Barthos Hotel

Sadly we had a bad experience. The room was fine but it had flaws, such as no mosquito net on one of the beds, the other bed was full of biscuit crumbs all over it. At night we came back and found out that they locked us outside. Nobody was there to open the gate, when we called the number that is on Google, the man that answered the phone was drunk in a club and refused to talk in English. Eventually, after a long time, the security guy arrived and asked us to jump over the fence instead of coming with the keys. On top of that, Early in the morning the staff called us non-stop and woke us up. We tried to talk with the manager of the place about the bad treatment but he was very rude, asked for proofs and told us that we don't deserve a refund. We left very frustrated.

I stayed there for a month during an exchange. The rooms are modest, but decent. I did not have a mosquito net upon arrival, but it was installed as soon as we let them know. The sink faucet did not work. No toilet seat. Room cleaning is available daily, there's a restaurant at the hotel. The staff was friendly and attentive, but sometimes struggled with english, which was a problem when they locked us in by accident and didn't understand us over the phone. The location is convinient, close to campus and hospital, some shops around, but it's very loud during the night - music, shouting, dogs fighting...

Barthos is clearly designed to be a sort of university hotel as it is located right next to the main campus. And it's probably packed solid during graduations, but I was pretty well the only guest when I stayed. Neverthless the staff were friendly and helpful, and the receptionist patiently showed me five rooms to allow me to make my choice. The room facilities are standard and there is always something that isn't quite right (a leaky toilet and a door which didn't shut properly in my case), but the basics were there - hot water, comfortable bed, mosquito net etc. The wi-fi worked (once the receptionist had gone out to buy some extra units), and the bar stayed open until late even though I was the only customer. Breakfast was also fairly standard, although I declined the asparagus soup from a packet which was a complete 'first' for me in Rwanda; my stomach managed the omelette and fresh fruit much better.

An interesting site. Clean quiet like most places places I'm this country, hostesses are nice and polite. Also the they do serve good coffee here. I'm not a coffee person but the aroma u get makes even someone who is not a connoiseur know that's good stuff.

I stayed here for a few nights while working at CHUB. It is convenient to the hospital but a bit out if town. It is noisy as most rooms front the busy main road. Plus the back side has some noise from staff and a very creaky door which seems to open a lot. The shower was ok in my first room but broken in my second room where I moved for less noise.||||Breakfast is ok and us ready early. Staff are helpful and speak more French than English. Laundry was very efficient.

This is a rather basic hotel. I booked it since it was close to where I had to be the next day. I attached a few photos to give you a sense. Breakfast was rather limited, they charged extra for a bottle of water. I had "argue" during checkout to get the prices I booked it online for and paid only that. Interesting fact, the hotel was supposedly designed by a famous Rwandan artist, the same one who crafted the gift that former president Clinton received when visiting the country.

I didn't lodge but went to eat. Food is good by Rwandan standards..staff are extremely nice and helpful. Especially Mr Alex. Great guy!

My usual accommodation was full, it was raining, and the Rotary meeting was at the Barthos Hotel; so I elected to stay for one night before more meetings the following day and heading back to Kigali. The hotel is out of town, bordering the University of Rwanda Butare campus; so there are plenty of students hanging around, and the hotel is a regular stop on all of the bus lines, but the hotel does front the highway to Burundi; so traffic is heavy and noisy if your room is at the front. I chose to go one floor higher up to be on the back side of the hotel, and the room was very quiet. ||||Rooms are large, bed was OK, pillows were OK, but the power went out sometime during the night (it was raining!), and there was no power the following morning; so I can't report on whether the water pressure or temperature were any good. The rate was a very reasonable 15,000 RWF including breakfast, and breakfast for my driver was 3,000 RWF.||||The building is constructed of concrete blocks.||||Service at breakfast was the most efficient I've seen in a while in Rwanda, good was good, tea was good, and most of the staff understood enough English to get by. ||||No elevator.||||Bar had plenty of customers until at least 8 PM when I left to have dinner at Hotel Mont Huye.