Victory Downtown Boutique Hotel

Walkable to market places

You are not staying here because it’s a five star hotel. You are staying here because it’s cheap. On the outside looks super sketchy (see picture) and you get inside and the the hotel is on the 4th floor and you don’t feel super confident in the elevator but it works. Once you get to the fourth floor and the reception desk you finally feel ok, it’s a cute place. It’s no longer “omg I’m going to die here.” They still use old keys here for the rooms but that didn’t bother me. Never thought my stuff would get stolen. The rooms are actually on the fifth floor and the room next to reception is where you have breakfast. I stayed in a triple with my sister. There was a double bed and a single. I decided to upgrade because there would be more space to move. The mattresses are hard as rock and only made up with sheets. We thought there was no blankets but we also didn’t look bc we didn’t really need them (the blankets were in the closet). The AC worked and we were comfortable. Breakfast is a plastic wrapped plate with a hard boiled egg, couple slices of bread, butter, jam, cream cheese. Not bad, I ate all of it. They have tea and coffee as well. They have a water bubbler that you can use to fill up your water bottle. My sister said it tasted weird but I thought it was fine. Overall, you can sleep easy enough you won’t get murdered or robbed but the noise from the car horns in the street might keep you up. It has the bare essentials.

I had two days left of an extended business trip and wanted to stay in the heart of old Cairo. This hotel is on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of an old apartment building just off Opera Square where the fast paced modern shopping district meets the busy market street leading up to the Khan-el-Khalil. It is also easy to reach on the excellent metro (at Attaba station). Rooms are good sized, with high ceilings. My bed was very comfortable and the modern a/c was very efficient. The staff could not have been more helpful and friendly. The breakfast room on the 4th floor is bright and airy and although I'm not a breakfast person what was available did the job nicely. The old style lift was a bit nerve wracking for me, but has recently been renewed with a new enclosed cabin, so do not be concerned.

Good location no safe very good staff