Sahara Pyramids Inn

You’ll get the best view of the Pyramids from this place. It’s literally right across the street. Excellent stone work inside. Also has an upper deck for eating & observation which is really great. The mattresses are extra firm. Not my preference but the room a/c will freeze you out. Breakfast is included. Not your average western omelette but it’s filling. You Love the view. Brian Crow Houston TX

Unbelievable View and Staff! Review of Sahara Pyramids Inn Pending review The rooms themselves are just fine (I recommend the double deluxe), but not much different than other places. Where this place really excels is with their staff and views. The staff are incredibly friendly and they have 2 rooftop areas with the most incredible views of the Pyramids and Sphinx, with excellent food and atmosphere! A big shout out to Moka, Basha and Islam M!! Do not hesitate to stay here and spend the evenings staring at the amazing views! We will be back for sure!

We loved our stay, and we love the employees, the reception guy was very helpful and the guys from the rooftop were amazing ! We had a good time !

Cheap hotel with great view of the Pyramids from the roof top restaurant.

Staff was super friendly and accommodating. My room was clean and no funky smells. Bottled water was provided. The bed was a futon style pad on a raised box. I had plenty of hot water. The food at the hotel was great. No security box in the room. The hotel has a commanding view of the pyramids is about 30 meters from the entrance to the pyramids park. It’s a great hotel that gives you a feel of old Cairo with all the camels and horse drawn buggies running back and forth. The nightly light show at the pyramids is visible from the balcony. The Spinx is slightly obscured by a tree, but otherwise the view is perfect. The hotel is more of a spartan style hotel for urban explorers that want to stay close to the pyramids. I loved it and would recommend it to a friend. The area has a heavy police presence because of the park and is safe to walk around at all hours. An ATM is just down the road by the entrance to the park. The street vendors can be a nuisance. They stopped bothering me by the end of the second day.

I enjoyed my stay at this hotel. I was on a week long business trip. I wanted to stay near the pyramids for the view, easy access in my free time, and a more authentic experience than a big box hotel in the middle of downtown . This hotel did not disappoint on any of these points. The staff were all super friendly and very inviting. I checked in around midnight of the day I scheduled without issue. A lot of hotels won’t let you check in until after 10 o’clock. I was sweating this after a long travel. The hotel is decorated with papyrus art and pharaonic statues and tchotchkes. I detected no unpleasant odors in either the hotel or my room. They do burn sandalwood and patchouly incense every morning and evening in the common areas. My room was an inner room with no windows but was quiet and comfortable. The room was large enough to not trip on my bags as I moved about. The bed was a futon style pad on a raised box. I like a firm bed so this worked for me too. The room didn’t have a security box. It had a wooden box with a key lock and wasn’t fastened to anything. The shower worked and the water was hot enough to make chicken soup and never ran out. The toilet flushed every time I pushed the button, but with not enough force to get paper down. I accidentally rinsed my toothbrush in the tap water but didn’t experience any GI issues. I’m not saying I’d drink the tap water, but I got away with it that time. I’ve been to some places where it’s a one and done GI experience with tap and even the shower water. The hotel provided me with all the bottled water I needed for drinking and use. The breakfast was an egg fritada, bologna slice with cheese, some bean paste, a yogurt, a few pieces of bread, and a bottle of water. I opted to eat dinner in the restaurant every evening. The food was great and the servings were generous. Obviously hotel food is a little more expensive than the local economy, but it was also very convenient and you can’t beat the sunset view of the pyramids off the balcony. The streets are safe to walk at all hours. The police presence is heavy and constant. And a working ATM is right around the corner. The hotel is ran by a family group. Everyone knows everyone else in and everyone is someone’s cousin. I liked that. It fit the idealized model of the family enterprise I had of Egypt. The taxi ride from the hotel to the Cairo museum and all the surrounding cultural/tourist sites lasted from 45 to 60 minutes and costed 4-5 USD in an Uber. Getting picked up by the Uber. In front of the hotel was not a problem. It usually took about 5-10 minutes for the Uber to arrive. I will return to Egypt for work again and liked the hotel well enough that I will probably stay here again and would recommend it to a friend as long as you want the authentic local experience over the Ritz Carlton style stay. I loved the hotel. My wife is a bit of a “princess” and probably wouldn’t have liked it as much as I did. This place is for urban explorers. I took a tour out of the hotel to Sakara with one of the cousins. The price was about the same as it would’ve been on Tripadvisor or Viator. The upside using the hotel was that I was on a business trip and couldn’t guarantee that I could make the tour. Things worked out for me and I informed them at 2200 the night before that I wanted to go to Sakara the following morning and they made it happen. I’ve taken an Egyptology course, so I’m pretty well read up on the site and culture. My guide wasn’t an anthropologist, but well versed on the area and still taught me a few things. He was pleasant and accommodating. The car was clean. The driver drove well. I went on the tour by myself, and they were willing to bump the time around, depending on how much time I wanted to spend at any given sight. The only downside of the tour was that we did stop at one site where he presented me with a local vendor that was selling very poor article like some fake Lapis Lazuli at exorbitant prices. I have several Lapis pieces at my house already and know what real lapis looks and feels like. It took me less than five seconds to identify his “Lapis” as howlite stone died blue. The vendor wouldn’t let me walk away and kept badgering me. I feel like my guide should act as a bodyguard from these guys. Outside of that everything was awesome. The surrounding area The hotel isn’t responsible for what happens around it, but it is going to affect your stay. The entrance to the pyramids is about thirty meters from the front door of the hotel which is super convenient, but also means you’re going to get mobbed by panhandlers and street people selling cheap tchotchkes. They are ultra-aggressive and frustrating to the point of exasperation. I got short with one of the cousins at the hotel because I thought he was a panhandler at one point. I felt bad once I figured out who he was. By the second day of the panhandler started leaving me alone because I said “no” enough times by that point. The curio stores around the hotel are substantially more expensive than the Kahn al Khalil market. Most of the store owners are so aggressive that you can’t even browse without being accosted. Not all the stores are like that so you’ll have to figure that out on your own. Just work on your “no” game before you get there and don’t receive anything, they hand you or you just entered a negotiation.

Amazing staff!!!!!! Very friendly and comforting! Amazing time

Staffs are very helpful and nice. Location and view is awesome. Breakfast is not that great, not warm and limited options. Room could be better with some upgrades specifically bathroom, its small, needs cleaning and repair.

The team and the dinner was beautiful

Best things about this property include the view of the pyramids and staff. Very lovely boys that work here... One of them helped us change the room because first one had too much hair on the sheets and covers, I couldn't relax.