Glorious Hotel

Location: Ibn Al Hakam, Cairo, Cairo, EG

Star Rating: 4 Stars

Property Type: Hotels

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - anytime

Check-out: 12:00 PM

Instructions: Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.

Amenities & Facilities

• Fitness facilities
• Arcade/game room
• Free WiFi
• 24-hour front desk
• Terrace
• Garden
• Luggage storage
• Sauna
• Picnic area
• Elevator
• Fitness facilities
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Arcade/game room
• Safe-deposit box at front desk
• Smoke-free property
• Billiards or pool table
• Tours/ticket assistance
• Free wired internet
• Playground on site
• Free self parking
• Banquet hall

Rooms Available

• Standard Triple Room

  1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

  431-sq-foot room with garden views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi and wired internet access

  Entertainment - 32-inch LED TV with premium channels

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker, minibar (fees may apply), electric kettle, and 24-hour room service

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, bathrobes, and slippers

  Practical - Safe, phone, and wardrobe or closet

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Smoking And Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Bathrobe
  • Private bathroom
  • Slippers
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Bidet
  • Bottle of water
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Smoking and Non-Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided

• Family Room

  1 Twin Bed

  Overlooking the park

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi and wired internet access

  Entertainment - 32-inch LED TV with premium channels

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker, minibar (fees may apply), electric kettle, and 24-hour room service

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, bathrobes, and slippers

  Practical - Safe, phone, and wardrobe or closet

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Smoking And Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Bathrobe
  • Private bathroom
  • Slippers
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Bidet
  • Bottle of water
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Smoking and Non-Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided

• Standard Double Room

  2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

  322-sq-foot room with park views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi and wired internet access

  Entertainment - 32-inch LED TV with premium channels

  Food & Drink - Coffee/tea maker, minibar (fees may apply), electric kettle, and 24-hour room service

  Sleep - Premium bedding and bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, bathrobes, and slippers

  Practical - Safe, phone, and wardrobe or closet

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Smoking And Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Bathrobe
  • Private bathroom
  • Slippers
  • Satellite channels
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Bidet
  • Bottle of water
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Premium bedding
  • Free WiFi
  • Smoking and Non-Smoking
  • Bedsheets provided

