The Ghion hotel-do not eat here. We have India tra...

The Ghion hotel-do not eat here. We have India trained stomachs and, much to our chagrin for our last day in Ethiopia, we both got disgustingly ill the next day. We should have listened to our gut on the signs: completely empty restaurant, dingy tablecloths, dispassionate staff (some, not all). Maybe it s normal to have stray cats run through restaurants in addis but we hadn t seen any anywhere else. The bread roll at the start of the meal was stale and hard. We ordered the veggie burger and it came with a surprisingly large amount of food: two patties, some fries, carrots, and greens. The patty was well formed but somewhat bland and, worse, cold, and did not seem fresh. The fries seemed cold in the inside and oily on the outside. The greens were luke warm and unseasoned. Boiled carrots were fine. Hard to know which part of the meal made us ill as it all seemed suspiciously unfresh. The only reason we ate there is because it seemed like the only quick option before we went to the African jazz village. But in retrospect, the better option would have been to not eat at all. Lot of potential in this place due to location and history but I would not go back unless ownership/ management changes, or Gordon Ramsey visits. we regretted dining here both in the short(eating it) and long term(dealing with the explosive aftermath).