Staff here were super friendly, helping us with dinner reservations, calling cabs, breaking large bills, and the free airport pickup.

The room was large with AC, TV and a clean bathroom. No issues with hot water and the breakfast was really decent. Would stay here again.

I chose this hotel for my first night in Cairo because they offered a free airport pick up service and I didn´t want to deal with taxi hassle. There was a man waiting for me when I entered arrivals. he spoke great English and was very chatty, pointing out all the sights of the city as we drove past them. The room was large and clean with functioning A.C. The bathroom was fairly average and a bit gloomy but for the price I wasn´t expecting luxury. I didn´t find it very noisy from the street at night although I couldn´t sleep because the A.C made the room very cold and it was quite loud. Breakfast wasn´t particularly pleasant, the bread was solid but the yoghurt was fairly standard.
Location wise, I think you can do a lot better. It´s in Mohandiseen which, while being a nice area, isn´t a particularly interesting or vibrant one and in future i would probably choose somewhere Down Town or in Zamalek. For the price though it´s a good middle of the range option.

We stayed at this hotel on two seperate occassions on our trip.

The first time was for one night only after arriving into Cairo, we stayed in one of the slightly smaller rooms in the hotel at this point. The room was basic but very clean and we had a comfortable night's sleep.

The second time we stayed we were there for 3 nights and had one of the slightly larger rooms overlooking Syria Street, where we were entertained by the hustle and bustle outside. Again, this room was basic but spotless.

The staff at the hotel were very pleasant and extremely helpful.

There is not a great deal of ameneties in the hotel which is the norm. in hotels of this star rating. However, the bar was well stocked with Egyptian Stella and prices were very reasonable, room service was excellent with some very tasty food and breakfast was the usual beffet style with choices such as foul, chicken or beef sausages, eggs etc.

Internet is also available at a small charge.

I would recommend this hotel for a Cairo stop off.

I stayed in the Havana Hotel back in October 2010 but never got around to reviewing it until now.

I enjoyed my stay. The staff (especially the cleaners!) are really lovely and helpful. They carried my heavy bags up the stairs for me and showed me how to use the airconditioner, TV etc. There is a metal detector on the door and I felt very safe their as an 18yo girl travelling alone.

The fridge had lots of reasonably priced snacks - do yourself a favour and eat a few of the $1 AUD chocolate bars! The aircon even in the stifling Cairo heat was really effective, I was almost chilly at times. The room was very clean, TV was quite large and worked well etc. I was upgraded to a family room (no idea why as I was traveling alone) and it was huge. It was noisy but so is everywhere in Cairo!

The location is good, easy walking distance to a pharmacy, grocery store and snack shop. But please BE WARNED, Cairo traffic is INSANE and though it is only 15km from the airport it took me OVER TWO HOURS to get there. I was literally 30 seconds from missing my plane and I'm one of those people who usually leaves hours at airports! Please book way, way more time then you think you need because the traffic is unbelievable and the taxis are unreliable in what time they come to pick you up.