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Reviews of Nile Meridien Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Nile Meridien Hotel
20 Aisha Taimoria, Cairo

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 76 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 76 reviews" "

5.4/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

5.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Amal

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is closed for construction and I had to look for another hotel. Please Refund my money
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ronald

Traveled with family
Hotel was a building site with no rooms open to guests so we had to search for another hotel and hopefully get our payment to Expedia refunded
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sulaiman

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Giles

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have had a terrible experience with our hotel booking to Nile Meridien Hotel on 1st to 10th October via Expedia. I did start to get concerned just before we travelled that I could not find a website or Facebook page for the hotel and had received no message via Expedia about our imminent arrival to the hotel. We had seen very mixed reviews and perhaps should have cancelled whilst we had the opportunity, however the hotel being on Expedia gave us the confidence that everything would be OK. On arrival in Cairo our UBER app did not know the hotel location but we knew the address “20 Aisha Taimoria” was next door the Four Seasons so we got a taxi. A security guard at the Four Seasons told us the hotel at “20 Aisha Taimoria” was closed and took us there. On arrival we were met by somebody at the hotel who checked our booking conformation and said that we had been transferred to an apartment building above the Galaxy cinema and that we should go to security at the Galaxy Cinema and take the lift to the 31st floor. Another taxi ride only to find that the Galaxy Cinema was derelict and although there were apartments above the Cinema the 31st floor was just four locked doors and the small corridor was in darkness. This left us stranded and homeless at 2:00am in the middle of Cairo, which could have been a very dangerous situation. Don’t let this happen to you DO NOT BOOK the Nile Meridien Hotel, now called the Nile Meridien Garden City Hotel and if you have booked CANCEL and book
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Javed

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
hotel was was shut only met by security guard little english said hotel shut,completly left stranded in cairo no help to me left in the street had to find another hotel
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

BARODI

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Patricia

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the worst place!! The pictures are edited. The toilet did not work, there were no towels, furniture in every lobby was pilled up, stairs had trash everywhere. It was very unsafe but worse our Uber drove for an hour looking for it. The hotel has changed many names to avoid these bad reviews. I moved hotels...
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

harun

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good hotel overall
Staff were polite and helpful, rooms were good for this price range, room service is available but you have to ask each time, the location is great for the hotel. Difficult to find the hotel as they own 1 floor of the building and they’re name dosnt appear anywhere. A/C was good in the room and mini fridge as well. Beds comfortable. Shower is ok , tad too small however. I would recommend people stay here not the prettiest from the outside of the hotel especially since there is other big name hotels in the area but saves you so much money and rooms are adequate.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Mohamed

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Hai

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Ben, Troy

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Good views from the roof, but don't fall off!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Milad

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s not a hotel it’s apartment
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Syed

Traveled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was “Amazing “ to find out that it is not Meridian hotel I had reserved. It is a small confined to A floor of a commercial building. Check in was good , check in staff Mohammed extra NIce , professional and very knowledgeable. He probably has nothing to do anything with marketing. I had paid for Airport transfer RT, after a long argument only provided one way trip to Airport
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Samir

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So barbel place used the name for mradin hotel but it is apparent in big building. So so bad. I will call when I come home breakfast is so bad we didn’t eaten. The picture in the app it’s not the same we taken

6/10 Okay

D

Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not so Hot
First room provided had no windows after kicking upn a storm provided a great room on the top floor with great views. No daily service no replenishment of water tea and sugar.No coffee or milk provided No collection of towels or room /bed making Breakfast was a miserable affair ,unfriendly manager,no coffee no milk ,no fresh fruit juice,buffet breakfast is just tasteless food.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Yousif

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
V.bad staying only the junior staff are friendly
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Francoise

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Barnadet

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Photos aren't a reflection of reality. 20 min walk to anything!! Congested area... you half to walk up into a dirty building to get to hot. Not well marked at all. Shabby.. unsafe stairs
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Khalid

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Moustafa

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Lee

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ghanshyam

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Cecilia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
First I will say, the staff tried really hard to make our stay better!! But please be aware this property is NOT a hotel, it's a run down local apartment building. They use a couple of the lower floors as rooms in this listing. There is NO Nile views in any of their rooms. There is no signage outside/street side indicating you are at the right place. There is no lobby or restaurant, only rooms they have tried to make into lobby and the breakfast area. All this being said, the rooms themselves are nice, comfortable beds, good hot showers, fast wifi. This was the only reason we stayed.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Fiona