Guest Reviews

• Verified traveler (4/5): - Baja calidad del wifi. Hemos tenido problemas en la piscina. Se nos exigió que se cubrieran la cabeza mis hijas y mujer porque todos los demás usuarios eran musulmanes. Ell
• elhassan (8/5): - bon quatite prix
• chrisbG5203NL (2/5): Appalling - One star is too high for this hotel. Allocated by Egypt Air, due to Heathrow problem. Room was disgusting, large patches of wall paint bubbling, door lock had been hacked open & replaced badly. Skirting & doors dirty. Cups cracked & chipped. Bathroom glasses unusable. Did not need torch, gap around main door gave plenty of light! Safe lifted out of cupboard. Waited 1.5hrs for our plastic covered set meal. Evening meal no waiting, but the set meal was barely warm. Worst hotel I have ever been in
• Ronald (6/5): - Estuve en dos habitaciones y en ambas se salieron las duchas
• Ronald (8/5): - Se salió el agua de la ducha
• Mohammed (6/5): - The internet was very poor. I called them and told me the tech support is coming and no one showed up. Food was simple and ordered food, but they had nothing to serve.
• Usama (8/5): - It was under a bit of renovation, no ot bad. Old premises but it has a potential. Very promising. Food needs to be improved more to be for foreign guests by ot just for local guests.
• SaeidH_12 (2/5): Not Safe. not 4 Star Hotel. Reception Staff arrogant. Find better hotel for same money or less. - This hotel is far from Glorious. May be 30 years ago. The Welcome from the ladies on reception was far from warm. They were indifferent, arrogant and not helpful. Didn't understand English. The door to our room needed replacing, see photo. The room was not very clean, see photo. Damage to walls. Fuse board in the bathroom is considered dangerous in most countries, not in this hotel it seems, see photo! Could only get radio channels on TV but when we called the reception no one came up in the 3 days we were there. Constant sound of hammering and building work in the hotel lobby, our floor and floor below. They were using part of the hallway on our floor to make an extra bedroom, see photo. The restaurant where we had breakfast was dirty, options very limited. Half of the menu options for lunch or dinner dinner weren't available. The gym was dirty and half of the equipment were either dangerous or not working. We looked for the coffee shop in the basement as per sign but found soldiers with machine guns in the basement instead. Not sure what they were guarding, didn't hang around to ask. The hotel grounds is a community club. The pool is used by the locals from morning to midnight. I'm not exagerating when I say more than a thousand people use the pool in the 24hr period. They have swimming lessons for the locals from 3pm to midnight. There was no tennis court as advertised instead there was a football acedemy for the locals. Football pitch was rented out 24hrs a day. There was a Karate lessons on the grass in the hotel grounds. Most of the information on the booking.com site about this hotel is incorrect. Eg. No airport shuttle. Staff smoke in the hallways, toilets. I even saw some of the managers smoke in the lobby next to the no smoking sign. I could go on and on. In summary this is not a 4 star hotel. I give it 1 star. You have to be on your toes not to get injured. My son nearly slipped on the sand on the floor tiles in the hallway from the building work.
• Nadeem (2/5): - Terrible. Shower doesnt work and rooms need to be repainted.
• shenn09 (6/5): It’s ok - This place is a mixed bag. I would stay again but it’s not great. The good: well located, decent food that is well priced. Mostly nice staff. It has good facilities Not good: the noise at nights with weddings was bad- maybe request a room to the back. The pool is only open for a short period and is extremely busy- I personally wouldn’t be happy to wear a swim suit here- lots of eyes on us simply walking to the restaurant. Our teenage girls weren’t comfortable. It took 3 attempts to get coffee at the breakfast buffet. It’s worn out and tired. My biggest issue was two teenage boys (porters I think) at the door leering at our daughters
• Alia (2/5): - the room not clean. not safe. I got allergy by staying there.
• Almostgreynomad (8/5): The lift plays you Love Story ...... - I loved it. So much more character than staying in a fancy chain type hotel .... Hotel is like a resort .... there is a security boom gate, so it means Uber has to come inside ...... so much better than standing on a (hectic) Cairo street !! Close to the airport ..... Uber to airport or city centre costs about €5 ! The hotel is very Egyptian ... didn't see many (any) other Western tourists here .... I loved it ! The reception staff can usually speak English and are really helpful ! Brilliant 25 metre pool, a proper lap pool. Hotel guests can only (officially) use between 10 and 2 .... pool is (sometimes) used for school groups outside these times. A breakfast box is delivered to your room each morning. I only discovered on the last day, that there is a choice of two different types ... Oriental or Continental ... not sure what the difference is ! Enough in the breakfast box to feed me for breakfast and lunch ... there is a fridge in your room to store leftovers ! I ordered dinner at the hotel each evening. It's an experience ..... in a quaint & quirky way .... the food is really good and the pizza is really, really good !! No alcohol is served at the hotel, but there is a shop down the road ... Bazaar Sakara which does sell alcohol apparently ... but it was shut for Ramadan. Maybe bring a corkscrew with you .... hotel didn't seem to have one ... but cheerfully pushed the cork into the bottle for me !!! LOL .... The wifi is slow ... but I had just toured Egypt - stayed in some fancy 4 and 5 star hotels ... and the wifi was slow in most of them ..... recommend getting an Egyptian sim card ... but even hot spotting to phone, the internet speed wasn't great ! Yes, the shower is small ... but hey, the water is warm and it does the job !
