Ratings based on 46 Verified Reviews
3.4 Room cleanliness
4.2 Service & staff
3.5 Room comfort
3.3 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Posted 15 Nov 2022
The staff at Hotel Velvet were incredibly helpful! They were very accommodating with an early check-in and they got us a taxi at 3 am.
by A verified traveler
Posted 25 Mar 2022 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
Posted 10 Aug 2021 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
Posted 27 Jul 2021
by A verified traveler
Perfect hotel for the price in a central location.
Posted 13 May 2021 on HotelsGreat hotel for the price you pay and very nicely decorated rooms.
I've seen previous reviews saying negative things about this hotel however I have not experienced any of the things I read that were negative about this hotel.
Let me list some of positives about this hotel.
1- big rooms and comfy beds.
2- beautifully decorated bathrooms.
3- always have hot water seems like an endless supply.
4- very friendly reception staff
5- nice little breakfast in the morning
6- very friendly lady who does the cleaning and breakfasts
7- very accessible to everything in downtown Cairo
8- little shop right outside hotel and a restaurant and cafe
9- air conditioning and wifi!
10- very clean rooms
11- very affordable
Now the hotel is in one of the oldest cities in the world so people who come here expecting the Ritz Carlton are just silly people.
The building is old and obviously not brand new looking in the stairways but the hotel and rooms itself is beautiful and we'll kept.
The only negative I had was when I was looking out my window (I was on 5th floor)
This man in the building next to the hotel started taking my picture with his cellphone from his apartment. I was very uncomfortable about that however it has nothing to do with the hotel and everything to do with the man's personality.
Other then that this hotel was perfect for me a solo male traveler and I had no complaints.
Would recommend to friends and would stay again.
by A verified traveler from Las Vegas
Posted 24 Dec 2019
This property being advertised as a Hotel 3 star. Turned out it is actually a Hostel in the middle of ghetto!!!! Demanded refund as i paid 2 extra days what i did not used. It has been denied....
by A verified traveler from Iraq
Posted 23 Nov 2019
The staff was so friendly esp Mustafa.
The location was great.
The bad thing it was only ground floor and near the street which was so noisy.
by A verified traveler
Posted 26 Jul 2019 on Orbitz
Very bad place and no sign no security, in bad area
by A verified traveler
Posted 27 May 2019
Very basic. You get what you pay for. No TV. No hot water (we visited late May so the weather is very hot so the unheated water was fine). No free bottled water. No mini-fridge. The wall sockets can be used by US and EU plugs only. The hotel do have free wifi. The bathroom is just like a built-in closet built inside the room, there is no ceiling, only some wood decor to block out the rest of the whole room, thus no exhaust going outside.
On a better note, the staff (just a single person on the reception at a time) was friendly, helpful and quite hospitable.
Do not be fooled by the chandeliers nor the padded headboard, there is nothing luxurious about this hotel (one of locals said that this is only actually a hostel).
Will we stay again? Yes, because we need only basic accomodation and the price is reasonable. The location is great (right in the middle of Cairo). The hospitality is great.
by A verified traveler
Posted 24 May 2019
Good firm beds,excelent staff,plentiful breakfast,good location in walking distance to everything,restaurants,shops,banks,we only have minor inconveniences,a door lock malfunction,Shakin give us another and better room,hot water is good 75% of the time,we really enjoided our stay.
