An executive/ single room at Axari Hotel
Axari is a medium-sized hotel about 15 minutes drive from the Calabar International Airport. It is a reasonably-priced hotel – single rooms cost N13, 500 per night and the rooms are clean, large and decently-furnished. I’m not sure you can find such a room at that price in Lagos.
A bathroom at Axari Hotel
Axari hotel has got a restaurant, a swimming pool, a gym and a conference room and the room I stayed in had a fridge and quite a few DStv channels – definitely more channels than I am used to seeing in Lagos hotels. While the rooms are okay, I have to say that the service wasn’t among the best I have come across in hotels in Lagos or even Abuja. I ordered a meal via room service and it took over an hour to arrive. I might as well have ordered food from Lagos. When I asked about being connected to the hotel’s WIFI, the person I spoke to at reception appeared not to know what I was talking about then said she would call me back in twenty minutes. The call never came.
The writing table in the room I stayed in at Axari Hotel
In spite of all this, all the people I came across who had stayed at Axari said it was a nice hotel. It’s either they lowered their standards because they were in Nigeria or I have higher standards than I realise. All the same, if you’re new to Calabar and not sure where to stay, Axari wouldn’t be a bad choice.
Address: Murtala Muhammed Highway, Off Zone 6 Roundabout, Ikot Ansa, Calabar.
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