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Castle Hotel

Hostel

👍👍 Comfy simple place and cheap, its looks like a house and the owner is really nice and helpfull, lovely rooftop. People often mention hotel, good, nice, Cairo, rooftop, location, staff,


Address

53 Noubar St, Al Balaqsah, Abdeen, Cairo Governorate 4280110, Egypt

Contact

+20 10 25712770

Price rating

$30/night

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (98 reviews)

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: hotel (13) good (10) nice (7) Cairo (7) rooftop (6) location (6) staff (6)
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  • 5/5 Saad E. 5 years ago on Google
    Comfy simple place and cheap, its looks like a house and the owner is really nice and helpfull, lovely rooftop.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Xiaoyu X. 2 months ago on Google • 34 reviews New
    Don't book this hotel. It is terrible. All they want is money. We booked 1 person 2 nights in a triple room (we knew we booked for only 1 person) and wanted to add one person to the room, they charge us the doubled price. It is ofc okay to charge more because we want to add person, but not 85 usd !!!!, it was an awful and an unbelievably expensive price in Egypt. And there was no water for a whole day, elevator was broken and we needed to climb 7 floors. The lady who prepared our breakfast was a nice lady, but other than her, everything awful.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Waleed E. 5 years ago on Google
    Very nice hotel I have good experience and very good price for staying I hope to come back again.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Monisola S. 5 years ago on Google
    Outrightly comfortable with a blend of cultural beauty and simplicity + Really cool ambience and a roof top view to love.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Houssam L. 5 years ago on Google
    Clean and compfy hotel in the city center Nice people and good ambiance RECOMMENDED
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel M. 1 year ago on Google • 408 reviews
    Stayed here multiple nights and would highly recommend it. Quiet and comfy rooms with good beds, clean bathrooms, delicious free breakfast, a fantastic rooftop space with views of Cairo, 24-hour reception, laundry service, good wifi, unbeatable location. Competent, kind, friendly staff! This place is wonderful.

  • 5/5 Julia T. 1 year ago on Google • 86 reviews
    I stayed for 5 night's at the Castle hotel and had a great time. It's the kind of place where solo travelers can meet other travelers, like the old backpacker days! Yes the elevator is scary but it plays a dua for your safety. 😁 The terrace is nice in the morning for breakfast. My only suggestion is to bring earplugs if you are sensitive to noise (altho you get used to the sounds of Cairo). Fresh towels and more toilet paper for each room would be good too, but its normal at a hostel. Location is perfect for seeing the real, genuine Cairo. Lots of great places to eat and drink nearby. Helpful, friendly staff. See you again!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pathik B. 2 months ago on Google • 322 reviews New
    Staff is very polite and the location is great. There is a rooftop communal area. Highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Dr Tejas S. 1 year ago on Google • 15 reviews
    My daughter was travelling alone to Cairo on way to Dahab. We chose this hotel and they were very responsive . They arranged a shuttle for pickup from airport and even answered my queries when I was not able to connect with my daughter. Wish them all the best
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Youssef B. 1 year ago on Google
    Real good and friendly staff
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jameson H. 3 years ago on Google
    Despite its convenient location, it wasn't noisy at all and the thick windows ensured a good night's sleep. The room was spacious and comfortable. The hotel is clean, secure and maintained with high standard.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cabil G. 1 year ago on Google
    Beyond excellent... Peerfect Placement and VIBE! Suuuper SAFE area. Shops, Food, Fruit, Water Shawarma etc. Smart, Kind, Attentive Staff (they all speak English Very well, as well as other languages, and WANT to help) Clean Rooms with warm colors (House keeping is ON it), cool flow of people Elevator.. Runnin w Local Tunes. Roof Top is a happening (but chill) if you want to go up... Protected from "Street Noise" Free Breakfast. Waters and Drinks avail.. Darts .. Murals.... etc Came for 2 nights stayed a little over a Week. Fadi the Owner is a Legitimate Great Person w/ Heart.. !!! Book it!! This place is a GEM!! Booked it by Chance.. dont take a second Glance.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rob T. 1 year ago on Google
    I stayed at the hotel for 6 days. The place is centrally located and has a very nice rooftop terrasse where you can chill out in the evening. Staff was nice and helpful. Rooms were small but confortable.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dina Y. 5 years ago on Google
    Castle Hotel is a lovely hotel and its price is very cheap, Feeling it as if it were my home I wish to come back again 💗😊
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dante Pereira P. 1 year ago on Google • 62 reviews
    The location is a gem; you cannot be more centrally localized (right by Tahir Square). The staff is stellar and will go out of their way to make your stay as memorable and pleasant as possible. Don't let the outer façade fool you (nor the charming elevator ride); it's downtown Cairo so take it at face value. The rooms are clean and practical as well as the bathrooms (of which there are several). Piece of advice: book your trips with the hotel. There might be a a small markup than what you might find online but it makes sure your Egypt experience is hassle free. Key point to EVERYTHING in Egypt: always discuss the details so there's no unexpected costs.

