Reviews of Carlton Downtown Cairo 3 stars

Iconic hotel and roof top restaurant / bar. Excellent location for exploring Downtown and accessing the Metro.

Location is good and designs is special

Slowly services , food is bad

Really great place. It's like a living museum. Established in 1935 - I'm not sure much has changed, which is part of its charm. Staff are nice and it's clean - though dated (but with charm!). Love the rooftop bar/restaurant and rooms. Love the old pictures everywhere!

It was all great. It could do with a revamp - but then would probably lose the charm!

The staff were friendly and welcoming cannot fault this hotel FANTASTIC Thank you

A fine historic hotel with excellent service

The location is near the old museum (1 km) where we planned to visit and the grocery stores are easily accessible. In a colonial style old neighborhood where you can observe how the locals live.

Everything is old and less maintained. The room is facing the street hence it is very noisy in the night. The glass door is apparently not soundproof.

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Very good location

Noisy due to the nearby main road.

Excellent Location. Staff very friendly, moved me to new room when first one was very loud and very small. Moved me to a third room when a/c wasn't working (working yes, but not cooling down room) in second.

Second room a/c was not working.

Great rooftop restaurant/bar. Hotel is dated but full of charm. In the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city so not quiet, but great central location. Egyptian breakfast was very good. Rooms were clean and beds comfortable. This hotel won't suit everyone but if you prefer somewhere old with real character to modern luxury then its brilliant.

Very charming hotel with beautiful interior and architecture. Great rooftop to hang out and take a delicious breakfast from friendly staff with view over Cairo.

The cleanliness of the bathroom could have been a little bit better, but it wasn't a disaster. What would be great too is to change the music at the rooftop in the morning and in the evening. Its too generic and just very bad ;).

I liked the overall style of the hotel, very vintage and authentic

The room is super small. No space to walk. Bathroom is super outdated.

Great old hotel with plenty of old world character. Top location close to the museums and Tahrir Square. Abundant shops and restaurants nearby and no touts, unlike Luxor. The 8th floor terrace gives a great view of downtown Cairo, warts and all! Spend an hour with a glass or two of cold beer and a pizza watching Egyption life below on the streets.

Like all old hotels of its class, the old girl needs a lick of paint and bit of fixing up, but in all a good value and safe place to stay in central Cairo.

The most enthusiastic experience! The old style building of ‘30.. the personal very able to resolve any problem and the magnificent terrazza! A big thanks to Mohammed and Fady!

Hotel and staff were great. Bed was comfy but the shower only dribbled out cold water. Balcony view was great. Rooftop restaurant was great too.

Amazing location in the heart of Cairo, with a wonderful view from the roof top garden. WiFi is only available in shared public spaces. Extremely helpful and friendly staff. Original art deco interior design. Dated, but in line with age of decor and building.

Atmospheric retro hotel with lovely friendly staff. The roof top restaurant provides a very tasty breakfast and oozes retro charm.

The only good thing was the location

The breakfast was the most disgusting thing I've ever had the misfortune to (attempt to) eat. Stone cold fuul which should be served hot, some kind of yellow lard instead of butter, and stale bread. Stale bread in Egypt! The land of fresh bread. Even the coffee was disgusting. We stayed four nights but after the first morning we just went out of the hotel and paid for breakfast elsewhere. The description says you have a fridge in the room, yes you do, but once you leave the room, the electricity is switched off, so any cold drinks are warm when you get back, and if you've bought milk, that goes off. The "tea and coffee" that they claim to provide, is one tiny sachet of Nescafe, between two people! You need at least two to make one cup! But they said if we wanted any more, we'd have to buy them from the "restaurant" upstairs. No creamer provided either. But the worst thing by far was the fact the windows didn't close properly, so we came away with about three dozen mosquito bites each. There were such huge gaps, birds could have flown in, let alone mosquitoes. In short, a horrible place to stay, way overpriced for what it is. And the stinginess about providing coffee sachets just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I've stayed all over Egypt, many times over the last 20 years and this is by far the worst hotel I've ever stayed in. AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE if you don't want to come home covered in huge bites.

Great location in such an interesting building - quite old and worn but very clean and vintage style. We loved our stay, particularly the rooftop bar where they also serve breakfast. Staff were all lovely.

Wonderful classic hotel from the 1930's still going strong. Great value for money and good location in downtown Cairo. Very large and comfortable rooms with clean bathrooms, also has a great rooftop terrace restaurant with cold beer. Very helpful and friendly staff and good to come back to after a day exploring the museums and vibrant street life. There are plenty of shops nearby with everything you could want. Comparable to the famous and even older Continental Hotel in Tangier.

Location was excellent, and staff really nice and helpful - they looked after my bags after check-out until my train in the evening. The rooftop bar is also excellent for drinks and breakfast.

Very atmospheric old hotel in downtown cairo. The winning element is definitely the original 1930's bar and rooftop area. Great breakfast & staff were always polite and friendly.

We had a fair few mosquitos bothering us at night. Rooms are pretty dated with creaky beds, simple bathroom.