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Steigenberger El Tahir Hotel, Cairo

Kasr El Nile, Cairo, Egypt. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“This sophisticated customer has been shaking up the Downtown hotel scene since it opened in early 2017. From the vast, modern minimalist lobby with casual bar to the spacious, contemporary styled rooms, the Steigenberger is a soothing oasis right in the heart of the city.”

Fodors review:

“The efficient staff is eager to please at this hotel, which sits on a corner across from the Egyptian Museum. Street noise in this busy location is an issue, but it’s a small price to pay in exchange for the great location, service, and overall value for money.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Steigenberger El Tahir Hotel, Cairo. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.5 out of 5.0

Ranked 2nd in Cairo

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What guests liked

All you need to know

The Steigenberger El Tahrir is one of the best-located eco-friendly hotels in Cairo. Its central location at Tahrir Square provides guests easy and quick access to the Egyptian Museum, El Khalili Bazaar, various restaurants, and shopping centers.

The strategic location makes it one of the ideal spots to host large travel groups for maximum efficiency.

The hotel has a practical and modern decor style perfect for hosting business meetings and social events for international guests. It also supports various accommodation options for small and large families with children. However, pets aren’t allowed.

Amenities and facilities available at the hotel include one fine dining restaurant, two bars, six conference rooms, a swimming pool, a gym, a sauna, a gift shop, and more. It also provides disabled access rooms and toilets and a doctor on-call 24/7.

The Steigenberger El Tahrir follows the Travel Sustainable program for sustainable hotels and has an ETIC Silver Certification.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

5.0
Shama

21 September 2025

Great location with amazing views

Location was great. View from hotel was a bonus.

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4.5
Aoife

20 September 2025

Fabulous

Excellent breakfast - so much variety. It was fabulous. Comfortable bed, great bathroom facilities & nice pool area.

The doorman was quite abrupt and rude. The staff were overall fabulous, so our interaction with him when leaving left a sour note

4.0
Robin

20 September 2025

Good central location near the museum.

Dinner was excellent. Every dish was very good. Great value for money.

4.5
Ruth

19 September 2025

Fabulous

The location was fabulous, the staff were great and

We asked about getting a taxi and were told it would be $27 to Khan el Khalili. I then tried again the following evening and no one could help

5.0
Paul

19 September 2025

Very enjoyable Stay. Will make this property my hotel of choice when I return to Cairo.

Very friendly and efficient staff. Assisted me with my transfers.

More variety of fresh cut fruit for breakfast would be nice.

4.0
Aditya

18 September 2025

Lovely location and stay

I appreciated the early check in and 2 hours extended check out which made it easier for my schedule in Cairo.

NA

5.0
Eryn

17 September 2025

Great! Would stay again

Felt incredibly safe on the grounds.

Honking throughout the night from road hut expected in a city like Cairo

5.0
Nicole

16 September 2025

Pleasant experience

New and tidy facilities. Great buffet

Nothing

4.5
Wanda

16 September 2025

Great value in the middle of downtown Cairo

The service at the Steigenberger was exceptional. The room service was timely and the food was delicious.

I had a small problem with my sink that was fixed quickly.

5.0
Sherry

14 September 2025

Exceptional

Everything Is perfect. Highly recommend Clean ,good location and good services

4.0
Claire

13 September 2025

A comfortable and convenient place to be based from to visit all the sights.

A good hotel in the heart of downtown Cairo with a small swimming pool, spa and gym.

Traffic noise was constant until the early hours of the morning.

5.0
Hugoc28

12 September 2025

Exceptional

Hotel has good location and amenities, the rooms are big and beautiful, the hotel staff is really kind and collaborative.

5.0
Bishoy

12 September 2025

Exceptional

The staff were friendly and attentive. All requests were addressed in a timely manner.

4.0
Yasmeen

11 September 2025

Very good

Location was good

Although check in was at 14:00 ,we had to wait until 15.30 for our room.

4.5
Saeed

11 September 2025

The location is perfect, and the staff was friendly and incredibly respectful

Location and staff

5.0
Nicole

11 September 2025

We would stay here again. Very good experience.

