but you can only book when you are there. There is a Laundry place within a 5 minute walk near the street stores next to the football field. The beer is cheap. The company is good. RONA is a good dog.

positive: hostel where you can find likeminded travelers and adventurers of all ages. they relocated to this big house / villa only a few weeks ago and they are still installing manny things. big rooms. quiet neighbourhood. hostel bar. common areas. negative: only two bathrooms incl. shower and toiletts for manny guests. bin wasn't emptied for three days. toilet paper wasn't often available so better to have your own. wifi didn't work reliably. kitchen often was a mess. they could definitely improve by making signs to wash your owm dishes instead of leaving them dirty. no pens/paper available to label the own food. overall abit chaotic and not well organized when i stayed there but maybe that's just because they relocated recently. hope they improve certain things because the place has a lot of potential.

A home away from home !!! You go there for the vibe , to meet people , to feel surrounded and to connect Beza is the nicest and most accommodating host ever and her friends and everyone working there is special !!! I was there as a female solo traveler and met so many amazing people … I’ve got lifetime memories now and can’t be more thankful for this experience ♥️

This hostel is great value for money, and really good for meeting other travellers too. Bezza is really helpful and provided great insight before and during my time in Ethiopia. Would definitely recommend.

Nati is the best host I had in Ethiopia. So helpful, he makes everything possible for his guests. The place is clean, room are comfy and most important there is hot water!!

My boyfriend and I stayed at Manuhie Backpackers for 4 nights and it was great! Nati is a SUPER host and the setting is relaxing. It was the only backpackers we found in all of ethiopia where we met other guests, hung out with the owner, and got a great value. The owner took the time to help us with getting fair prices and showed us the hidden spots around Bahir Dar. The rooms are basic but a good value and we spent the whole time exploring the welcoming city and hanging with new friends.

Cool vibes, affordable and friendly

This hotel is very cool, there is a nice vibe here. Private room is very large, clean, quiet price affordable and you can find all you need in the hotel! Also the location is nice, this is a good place to stay Visitor from France 🇨🇵

I will miss Bezza , Neba and Rona (the 🐕)😭😭😭 Thank you for the fun and for the great vibes. Until next time my Habibis

I live their so I loved

It’s an amazing interesting place I spent like 3 months and definitely can stay more if I back to Addis ,, you just feels like you are in home and the staff are really helpful and nice they are really amazing and wanted to help,, specially Noni❤️ the best ever

(Translated by Google) The hotel environment is not good for the price olman by (Original) 숙소 환경은 별로 좋지 않은데 가격에 비해 올만 합니다

Great place to stay at a reasonable price. I stayed twice for a few nights each within a few weeks and noticed how the hostel keeps improving e. G. the beds.

It has bedbugs, never go this hostel. They also so rude when I tell them I found badbugs. Please never. 배드버그 나옴

Their security is first class I most say! Friendly staffs

For me the best place in Addis Ababa. Like youth hotel. So friendly people. So amazing place. Lovely place, lovely people.

There's no water from time to time, but for the price you can't complain much. Great wifi, service and backpacker atmosphere

Awesome people and best place for travellers

Great place shout out to the staff...excellent location and value 👏

I loved every piece of it! highly recommend ❤️

Best place in Town. Got there without thinking.

Really good place in Bahar dar, nice location not so far from the lake. The room was clean and the bed was good. Naty the owner was really friendly and he well understood our expectation. Nice to meet him. Good moments in Bahar dar.

I had a wonderful time at Manuhie´s place. It´s simple but very clean for a fair price. Never found something like this in Ethiopia. The staff was very welcoming, kind and helpful and they have made me feel at home.There is a nice garden you can meet other travelers or organize a tour with Nati and his friend for a really good price. If you go to Bahir Dar stay in Manuhie Backpacker Lodge and you find everything a traveller haert desires. I will definitely come back ..Thank you for everything

room infested with mosquitos, bathrooms are not clean at all, no hot water, breakfast at 50 birr is an unsavory omelette and stale bread. Coffee was decent. Definitely not good value as it is somewhat expensive. Pushy about the tours. Better options available for sure in baher dar

Place is quiet, well located and prices are fair. But my sheets were not fresh and when I left, they were not changed either.

Very basic room which needed a clean. But good location near good restaurants. The laundry was expensive and poorly done.

Very nice place to spend the night at. Nati the owner is a very kind and helpful person. Warm showers, typical rooms for a backpackers lodge, bug nets are provided. Offers for seamian and danakil are available as well. Would definitely come back here.

