Cosmopolitan hotel

Location: 1 Shar'A Ibn Talaab, Off Shar'A Qasr Al-Nile City, Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 002, Cairo, EG

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - anytime

Check-out: 12:00 PM

Instructions: This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Amenities & Facilities

• Free breakfast
• Health or beauty spa nearby
• Free WiFi
• 24-hour front desk
• Luggage storage
• Designated smoking area
• Concierge service
• Wheelchair accessible
• ATM/banking
• Free breakfast
• Safe-deposit box at front desk
• Tours/ticket assistance
• Free self parking
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
• Free buffet breakfast
• Casino nearby
• Health or beauty spa nearby
• Coin laundry on site
• Change of towels (on request)
• Change of bed sheets (on request)

Rooms Available

• Deluxe Double Room

  1 Double Bed

  213 sq feet, located on the top floor

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)

  Entertainment - 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle, minibar (fees may apply), 24-hour room service, and free bottled water

  Sleep - Memory foam bed, premium bedding, a pillow menu, and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, and rainfall showerhead

  Practical - Dining table; rollaway beds (surcharge) and cribs (surcharge) available on request

  Comfort - Fresh bed sheets (on request), fresh towels (on request), and air conditioning

  Smoking

  Room/bed type depends on availability at check-in

  Max Occupancy: 3 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Dining table
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Memory foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Room and bed type depend on availability check-in
  • Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Soap
  • Heated floor
  • Location - top floor
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Change of bed sheets (on request)

• Deluxe Single Room

  1 Twin Bed

  215 sq feet, located on the top floor

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)

  Entertainment - 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle, minibar (fees may apply), 24-hour room service, and free bottled water

  Sleep - Memory foam bed, premium bedding, a pillow menu, and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, and rainfall showerhead

  Practical - Dining table; cribs (surcharge) available on request

  Comfort - Fresh bed sheets (on request), fresh towels (on request), and air conditioning

  Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Room/bed type depends on availability at check-in

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Dining table
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Memory foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Room and bed type depend on availability check-in
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Soap
  • Heated floor
  • Location - top floor
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Change of bed sheets (on request)

• Junior Studio Suite

  1 King Bed

  323 sq feet, located on the top floor

  
  

  Layout - Separate sitting area

  Internet - Free WiFi 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)

  Entertainment - 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

  Food & Drink - Electric kettle, minibar (fees may apply), 24-hour room service, and free bottled water

  Sleep - Memory foam bed, premium bedding, a pillow menu, and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, and rainfall showerhead

  Practical - Dining table; rollaway beds (surcharge) and cribs (surcharge) available on request

  Comfort - Fresh bed sheets (on request), fresh towels (on request), and air conditioning

  Smoking

  Room/bed type depends on availability at check-in

  Max Occupancy: 3 (2 Adults)

  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Dining table
  • Toilet paper
  • Bottle of water
  • Shampoo
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Separate sitting area
  • Free WiFi
  • Memory foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Room and bed type depend on availability check-in
  • Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee
  • Soap
  • Heated floor
  • Location - top floor
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Change of bed sheets (on request)

