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Home  >  Ethiopian Airlines • Lounge Reviews  >  Review: Ethiopian Airlines Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge Addis Ababa (ADD)
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Review: Ethiopian Airlines Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge Addis Ababa (ADD)

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 9, 2017June 4, 2020 6 Comments

I returned to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport about 90 minutes before my flight to Bangkok, giving me about 20 minutes in the lounge prior to boarding.

As you pass exit immigration and proceed upstairs, you’ll come to a Sheba Miles Platinum Lounge. Unless you have platinum status with Ethiopian, this is NOT your lounge. You’ll note there is no Star Alliance Gold sign at the door.

Keep walking and you’ll come to the Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge, available to all business class travelers and Star Alliance Gold members traveling in any class of service.

A smiling agent will verify your boarding pass at the front desk.

As I walked into the lounge, I was struck at how crowded it was. There were still seats available, but the lounge was very full.

Not 15 minutes later, however, it emptied out. Ethiopian Airlines operates departures in banks and as the late evening bank departed, the lounge goes from crowded to not crowded.

If you find the lounge is quite crowded, proceed to the “Quiet Room” in the back of the lounge. That room was empty and contained not just a pair of massage chairs, but additional chairs. Just remember, though, that this is not the place for cell phone conversations.

I found the lounge food picked over and not particularly appetizing. I passed on having anything to eat or drink from the buffet, still full from a large dinner at the Hilton Addis Ababa.

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Food included Ethiopian dishes like you’d find onboard plus international dishes from the East and West.

A bar offered a limited selection of beer, wine, and spirits.

I did sit down for one more cup of traditional Ethiopian coffee and a bowl of Kolo, a delicious, crunchy grain full of protein.

Crowded bathrooms meant no pictures. Shower facilities are available.

CONCLUSION

I’d say this lounge is not one you’d deliberately show up early for, but a far better place to wait for your flight than in the gate area.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. Matt Reply
    December 10, 2017 at 3:11 am

    Where did you see shower facilities available? I was there last month and there were no showers anywhere in the airport…

    • Matthew Reply
      December 10, 2017 at 10:34 am

      Maybe I’m wrong, but I made a note there was a single shower behind the bar.

  2. Sean M. Reply
    December 18, 2017 at 8:45 am

    The Cloud Nine Lounge is not a Star Gold lounge either. It is only available to Business Class passengers. Star Gold passengers are supposed to use the appropriately named “Star Gold Lounge” further along the same corridor.

    Totally there are 4 lounges operated by ET in Addis :

    1) Sheba Silver Lounge – for ShebaMiles Silver passengers only (southern end of internal corridor next to temporary toilets)
    2) Star Gold Lounge – for Star Alliance Gold passengers in any class of service (north of Sheba Silver Lounge)
    3) Cloud Nine Lounge – for Business Class passengers on ET or other Star Alliance flights (middle of internal corridor next to Duty Free)
    4) Platinum Lounge – for ShebaMiles Platinum only (opposite GoldTrack security checkpoint)

    • Matthew Reply
      December 18, 2017 at 10:45 am

      Thanks for the clarification.

  3. Thai Nguyen Reply
    January 5, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    Do they allow children under 18 with parents?

  4. grant andrews Reply
    February 9, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    Hello – Business Class can use the lounge, but if its a stopover and the next flight isn’t business class, can you still use the lounge? eg Business class London to ADD, but onward to KILIman is economy.
    Thank you

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