Pharaohs Hotel

I checked in late but the staff was very helpful and accommodating. I got the room that I booked with the amazing unobstructed view of the river. I had some laundry and it was done at a very cheap price. The room was neat and clean, the terrace is large and private, bed is very comfortable and the bathroom is large and newly renovated. The staff is really caring, attentive and went above and beyond to make my stay enjoyable.

Lovely place and very helpful staff. Everything worked perfectly. Nice and calm area and a great restaurant near the lobby.

Stayed here at the start of an Intrepid tour. It's clean, the bed comfortable and the staff extremely helpful. Breakfast was perfectly decent, with omelettes made to order. It is scruffy in places, but good value. Location is very handy - there are Nile-side restaurants five minutes' walk away. It is noisy - even with windows shut they sound open. We had a balcony with a view of the Nile.

This was my final night in Egypt, I was travelling with an organised Intrepid tour to Cairo, Aswan and Luxor and was finishing my stay here and leaving for the airport during the early hours of the 31st December. The staff were super helpful when I asked them anything. It was also nice to get a welcome orange juice, water, Pepsi and orange.

staff were very helpful and friendly,i stayed here before and after a trip ,they were very accommodating.allowed me to check in early after a long trip. a good mart is 5 minutes away for snacks. the river is close. room was always made up ,never had to ask. food is very nice on the ground floor restaurant and the breakfast restaurant has a great view. i asked for a room with a view and they delivered. good hot shower. handy to a atm

Room and Amenities The room was moderately comfortable, but the air conditioning was problematic. Despite the cold weather in Cairo in December, the AC only provided cold air, and the filter was clogged with dust, indicating a lack of maintenance. Reception Service The reception staff were a mixed experience. While one staff member was diplomatic and courteous, another displayed poor customer service. When I requested a converter for a three-pin plug to fit the two-pin sockets used in Egypt and the hotel, I was told, "We are a three-star hotel, so we don't provide it. You can purchase one outside." This attitude highlights the need for better training in customer service. Housekeeping The housekeeping staff were excellent—professional, efficient, and attentive to details. Dining Experience The breakfast buffet on the 10th floor was a highlight of the stay. The food was of high quality, and the waitstaff were polite, professional, and exceptionally helpful. Overall, while the hotel has strengths in housekeeping and dining, improvements in maintenance and customer service at reception are necessary to enhance the guest experience.

Staff is excellent.

I came here as part of an Intrepid tour. The hotel is clean, functioning lifts and airconditioned rooms. The staff are very polite, I felt safe as a solo female traveller and my room view was great! Clean towels, clean bathroom and clean bedding. A fridge and safe in the room. The only con for me was that the bed wasn't that comfortable - it was very firm but otherwise was fine.

The service is amazing. One of the best places i stayed while in egypt.

The "average" rating above would be average for Egyptian standards and not for the West. During the three days we stayed there we had to have the hotel maintenance people in to fix a blocked drain, a toilet that didn't flush, a tap that was defective and an air conditioner issue.

Stayed here as part of a tour group. Would not have been a choice is travelling independently. The foyer was dowdy and the lifts were very slow. The foyer was always full of tour groups coming and going. The room had a balcony which was great to provide fresh air. The bed was OK - sheets were clean. Bathroom has a leaky shower and the toilet paper did not last long. Breakfast on the top floor was basic - omelettes, bread, juice and cheeses and coffee. Had only small towel in bathroom and did not realise that they were not bath towels but hand towels. There were many small stores in the street from the hotel which sold water, snacks, fruit, baked goods and even offered haircuts. It was within walking distance of the metro. The restaurant onsite provided a selection of food to cater for most people at an acceptable price. They also took credit cards.

Nice view of the Nile. Convenient location. Good breakfast. Shower pressure was unreliable.

Budget hotel is an understatement. The shower drains in numerous rooms wouldn’t drain and had little water pressure. The rooms are dated with stained mattresses, pillows, and sheets.

