Madina Hostel

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The location is at city center nearby to Egyptian Museum. Plenty of amenities within 10 minutes walk. The famed Koshary Abu Tarek is within 6 minutes walk. The rooms are well maintained. There is a staff at the reception 24/7. Guests of all ages and nationalities can be accomodated. Suggestion for improvement: 1. The towels to be issued upon check-in and not upon request. 2. The lift need to be upgraded as I was ever caught inside when there is a power trip. And often the lift did not operate because the lift door was not closed properly. Understand that the lift is not manage by your hostel. Please request for it from the building owner as it is not acceptable. 3. Consider centralized air condition system. Anyone can turn off the air conditioner affecting others.

73 countries in 5 continents and had almost everything go wrong in this place. Some of it wasn't the hostels fault. Pros: (1) air con in the room is amazing. With the rising temperatures the room was kept cold; specially at night (2) When mistakes happened the owner went above and beyond to try to rectify it. (3) Location. You are downtown and a few blocks form the museum and restaurants. Cons: (1). I was trapped in the elevator after it broke. Not really their fault but this place has a sketchy elevator. I was able to be freed after a few min but the hostel is in the 10th floor so stairs is not something I want to do everytime. (2) Spotty to no internet. Internet stopped working on numerous days. Especially upstairs where the majority of the rooms are located. Ended up using my SIM card from the airport as primary use of data because even when it did work it was way too slow. (3) Lackluster tour information by staff. I arrived in Cairo and immediately wanted to see what the hostel provided. Numerous staff personnel failed to either care or give correct info on the tour. Miscommunication by night and day staff caused a massive fumble in plans to take the "historic Cairo" tour. I in turn cancelled all tours bought and requested a refund. Owner did follow up to apologize for their mistake, refunded my purchase and comped me some nights in the hostel. (4) Excessive amount of flies in the hostel. Don't take it as they are swarming but they are rather a nussaisance. If you're in the common areas you will be swatting one away every 10 seconds. Don't know if mosquito nets on windows are an option but it would definitely help (5) Light in my bed doesnt work. At my checkout the owner approached me and apologized again. I think this was a perfect storm of events. I loved Cairo and Egypt. I will be back in Egypt and will skip staying here.