The outside bar is very pleasant and a good place to meet friends and colleagues - but that's the only polite thing we could say about the Novotel. Reception area grubby and depressing and full of mosquitos. Bedrooms similarly very badly in need of decoration - and a good scrub, smelt very fusty. Airconditioning feeble, curtains very thin - basic... more

The Novotel in Bujumbura is badly in need of an upgrade. The rooms are stuffy and old, the public spaces tired and faded. The lobby is particularly depressing with low cielings and not enough light. The food's ok. They have good coffee and some decent croissants and pains au chocolats (although they're not really like any others you might have... more