• bekbekmeow (10/5): Great hotel, hard to find for the cab drivers - While already in Egypt we needed to book a new hotel. We chose the Glorious due to the proximity to the airport and for its amazing price. It only took around 15 minutes to get to the airport and around 20 to get to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. The Glorious is a large, clean, spacious hotel, with extremely friendly and helpful staff. The hotel provides breakfast, but for us, it was delivered in a box after phoning room service (this may be because of Ramadan). Breakfast came with water, fruit juice, yogurt, bread, egg, and other things. We did order room service for dinner, and the pizza (cheese was different from what we were use to) and chips were yummy :D The hotel has a swimming pool but unfortunately, we ran out of time to use it. The pool is only open to guests for a short amount of time. We heard that the hotel was also used as accommodation for the army, we didn't see many guests but it was a bit noisy by the pool in the later hours. Our room was large, and clean, had a tv, tea, and coffee-making facilities, ample of free water, safe, and wifi, although the wifi in the room was pretty weak. The beds were super comfy and we had no issues sleeping! The bathroom shower was pretty small, however, this was the cleanest bathroom we had used in all of Egypt! The staff were always happy and helpful. Whenever we needed anything they were happy to help. However, cab drivers did struggle to find the hotel entrance even with the full address. We all loved the decor!
• Rebecca (10/5): Great hotel, cab drivers struggle to find it - While already in Egypt we needed to book a new hotel. We chose the Glorious due to the proximity to the airport and for its amazing price. It only took around 15 minutes to get to the airport and around 20 to get to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. The Glorious is a large, clean, spacious hotel, with extremely friendly and helpful staff. The hotel provides breakfast, but for us, it was delivered in a box after phoning room service (this may be because of Ramadan). Breakfast came with water, fruit juice, yogurt, bread, egg, and other things. We did order room service for dinner, and the pizza (cheese was different from what we were use to) and chips were yummy :D The hotel has a swimming pool but unfortunately, we ran out of time to use it. The pool is only open to guests for a short amount of time. We heard that the hotel was also used as accommodation for the army, we didn't see many guests but it was a bit noisy by the pool in the later hours. Our room was large, and clean, had a tv, tea, and coffee-making facilities, ample of free water, safe, and wifi, although the wifi in the room was pretty weak. The beds were super comfy and we had no issues sleeping! The bathroom shower was pretty small, however, this was the cleanest bathroom we had used in all of Egypt! The staff were always happy and helpful. Whenever we needed anything they were happy to help. However, cab drivers did struggle to find the hotel entrance even with the full address. We all loved the decor
• Matthew (6/5): - The glorious hotel was a good value for price paid.
• Leslie (10/5): A nice place - The hotel was a very nice surprise, very classy and clean. The rooms are a bit dated by U.S. standards and there is no english tv. The hotel is on a large complex with a beautiful pool and Restaurants. Be aware that because of the closeness of military facilities, most of the people staying there are military personnel and they are often all over the complex in uniform. I would stay there again.
• Yingqin (2/5): Terrible service, if there is any at all - This hotel has terrible service, if there is any at all. I tried to contact them regarding my reservation modification due to COVID-19, as the coronavirus prevented me from travelling as my airline cancelled all our fights. I sent them dozens of messages in English and Arabic, they never bother replying. I shall never book to stay with them again when we travel to Egypt again next year after coronavirus is getting better, neither shall you.
• Sanne7897 (2/5): Very disapointing and expensive - From the 14th to the 15th of july, I stayed in the Glorious Hotel. Unfortunately, this stay was by far not as plesant as I expected it to be. Seen this was my last day of a 7 week trip, I decided to end this trip with a beautiful accomodation. I wanted to enjoy the sun during my last day, so I searched for a hotel with a swimming pool. After swimming I wanted to have diner, take a nice warm shower and have a good night sleep before my long flight back to the Netherlands. All pretty simple wishes for a nice last day in Egypt. According to booking.com, your hotel was a perfect candidate for those wishes with a acceptable price of 55 dollar per night. After arriving I dropped my luggage in my room and went to the swimming pool. I saw some beautiful pictures on booking.com and was looking forward to it. When I arrived, I was confused: the pool was crowded with kids swimming for a training. Also there were a lot of (totally dressed) parents aside the swimming pool. This made me feel very uncomfertable and ashamed in my small bikini. I wondered if this maybe was the wrong pool and asked the staff if the hotel had another pool. Nobody from all the