The place of lication is good and the sraff was very nice, friendly and helpful. But hotel really needs renovation. The hot water didn't work at tge beginning, the floor was very dirty, the most uncompfortable beds.

Absolutely disgusting, avoid!!! Hair in food, hair in bed sheets, stains on sheets and towels, air conditioner didn’t work, internet didn’t work, rooms smelt, rooms were mouldy, no hot water, people smoking everywhere throughout hotel, just YUK!!! Do not stay here! Yes it is cheap but it is not worth it at all, cheaper places else where that are nicer

Excellent stay, especially considering the price. Pros: 24 hour front desk, 24 hour restaurant, very friendly/helpful staff, clean, A/C worked well. Cons: beds and pillow were very hard and uncomfortable, lots of noise from the hallway.

I rate this hotel a 3. Staff are ok and the location is fine. The whole place looked extremely tired with things either broken or not working such as lifts and wifi in rooms. The shower water was also lukewarm throughout our stay. Breakfast was acceptable.

We stayed here as part of a tour we did. I found the hotel to be in disrepair. Only 1 of the 2 elevators was working and the one that was working felt very unsafe. The inside door didn't close so the building wall was exposed as it traversed the floors. If you were too close you could be injured. The sliding glass doors from the balcony didn't lock in either of our two rooms. Our toliet kept clogging. When we called for maintenance, he used a mop to push fecal matter down and then proceeded to rinse it in our shower! We were appalled. The next day the maid was using the same mop on the floors. The maintenance man should be fired as that is absolutely unsanitary.

Nice view of Nile river. Friendly staff,

I stayed at this hotel for two nights at the start of my G Adventures tour at the end of October 2022. I arrived very late in the evening (after midnight) and I was checked in professionally and quickly, and helped to my room. I found the hotel to be clean and basic, with friendly staff. The included breakfast was a nice touch, and eating with a view of the Nile in the mornings was very nice. My room was basic and a little outdated. The towels are small, the shower had warm water but not great water pressure. I had a very small window and no balcony, and my room was close to the cleaning staff closet so there was lots of chatter which I could easily hear from inside. The restaurant charged quite a lot for bottled water compared to the grocery stores, but was one of the few places you could get a glass of wine. If I were to return to Cairo I may not choose this hotel again. Of the hotels that we stayed at on our tour, this was the most basic.

This hotel is in a good location. Good restaurant menu. The breakfast was just ok. Need more selection like fruits, yogurt and warm food. The room has a good view and cleaned. The hot water was not working so couldn’t shower at all. Heater was not working properly. The room was cold all the time. They need to fit the issues. Staffs are friendly and helpful.

Staying 3 nights at start of a tour. Budget hotel with very friendly staff and all the basics were good including breakfast, bedroom and shower. Concierge answered all questions and very helpful in arranging taxis and cautioning re.hucksters. Small issues in room were speedily attended to by friendly staff.

Stayed in this hotel as part of Gadventure tour. Arrived late in the morning, and staff were there to greet me, check me in, no hassles. Room was grand, I'm not fussed as long as I have a bed to sleep in, but those with high standards may not be happy. Breakfast upstairs was fab, great choice, chef there to make omlettes for you in the morning... yummy. Bonus view of the Nile from rooftop too. Restaurant was lovely downstairs, and only place in this area that you can get an acholic drink. Staff were lovely and very helpful.

