8/10 Good
Poh Li
30 Apr 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed 3 nights. This is a rather old hotel but it’s charming, comfortable, and a whole world of difference when you step in from the slump environment outside.
Pros:
- There is a coffee/gelato bar, Lebanese restaurant, Thai restaurant, Italian restaurant, Nubian restaurant, bar serving the pool. We loved the Lebanese restaurant and had many meals there.
- Beautiful facade.
- Room is spacious and bed comfortable, the bathroom is a bit aged but kept clean. Though a couple more hooks to hang clothes will be great.
- Beautiful pool facing the Valley of the kings and Nile.
- Excellent service from the hotel.
- Just opposite the hotel there are a couple of minimarts to get soft drinks and tidbits. Some of them offer unofficial money exchange.
- There is an ATM within the hotel basement if you need to draw some money.
- Not much hassling from vendors within the hotel compared to the world outside the hotel.
Cons:
- Outside of the hotel, it’s dark and sad. It’s less than 10 minutes ride to the Central Area where the harbour is but getting there means you either walk on narrow dusty pathways alongside horse carriages and cars or try to hail a taxi or horse carriage that try to rip you off every way possible.
Poh Li
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025