Guest Reviews

• David (8/5): Very nice stay. - It was good overall. Just several of the staff, at the front door and restaurant were not friendly nor attentive. Rather they just were engrossed on their phones. Omar at the front desk was fantastic, really making us feel welcome and spoke very good English. Breakfast was very good, coffee decent and chef very nice. Oddly the others would just stand around chatting or on phones and offer no service. Bell boys were nice. Very nice sitting lounge.
• Samo (8/5): - We chose this hotel based on excellent location in the heart of Cairo downtown. You can comfortably handle the whole downtown by foot, stores, restaurants, museum, etc. Area is typical Cairo-downtown and somewhat chaotic, but we found it safe day and night. Hotel has guards outside, no worries there. Hotel itself is comfortable, in interesting old style, clean with functional but somewhat small rooms. Especially unique is the elevator, a must see! It is a compromise between smaller and cheaper places (loud) in downtown that are perhaps more appropriate for younger visitors, and more upscale and expensive ones (mostly further away, you need taxi to get to center). As the idea was to explore Cairo and use hotel mostly for a good nights sleep, this turned out to be a good choice. Free buffet style breakfast is extensive, coffee not something to brag about. Room was clean and attended daily, bathroom renovated. Our room was reasonably quiet, except some dog barking. In Cairo hotels, outside noise during night is something that needs to be paid attention to as there are a lot of complaints from visitors from other hotels in downtown - but this hotel is located somehow a short stretch into a small street that is blocked by the hotel so it is not an issue. Shortly - we found this hotel to be a good choice if you are there to explore Cairo.
• Malcolm (8/5): - Breakfast was lousy
• Malcolm (8/5): - The breakfast buffet had terrible coffee and flavourless food. It also seems that many people don't know to close the doors on the older elevators, so it would not move to pick us up until a staff member went up and closed the doors
• Ammar (6/5): - 1 or 2 star, water chocked bathrooms
• jerry (8/5): - I've stayed at the Cosmo before and it's a good location. It's an older hotel but well maintained. Lots of character. Barking dogs made sleeping difficult
• Claudia (10/5): - It’s close to everything
• James (8/5): - I stayed here for a number of days, the night with this Wotif booking and number of days with G Adventures, including booking extra days after, it being their base hotel for Cairo nights of Highlights of Egypt 14 day tour. The hotel is interesting in decor. You've got I'm guessing pith helmet era English, Spanish, French aristocrats portraits on the wall who I'm guessing explored ancient Egypt sites, otherwise odd choice in Egypt. Lift is interesting old era one. Rooms I experienced a few varied, some were better designed, especially the bathroom. But aircon works, showers are decent, beds comfortable. No pool or anything really to do other than sit on chairs in lobby or on floors near lift so just stay in your room as the hotel is a sort of safe sanctuary in this neighborhood. Area outside you get constantly hassled walking around, "where you from?" "Come see my shop," What you want to buy" "spend all your money here" or followed around wherever you go by people expecting money for doing so even though you've told them you want to walk by yourself. One guy even kicked me because I wouldn't give him any (I'd told him constantly "I'm being blunt with you I'm not giving you any money" He's like is okay I just walking with you but then wants money at the end, acting like he was my guide. Likewise places around area you buy food, credit card machine suddenly isn't working, the bill has extra items in there. Staff at Hotel Cosmopolitan though are great.
• Dr. Ahmed (10/5): - Ein schönes, nettes historisches Hotel mitten von Kairo
• Eric (10/5): - Very nice hotel, and friendly staff. The area was nice and close to the museum.
• Ahmed (10/5): - Good hotel
• Keith (4/5): - Area was not nice. Front desk were young guys that were unable/ difficult to help with attractions or transportation. Hotel is old and needs to be renovated. I used Uber, but they try to scam you. I used Viator for attractions. They pick up and drop you off at your hotel. I moved in the middle of my stay to Ritz Carlton… an expense that I did not plan for, but had to.
• MILIND (8/5): - A boutique hotel since 1927 , rooms have been refurbrished , staff is friendly and helpful.
• Viviane (6/5): Ok for short stay - Wonderful staff especially the S. Sudanese bellboys. This hotel has nice Egyptian decor but needs major renovation.
