A popular place with tour groups, near the bus station. A little mundane, it nonetheless offers sizable rooms equipped with bathrooms that won't have you squirming. If you can snaffle a room with a view of the Christian market, how can you possibly complain? Steer clear of the re… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

The government-run Ras is a cross between a boarding school and a psychiatric institution. Think Soviet-style décor, overpriced rooms, bare corridors and dour staff. Nab a table on the terrace and keep up your spirits with a Harar beer at hand. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Enter here at your own risk: you may never feel like leaving again! This cocoonlike guesthouse occupies an old Harari house at the absolute heart of the Old Town (ask somebody to show you the way at Weber Stationary shop, as it's tucked away in a side street). Rest your head in o… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This recent pile won't win any style awards but features well-organised rooms. For budgeteers, the singles are pokey but will do for a night's kip. Feeling peckish? There's a pastry shop on the ground floor. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Reopened in 2005, this outfit west of the New Town is a good example of resurrection, with spotless, bright rooms with spanking clean bathrooms (hot showers) and satellite TV. There's a bar and a restaurant specialising in Ethiopian dishes (raw meat, anyone?). Brilliant value. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Room with a hyena view… No joke - you won't believe your eyes! At night, from the windows of rooms 15, 16, 117 and 18 (if not renumbered by the time you pop in), you can watch hyenas rummaging in a garbage dump behind the hotel. It's your very own hyena show and a memorable exper… Full Lonely Planet Review ›