staff at the swimming pool could speak English, so I had to go back to the reception. Eventually I got a wristband that gave me permission to swim in between all the kids during their training that lasted untill 10 pm. Not exactly what I expected after seeing the pictures on bookig.com (see attachment). After laying next to the pool for some time (and have been asked to go on pictures by some 30 kids because of my blond hair colour... not very relaxing) I went to go for diner. I was sad to find out that diner was only served after 8 pm. Luckily the restaurant also had a set menu. Unfortunately, this menu was only presented on a arabic menucard. I ended up eating some fries next to the swimming pool, which was a whole challenge to order, seen again nobody spoke English. After diner I just went to go to my room to get a warm shower and a good night sleep. Two very easy wishes that also a simple hotel from just 10 dollars per night could take care of. But, again this was a problem. The boiler in the bathroom did not work, dispite the fact it was turned on. I accepted the cold shower and just went to bed after the cold shower. I finally laid in my bed and closed my eyes. Just for a few seconds I was relaxing, but then very loud music started. I looked out of my window and saw a wedding party going on. The bride looked beautiful and it was nice to watch. But after two minutes watching, I just wanted to go to sleep because of my long flight the next day. Well, this sleeping was not really an option with all the loud wedding music. Rudiculous that nobody warned me about this. The next day I checked my credit card payments online. As a final lovely surprise I saw that the hotel charged me 70 dollars in stead of 55?! So, in the end, my last day in Egypt turned out to give me lots of stress in stead of having a relaxt closure of my trip. The hotel and it's facilities were nothing like booking.com pretented them to be. I am very disappointed and wish to get a full refund of the (to high amount of) 70 dollar I paid.
• Verified traveler (6/5): - good location , good service ,food and drink good price , easy to find any transportation to any way,the only thing is they treat the military people way better then any body else
• Ya (2/5): - It was ok. Not as good as a 4 stars hotel. The bathroom were smelly and dirt
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Staff are very friendly. Housekeeping was excellent. Only the shower area was kind of small and not enough towels in the bathroom,. Other than that everything was very good
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Great staff. Great hotel. Room was a little dated.
• faq885 (2/5): Scam with the "airport shuttle", bad english level, unorganized staff - I booked this only because they said in Booking that they have "airport shuttle", but it is a lie, they only book an uber for you, and you'll pay it. They also sent me a PM in Booking saying that they had that service.. You can't pay with card in the restaurant, it is a nightmare to charge the food to the room, one person says you cant, the other says you can... they don't have a menu in english, so you don't know what are you ordering, what are the prices.. In the entrance there is security girl that does not speak a word of english, so she does not understand that you are staying in the hotel... there is always weddings in the hall, i couldn't hear anything or tell anything the hall guy when i arrived..
• osamar2017 (8/5): Very good worth of money - Freindly staff, nice clean room. Pool, landscape and a playground for kids. You can order a delivery from any restaurant outside the hotel. I recommend B & B reservation and a room at the 2nd or 3rd floor.
• Judith (8/5): Good hotel - The hotel was certainly glorious in its day. It is still gracious but just a little aged. The rooms are spacious and well serviced. Many facilities. Very helpful and kind staff. We stayed extra days and enjoyed our time here. Good location between the international airport and the city. We took Egyptian pounds at the airport ATM but should have changed the big notes for LOTS of small notes ie one pound, five etc
• fivebs2016 (8/5): Nice stay, close to airport! - My husband and I stayed at the Glorious Hotel. We enjoyed our stay. The staff are lovely people. The location is great and close to the airport. It is not a touristy area so you can walk the streets without being hassled to buy things. Our only complaint was that there was no hot water to shower on our last morning before our flights home. Would stay here again.
• Kat (8/5): - Nice hotel. Dated. No hot shower one morning. No sheet on bed. Only throw blankets.
• emmamc97 (8/5): Lovely hotel, friendly staff. - Me and my partner visited this hotel for a short 3 day stay before going home from our 2 week holiday visiting family in Cairo. The hotel is lovely, the staff and friendly and they go above and beyond to ensure you will have a great & comfortable stay. We were slightly worried about going to this hotel as we were sure how well they would understand us or if any the staff would even speak English, how wrong we were... one of the women that work at reception, her English was on point which we were extremely surprised about, she was also extremely lovely our whole stay and couldn’t have been any nicer. The hotel seems a nice family orientated hotel and I wouldn’t hold back in bringing my family here. The only one fault I have about the whole hotel or stay is that the shower cubicle is extremely small and even me being an average sized person struggled to fit in this, not only that but the shower head was slightly broken so therefor there was no pressure of water. I don’t doubt that if we had mentioned this to reception that they would have either sorted it or moved us rooms but as we only had a 3 day stay we decided that it wouldn’t be so bad to just deal with it for those 3 days. Would recommend this hotel and would stay at this hotel again.