• Kaung (6/5): - The location is good. The room is quite spacious (booked the junior suit) but the bathroom is very small, the shower sink is not working properly (water drain very slowly). The furniture, carpet (in/out) are very old. The staff are ok (not very friendly). The price is not bad (not a peak season). Overall, 5/10.
• massood (6/5): - Building is old and needs renovations. Shower in our room was a disaster
• Stewart (10/5): - The only neverive is that the hotel forgot to have us picked up at the airport. 5 hours later and $500 poorer and we arrived at the hotel. From that time on, the hotel was very nice. The housekeeping staff was excellent. The beds were comfortable and the location right in the downtown area. Very opulent looking lobby.
• Shamim (4/5): Sub Standard - The quality of the hotel rooms is significantly below standard. The buffet breakfast was satisfactory, but not impressive. Additionally, there was a noticeable damp smell emanating from the rooms, while the reception area was heavily filled with smoke. However, it is worth mentioning that the hotel is situated in a pleasant area. Despite the appealing pictures displayed on the website, considering the amount I paid, I would not choose to stay at this hotel again.
• Gregory (8/5): Fantastic for the price - This historic hotel is a beautiful structure with an elegant art deco elevator. Marble floors beautiful details.good location. My bathroom was a bit outdated but very clean..staff is fantastic and very polite and helpful..my house keeper Said was fantastic and would create animal sculptures daily. Each one better than the next..a good choice at an excellent price..
• Andrew (10/5): - What a nice hotel- very clean safe and staff was wonderful Especially Kahlid who works security. They made me and my girlfriend so happy and comfortable. Certainly would come back if I was in Cairo.
• Mohammed (6/5): - Average property. Cleaning service not that good
• marco a (8/5): - They wouldn’t check me in or let me dine without cash payment I used the laundry services and besides taking two days, they lost my expensive shirt and some other items But I would stay there agsin
• Hafiz Faisal (6/5): - They should provide hair brush, iron qnd other basic things. The shower wasn't working either.
• MAHMOUD (8/5): - everything was fine. thanks
• Ismed (8/5): - Walking distance to not only museum but also restaurants
• Mark (8/5): - The staff at the Cosmopolitan work assiduously to provide the best service for their guests. The rooms are clean The breakfast buffet is excellent. The hotel is strategically located near the Egyptian Museum, the Nile River and the railway/subway metro. This hotel is a great value for the money and has an "old" school charm.
• Gamal (2/5): - Everything was good , just I had a mistake when I observed. I had a previous reservation from 10-1 to 10 4 In the new reservation I put 3:5 instead 4:6 I tried many times with them to conceive them I already pay them 6 days but they refused and charged me cash for extra day that I didn’t get the service I need your help to get my money back Thank you
• Jan (10/5): - The hotel is an old-fashioned decorated hotel, very nice. The only "minor" is the main elevator, also "old-fashioned". It needs to be closed manually, which some customers seem to forget. Location is also good.
• Sharon (10/5): - Historic hotel, friendly helpful staff. I love the location convenient for shopping and dining.
• Sharon (10/5): - Historical hotel, unique.
• Fazle Abbas (6/5): - Really good location but in desperate need of refurbishment, it is far too old
• Dawn (8/5): - The check in staff were not really that great but the other staff were wonderful!! The hotel itself is nice but need a little TLC. I would stay here again.
• Waqar (8/5): - Nice hotel for the price. Staff was friendly and the breakfast included was also good. Shower didn't have hot water with was a little inconvenient. Overall, if you are looking for an affordable spot near downtown Cairo, this is a good one.
• Abdul (6/5): - Old Hotel but they did the renovations. Quite busy area. Everything almost available close by . Staff is not very helpful.Should improve the level of service.