Beds are clean and very comfortable with mosquito net in a spacious and ventilated rooms. Shared toilets are clean but get a feeling of uncomfortness. Hot showers are in working condition and Wifi is very slow and often doesn't work. Location is very far from the centre of the town but peaceful for good sleep and the price is 300 Birr per night.

Preferably well understood for needs

Nati, the owner is very very helpful, he even sent my left stuff to Addis after me. The hotel has a very nice garden. The rooms are good but need some more furniture. The toilet/bathroom is the only part that needs some upgrade.

Good mosquito nets, but except that a bad experience. All the rooms are around a sitting area so no privacy and a lot of noise. Most of the rooms don’t have a bathroom. One wet and gross shared bathroom and shower. Anything we wanted to do the owner tried to sell us instead of just answering a question. We wanted to take a bus to the falls, they wouldn’t tell us what bus station it’s from, only offered us a private overpriced car.

Good place to go to if you are looking for a cheap room @10 USD a night. It's most importantly clean but it s a standard and basic room, normal for Ethiopia. They do sell tours, but prices are a bit inflated so don't forget to haggle...

3 stars means all OK. Good service, kind staff, good price (200 birr single with shared bathroom)! BUT: one night (out of three nights) was very noisy. Big group had a party the whole night. I don't know why the owner wasn't able to stop the party and ensure a quiet night for the other guests!

(Translated by Google) A nice quiet courtyard and clean big rooms. A pleasant place to spend a few days in Bahir Dar (Original) Ein schöner ruhiger Innenhof und saubere große Zimmer. Ein angenehmer Ort um ein paar Tage in Bahir Dar zu verbringen

Good place

Typical simple backpackers. Had a room with private bathroom which sufficed. Mosquito nets provided. Hot water (depending on time of day). Friendly staff, some of them can be quite pushy but that’s the touristy culture. You meet great people in the meeting area around the coffee pot.

Ended up staying more day. Wonderful place, good people.

(Translated by Google) Great backpacker accommodation with a dedicated owner who takes care of all the needs and requests of his customers. The rooms are large, clean and equipped with mosquito net. The shared bathroom has, what is not self-evident, a well-functioning hot shower. In the beautiful courtyard you can sit together in the evening and enjoy the peace and the free wifi during the day. The accommodation is well located so that coffee, restaurants and the lake are within walking distance. (Original) Tolle Backpackerunterkunft mit engagiertem Inhaber, der sich um alle Wünsche und Anfragen seiner Kunden kümmert. Die Zimmer sind groß, sauber und mit Moskitonetz ausgestattet. Das Gemeinschaftsbad hat, was nicht selbstverständlich ist, eine gut funktionierende Warmwasserdusche. Im schönen Innenhof kann man Abends gemütlich zusammen sitzen und auch tagsüber die Ruhe und das frei zur Verfügung stehende Wlan genießen. Die Unterkunft ist gut gelegen, so dass Kaffees, Restaurants und der See in wenigen Gehminuten erreichbar sind.

Not clean, bit pricy, good stuff. Location is good

Excellent budget hotel. Rooms are clean, tidy, if a little basic. Hot water normally works, and the WiFi is the best I encountered outside Addis. The host, Nati, is quite the character, but he booked me an amazingly good value trip to the Simeon Mountains and the Danakil Depression.

Good and reasonable price

We went there without reservation, not easy to find, we also asked some people, nobody knew the place. The manager didn't show much interest, he was too busy with his smartphone. The place is quite, nice garden, but for the price that you have to pay i expected some more appealing rooms. Also the lodge is quite far from the city center and the pier (10-15min walking). If you wanna stay in that area, I suggest Kitsel Hotel, you get a new modern hotel with AC/ own bathroom for about the same price. If you wanna stay in the center, Bahir Dar 2 is an okayish hotel.

A very peaceful place in Bahir Dar.

the rooms are clean and quiet, the welcome friendly : a good place to sleep. but you can't do anything else but sleep, especially do not organize excursions : you would be at best disappointed, more likely to be defrauded

Extremely helpful friendly manager, good location, clean bathrooms, comfortable beds, good WiFi.

The location is good, close to the lake Tana. The rooms are clean, with big beds and towels included. Wi-Fi works fine. The bathroom is shared and it's just ok, and there is hot water. But the best value of this Lodge is his owner, Naty, who will help you in everything you may need. Thanks a lot!

Nati was a great host and made sure we were taken care of. The place is simple but comfortable. Enjoyed the coffee ceremony at the lodge.

I am having a great Addis experience at the hostel. Humanity conscious humans run the place and the friends who come around are the best. Beer prices in the hostel are cheap and great ambiance