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Didn’t actually get to stay at the hotel I’d booked and paid for. Arrived there to be told I was staying somewhere else. Marched over the road with my luggage to a completely different hotel. Was never told why. Do NOT use this hotel!!! Totally dodgy and totally unreliable!!!!

I was surprised this hotel received such high reviews. The service was onerous. When I arrived late at night after a long trip I was accosted with attempts to arrange tours. A hotel should be a place to be at peace from the hustle and bustle of Cairo. The night desk person was also basically rude. Confronting me once about being 5 minutes late for a tour I did schedule with them. And breakfast was pathetic. Two pitas with two pieces of processed cheese.

The Square Boutique was just as pictured. The rooms well appointed and clean. The staff are friendly and helpful. We loved the balcony overlooking the square, and yes, it was noisy as mentioned. Cairo is just a noisy place! However, when we shut the door and curtains, noise was muffled considerably. We slept very well. We loved the Square Boutique. However, we just had one wrinkle. Seems they may have overbooked the room for which we reserved and prepaid. On arrival we were told we would be in their "other" building and, when we walked over, found an entirely different hotel. They were "outsourcing" us to a lesser property. So we refused the room and insisted our pre-paid reservation was at the "Square Boutique". Luckily, the Square Boutique was able to accommodate us in a bigger room, but we were told we would have to switch the next day. Turns out we never had to switch rooms and got to enjoy the bigger room, though we had to pack our bags each day not knowing if we were switching rooms or not! So, Square Boutique has a great product: very clean rooms, nice daily breakfast and good location downtown, but needs to better manage it's reservations. They should have offered us the bigger room instead of trying to outsource us. But, that being said, even though we pushed back, the desk staff remained just as friendly and helpful during our stay. I give them lots of credit for their kindness!

Pretty good place overall, can’t beat the location. Friendly staff too, pretty clean for Cairo. They actually bumped me to their sister hotel the capitol hotel but it was literally right next door so no problem. Good hotel for the price no real complaints.

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