Reviews of Arabesque Hotel

01 December 2011 LIDIJA would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, near to everything,Tahrir,E.Museum,Metro,Nile.You can get all with a short walk. Secure building, I was there during the protests and i felt comepletely safe there.Nice staff,they do everything for you if you need help abaut something.Rooms are big and clean.No preasurre to buy tours.

Disliked: A bit noisy from outside road

04 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very kind staff clean facilities, nice rooms with good quality furnitures

Disliked: breakfast should be more varied

12 December 2010 silke would recommend this property

Liked: Waw, cheap hotel, and really clean! Love the staff, they do everything for you and are so helpfull!! I definitly will stay here again!

Disliked: --

09 December 2010 Carlos would recommend this property

Liked: Arabesque was awesome! Friendly easy going atmosphere, clean and tidy accommodation. Breakfast is lovely and all the facilities are really modern and clean. Recommend to anyone.

Disliked: A bit noisy from outside road

05 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: After staying with my company in the five star hotel across the Nile, I decided to go a little more cozy and this hostel was perfect. The facilities and cleanliness were comparable to hotels on the higher end and the staff was personable and welcoming. Couldn't have asked for more for my last night in Cairo.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

01 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: We stayed in a new room. It has a new the way different style than other rooms. We paid more but didnt regret. Cuz it looked wonderfull and we felt as we are first guests there. There are plasma-panel TVset and very nice stylish bathroom in the room. Staff was very polite and nice with us, booked flight tickets and gave us much helpfull information.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

21 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff here were really friendly and helpful and were able to give us good honest advice about looking around cairo. They also went out of their way to help us book further travel out of cairo. Rooms were sufficent for a budget traveler with really big beds and good air con!

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

10 November 2010 Jeremy would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel offered reasonable rates. There was cable tv in the room with 192 channels but only two English movie channels. Showers were always hot and beds were clean. On my secon morning there was no breakfast so don't rely on the free breakfast ( basically it's just a boiled egg and two buns and tea). Hostel is right beside the museum so use this as a land mark for the taxi driver. From airport you should pay around 60 pounds for trip. There are little super markets around the hotel were you can purchase food and other items

Disliked: There was no breakfast served on the second morning even though I had paid for it. Some of the staff were useless and some were very helpfully. Everytime you entered or left the hotel they would ask if you had paid or not. Towels and toilet paper were only provided if you asked for them. The Internet was unavailable for two days because they could not remember the password.

28 October 2010 Marina would recommend this property

Liked: We had a big room; all day hot water and soft towels. No pressure to buy tours. Felt secure, there was always someone in the reception area. Less expensive than places we used elsewhere in Egypt. Location of this hotel is ideal with easy access to the Egyptian Museum, subway, eateries, banks. Helpful staff. Breakfast included.

Disliked: Marina left no negative feedback.

22 October 2010

Liked: Location was quite good to public transport, staff were very pleasant, and tried to be helpful.

Disliked: Staff could be quite pushy re their own drivers and tours. Not very accessabily to places to eat, without a 15 min. walk. OK, but not when you're tired, and have 8 flights of stairs to go up and down.

20 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very good location, near Tahrir Sq., near the museum, near Nile. Very central.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

20 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Kind staff, very good location.

Disliked: No credit card accepted

18 September 2010

Liked: EXCELLENT LOCATION, SECURE BUILDING.

Disliked: BUILDING IN DISREPAIR. VERY POOR BREAKFAST. STAFF DISORGANISED.

03 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff and location

Disliked: lack of elevator

30 August 2010 Janie would recommend this property

Liked: the property is great. the staff is always helpful and there for any questions.The breakfast every morning till 10:30 is very goos and always as fruit.The staff is realy freindly specali tefa and mostafa there are always on there.The room are nice and clean and all with air conditioner. Thelocation is great near everithing..Bus statiom, metro, musiem, markets etc.

Disliked: Janie left no negative feedback.

29 August 2010

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: In general the place is pretty basic for the price that you are paying but what i disliked the most was the constant harassment of some of the staff trying to sell us tours way more expensive than other places,at the end it turn out to be a really annoying place to be. If you need any honest advice ask the girls that work at the reception during the day.

25 August 2010 Anton would recommend this property

Liked: Cheap, funny, roomy

Disliked: Anton left no negative feedback.

22 August 2010

Liked: I stayed in a single room & it was really good air-conditioned room. Before I checked in, it was already air-conditioned & I felt so good when I entered the room for the first time.

Disliked: - The hotel guy put it on when he suggested tour program which I didn't need in fact. I was supposed to stay a long time & I could visit each by each but he recommanded very expensive private tour program to me with very poor service. The guide couldn't explain whole history I needed, he had me pay more for the water when touring (He told me I'd better stay in a car & he'd buy it for me since the local people couldn't speak English & I realized that it was doubled price he asked me later). What I felt from them was only the fact that they wanted my money from my pocket. They applied the currency rate incorrectly (definately unfavorable to me) so I had to pay more. The kichen facility was awful & I think they'd better take it back from the website info "self-catering." I requested airport pick & I had to wait for more than 30 min. The lift was out of order during I stayed there & I had to walked up to 6th floor everyday.

20 August 2010 Roger would recommend this property

Liked: I would recommend the Arabesque to my friends. This place is clean, comfortable, with friendly, helpful staff! Also close to museum, Nile, etc, u can get all with a short walk. Free WiFi and free airport pick up.

Disliked: Roger left no negative feedback.

18 August 2010 Chad would recommend this property

Liked: The room and bathroom as very clean. The staff were also extremely helpful with getting around cairo.

Disliked: Chad left no negative feedback.

18 August 2010 Fiona would recommend this property

Liked: I took them up on their offer to have someone meet me at the airport and am I ever glad that I did. If I had to find this on my own I never would have found it and might still be wandering the streets of Cairo. The "hotel" is is two floors of a high-rise building that has seen better days. That being said, the staff were helpful and lined up a driver to take me on a one-day sight-seeing tour. It may not be the classiest hotel but certainly good value for the money. I wouldn't suggest taking a family with children here as it really is geared to the backpacker crowd.

Disliked: the lobby really didn't tell me that the hotel was in the building but the driver who picked me up at the airport knew where to take me - the elevator was not working half the time and they struggled with their internet connection, alkthough they seemed to be replacing the router on my last day there

17 August 2010 Irina would recommend this property

Liked: Arabesque Hotel is located in the heart of Cairo center and has clean and affordable budget hotel rooms. The hotel offers a laundry service and free internet, included television, airconditioner, private bathroom and breakfast.

Disliked: Noisy as it is located in the center.

13 August 2010 Dustin would recommend this property

Liked: The room and stuff itself was great

Disliked: Dustin left no negative feedback.

06 August 2010 Gareth would recommend this property

Liked: cairo is a very big and bustling city; it's wonderful to come across an oasis of calm and peace in the very centre of the downtown district. The staff are really welcoming , smiling (but then all Egyptians smile a lot!) and very helpful. We were able to get a taxi and tour to the pyramids right from the hotel (and Ruby the taxi driver is terrific and really knowledgeable)The rooms are very spacious and the air conditioning is really welcome: it was 30C at 11:00 at night ! The rooms are really clean and well looked after. and the view from reception is incredible: you can see the Cairo tower and the Corniche!Top tip: stay here!

Disliked: Nothing: it does what it says on the tin!

24 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The price was very reasonable.

Disliked: The breakfast.