  • 1/5 Abd El.Rahman Ali E. 1 year ago on Google
    Every thing is not organization

  • 1/5 ammar M. 1 year ago on Google
    Small details might change my mind

  • 5/5 Ray W. 4 years ago on Google
    The place is very accommodating and you get to interact with people from many cultures as it hosts many international students.

  • 5/5 Taghrid E. 11 months ago on Google
    It was a blessing to stay in a hotel u feel like almost home .. mr fadi the owner it was so kind such a gentelman and professional.. thx for everyone work in the hotel youssef . Ahmed. Sara. Ibrahim u are very kind and helpful .. god bless u all

  • 3/5 Eat.And.Travel.Forever 10 months ago on Google
    Great location but poor service :( People are very loud until midnight.

  • 5/5 Ahmed S. 10 months ago on Google
    -Clean rooms -Friendly staff -Cool roof -Well Working Ac If you are looking for clean rooms in area of tahrerr and city centre you find your destination

  • 5/5 Samuel K. 8 months ago on Google
    Great place to stay, near the centre of Cairo and the river

  • 4/5 Davany M. 4 years ago on Google
    One of the first in which I entered upon my arrival in egypte. Nice place

  • 5/5 Nadersalah D. 2 years ago on Google
    Good hotel

  • 5/5 rob h. 1 year ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Clean, excellent location, well run, no bed bugs, strong hot water pressure for the showers. The manager is cosmopolitan, helpful, fluent in English, Arabic and Swedish as well. Committed to the success of his business, he clearly wants each guest to be happy. The young men he has hired to manage the desk 24/7 were all highly intelligent, personable, helpful, gracious, fluent in English, and a genuine pleasure to get to know. The housekeeper/cook is the sweetest person I met in Cairo, and that's high bar -- it's a city populated with warm, open, friendly people. I will remember the entire staff fondly. The rooftop is the great amenity -- broad view of the city and a lovely place to hang out, with a big guest fridge, kettle, and fully equipped kitchen for cooking. I stayed 19 nights in the dorm room (7 beds) meeting many extraordinary world travelers, making some good international friends. Wifi worked throughout the hotel-hostel including the rooftop and dormroom. There's a different cooked breakfast every morning, though there are also lots of restaurants to choose from nearby as well. Great place to stay overall, if you enjoy meeting friendly travelers in a comfortable environment. I'd be happy to stay there again.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jaume C. 1 year ago on Google • 1 review
    Clean rooms and nice terrace. However (as it seems to be the case in most hotels in Egypt), I wouldn’t recomend contracting any tours/activities through the hotel as they charge a big surplus. We found our desert tour 75 euros elsewhere, the owner assured us that the 125 euros he wanted to charge us was a very good price. This is after a long speech saying that for him money is not important and what is important is customer satisfaction, making friends and that nowadays he barely makes any money through tours/acrivity.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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