Budget
Freddy's Hostel
Rooms are passable, usually with ensuite. No true dorm rooms.
Tirana Backpackers Hostel
Small hostel, with just 25 beds, situated in a beautiful villa built in 1940. Dorms are spacious and well lighted, back garden. Bikes can be rented for city tours.
Hotel Briker
Clean, safe, nice private rooms with private bathroom and shower, well maintained, friendly, all of the staff spoke English, they take credit cards. Unfortunately, the A/C didn't work in our room, which spoilt our stay.
Budget options in Tirana are hindered by a government 1000 lek per-person tax levied on all the hotels.
Hostel-Albania
New Hostel, opened in 2009. Old Tirana Villa with about 350m². Very spacious rooms and a large garden.
Midrange
Hotel Baron Tirana
Meeting facilities include conference rooms, a ballroom, and banquet facilities.
Hotel Meg Klaus
11 rooms. TV, air-con and bathroom worked fine. No restaurant and no breakfast included but a hotel bar. Some staff had trouble speaking English.
Top end
Hotel Brilant Antik
Excellent rooms and helpful staff.
President Hotel
Small hotel located in the Bllok area.
Xheko Imperial Hotel Tirana
48 luxurious rooms, equipped with all the modern amenities. Restaurant with Albanian traditional cuisine.
Hotel Airport Tirana
Grand hotel with every modern amenity.
Hotel Theranda
Boutique hotel.
Tirana International Hotel
Centrally located, this hotel was built during communist times and has recently changed hands. There are plans for drastic changes in its appearance, and it still remains one of the major and best hotels in Albania. If you have the time have a truly magical lunch on the covered balcony of their one restaurant, the food and service is excellent.
Hotel Grand
A small, 3 star standard hotel.
Sheraton Hotel and Towers
One of Tirana's newest, largest, and most modern hotels.
Rogner Hotel Europapark
Part of the Rogner chain of hotels, this modern hotel is located where the headquarters of the communist party were planned to be built before the fall. Very luxurious. Beautiful gardens and an outdoor swimming pool that is always freezing. The comfort has five stars. Security is unsurpassed.