Plumbing was awful. Shower didn't drain and lack of hot water

Central location, surrounding area safe, great breakfast, quiet, staff helpful

This is a basic budget hotel and is probably fine if you are looking for something cheap for a night. I have no idea how the price compares to similar hotels nearby because we stayed there with a gadventures tour. Staff was amazing! All of them were great. Rooms were basic. Our bathroom door didn’t close so that is probably a problem if you don’t want your roommate watching you shower or poop. Towels were hand towels so we had to use the camping towel we brought with us. It has a tv but we couldn’t get it to work but that may have been our fault. Beds were firm but that was fine for us so we slept well. They did have a restaurant/bar (with alcohol) in the hotel so that was convenient. It was WAY too smoky for us so we just ordered food and drinks for our room. The breakfast area on the top floor has a view of the Nile so it was nice to eat up there. Before coming, I looked online to see which amenities were available but when we arrived, we didn’t find many of them: WiFi: they technically said they have Wi-Fi, but none of us could get it to work. We even went to buy SIM cards thinking that was the problem but that didn’t help at all. As soon as we would leave the hotel, our phones would start working again so I’m not sure why nothing would work there. We even turned off Wi-Fi to try to use data and it still wouldn’t work. Minibar: there wasn’t a minibar. They had a small refrigerator but it didn’t get cold so it was useless. Pool: we were told there wasn’t a pool when we got there, but it mentions one on Trip Advisors. Not sure why it says that. I went back and forth trying to decide between 2 or 3 stars. But Several people in our group had numerous problems with their rooms and the lack amenities that were advertised made me give 2 stars.

This was our first hotel stay in Egypt, and chosen by our tour company. The room had 3 single beds, TV, (no English channels) air conditioning and a view of a side alley. Beds were firm. Bathroom had a shower. Rooftop breakfast area had lovely view of the Nile.

Basic hotel. Room quite large with enough space but the whole building could use some renovations. Walls are dirty, broken tiles in the bathroom, leaking toilets. Staff is welcoming and helpful so it is a plus. Air conditioning works fine in the room. Great location with ATMs and supermarket a few minutes walk. Breakfast was beyond basic and not that great. I would recommend to take a room without breakfast and go somewhere else for it.

The staff in the attached cafe are wonderful and the only reason we rated above zero. We paid reception for a cab to Pyramids entrance but were dumped in a backstreet somewhere nearby and left to be hassled by hordes of local carriage drivers - later found we’d paid double the usual fare too! Tried squeezing extra out of us for a taxi to the train station on our last day too. Picture of hotel in advert is NOT the actual hotel either. Worrying lift, exposed wiring, broken shower screens not fixed despite reporting them (us and at least one other guest). Shoddy.

Very acceptable service in compare to the price and location Especially their roof restaurant has a good view with great food at their restaurant CATALONIA Fast room service with friendly staff If you decided to stay there you shouldn't miss the Cascadia from their restaurant

Stayed in this hotel twice as part of a group tour, start a d end of tour. By the end of the second visit I was quite charmed by it! The hotel is located in what feels like quite a residential area, one street back from the Nile. If you come out of the lobby and turn right there is little shop on the corner that is great for snacks and cool drinks. The streets behind the hotel have a larger supermarket and a domino's pizza takeaway which was handy on our last night. The downstairs cafe in the hotel is useful for coffee and beer (ask for Stella), especially when we stayed in Ramadan and there was nothing open in the immediate area. Another plus is you can walk easily to metro stations, which we used yo get to Coptic churches. The lobby area has some seating and the reception desk plus two lifts. There are also stairs to all floors. Our first room was a middle floor with the bonus balcony looking out to the Nile. The room was large and clean. The bathroom was an odd arrangement, with a corner shower that required you to step over a foot high edge to get into it. That said, it worked with good power and hot water. There was also a fridge. The second time we stayed we were on the top floor in what the bell boy described as the 'honeymoon' suite! It had clearly been refurbished compared to the first room and met more Western standards. This time there was a modern shower room with no high jump! There was a balcony again and a fridge. In essence it was the same room just nicely decorated! I enjoyed the breakfast buffet, which turned out to be a fairly standard Egyptian breakfast; eggs (boiled, fried or an omlette), cheese triangles, flat bread, cake. Great views from the restaurant on top floor. Overall, clean, great location and helpful staff. Give it a chance and I'm sure you will see the Egyptian charm.

