This chic hotel is located close to the airport and is about 30-45 minutes to most of the attractions. The design is quite modern (in Egyptian standard) and it's likely that you won't even notice you are actually in an ancient city like Cairo if you don't look out the window. The bedroom and small living room are all comfortably designed, though there are minor glitches in the toilet but nothing major to complain about.
We have arrived with a large group and were already warned by the group leader that despite the above average "hardware", the "software" (service, management etc.) always seem to be lacking. For example, she told us that she stayed at this hotel on numerous occasions and each time, at least 10-20% of the people from her group had problems with the key card. Lo and behold, when I took the elevator up, I needed to rush down immediately to get a new set of key cards that actually worked. Other services such as the reception, breakfast counter etc. were also fairly slow and did not look like the staff cared too much at all. I waited 15-20 minutes for my egg during breakfast (there were only 3-4 people in front of me.) and had to eventually give up in order to catch my bus.
It's worth noting that just around the corner of the hotel (turn left once you head out the hotel entrance), there's an alley on the left with some small restaurants and convenience stores. If you happen to have some free time at night, do check them out and maybe, just maybe you will be rewarded for your effort. We bought some nice local produce like black honey for souvenirs there and found them to be fairly good bargain. The fruits we got there also looked fresh from the local farms and for what they were charging us, the quality was not bad at all.
Rating: ❤❤❤
Price: $$$
Address: Abdel Hamid Badawi, St Heliopolis, Cairo Governorate 11787, Egypt
Tel: +20 2 2696-5656
Website: www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-cairoheliopolis
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