Hilton Luxor

Hmmm..... where can I start? Overall, the hotel is no more than a three-star in reality, but having said that, for every negative comment I can make, I can think of a positive!!
The staff cannot do enough for you, slip the pool boy a few pence every day, and we had sunbeds reserved for us with fresh flowers and magazines waiting for us every day. The staff at the pool bar are so friendly, likewise with the waiters, slip them a little something and they’re at your beck & call all day. We couldn’t fault the pool area at all, it was kept very clean and there is the most spectacular view of the West Bank.
The room attendants were the same, our room was cleaned every day, he even pushed our beds together for us! It's not really worth paying the extra for a Nile view room, for the first week there was nothing but a huge cruise ship to look at, & once it had gone the view was obscured by the trees! Rooms are your average hotel room, we could hardly stand together on the tiny balcony, but it was very welcoming with the air-con on after a hard days sunbathing!
The hotel itself needs a bit of updating, the carpets & curtains are a little ragged round the edges, all it needs is a lick of paint & a bit of TLC and it’ll be a nice four star again. The biggest draw back is its location - there is a shop and a small bar over the road and that it - anything else is a cab ride, although they are always outside and very cheap. Its about ten minutes to the centre of Luxor and it’ll cost about £2. Always agree a price before you get in. We used the same driver for most of our journeys, he was called Lemloum and he took for of us to the Valley of the Kings (about 30mins), stayed in his car all morning and waited for us to bring us home and he charged us a tenner between the four of us. Brilliant!
There is no entertainment to speak of, we were in bed most nights before 10pm! For any sightseeing, you really need to do it very early in the morning - we went to the temples & the valleys at about 7am, otherwise it was just too hot. You can't really walk the streets at night, you just get hassled, we were literally cornered by a group of men wanting us to get in their carriage - pretty frightening!
We could book trips through Cosmos but we found they were much, much cheaper to jump in a taxi and pay to get it when you get there. Food & drink is ridiculously cheap - £1 for a bottle of beer, £2.50 ish for a main meal. Make sure you go to 7 Days 7 Ways restaurant (take them some Bisto & Heinz salad cream, they’ll love you forever!), its run by a Liverpudlian gay couple, its packed out every night and the food is yummy. Nice little jewellers next door too - it's where we got my engagement ring from!!
Overall, we had a wonderful time, but we wouldn’t go back. The evening were boring and we got sick & tired of the hassle. If you want a holiday to really, really chill out and literally do nothing, it's definitely the place to be!!