• Addam (6/5): A few small changes could bring big improvements - This hotel has a great location in Downtown Cairo, with easy walking distance of Tahrir Square.The lobby looks really fancy in a vintage way, and the elevator gives off a big vibe of retro glam. All of this doesn't feel like it has been looked after very well though, and could do with a bit of TLC. Staff provide a mixed bag, with some being very engaged and helpful, but others looking bored, and annoyed by requests. On arrival, we were offered an "upgrade" from the junior suite we had booked, although this turned out to be to a smaller, worse room, and thankfully we were able to keep the room we had originally booked. We left early for the airport on the last day, and had requested a breakfast box. Unfortunately on check-out, this hadn't been prepared. The guy on the desk didn't really seem to care, and nothing was offered to compensate for the extra expense we'd incur because of this. The room was spacious and comfortable, the breakfast on the first day was plentiful, if not outstanding. Feel like with a couple of small changes and improvements in customer service, this could be even better.
• Anar (4/5): - Dirty hotel
• Andrew (8/5): - Great location of main arterial street. Value for money, friendly helpful staff.
• Geoffrey (8/5): - Wonderful old lift. Very friendly and helpful staff. Good and tasty food but limited menu. Helpings generally too big. No alcohol (not a problem but we were not made aware of this when we booked). Room not what I would call 'a luxury double': no chairs and fairly cold especially during the first 2 weeks. Shower flooded bathroom, but spread of water could be contained by judicious placement of towels on the floor. Very noisy at times. Sometimes other guests but also a lot of building work going on right by the hotel. Not the hotel's fault but something to be aware of. Area was a bit dirty (building work) and Cairo is very polluted. Traffic is appalling, constant and incredibly noisy with almost constant use of horns - again not hotel's fault but something to be aware of. No idea what happens to the huge number of plastic water bottles - hopefully recycled. Truly wonderful hot chocolate.
• Thomas (8/5): - Hot water took forever to get to the tap or shower. Also air-conditioning to forever to get going everything else was good.
• Brent (2/5): - Do not stay here. Cairo has no midrange accomodation. As a couple who attempted to go midrange this is not it. Pay for a Hilton or similar. The hotel is completely rundown- no hot water, very old and the worst it was very dirty. There were hairs everywhere. It’s like they didn’t own a vacuum. Not to mention the linen at breakfast probably hadn’t been changed in months.
• Awais (8/5): - Only good part in this hotel is location all good
• Davis (6/5): - - Great Location - Clean Rooms - Public area's need to be cleaned - Breakfast was the same everyday and was at best fair
• HELI (10/5): - Before booking Cosmpolitan Hotel I read comments possitive and negative and I was uncertained of what was going to happen once I would be there. I enjoyed my stay here. Staff was friendly and helpful. Internet and TV work much better of what the comments mentioned. The location is close to many shops, the Egyptian Museum, the Nile, Subway. It is in the middle of Downtown Cairo. The ambience is vintage and while there I felt that I was traped in one of Agatha Cristie's novel. Breakfast is ok. My room was cleaned and it seemed to be recently renovated. I enjoyed the shower after walking around Cairo. Whenever I returned to Cairo I would like to return here.
• Luis (10/5): - This place is a great hotel to stay, the area is an old part of town but is a bargain of a stay, easy to get transportation to anywhere in town from the hotel.
• Marko (2/5): - This plane is definitely not a 4.5 star. I would never stay here again. Room was dirty, the floors seemed like they were never mopped, we got a non smoking room ( which Apparently was the only one on our floor ) and you could smell the smoke in the room. Breakfast was nasty and the food was cold.
• Davis (4/5): - Great central location
• Ayman (4/5): - Despite of the location was perfect in the center of the city ,the hotel in general was disappointing,there was no water glasses on rooms on arrival، the bathroom door handles were loose,the place
• Sabah (8/5): Good hotel choice - Overall it a nice hotel. Looks like a palace inside. Service was friendly and excellent. Two issues were the breakfast could definitely be better and the shower was constantly changing from scorching hot to super cold all within 30 seconds. However, all things considered, for the price and the location, I would recommend a stay here.
• John (10/5): An 'oasis' in downtown Cairo - The perfect location in downtown Cairo! The staff were most competent and enthusiastic to assist in all respects.
• Behzad (10/5): Great hotel, Good location and friendly staff - The front desk staff checked me in early and answered all my queries immediately. The safe box in the room was out of serine and the hotel staff has it fixed within 15 minutes.

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