All the staff was very friendly and helpful. Very good options for meals and very good the location of the hotel.

Very comfortable room great price and the restaurant has the most delicious food. I would definitely recommend and stay again

تجربه جميله فندق جيد اداره ممتازه وخاصه قسم الاستقبال ممثل بالانسه مادونا شكرا جزيلا

Hot water and a/c good No toilet paper

Like: Concierge 💁‍♀️ is really pleasant and cordial. Same with adjacent restaurant staff. Clean bathroom and room. I was concerned checking in here on how clean the room would be based on past reviews but was pleasantly surprised. The view from my room was of the Nile which was really cool! Outlets near the bed (win!) to charge phones. Quiet hotel overall in terms of other guests. Dislike 👎: Oh gosh. So much unfortunately. I think the staff tries but they miss the mark. An English language barrier is still really apparent, which means my leftovers I left at the front desk the previous night got thrown away. At initial room check-in, there isn’t even a full toilet roll given. I mean, really?! The towels are the WORST I’ve ever had in a budget hotel. Thin and stringy and barely cover oneself (and I’m slender!). I ran out of toilet roll and told the front desk in the AM… still nothing there I got back to the room in the evening. And had to call the front desk TWICE to finally get it 👎There should be more opaque curtains for the windows as light comes streaming in early. There is no window double-glazing so the dulled roar of traffic is clearly heard outside (I was in room 808). The bed is pretty hard, as are the pillows. thin top coverlet (but duvets in the closet). Finally, Wifi was pretty slow and upload speed awful- and I had the best wifi it seems compared to others who had none or abysmal. No hot shower water later in the AM and only a bit warmer in the PM. The included breakfast is ok: an omelette option and some cakey bread; coffee; tea; OJ. The accompanying restaurant has some hit or miss food: I loved the eskander beans as it was a stew; the dolma was pretty bland. One of my fellow group members said her green soup was terrible. Service was very slow and food took ages to arrive. The location is far from Coptic or Islamic Cairo sites.

The best thing about this hotel is the bar/restaurant, Catalonia, on the ground floor. The food and service there are great. The hotel itself is a bit rundown, the interior of at least some of the rooms needs renovation as some of the ceiling is coming away and the water supply for the sink and shower is minimal (and very difficult to control the temperature). Unfortunately, the wifi is awful but that can be said of all the (‘3*’) hotels we stayed at in Egypt. Positives - the staff are nice and overall it’s relatively clean.

Location was as descriped, but check in and check out took too long time than expected, and the room they check me in 1st was unclean with broken air condition, then I asked them to change it for me, and they did.

Nice place for price

Horrible hotel! They wouldn’t even understand English when I arrived, I had to used Google translate… The people were so rude, it was unbelievable. The property was dirty and very old, I was pretty scared to even sleep there, and the restaurant manager was the worst. Do NOT stay here, I’d rather had slept in the streets than in this place I am very sorry to say. The service was the worse.

The staff was incredible, so helpful and very fun to talk to! The rooms were nice and comfortable. The balcony had an beyond beautiful view!

I would definitely recommend the hotel to other friends. The staff was specially friendly and helpful. Extremely good service 👍

Le personnel est très accueillant et très gentil . Hotel sympa. Propreté à améliorer

I was very pleased with the location of the hotel. It was very close to most of the things i needed. I paid extra to have a balcony with a view of the river Nile and was not disappointed as it was beautiful by day and night. There is shopping at walking distance for daily needs. Hotel is basic in the rooms but comfortable. I purchsed a 10$ kettle to make coffee etc as its not provided. I felt very safe walking in yhe area even at night. The staff were very helpful and friendly. I used room service some days which was well priced and good quality. I had a mix of work and personal time here and overall i was very happy with everything. I will definitely stay here again when i come back in April. Thank you Pharoahs Hotel staff 😊

