The location of this hotel is outstanding. The rooms facing the Nile are beautiful and adequately stocked with necessities. The bed for me was not comfortable but linen was good They do have a outer balcony that is locked. It wasn't easy to get this open so that you could enjoy the outside. We had to fill out a disclaimer before they would open the door. I would think that this should be a standard procedure at check-in and not once you moved into the room then try to figure out how to get the door opened. For the standard of the hotel the quality of food was poor. We had dinner at Kebabgy the local restaurant. I ordered the shish kebab and it was one of the worst I have ever eaten. Besides which I was served cubes of meat along with two small dried pieces of shish kabob. Very disappointing food. What came to me as a surprise at check in, is that they stopped me because I was carrying a small Bose Bluetooth travel speakers. They will not let me take that to the room. Here is the irony, I stayed in the same hotel a week prior to my current stay and there was no issue with my speaker. I spoke to the manager who told me that this was a hotel policy and that at the time of check-in they make you sign a piece of paper. Agreeing to that. I brought to his notice that at the time of booking the room there is no mention of any restriction about bringing in a small portable speaker. I do understand rules and regulations are to be followed. However, there has to be transparency to the clients at the time of booking of what will be allowed in the room and what will not be allowed. These are scary times and security is extremely important. If taking the speaker into the the hotel Is a security issue (which is what the security guard told me) then there was clearly a breach in security failure the first time I stayed there a week ago. When I brought this to the notice of the manager I don't think he was really interested in hearing this. If playing loud music in the rooms is a problem, I understand that as well. However today's Smartphones, laptop and other electronics can play music at high volumes. The next day I bought a antique clothes iron that was about 6 in long by 3 in wide and probably weighed 2 lb. I was stopped at the entrance and once again they wanted to keep it with them till I checked out. Doesn't make sense. When I asked to speak to the manager they said I could take the iron in the room and that they were making exception.

The next best thing besides the view was Mr. Ahmed Abdul Magied who was a server who attended to me in the breakfast area . He was outstanding, friendly with great timely service, Not only to me but to all the guests that he was looking after. I made it a point that his manager knew about it.

The drainage of the shower was poor resulting in pooling of the water. With the lack of responsiness of the team, I decided not to report this. Similarly I did not complain about the terrible food served at the kebabgy restaurant. I was over this place and did not bother to talk to the FNB manager about my bad experience with the quality of food at that restaurant..

Bottom line If you want the view then this is a good place to stay. If you want to get your monies worth with good food, good service and hospitality, this is not your place