Ratings based on 25 Verified Reviews
4.2 Room cleanliness
4.1 Service & staff
4.0 Room comfort
4.0 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Posted 19 Jun 2024
Ahmed the hotel manager could not do enough for us. Everything we requested was no problem. He sent us a tour guide Mo who was excellent he was passionate about his home town Luxor and was very knowledgeable. Budget hotel with excellent staff. Would definitely recommend.
Comment from Hotel Management
27 Jun 2024 by Mohamed, Hotel Management
Hi DonnaThank you for your wonderful review and recommendation, and for sharing with us the great experience you had staying with us at our hotel. I will let the staff know of your kind words. I look forward to seeing you again soon.Thank youKind regardsMohamed Younis and the staff at El Mesala Hotel
by A verified traveler
Posted 10 Jan 2024
Comment from Hotel Management
12 Feb 2024 by Mohamed, Hotel Management
Hello MohamedThank you for your great review, and for sharing with us the experience you had staying with us at our hotel. Look forward to seeing you again soon.Thank youKind regardsMohamed Younis and the staff at El Mesala Hotel
by A verified traveler
Posted 15 Sep 2023
Comment from Hotel Management
31 Oct 2023 by Mohamed, Hotel Management
Hello ShannonThank you for your awesome review also for sharing the experience you had with us during your stay here in Luxor. Hope to see you again soon.Thank youKind regardsMohamed Younis the staff here at El Mesala Hotel
by A verified traveler
Egypt is "Awesome"!!!! Except for the Egyptians..
Posted 7 Jan 2020 on HotelsEgypt & its sights are awesome. Everything in Egypt is awesome except that 99.9% of Egyptian people are trying to scam money out of you. Yes, even your Hotel. Its exhausting & demoralizing, trying to keep a good mood & enjoy your trip while all Egyptians see "all tourists" as "marks". I have been all over the world to some of the most impoverished countries & never have I felt like I did in Egypt. There are scams all over the world, but in "Egypt", "Everybody" is trying to scam you. Anybody who has been to Egypt, can attest to this. Some people will say, "oh, its what you make of it." Like I said, I have been all over the world ....etc, & always make the best of it..Long story short, Egyptians see it as a national pastime to scam tourists, they see it as their right, & they love it when you actually finally get upset when, after the 10th time telling them, " no thank you", you do. They act offended & cant believe that you got upset. Bottom line is, I have nothing but good things to say about all the rest of the countries I have been to over the last 20 years of traveling, & would love to go back to all of them...except "Egypt". I saw what I needed to see, & I will never go back.
Comment from Hotel Management
12 Feb 2020 by Mohamed Younes, Hotel Management
Dear Valued Guest,
Thank you for taking the time to post your review for El Mesala Hotel.
We really appreciate each and every one of our guests and we believe as it is a family run hotel that all our guests should feel at home even when they are thousands of miles away.
We will take into consideration your comment about the hotel but unfortunately, there is not much we can do about Egypt in general.
We hope to have the chance to have you again soon at El Mesala Hotel.
Greeting from all of the hotel staff, Hotel Management
by A verified traveler
Posted 19 Jun 2019 on Orbitz
DEFINITELY a great place! We got a very warm welcome. It’s directly across from the Nile. The manager had lots of good recommendations that were reasonably priced!
Comment from Hotel Management
20 Jun 2019 by mohamed , Hotel Management
Thank you so much for your nice words we are happy that you had a nice vacation in our hotel. We hope to see you back in the futher. Very kind regards, Team Mesala hotel
by A verified traveler
good for that price
Posted 29 Mar 2019 on HotelsHotel with good location and unusual staff (it was not possible to find staff in hotel, i have never seen somebody on reception, the owner has changed for me some euro with low rate, in spite of i noticed about t, but he did not care. He offered me to left my luggage in the lobby, where as I noticed was nobody and even i asked to leave in safer place he refused me). Concerns to rooms, they should be cleaned more frequently, as they have heavy furniture it attracts a lot of dust. Breakfast was good enough.