Das Personal ist nett. Das Zimmer war sauber ...außer die beiden Teppiche (Läufer) könnten mal durchgesaugt werden ;-) Das WLAN ist schwach. Sonst alles super :-)

يمكن اطلاق اي اسم لهذه المنشأة ولكن علي الاكيد ليس فندقا ولايوجد شئ علي الاطلاق من عاملين اواي شئ يذكرك بانك في فندق بكل المقاييس ولكن المقابل المالي الزهيد ينحسبلهم

Excellent location with very good facilities and customer services. You can walk to everywhere in city centre and very close to 2 metro stations. The area is very safe and secure. The room is spacious clean with comfortable bed and nice view of the Nile river and cairo. The bathroom is good and clean with all facilities. The breakfast was very good with good varieties. The staff were nice and helpful. This hotel is far better of many hotels in Europe, London and USA. The hotel staff do their best to offer you a good safe stay.

Excellent location and nice comfortable room and facilities.

Good location and good facilities with good value of money. It is just few steps from the river Nile, opera house, cairo city centre and Tahrir square. It is walkable and a lot of restaurants, supermarkets and shops are around. The area is very safe and quite. The breakfast is ok but may lacking of freshness and professional presentation. Good omelet, eggs, cheese collection, coffee/tea but the corned beef is very poor and cake is very hard to eat so it is better to avoid them. The room was very nice, clean spacious, comfortable with good Nile river view. The air condition was big plus. The bathroom is very nice, clean and spotless with good facilities and cold/hot water. Generally the staff are good, polite, and helpful but few of them are not professional and need more training to how deal with guests. This hotel is a hidden gem in the centre of cairo But it may just need few improvements to shin up and be one of the best in Cairo. I enjoyed my stay and I used to book it when I am visiting Cairo. I highly recommend it.

Bon rapporr qualité / prix. Bien situé. Personnel aimable et souriant. Chambre propre. Le. Wifi fonctionne mais galere un peut. On peut aller sur Whatsapp mais pas sur le net.... L’equipement est sommaire mais fonctionnelle tout comme la literie.

The Hotel Location was Excellent, it was only few meters from the River Nile, and the Nile Palace Bridge, close to Reasturants, and markets at Al-Duqqi, a nice, quiet place downtown in Cairo. The Room I have had reserved was overlooking the Nile with a nice, lovely balcony, the Size of the Room was more than excellent, Bathroom was more than excellent, Bed was great, the only down side was the quality of the mattress and the beddings used, otherwise I really rate (The Room) to be more than 3 stars towards the 4 stars. Breakfast was reasonable but I think with a bit more of cleanness and further attention, it could have been much better. Staff were reasonably helpful, and it was easy to extend my stay. Internet was relatively on the downside, but was ok at the lobby. All in All, with a bit of careful consideration to the Breakfast, the Breakfast area, Bedding used in the Room and the Lift, I think it could get a better rate than a 3-stars...

An sich ein schönes Hotel, leider hapert es im Moment vor allem mit warmen Wasser und ich bin definitiv nicht penibel was Betten und Unterkünfte angeht, aber das Bett und das Kissen waren hart, nicht sehr angenehm. Bei der Bestellung eines Taxis zum Flughafen würden wir dann leider auch zweimal abkassiert, unverschämt.

the room cleanliness was not good enough to my standards i cleaned the small fridge in the room as was moldy and dirty,the noise from the beginning to the end was terrible hammering and drilling for 14 days including Christmas and New Year. Door and lift closing and opening were also noisy. The water in the bathroom came down brown as a result of this jobs. I had to leave the water running for sometime before got better. the batteries for the fan heater and the television were not working properly and i had to call 2 times i was told they would came back to replace it but they never did. cleaner was in place everyday nice lady. Breakfast is more Egyptian than continental in fact i am glad did not pay for it. Round the corner there are some cafeterias. there are taxi facilities but i did not use it. There is a safe in the room the place is not far from center and around there are some food shop facilities. This is a smoking place so you may do not enjoy the smell of it in lifts and breakfast room. Area seemed safe Be aware that everywhere you go in Cairo dodgy people will try to get money from you including police and helpers at the airport and fake tour guides and those trying to sell you papyrus. Dress adequately for dusty and dirty roads, you can exchange your money in the money exchange shops in the street of Doqqui nearby better than banks and England exchange rates Overall it was ok as the bed was comfy, location and place were safe and near the center

