President Hotel Cairo

I was concerned based on some of the reviews below, but much to my surprise, President was a great place to stay. Quirky? Yes, but this is Egypt. I stayed there for 3 weeks, and the room was adequate and the breakfast better than most places. It was clean, and the bathroom was brand new and immaculate. The people were very friendly - at reception, the housekeepers, and the guards out front. There is a nice bakery on the ground floor, and even a pub in the basement. Not bad for $30 per night. Give it a go, it's a great place to stay.

It was one of the worst hotels I had ever seen, it should not be rated as 3* hotel what I have seen something with no star at all, most of the staff over there were horrible and not helpful not at all they can understand the tip language only or they will ignore cleaning your room! Service was poor and even people on the reception desk were not qualified and hardly speaking or helping residence. The only good thing I can remember about this hotel was its secure location since more then one embassy was there.

There are many mixed reviews on the web, so we approached our stay with some trepidation, which may be why it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. I think they took the previous negative reviews about moldy bathrooms to heart, and as a result, the bathroom was the nicest place in our room! The bad: dirty carpets, AC that could not keep up, dirty walls and very old furnishings (especially the covers). The elevator was an adventure as well. The good: front desk staff and bellmen were helpful without being pushy, bathroom was clean and... more

This is one of the cheaper hotels, so you can't expect too much. Its location in Zamalek is well away from the normal tourist haunts, but being in a more European quarter of Cairo means you aren't hassled all the time by souvenir sellers etc. The hotel itself is dingy, & some of the rooms have little ventilation & still smell of the millions of cigarettes that have been smoked in them. I found the bell-boys pleasant enough, but the owner seemed highly suspicious of his guests & kept watching us as though expecting us to steal the... more

Firstly the hotel was pretty far away from everything and hard for all taxies to find. The hotel had not a 3 star standard, more like 1 star. The room was dirty with blood on the walls. And the bathroom was dirty and very moldy. The room smelled and the aircondition barly worked and made a terrible noise. The brekfast in the restaurant was ok. As we arrived the bell boy was pretty pushy to get a deal on taxi for us. The personell at the hotel took advantage of their position and tried to puch taxies om us that was far overpriced. Not... more

Firstly, the security in the hotel was non-existant as anything would get through the metal detectors. The room was more like a 2star than a 3 and the bathroom was unsanitary, i.e, toilet would not flush and there was dirt all over tiles and bath. Hotel staff do not treat women with any level of respect. room door did not have a secure lock on it and air conditioning unit was hanging off the wall. No amenities whatsoever.

I have just came from 2 weeks trip in Egypt, where I stayed in President Hotel, the hotel is located in a tree lined street in Zamalek Island, clean hotel, close to the Egyptian museum. The luggage porters or the bell men of the hotel are always trying to arranging taxis & tour to pyramids with the taxi drivers in front of the hotel, which we found it really pushy and insisting, so avoid dealing with them. but rest of the hotel staff are friendly & helpful.

The President Hotel is located on the island of Zamalek in between two branches of the river Nile crossing Cairo. It is one of the greenest and quietest areas in Cairo. On the downside the rooms were dark, dingy and not on the spacious side. Also I remember how uncomfortable the bed was and it didn't take long to work out why. Two single beds were pushed together to make it look like a doube bed. Eventually we seperated the beds in the middle of the night but not too far apart in order to share the duvet. The bedding was clean. The rooms... more

After reading reviews in Trip Advisor we were prepared for the worst. This hotel was part of a tour booking so we had no choice, but we were pleasantly surprised. Although dated, the rooms were a good size and on both our stays we had a balcony which was great. First bathroom not that flash, but second lovely. Also had use of a day room which was definitely worse for wear - no hot water or fridge but we weren't overnighting so it didn't matter. All staff were friendly. On both our stays we arrived early, and as our rooms weren't ready... more

I booked that hotel bcs it s located in one of the best and quietlies areas of Cairo. But the hotel was terrible. First of all very very dirty. 2nd nothing was like at the description. 3rd I booked as a single, so they brought me in a room at the roof which was that dirty, uncofortable and damaged that also for just 1 day you couldn t stay in it. At morning very loud. After the rain a lot of dirty thing came down the roof through a big hole into the bathroom (what they call bath room). When I complained the day after an very arrogant girl at... more