Comment from Hotel Management
10 Apr 2019 by Mesala hotel, Hotel Management
Dear Sir,
Sorry for our late answer, about your complain, We always do our best that our guests have a good time in our hotel. But sorry that you did not like our hotel. But we hope when you come next time to Egypt and stay in our hotel i will go beter.
Very kind regarts,
Mohamed Yunis
Manager hotel
by A verified traveler
Excellent place to stay
Posted 28 Jan 2019 on HotelsExcellent owner. He helped me organise a bus ticket to cairo and tours. Rooms are nice and bjg
Comment from Hotel Management
1 Feb 2019 by Mohamed younis , Hotel Management
We thank you for your stay at our hotel and for your review. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. Looking forward to welcome you again!
by David
Helpful staff and convenient location
Posted 31 Mar 2017 on HotelsI really appreciated the staff of this hotel, who were extremely helpful. In particular, I want to thank Kareem for his help with arranging a tour for me to the antiquities and also for his patience and help on my final night when it looked as if I might have a problem with my flight back from Luxor and I had to make contact with an Egyptair office late at night. The restaurant staff were also friendly - and the food was delicious, with very generous portions. From the restaurant there is a nice view out over the Nile and it is only a short boat ride across the river to reach Karnak temple. I was also grateful for the very pleasant driver whom the hotel found for me, to take me to the Valley of the Kings and other places, and also to go back to the airport. He arrived very punctually and was willing to wait for me patiently if needed. In all, this was a great place to stay in Luxor because of the kindness and friendliness of the staff and their contacts.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Feb 2023 by Mohamed Younis, Hotel Management
Dear Valued Guest, Thank you for taking the time to post your review for El Mesala Hotel. We really appreciate each and every one of our guests and we believe as it is a family run hotel that all our guests should feel at home even when they are thousands of miles away. We hope to have the chance to have you again soon at El Mesala Hotel. Greeting from all of the hotel staff, Hotel Management
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from US
Great hotel! Location, clean, view, pool
Posted 16 Nov 2016
Pros: Location, cleanliness, the small swimming pool, refrigerator, balcony... It was a lovely hotel; one of the best of our trip.
Cons: Expedia's system. Our trip dates had changed and Expedia's system wouldn't allow us or the owner to adjust our trip details which caused a huge hassle
Location: West Bank has Valley of Kings-Queens-Nobles-Workers (ie tombs) so taxis are cheaper from there. Easy ferry to East Bank. Some nice small restaurants
This was a great hotel, one of the best of our Egypt trip. It overlooks the Nile and is located on Luxor's quieter west bank, just a short walk from the ferry to the east side. The West bank has the tombs and a few small restaurants; the East bank has temples, shops and traffic. El Mesala's owner was extremely helpful as we tried to figure out an affordable return to Cairo and one young man on staff there (named Islam?) stood out in Egypt by steadfastly refusing tips, saying all help provided was "his job". Room was clean, sunny and clean. It had a refrigerator and small balcony so was perfect for buying food and bringing it back for a quiet dinner watching the Nile. The included breakfast was very good and served in the rooftop restaurant. They have a lovely small swimming pool, perfect after a hot day of tomb visits.
Comment from Hotel Management
3 Feb 2023 by Mohamed Younis, Hotel Management
Dear Valued Guest, Thank you for taking the time to post your review for El Mesala Hotel. We really appreciate each and every one of our guests and we believe as it is a family run hotel that all our guests should feel at home even when they are thousands of miles away. We hope to have the chance to have you again soon at El Mesala Hotel. Greeting from all of the hotel staff, Hotel Management
by A verified traveler from Naila
Posted 24 Dec 2024
very good location. Wonderful, cozy, small hotel. Good, very friendly service. Recommended.
