The Lotus Hotel Is truly a gem in downtown Cairo. Very clean, hardwood floors, antique furniture, room with balcony, great location:minutes walk to Egyptian Museum, Nile, Opera House, galleries, an array of restaurants, free high speed Internet in lobby, a most friendly and helpful staff, good breakfast, and all this for such a reasonable price. more

if you want a good hotel in old cairo - this is the place to go to. Very freindly and helpful with anything.The rooms are for clean, tidy and spaceful. The breakfast is very good and you will get a smile everywhere.Absolutely a place to go. Even european women that are alone, are very welcome here. more

I just returned from a trip to Egypt and I stayed at the Lotus Hotel in Cairo. I stayed there in October 2007 also. It is a small, simple hotel in a great location. It is near shopping, restaurants, the metro, the Cairo museum, galleries and more. The staff is very friendly and will do their best to accomodate the... more

This hotel is not for high-maintenance folk; one must love well worn but individual furniture and appreciate some history in a place that would be considered Boheme by most. It is centrally located...one cant beat the location and has good restaurants next to it (felafela, and estoril). it is sophisticated in a most worn way but the matresses aren't lumpy... more

We booked the Windsor Hotel through Expedia. They refused to acknowledge our booking and sent us instead to their 'sister' hotel the Lotus. Looking at the other reviews, the Lotus is 'cheap but cheerful'. Well, possibly because the rest of the building is now derelict, the Lotus has gone downhill. We felt totally unsafe - locked behind an iron grill... more

I saw the photos of the hotel on the net, I was expecting an old hotel, I know for that price also I can't expect much... as tolerant as I am I felt like I am camping.. the bed was (let's say) ok, the wardrobe was half broken, but the bathroom... huuuu, they have to do about that something and... more

what can you expect for 18 EUR in Cairo? the Lotus is not a 4 star hotel, but the price is right, the location good, the staff friendly. The room was clean, the bathroom old but OK. the only thing was that it took a long time for the water to warm up- up to 10 mins! we had breakfast... more

Excellent location. The hotel has an atmosphere of ancient times. The rooms are basic and the bathroom is rundown though tolerable. NO, this is not a hotel for the luxury traveler but it givesa perfect travellers feeling. The price for a double room is only 20 dollar Eric Mein Breda Netherlands more

Hi, We saw the pictures of the hotel on their website and decided that it fits in well with our requirement and budget. We knew that this would be slightly run down and shabby but what we saw was worse than we expected. Am sure a lot of people will like this hotel especially if they are not too bothered... more