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
the description wasnt as the hotel shows in the photos here. Staff have advised Expedia of this and still not changed. Not a hotel per say, block of apartments with floor 1 and 2 as a working hotel! No roof top Restaurant as shown in the picture, 2nd floor restuarant inside the building, which look more like a working mans/builder cafe. only open for breakfast from 8am after our departure, not open for evening meals and the two tables by the window was some nile view. the garden is not part of the hotel it is a public garden across the road. There was no hot water for a shower, towels provided were hand and not bath size. I would not say it is 3 star hotel more 1 or 2 star or an upmarket hostel. The staff were very nice and the evening desk operative so so so kind he ordered us an Egyptian takeaway, which was an hour delivery. The takeway itself was amazing and the young man on the desk knew exactly what to order for us. Sadly I would not recommend Cairo its filthly, general rubbish everywhere, dog mess everywhere and excessive traffic made it impossible to walk anywhere due to cars double parked no pavement space and to get across town, dont bother. This is not my first time to Cairo and surprised that they are still in the dark ages, with the amount of new road structures that are being built. Whilst people visit Cairo for the pyramids and museum all of half a day I would suggest Luxor instead. Far cleaner and you are on the nile.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Aaron

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wrong address, total bait and switch from photos that are online, hotel is dated, smells. Would not recommend staying here. Don’t be foooled by the “reasonable” price and pictures.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Dinasela

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel did not match with the photos you see in Expedia. First: difficult to find this hotel. Second: when you get into the building, the first floor was dirty and dark. we were scared. Third: the buffet is poor, the chairs dirty and broken. We pay for 3 nights but we stayed only 1 night.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

Altaf

Traveled with family
False Advertising and Scam
This is false advertising. This is not a hotel. They basically are renting out rooms in an apartment building. The rooms themselves are in dilapidated conditions and none of the pictures match the actual hotel or room. Hotels.com needs to take them off their site immediately.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

Keith

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Lavinia

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is helpful and the nice balcony view it's the strong point of the property, although it would be much more nicer if all the windows would be cleaned up properly 🙂
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ashraf

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very bad
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Alex

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The property is self it’s someone clean it’s in a very upscale nice area highly secured close to a lot of places to visit the staff extremely nice the room was big but no Niall view picture are deceiving has for a room with the Nile view but there were none bathroom was OK but the shower itself was extremely small breakfast buffet was OK nothing fancy I’ll give it to 6 out 10
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Alex

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The property is Old but it’s clean the surrounding area it’s really safe it’s high-class area with a lot of hotels and nice homes highly secure area the hotel itself is small , pictures are deceiving I ask for a Nile view room they were none the rooftop cafeteria or restaurant was closed so there is no Niall view however, The front desk and most of the staff there were very very nice The room was big with small balcony the bathroom was OK but the shower itself was extremely small remind me of old fashion RV shower , breakfast buffet was OK nothing fancy but it was clean and it was OK
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Naheel

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Essam

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful experience come here and find yourself great Happy time Great Treatment
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Gearoid

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Cheap and cheerful.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not use that place!!!
Be Careful it is not the real Hotel the one with name Nile Meridien was in the same area but it closed , but the one available now is not that look ... be careful.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Baker, Fairfax

Disliked: Amenities
Very noisy area , not clean
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What an amazingly fabulous couple who own this hotel! They went above and beyond to help me with other reservations, they treated me like family! What kind and caring people! I miss them and this hotel! Can’t wait to go back once the GEM is open!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Nader

Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Shawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i enjoyed staying at this place a lot i came from the US and stayed there for almost a week, they were super friendly and helpful whenever i need anything from them.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

YUSUF

Traveled with group, Business traveler
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
smels like piss, poor entrace. no sign board, locating the property was difficult. not expedia worth of a hotel.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Moh

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very bad ..it fake
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Benjamin Robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room. Just ok. Facilities are horrible very dirty. So many other hotels in the area for the same price that are clearly substantially nicer.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Response from Jomana on Oct 13, 2021
Thank you for your feedback, you was welcome.

4/10 Poor

Shihas

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Location
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Response from Han on Aug 18, 2021
Thank you Sir for you feedback

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Well located.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Han on Aug 18, 2021
Thank you sir for your feedback

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awful place old furniture Zero cleaning and unfriendly bugs and roaches
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Response from Hany on Jul 11, 2021
Thank you for your kindness words 🙏🙏🙏

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021
Response from hany on Mar 18, 2021
Thank you dear for staying with us

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020