Sonesta Cairo Hotel and Casino

Arrived in late Dec 07with wife and daughter 11 old at hotel from overnight stop over in Abu Dhabi. Part of 2 week escorted tour of Egypt my second time there, wife and daughters first time. The hotel is advertised as egyptian five star and part of a chain throughout egypt and middle east. located in heliopolis which is an upmarket part of cairo. we stayed on the 8th floor, quite, had a rollaway bed for child no additional cost, had room service once which was ok, child had spag boll, ok at best. Reasonable price drinks, and in... more

MY WORST NIGHTMARE!We booked this hotel thinking it would be similar to the one that we stayed in Sharm El Sheikh. Unfortunately this was not the case. The pictures on all the websites show how lovely the rooms are-this was very misleading as the pictures they show are probably the ONLY rooms that are nice! As you enter the hotel it looks lovely but once you get to your room you'll see how dark and depressing they are. We changed our room 3 times as there were countless problems with the bathroom for eg the water not draining in the bathtub... more

My husband and I stayed at Sonest Cairo in late Oct. Before I booked this hotel, I checked out the hotel's official website and I thought: "Wow, this is a really beautiful hotel". Well, when we arrived, I thought we arrived at a totally different hotel. Except for the building itself that looks just like what you see on the hotel's official website, there is NOTHING, nothing at all inside the hotel, from the lobby to the restaurant, to the guest rooms that looks even remotely like what you find on the hotel's official website! Everywhere... more

stay away if you can such an old bad hotel so stay awaaaaaaaaaaaaaay if you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We stayed in this hotel for one night prior to our return to London so chose a hotel which was reasonably close to the airport. We have stayed in many hotels in Cairo, including the Sheraton, Movenpick, Hilton and Novotel. This hotel compares very well with these other, more well known hotels. In fact we were extremely impressed with the buffet breakfast and dinner and would stay in this hotel again just because of the high standard of food! The hotel may not be the grandest, the pool area may not be the best and the rooms aren't the most... more

Only stayed for a night prior to flying back to UK. Functional, good resturants and rooms pleasant enough. Service good and both drinks and food reasonably priced. Location rather isolated in the new part of Cairo - good for airport but not so great for the sights. We would certainly stay again if the need arose, so the hotel comes recommended but for long periods of stay there is probably better.

Recently returned from Egypt on a package tour (from STI Travel) that included 4 nights at the Sonesta Cairo Hotel. The rooms (one at beginning of tour and another after returning from Nile cruise) were both well kept and very comfortable. The 24 hour restaurant I did use, The Greenhouse, had great food. The waiters were very accomodating. The hotel also has a 24 hour bank, useful in exchanging money before a day of sightseeing. The gift shop sells postcards but doesn't always have stamps. Better to get both while on visiting other... more

If your room faces the pool, you will not be able to sleep before 01:55 A.M., when the singers and musicians thanks the audience (only 1 or 2 tables occupied...).

We just returned from Cairo and had stayed at the Sonesta for five nites. We had two rooms one for my wife and I and one for my son. Our experience began with the door knobs falling off both room doors as we attempted to enter our rooms. Our room smelled terrible, had dust everywhere and hair all over the floor in the bathroom. We explained this to the front desk and housekeeping and were moved to another room. We were all nonsmokers in smoking rooms. The room still smelled bad. My wife asked if we could move to a nonsmoking room.... more

Excellent service - all the staff knew my name!! Restaurants are great, room was so comfortable, and it keeps a certain Arabic style unlike the larger chains around the city. Location for me was ideal as I was there on business, but it is a bit removed from everything. I would highly recommend this hotel and look forward to returning.