Jag fick ett rum på åttonde våningen och tyvärr hade dom reparation på sjunde avdelningen dom sågade klinkers inom hotellet på samma våning och det lät hemsk i hela tiden från första dag tills jag resta tillbaka till Sverige jag verkligen hade otur och pratade med hotell maneger men han gjorde ingenting...Jag till och med spelade in videos och gick ner till sjunde våningen för att se vad dom gör eftersom det lätt så hemsk...Jag kommer att spela en video och lägga på Youtube och prata om min vistelse på båda hotell jag verkligen mådde så dåligt under hela resan på grund av dåliga hotell och vill inte någon annan speciellt svenska folket ska go genom detta. MVH Lubna Alani

This is a clean, basic hotel. The location is pretty good - it's a little out of the centre, so it's a bit calmer, but you can still walk to Tahrir Square and the Egyptian Museum. We had one room that was kind of dated, snd another that was more modern. The staff are helpful, and the breakfast is okay. Pretty good value for the price.

It was hard to locate, the drivers kept getting lost and the service was slow but I liked the rooms, bathroom and cleanliness

Localizado próximo ao metrô e restaurantes, hotel bem limpo, decorado e o principal, cama e travesseiro é banheiro excelentes.

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Muy buena y agradable por el personal del servicio, la administración, la ubicación centrica, le recomiendo

Great location, helpful staff, decent rooms. Great value!

in 2 parole posso dire che non era propio come si puo vedere dalle immagini io mi adatto a tutto ma sono sicura che nessuno dei miei amici ci sarebbe stato ,vedendo le BLATTE che ti caminano nella camera. con questo non agiungo altro.

As far as budget hotels go, this place was great! The rooms were well air conditioned, clean, and the beds were relatively comfortable. The bathrooms were spotless and the hot water abounded in the shower. They offer an included breakfast in the morning that provided many options both traditional Egyptian (salads, dips, cheeses, etc...) and typical breakfast (omelets made to order, bread, toast, cereal, coffee). This was the best breakfast I found of all the hotels I stayed in just fyi while in Egypt. The only thing I can't truly comment on is the location per se. I was there for 4 nights total traveling with a touring company and so we were shuttled all over the place and thus didn't have to venture out on our own much. The hotel is in GIZA not Cairo so just keep that in mind. It's about 80 Egyptian Pounds by taxi from the airport to this location (but you need to haggle to get that price!). It provided everything I needed in terms of a comfortable, clean place to stay but again, my transportation was provided so I can't speak do the convenience angle. This is the only reason my overall rating was a 4 as opposed to a 5. The surrounding neighborhood seemed safe enough albeit a bit dark at night (not a lot of street lights). There were restaurants and ATM's that were close by as well and the hotel offers internet for reasonable rates too.

good value for money but they should improve the quality of the breakfast buffet.

Hotel location is good but service is not compatible with the price so as not to provide Internet service and satellite service and breakfast and there is no shampoo or towels

Nice staff. Simple breakfast. Clean. Delivers at a low price.

OTIMA LOCALIZAÇAO PESSOAL ATENCIOSO

Consigliabile solo perchè economico

Wir verbrachten 3 Nächte in diesen Hotel. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und das Hotel ist sauber. Es ist ein 3 Sterne Hotel und man darf sich auch nicht mehr erwarten. Wir waren sehr zufrieden diese 3 Nächte aber für einen längeren Aufenthalt würde ich beim nächsten Mal ein Hotel mit mehr Sternen buchen.

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