Cosmopolitan hotel

3.0 star property
Central hotel with free breakfast connected to the convention center in Cairo

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Premium bedding, memory foam beds, minibar, cribs/infant beds
Reception
In the heart of Downtown Cairo, Cosmopolitan hotel offers a warm welcome with a breakfast buffet and hair salon. Enjoy convenient amenities like dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, concierge services, free self parking and in-room WiFi - all while being close to Tahrir Square and Egyptian Museum. Previous guests have praised the helpful staff.

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

Room options

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Deluxe Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Dining table
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Pillow menu
Memory foam bed
Premium bedding
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Single Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Dining table
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Pillow menu
Memory foam bed
Premium bedding
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Junior Studio Suite

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)

Highlights

Separate sitting area
Air conditioning
Heating
Dining table
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Pillow menu
Memory foam bed
  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed
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About the neighborhood

Map
002, Cairo Governorate, Cairo, 1 Shar'A Ibn Talaab, Off Shar'A Qasr Al-Nile City

What's nearby

  • Tahrir Square - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Egyptian Museum - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • American University of Cairo - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Khan el-Khalili - 2 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Cairo Tower - 3 min drive - 2.3 km

Getting around

  • Imbaba Station - 6 min drive
  • Mohamed Naguib Station - 7 min walk
  • Cairo Intl. Airport (CAI) - 32 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪CaiRoma - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sip - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Riche | ريش كافيه - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Zahret El Bostan | زهرة البستان - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Cosmopolitan hotel

Hotel near Tahrir Square
Egyptian Museum is located near Cosmopolitan hotel, which provides a free breakfast buffet, a hair salon, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • Free self parking
  • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), a vending machine, and concierge services
  • Tour/ticket assistance, ATM/banking services, and a 24-hour front desk
  • Guest reviews speak highly of the helpful staff
Room features
All 70 rooms have comforts such as 24-hour room service and premium bedding, in addition to thoughtful touches like pillow menus and air conditioning.
Other amenities include:
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding, memory foam beds, and cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
  • Rainfall showers, hair dryers, and shampoo
  • 43-inch flat-screen TVs with satellite channels
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee, electric kettles, and heating

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Family friendly

  • Crib (surcharge)
  • Dining table
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Crib (surcharge)
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Memory foam mattress
  • Pillow menu
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Dining table
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10.0 per day

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 15 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 3)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: USD 10 (one-way), (up to 12 years old)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10.0 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.0 per night
  • Water fee: USD 1 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Cosmopolitan hotel Hotel
Cosmopolitan hotel Cairo
Cosmopolitan hotel Hotel Cairo

Frequently asked questions

Is Cosmopolitan hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Cosmopolitan hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Cosmopolitan hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Cosmopolitan hotel?

Check-out is at noon.

Does Cosmopolitan hotel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle. A fee of USD 15 per vehicle applies.

Where is Cosmopolitan hotel located?

Located in Downtown Cairo, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Talaat Harb Street, Tahrir Square, and Egyptian Museum. Midan Talaat Harb and Royal Chariots Museum are also within 10 minutes. Mohamed Naguib Station is 7 minutes by foot and Sadat Station is 10 minutes.

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Cosmopolitan hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 122 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 41 out of 122 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 19 out of 122 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 122 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 122 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s close to everything
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was amazing from the staff to the hotel itself great location for Shopping and Hotel transport. Right Downtown not to far from Museum and other attractions
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

jerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I've stayed at the Cosmo before and it's a good location. It's an older hotel but well maintained. Lots of character. Barking dogs made sleeping difficult
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Sylvain

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Junior suite was recently fully refurbished and very clean

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at the Cosmopolitan work assiduously to provide the best service for their guests. The rooms are clean The breakfast buffet is excellent. The hotel is strategically located near the Egyptian Museum, the Nile River and the railway/subway metro. This hotel is a great value for the money and has an "old" school charm.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Very nice stay.

It was good overall. Just several of the staff, at the front door and restaurant were not friendly nor attentive. Rather they just were engrossed on their phones. Omar at the front desk was fantastic, really making us feel welcome and spoke very good English. Breakfast was very good, coffee decent and chef very nice. Oddly the others would just stand around chatting or on phones and offer no service. Bell boys were nice. Very nice sitting lounge.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a nice hotel- very clean safe and staff was wonderful Especially Kahlid who works security. They made me and my girlfriend so happy and comfortable. Certainly would come back if I was in Cairo.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Anar

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirty hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only neverive is that the hotel forgot to have us picked up at the airport. 5 hours later and $500 poorer and we arrived at the hotel. From that time on, the hotel was very nice. The housekeeping staff was excellent. The beds were comfortable and the location right in the downtown area. Very opulent looking lobby.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The receptionist allowed me to check in earlier. Very kind.

