Reviews of Holy Sheet Hostel

I've traveled plenty and visited many hostels. Holy Sheet might just be the best place I've ever stayed at. Mina and his team were more than welcoming upon a super late arrival (3am) and continued to impress throughout the stay. Friendly, personable, super clean facilities, beautiful accommodations, delicious included breakfast, the list goes on and on. A++, a must stay when visiting Cairo!

the staff are wonderful very helpful and polite. The building is nice and historic the entrance looks shabby don't let that put you off. when you get to the rooms they are clean and tidy, very nice. the location was spot on with beautiful buildings surrounding. The best feature in the building was the elevator something out of the titanic old but surprisingly smooth in operation.

minor issues with only one lighting option in the rooms, bright! not good in the evening.(one or two side table lamps should resolve that) squeaky bathroom door.(a bit of oil will do)

No scams, no funny business. Everything was straight forward and as expected. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Location is good if you want to stay in city center. The room was comfortable and AC worked decently well enough. Good value for the price. Friendly cats in the stairwell.

The curtain rings on the beds are metal on metal and very loud. They wouldn’t have to spend much to replace those with plastic. The staff also always turns off the AC but they turned it back on every time I asked them to, so not too big of a deal. Overall, very nice place.

This is an exceptional hostel ranging from dorms to private rooms. It is safe, centrally located near shops, restaurants and attractions. The water is hot, the facilities are clean and the breakfast is so good. And the folks that run it are amazing. Super helpful and friendly. It also has an awesome vibe where you will meet other travelers.

That I can’t stay longer 😭

The hotel interior is very spacious and spotlessly clean, the furnishings are brand new, and the staff is completely comfortable. Meryem at the reception even prepared breakfast for us to enjoy during our trip. Room 205 :)

The hotel interior is very spacious and spotlessly clean, the furnishings are brand new, and the staff is completely comfortable. Meryem at the reception even prepared breakfast for us to enjoy during our trip. Room 205 :)

I’ve been coming to Cairo for the last three years, and Holy Sheet Hostel is always my go-to place to stay. The staff are incredibly friendly, the location is perfect—right in downtown and close to all the best restaurants—and it’s always clean and welcoming. Honestly, it’s the only place worth staying at in Cairo. Highly recommended!

The family room was very good and actually consisted of 2 rooms. The location was great, only a few metres to the metro and all daily necessities were within easy reach. The breakfast was very tasty. All the staff were very nice and assisted us with any requests.

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Every thing is perfect Thank you mr mina . Thank you mariam

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-location was great near to metro station -lot of restaurant and place to eat around that area -Plus tahir square just few block from the hostel

- same breakfast every day - AC broke down few time during my stay, it freaking hot at night. - Quite hard to find the hotel especially during night time since the whole block building was cover with scaffolding and no sign from outside.

The hostel is located in a nice central location. It’s clean and the rooms are overly quite comfortable so the price is overall decent.

The property is a little hard to find due to the scaffolding and construction everywhere. For a hostel I didn’t find it to be overly social, it was quite quiet. The private room needs a little TLC, the bathroom especially was a little run down.

The staff is super friendly Location is good There's a lift Breakfast is available The best is comfortable The reception Khaled was super friendly and offered to change my bedsheets every few days.

The breakfast could have more varieties, as it was the same every day.

This hostel was amazing, really great location, very nice and private bathrooms (which is hard to come by in a hostel), big beds, nice balcony, lovely staff! The staff really care for you, they go above and beyond and always have a smile on their face and they are ready to help you with anything you need. Shout out to mustafa he was so kind and helpful during my stay :)

The complaint is that the curtains were so noisy no matter how quiet or gentle you may be. The curtains are metal on metal, any time someone opens the curtain it would create this horrible screeching noise that would wake everyone up. The door to the room is also very loud. The noise the curtains made was so awful and would echo the room. Really hope they can fix the curtain situation because it ruined my stay but truly everything else was perfect!

Located in Bab el-Louq; the downtown is all within walking distance. Public transportation to the Citadel/ trash city/ Civilization museum can be accessed easily. Toilet (with shower) in a separate room.

common area too dimly lit

The location is great. The hotel is on a side street that only has foot traffic so it's quieter than most places but keep in mind Cairo is a noisy place. You can go to a couple of restaurants and snack shops without crossing Cairo streets. This place is very clean by Cairo standards. When looking for accommodation a lack of basic cleanliness is a common problem up until you get to the name brand international hotel level. This place is cleaner than most, although it is still as clean as it should be as you an see from my negative points. The breakfast was lovely. The antique elevator was interesting and scary, and safer than it seems. The location is very close to the bazaar and museum of antiquities.

Part of the reason we booked was the balcony but this could not be used due to construction scaffolding. One of the balcony doors was really difficult to close, it took 2 of us and quite a bit of force. It's particularly important because we woke up to workmen sitting on the balcony outside our room. If anyone can climb up from the street level it would be nice if the balcony door were secure. The shower has no curtain and floods the entire bathroom every time you use it, including the toilet and toilet paper. No mop is provided. The door and shower flooding were already noted in other reviews so it seems like management is not proactive in reading reviews and solving small maintenance issues. The towels in our room were stained, one with what looked like blood. The rest of the hostel was very clean but things like this really give a bad impression. It was actually quite difficult to tell who was staff as the reception area doubles as a common area. The male staff were often on the couches rather than being behind the desk, if you're going to do that, you should consider uniforms, and getting off phones and acknowledging guests when they walk in. The female staff members always acknowledged us. The staff let the common area get very noisy one night (noisier than Cairo already is) and it shares a wall with the family room.

Everyday same breakfast 😩.... 1 morning there was no water couple of hours 🙃

All good

The hostel was always very clean and proper. The beds were cozy and the staff always available and super friendly. The breakfast was nice and, very importantly, they provide free drinking water, which is a bless with this very dry and hot weather. The location, in downtown Cairo near the Egyptian museum, is just perfect. We highly recommend this hostel.

Nice place to stay in the middle of downtown.

No one informed us about the construction ongoing and it’s not safe at all. We expected to have a view but none also no signage of the hotel outside entrance thats why we got lost.

very nice staff - always friendly and supportive!

huge construction site in front of building made it impossible to use balcony.

Room was clean, breakfast was nice!

Building is old and under reconstruction

The place was nice and cozy, thought it was hard to find the entrance at the beginning, since there is no sign downstairs. The place was really nice and the staff was amazing!

Very central location.