Hotel Windsor
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Built at the turn of the last century as the baths of the Egyptian royal family, the Windsor served for many years as a colonial British officers club before being purchased by a Swiss hotelier as an
annex of the legendary Shepherds Hotel and converted into the 'Hotel Windsor-Maison Suisse.' Today, the Windsor's guestrooms retain an ambiance of faded grandeur and the hotel's famous Barrel
Bar remains a popular Cairo rendezvous. More recently, the Hotel has been featured in a number of Egyptian and Hollywood films. The Windsor Hotel is an oasis of tranquillity amid the bustle …
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3 hotel reviews for Hotel Windsor
The hotel building is old, one of the oldest hotels in Cairo with five floors. The buildig can be considered historical, and much of the equipment (elevator, telephone equipment) has not been renovated for decades which made it a good location for films. It is unsuitable for travellers expecting luxury or recent facilities.
In spite of being old the hotel is clean.
We had booked a room including breakfast which was in general was good, and if we asked for something not routinely offered, we got it.
During our stay whe guests were mai... Read more
in October 10,
Siegfried, Age 51-55, Family
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Hotel in general
- in April 10
Staff assistance, Free WiFi. - in February 10
staff: courteous, friendly, helpful, knowledgeable; free WiFi; excellent cheap eats within easy walking distance; great sweet shop nearby; easy walk to mosques, souks, bazaars, museums; there are less expensive places nearby, but smaller rooms, fewer facilities, and I don't know about their staff; I would absolutely stay here again and I've already recommended it to my travel agent friends .
- in April 10
- full of character
- great bar
- nice bar
- nice hotel
- acceptable hotel
- in May 10
The price was right, free internet, two blocks from Attaba Metro station, breakfast was simple (tea with a few pieces of toast and jam/cheese), lounge was comfortable and quiet.
- in May 10
- faded charm
- not great but not likable old world charm
- not recommendable place
Room
- antique furniture
- clean room
- clean Rooms
- clean sheets
- deluxe room
- large room
- in March 10
The rooms are basic but clean. - in February 10
Old-style, colonial, with absolutely unique lift, rooms are basic, but we had one with a bathroom, which was ok.
- in March 10
- Filthy room
- lumpy pillows
- in March 10
the rooms were not very clean, especially the floors, looked like they had not been hoovered in weeks, but understand now that some of the rooms were unconditioned, ie had not been refurbished, we had one of these older tattier rooms unfortunately - in February 10
The hotel is not old world charming, the rooms were not clean and the staff started off the stay with a sales pitch for tours.
- in March 10
Service
- in May 10
Friendly and helpful staff. - in February 10
Staff is friendly and helpful, they can arrange tours for you for a reasonable price.
- in May 10
- friendly staff
- in December 10
If the service is good, in particular those at the lower end of the income distribution deserve monetary recognition as their incomes are low and many are having difficulties to making ends meet (this refers to Egypt in general, not to this hotel in particular). - in December 10
The quality of the restaurant could be improved; this refers to the quality of the food while the service is good and the restaurant is clean.
- in December 10
- in March 10
The staff were helpful and friendly. - in March 10
Most of the staff were helpful and friendly though they could be moodly and brusque and one felt that foreign guests were tolerated rather than really welcomed.
- in March 10
- helpful staff
- very friendly staff
- wonderful staff
- lacking cleanliness
- lazy desk clerk
- very helpful but not experienced staff
Location
- in March 10
It's central location near the metro and downtown area of Cairo.
- in March 10
- in March 10
Friendly staff, great, and noisy, downtown location .
- in March 10
- in March 10
The location is excellent, not on a main road so not too noisy, but within walking distance of the Egyptian Museum and the Nile.
- in March 10
- in December 10
The buildig can be considered historical, and much of the equipment (elevator, telephone equipment) has not been renovated for decades which made it a good location for films.
- in December 10
- in May 10
The location is great - very near to 2 metro station (metro is very cheap 1LE) or you can take a walk to the main square, heart of Cairo : Midan Tahrir (Square of Liberation). - in February 10
The location was great for getting around .
- in May 10
- not great place
- overpriced tours
Gastronomy
- beautiful and enjoyable food
- delicious food
- fresh mint
- in December 10
We had booked a room including breakfast which was in general was good, and if we asked for something not routinely offered, we got it.
- in December 10
- relaxed and comfortable drinking
- basic Breakfast
- extremely insipid coffee
- not best tea
- terrible and cold soggy bread