• tracyjayneb2018 (6/5): This is a military hotel - That said the rooms are good for Cairo and the staff are very friendly. Housekeeping was excellent and you couldn’t fault the staff For their friendliness. The breakfast is really basic and geared up for Egyptians, Therefore it may be a bit disappointing. Location is good and not far from the airport however if you want to be near main tourist attractions this hotel would not be for you. For me the best aspect of staying in this hotel with the staff who absolutely amazing I could not fault them. Also as this is a military hotel there are armed guards around the facility which may Not be to everybody’s preference.
• aliaay2018 (8/5): Nice place - It was a nice place considering the price the room was clean at first the TV wasn't working but they fixed it after the arrival immediately so it was very good and the price was nice but it's a bit far away from most of the famous places in Cairo
• G (10/5): Good location, nice hotel, friendly staff, secured - Easy check in, staff were very helpful and always stand by when help needed specially Mr Wael guest relation.
• ali (2/5): its not nice hotel - we spend only one night window is not good we can hear every thing couldn't sleep till 12 mid night
• Verified traveler (2/5): not good - Very bad
• Verified traveler (2/5): very bad - Miserable
• Guide726746 (6/5): Good Hotel - I stayed there for 7 days, first night was a disaster, as we booked 2 rooms and in 1 room everything was broken, the AC didn't work, the telephone, the shower door. Not fit to stay. We complained and a very nice man called Wael at reception changed our room for us and made sure that we were ok, he sent drinks and fruits to our room and was lovely and very helpful throughout our stay. He also helped us book Uber taxi with his personal phone.Thankyou Wael. The rooms and bathrooms I would say is about a 3* as very basic. Not enough towels in bathroom, no hairdryer, you have to constantly request fresh towels and toilet rolls although they did provide each time you asked. The breakfast restaurant had very basic food choice, if you come towards late morning, most of the time the drinks were finished and they wouldn't top up the drinks machine but each day they did provide free bottles of water to takeaway. The hotel is a military hotel and is very secure and we felt safe but the swimming pools are used to train military children and is always in use except from 10am to 2 pm only. Holiday makers Cannot use the pool outside those hours so very frustrating. Overall as we were touring different places we only spent the evenings at the hotel & we would've loved to use the pool especially by my teenagers. The hotel grounds are lovely, there's very noisy weddings constantly taking place but the night life is nice to sit around the grounds of the hotel and sip delicious fresh mango juice.
• Shehail (8/5): Nice for family and couples - This hotel is convenient, there are many shops around. The staff are very friendly and helpful. Check in and check out was very smooth and fast and flexible.The room space is good and clean . There are some negative points , but they are fixable .like: - some of the electricity plugs in the room needs to be fixed , and might be dangerous for the kids. Also the music from out side can be annoying because it's all day and night , specially if your room on the street side. The bathtub is very tight , so if you are big person , you need to talk them about it .
• sbrAIdy (6/5): average and only deserve a 3 stars - it is an average hotel , the breakfast was bot tidy and i found it bad, it is a hotel for army infantry .. so dont expect much from it. it was 1 night, it was alright for a 3 stars and not 4 stars .... i expected more clean breakfast and carpets
• kogeobo (6/5): Good SAFE hotel - I spent 6 days in the hotel, it was a good stay beds are good and clean ,tea and coffee are free in the room everything is OK except the towels we had to ask every day to supply us with Bath towels ( i wanted to title this review "wet hotel " because of the missing towels in the rooms ), the stuff is really good specially the guy Mahmoud and Islam at the reception . The hotel is in a safe region and managed by military personnel and they are professional too.
• tamerz2017 (10/5): Great Management - Great 4 star hotel with unbelievable price for Suite ! Really clean and run by military personnel means very safe and secure, food is good, service is fast and staff very friendly, the manager (Col: Tamer) very professional with high standard quality made our stay very pleasant indeed. We will be back in Summer for sure. Well done team.
• migle-zs (10/5): Fantastic Hotel - We stayed at the hotel for over 2 weeks and find it very clean and safe, staff very friendly and helpful. Location is excellent as it's not far from the airport and price is very cheap for 4 star hotel. Definitely will rebook again.
• loayelbeltagy (8/5): Excellent customer service! - I had the pleasure to spend couple of nights at the hotel. Although the hotel was spotless, the thing that impressed most is the staff friendliness and professionalism. As a bonus, the hotel is close to the old city and the airport (30 egyptian pounds, or couple of $ with the current exchange rate). I truly recommending this place if you are looking to peaceful vacation in crazy cairo.

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