- Positives: The view of the pyramids from the balcony and/or rooftop is unbeatable. Having one of the national dishes of Egypt (koshary “delivered”) eating it in the balcony with the pyramids in the background was out of this world. Staff were very welcoming at the front desk. Breakfast was lovely (Egyptian authentic food) served with love by phenomenal staff. Finally, a special thanks to Mohammed the room/bag service guy, he gave me lots of helpful tips and was very honest.
- Negatives: unfortunately, the area is not well maintained in front of and around the hotel nor cleaned; thus, you can smell animal poo from the room. Rooms are not insulated and you can pretty much hear the foot steps from the street and outside the room. Room doors are old school and extremely loud when closed, with the walls not insulated, expect to wake up from deep sleep every time a room door in your level closes (like it is being slammed shut). Showers have no curtains (causing entire bathroom to be covered in water) and the heater barely allows one quick shower before it runs out of hot water when full. When I asked for a curtain, they said “we sent someone to buy it, he’ll be there to put it in 10 minutes.” I called again 3 hours later and still got the same answer (the 10 minutes lasted my entire stay and I still didn’t get the curtain lol). Finally, for the price I paid, this was not what I expected.