The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar

Name: The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar
Address: Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria
Telephone: 0806 690 0009

4.1(3.3k Google reviews)

Open 24 hours

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Sources and dates

Listing source: Google Places; record fetched 21 September 2026.
7 Google rating/review records held, 7 with written text; newest published 28 July 2026.
Review records fetched 15 September 2026.
Stored review analysis updated 29 May 2026.
Ranking computed 29 September 2026.

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What our review analysis found

Spacious, clean rooms with no bedbugs, but old facilities and poor room service.

spacious rooms
clean bedding
old hotel
slow room service
loud music
food poisoning

Stored review sentiment: Mixed.

Analysis updated 29 May 2026. This summarises Google review text, not a recent visit or confirmation of services. The excerpts below may differ from the reviews used for that analysis.

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Why this is ranked #2 in Hotels in Calabar

These are the six stored score components for this business. The current list also checks category and location evidence; nearby entries are labelled separately. Paid placement is not a score component.

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Composite score 75.2 of 100

Google rating77
Review volume100
Review recency84
Profile completeness67
Review sentiment44
Verification0

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About

The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar is one of the hotels in Calabar, located at 10 Murtala Mohammed Hwy, Ikot Uduak, Calabar 540211, Cross River, Nigeria. Its recorded Google rating is 4.1 stars from 3333 reviews.

On Google, The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar is listed under Lodging.

Google ratings and review excerpts

Atare F.2 months ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exceptional hospitality from the reception desk and room service. How I wish I could stay longer. This is my second visit and the most exciting experience for me is the complementary breakfast attached to my room..
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Arome O.3 months ago
3.0 out of 5 stars
This place is good considering how old this facility is and knowing the maintenance culture of Nigeria.
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Prisca W3 months ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
The rooms are spacious and clean. If, like me, you're wary of picking up bedbugs from hotels and this is one of your considerations when choosing where to stay, then the Metropolitan Hotel, Calabar is an excellent option. The bedding was clean and fresh, the mattress seam, bed…
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Bukky B.9 months ago
4.0 out of 5 stars
The hotel is old but maintenance isn't too bad. Sheets and towels are clean, housekeeping does a great job. Room service takes a while but the food is good. Breakfast is buffet and you can get meals that will serve you for the whole day from breakfast 😁😁 (rice, spaghetti, etc)…
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Michael W.10 months ago
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rooms are terribly worn out ! As for room service I had to wait 2h and half for my orders and ended up with worst food poisoning and had to be admitted to the hospital for it Im writing the review now it’s 1:20am and the music is ridiculously loud and called many times to reduce…
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Zingy Z.11 months ago
2.0 out of 5 stars
Old Hotel, Need Revamp. Broken tiles in corridors and walkways Old furniture, poor esthetics. Poor maintenance. Better off in smaller boutique hotels..
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The HR1 year ago
3.0 out of 5 stars
The metropolitan is a good place to go. The rooms are spacious. I was also surprised at the room rate, I thought it was considerable enough. They have a complimentary breakfast for guests. The food is well cooked. Some areas of improvement. I noticed for the two morning that I…
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