Golden Hotel Cairo

My wife and I stayed at the Golden hotel on 4 separate occasions during our 3 week trip to Egypt and Rwanda. The hotel is in an excellent downtown location with an easy walk to the Egyptian museum as well to many restaurants and cafes. The rooms are clean and comfortable and the staff very friendly. Nabil went out of his way to made sure we had a pleasant stay at the hotel and a pleasant experience in Cairo. Thank you also to Salah who patiently answered all my booking enquires.

If you are looking for somewhere cheap to just lay your head down for the night, this is the place. Clean, ideally located to the Museum and with restaurants and bars close by. Do not be put off by the surroundings. Locals quickly get used to you

This is a really great budget hotel. The location is very convenient with everything you need nearby. The entrance and stairs can be a little intimidating (especially if arriving at night), but just a few floors up you are greeted by very warm and helpful staff. I think the room we stayed in was recently updated with a new bathroom and everything worked really well! (not the case in our other Cairo hotel). Breakfast was delicious - would definitely stay again.

Golden Hotel is right in the heart of downtown Cairo's action. A short walk to Tahir square, the museum and the metro. Be warned, downtown is noisy. And you take your life into your hands every time you cross the road. Staff were friendly and welcoming. The English spoken ranged from excellent to passable. Room was fairly small but cosy. The small bathroom was ok, just a sectioned off part of the room, hot water a bit patchy. No ventilation of it's own. There was a balcony, tv and fridge (not stocked with drinks as the booking site suggested.) The wifi did not work especially well, but I was later to discover that this was the best I'd find in any hotel in Egypt. They picked me up from the airport and also took me on a couple of other trips (Giza and Saqqara.) My only real issue with the place was the lack of breakfast. They said this was due to corona. I have tried to verify this but have not been able to. My booking on ********** stated breakfast was included. They said they had tried to get this changed but had not managed to do so. I just just checked again now (stayed there a couple of weeks ago) and it still states breakfast is included. So I would suggest that they are not trying very hard. This basically constitutes false advertising. There was no restaurant either (booking site said there was.) The owner told me I could buy a cup of coffee if I wanted. I took this as a slap in the face, I had paid for breakfast and should have had a discount, let alone pay for coffee. Would I have stayed here had I realised there wasn't any breakfast? Probably not, it's a hassle going to find food before one starts one's day of site seeing. But I wasn't gonna move once I was there. I would check this out before booking. Aside from the breakfast issue, this is a solid option.