Amazing breakfast. Very clean, rooms well appointed.

4.5
Hesham

10 September 2025

Amazing

The breakfast was great

No dental kit in bathroom

4.5
Carmen

10 September 2025

Comfortable and safe

Comfortable stay and we felt safe there. There are also ATMs which are helpful.

5.0
Leanza

10 September 2025

Amazing hotel

The staff are very accommodating, the breakfast is amazing, and the hotel is clean.

5.0
Mousa

9 September 2025

Exceptional

The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, always ready to assist with a smile

4.5
Katarzyna

9 September 2025

Fabulous

The hotel staff was taking care of every detail - even e.g. once waiting for the taxi, they were checking if the driver is trustworthy. The breakfast buffet was very fresh and containing both - local and European food. Room was clean and modern.

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5.0
Mzimasi

9 September 2025

Great

Facilities are good and food is great . great hospitality

5.0
Kaptan

8 September 2025

Clean and welcoming

The room was clean and smelt amazing.staff was attentive and helpful.ammenities were great and bed was very comfortable.

The room service came with additional charges that were extremely high and unneccessary

5.0
Babak

7 September 2025

Exceptional

Everything. Location, customer service, quality of room, the gym, the pool.

Nothing

5.0
Mohamed

7 September 2025

The staff make you feel like royalty, the breakfast is absolutely amazing and location is awesome because it’s very easy

Location for evening shopping two or three blocks away. Easy to get Uber and the breakfast was really awesome.

Everything was great

4.5
Ammar

6 September 2025

Perfect place and amazing staff

Perfect

All were very good

5.0
Baibo

6 September 2025

Perfect

Great experience, staffs are nice here

4.0
Abdullah

5 September 2025

Clean and comfy , close to major tourist attractions

Within proximity to some major tourist attractions, clean and neat , easy check in , the breakfast buffet was excellent but overpriced

The swimming pool area is small unlike the shown pictures, the gym is also small relying mostly on some old treadmills and one multi gym machine.

5.0
Michelle

5 September 2025

Exceptional

All of it

4.5
Rizwana

4 September 2025

Enjoyed my stay. Will come back and certainly recommend the hotels to colleagues and friends.

Central location. Very functional for business trips. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Clean room with a necessary amenities.

N/a

4.0
Sand

3 September 2025

Very good

Satisfied

4.0
India

31 August 2025

Clean, friendly staff, great facilities

Clean, friendly staff, great facilities, would stay again

4.5
Luz

31 August 2025

Really pleasant stay, good facilities, very clean and fantastic breakfast. Also close to the Egyptian museum

Staff, cleanliness, breakfast, swimming pool and gym. Excellent location

The late check in was expensive I found, the taxi reservation was very expensive

5.0
Bassam

31 August 2025

Exceptional

Everything super service

5.0
Manal

30 August 2025

My experience at the hotel was excellent.

What stood out most was the professional and family-oriented care provided by the staff. The atmosphere felt welcoming and safe for families. The location in the middle of Cairo was excellent, making it convenient for moving around the city. The hotel itself was very clean and well maintained. Special thanks go to Farida, who was professional, attentive, and showed genuine care during our stay, and to Reham for her attention to every detail and her valuable feedback regarding the food and beverage service to our room.

Non

5.0
Jakob

28 August 2025

A Perfect Stay for Our Honeymoon

We stayed here during our honeymoon, and it was an absolutely perfect experience. The staff truly made our stay special. When the wonderful woman at the reception found out we were on our honeymoon, she arranged a lovely wedding cake and a room upgrade for us, which was such a kind and thoughtful surprise. All the staff members were incredibly friendly and helpful, always ready with great recommendations for places to eat in the area. The hotel itself is in a great, central location in a safe and secure part of Cairo. The breakfast buffet was phenomenal, offering a huge variety of delicious options, and the staff were very attentive, constantly refilling our water, tea, and coffee. We also enjoyed the small pool, which was a nice place to relax and never felt overcrowded. We couldn't have asked for a better place to stay and have absolutely nothing to complain about. Highly recommended

A bit expensive compared to everything else in Cairo but also very fancy so it's fair

5.0
Axel

26 August 2025

Exceptional

Staff was super friendly and even gifted us a cake for our honeymoon. Didn't have time to dive in the pool but wished we had. The gym has all the necessary equipment and the hotel is quite central on Tahrir Square.