4/10 Poor

Ayman

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Despite of the location was perfect in the center of the city ,the hotel in general was disappointing,there was no water glasses on rooms on arrival، the bathroom door handles were loose,the place
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Hafiz Faisal

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
They should provide hair brush, iron qnd other basic things. The shower wasn't working either.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Shamim

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Sub Standard

The quality of the hotel rooms is significantly below standard. The buffet breakfast was satisfactory, but not impressive. Additionally, there was a noticeable damp smell emanating from the rooms, while the reception area was heavily filled with smoke. However, it is worth mentioning that the hotel is situated in a pleasant area. Despite the appealing pictures displayed on the website, considering the amount I paid, I would not choose to stay at this hotel again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Keith

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Area was not nice. Front desk were young guys that were unable/ difficult to help with attractions or transportation. Hotel is old and needs to be renovated. I used Uber, but they try to scam you. I used Viator for attractions. They pick up and drop you off at your hotel. I moved in the middle of my stay to Ritz Carlton… an expense that I did not plan for, but had to.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Samo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We chose this hotel based on excellent location in the heart of Cairo downtown. You can comfortably handle the whole downtown by foot, stores, restaurants, museum, etc. Area is typical Cairo-downtown and somewhat chaotic, but we found it safe day and night. Hotel has guards outside, no worries there. Hotel itself is comfortable, in interesting old style, clean with functional but somewhat small rooms. Especially unique is the elevator, a must see! It is a compromise between smaller and cheaper places (loud) in downtown that are perhaps more appropriate for younger visitors, and more upscale and expensive ones (mostly further away, you need taxi to get to center). As the idea was to explore Cairo and use hotel mostly for a good nights sleep, this turned out to be a good choice. Free buffet style breakfast is extensive, coffee not something to brag about. Room was clean and attended daily, bathroom renovated. Our room was reasonably quiet, except some dog barking. In Cairo hotels, outside noise during night is something that needs to be paid attention to as there are a lot of complaints from visitors from other hotels in downtown - but this hotel is located somehow a short stretch into a small street that is blocked by the hotel so it is not an issue. Shortly - we found this hotel to be a good choice if you are there to explore Cairo.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful old lift. Very friendly and helpful staff. Good and tasty food but limited menu. Helpings generally too big. No alcohol (not a problem but we were not made aware of this when we booked). Room not what I would call 'a luxury double': no chairs and fairly cold especially during the first 2 weeks. Shower flooded bathroom, but spread of water could be contained by judicious placement of towels on the floor. Very noisy at times. Sometimes other guests but also a lot of building work going on right by the hotel. Not the hotel's fault but something to be aware of. Area was a bit dirty (building work) and Cairo is very polluted. Traffic is appalling, constant and incredibly noisy with almost constant use of horns - again not hotel's fault but something to be aware of. No idea what happens to the huge number of plastic water bottles - hopefully recycled. Truly wonderful hot chocolate.
Stayed 27 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jo-an Berzabal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast buffet was great. Location was convenient. Staff are accomodating.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Malcolm

Breakfast was lousy
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Malcolm

Liked: Cleanliness
The breakfast buffet had terrible coffee and flavourless food. It also seems that many people don't know to close the doors on the older elevators, so it would not move to pick us up until a staff member went up and closed the doors
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Rune

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Falmet skjønnhet, mye for pengene.

Dette hotellet har nok vært veldig fint, men det er lenge siden. God beliggenhet nær Tahirplassen og Nasjonalmuseet. God frokost, men kaffen kan bli bedre. Utrolig kul heis, i seg selv verd et besøk. Dårlig rengjøring, endel av skitten virker inngrodd. Også mye støy. Verandadører kan ikke lukkes- alle lydene fra utsiden- og det er mye- går rett inn i rommet. Vi ble vekt klokken 05 hver dag av minaretene som kalte inn til bønn. Det kan også nevnes at hotellet er alkoholfritt, som vel har både gode og dårlige sider. Hyggelige og hjelpsomme ansatte.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Ammar

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
1 or 2 star, water chocked bathrooms
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Der Fahrstuhl in diesem Hotel vom Beginn des 20 Jahrhunderts ist fantastisch. Mitarbeiterinnen und Service ist über jeden Zweifel erhaben. Wer einen Ausflug nach Alexandria machen möchte, sollte sich unbedingt durch die Rezeption Said als Fahrer organisieren. Ein Unikat und wirklich toller Typ.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Karl ludvig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Rett ved egyptiske museet og handlegate

Hotellet preges av falmet storhet, men tilfredsstilte vårt behov og budsjett. Det hadde særpreg og resepsjonen var opplyste og imøtekommende. Beliggenheten svært god litt tilbaketrukket fra fin shoppinggate med mer støy. Gangavstand til Egyptiske museet.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

LEONARDO GIUSEPPE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Muito satisfatório

Funcionarios muito atenciosos, fizeram o possível para me acomodar de ultima hora para checkin antecipado em função de reserva mal sucedida em outro hotel. O Cosmopolitan é um hotel bem localizado com custo beneficio excelente, o que é raro no Cairo. Recomendo a todos.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed here for a number of days, the night with this Wotif booking and number of days with G Adventures, including booking extra days after, it being their base hotel for Cairo nights of Highlights of Egypt 14 day tour. The hotel is interesting in decor. You've got I'm guessing pith helmet era English, Spanish, French aristocrats portraits on the wall who I'm guessing explored ancient Egypt sites, otherwise odd choice in Egypt. Lift is interesting old era one. Rooms I experienced a few varied, some were better designed, especially the bathroom. But aircon works, showers are decent, beds comfortable. No pool or anything really to do other than sit on chairs in lobby or on floors near lift so just stay in your room as the hotel is a sort of safe sanctuary in this neighborhood. Area outside you get constantly hassled walking around, "where you from?" "Come see my shop," What you want to buy" "spend all your money here" or followed around wherever you go by people expecting money for doing so even though you've told them you want to walk by yourself. One guy even kicked me because I wouldn't give him any (I'd told him constantly "I'm being blunt with you I'm not giving you any money" He's like is okay I just walking with you but then wants money at the end, acting like he was my guide. Likewise places around area you buy food, credit card machine suddenly isn't working, the bill has extra items in there. Staff at Hotel Cosmopolitan though are great.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024