5.0
Axel

26 August 2025

Exceptional

Staff was super friendly and even gifted us a cake for our honeymoon. Didn't have time to dive in the pool but wished we had. The gym has all the necessary equipment and the hotel is quite central, on Tahrir Square.

4.5
Rami

26 August 2025

Clean beautiful hotel

Clean, kind and professional people

4.5
Mouath

25 August 2025

Good recommendations

Services

Location

5.0
Mohamed

25 August 2025

Exceptional

Great location recommend it

4.5
Hassan

24 August 2025

Great hotel that needs some small touches

Location was great,staff very hospitable and professional,breakfast was amazing

I had in my bathroom animal smell that wont go away even though house keeping try to spray air freshener, but sheet i think wash washed more than it should , and its time to purchase new sets.

4.5
Onur

23 August 2025

Best place to stay in Cairo City center with king breakfast

Kind and helpful staff and delicious breakfast 😋 So close to the Cairo Museum

There is almost nothing everything was fine

5.0
Sarah

22 August 2025

Exceptional

Everything

Nothing

5.0
İsmail

22 August 2025

Exceptional

The hotel is clean, decent, and comfortable. The room size is sufficient, and the reception staff was excellent. We didn’t have breakfast, so I can’t comment on that. We’d like to send our greetings and love to the person who cleaned our room every day during our 5-day stay, even though we never got to meet them. Every day, we returned to a spotless and sparkling room. Also, thank you to the person who brought apples to our room each day. If I come to Cairo again, I will definitely stay at this hotel. her

Nothing

4.5
Alessandra

19 August 2025

Fabulous

Very kind staff, Eslam was very available and helpful! Rooms clean and excellent position

5.0
Jose

19 August 2025

Exceptional

The facilities, the attention,

The rate of the hotel’s taxi going to the airport is very expensive. In uber was around $12 dollars but the hotel charge was 88 euros. It was not fair according to the market

5.0
Andrea

18 August 2025

Excellent

Excellent breakfast, superclean, friendly staff. Safe area

4.5
Ahmed

18 August 2025

Fabulous

The view is not much good as there is a very close building to the room window

5.0
Hattan

17 August 2025

All and all great

Great

Rihanna from front desk always checks on customers

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Breakfast in the room
  • - Snack bar
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
  • - Fruits (additional charge)
  • - Coffee house on site

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Lift
  • - Soundproof rooms
  • - Heating
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - Business centre (additional charge)

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Tour desk
  • - Luggage storage
  • - ATM/cash machine on site
  • - Invoice provided

Activities

  • - Sauna
  • - Fitness centre
  • - Massage (additional charge)
  • - Evening entertainment
  • - Spa/wellness packages
  • - Back massage
  • - Neck massage
  • - Foot massage
  • - Head massage
  • - Hand massage
  • - Full body massage
  • - Fitness
  • - Fitness/spa locker rooms
  • - Live music/performance

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Ironing service (additional charge)
  • - Trouser press (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Outdoors

  • - Outdoor pool
  • - Outdoor pool (all year)

Parking

  • - Parking garage
  • - Accessible parking

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible
  • - Toilet with grab rails
  • - Higher level toilet
  • - Lower bathroom sink

Pool and wellness

  • - Heated pool
  • - Pool bar
  • - Sun loungers or beach chairs
  • - Sun umbrellas
  • - Swimming pool
  • - Swimming pool

Miscellaneous

  • - 24-hour security
  • - Key access
  • - Key card access
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
  • - Access to health care professionals
  • - Thermometers for guests provided by property
  • - Face masks for guests available
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