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  • January 7, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by a traveler from Travelocity.com
If you like staying in old hotels with lots of one of a kind uniqueness and beauty then this is your hotel. Security is wonderful and the structure is beautiful. I understand there buildng a huge spa facility as well. Great size rooms. I had a pyramid view from my bed which was specatular. Located write at the base of the fabulous pyramids. Great Indian food restaurant and great concierge services.

Mena House

  • April 18, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Des1rees from Morrisville, North Carolina
Mena House was a great experience.

We got there at 2am, and just driving up there seeing the whole place artfully lighted, with the dark shape of the pyramid looming behind was an amazing view I will not forget in a hurry. Check in was prompt and they had assigned us three pyramid view rooms in the old part of the hotel.
Let me stress here, if the view is VERY important to you, then those rooms are ideal. The pyramid is almost right outside your window, almost like you can reach out and touch it. However the room itself is VERY old, and shabby - definitely not worth the $280 you are paying for it. We requested to see the renovated rooms which are situated in a different wing, and they are really nice - very modern, well furnished, the bathroom was beautiful - had an old world charm to it. The water pressure is not that great, but I liked the toiletries - different. They had bathrobes and slippers, and the room came with tea/coffee making facilities. The beds were firm and soft pillows and we slept very well.
You could get a view of the pyramid from the balcony and we were fine with it since the room was very nice.
The breakfast buffet was large and had a lot of variety. Loved the goat cheese, was very fresh. We also had dinner at the Mughal Room - would definitely recommend it if you like Indian food and have the time. The restaurant was full, however they could accommodate us since we were staying at the hotel, though two in our group had to go change since they were wearing shorts. The food and service was impeccable, the singer needed to retire - but it was a good dinner. The coffee shop was adequate, we had sandwiches there the day we arrived.
Would definitely recommend the Mena House for the atmosphere and the ambiance. We are glad we stayed there.

From journal Mena House - Dont Miss It

Mena House

The Mena House is right at the foot of the Pyramids, and a hotel experience that I highly recommend. The rooms are luxurious and very expensive, so we stayed in the Garden Room - which has a beautiful view of the Mena House gardens. The hotel is more like a palace with the beautiful artifacts and arched doorways. The most exquisite rugs adorn the floors to this hotel/palace. The staff are very experienced - offering superior treatment. This hotel was by far the most beautiful from all of my varied hotel stays throughout the whole of Egypt.

From journal Egypt - Ancient Wonders

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Mena House

  • August 24, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by kwasiak from Tucson, Arizona
Mena House

The Mena House Oberoi Hotel is literally across the street from the Pyramids of Giza. The hotel was originally built for the royal Mena family as a royal palace. Originally, it was within the limits of the Nile River flooding. Each year, the first floor of the palace would be flooded with the Nile River waters. Since the building of the Aswan dams, the Nile no longer floods and has changed its course.

Our room was on the second floor, near the rear of the grounds, but our view was towards the pyramids. Our room had a nice-sized porch where we could see the two tallest pyramids. At night, we could actually see part of the pyramid’s light show, which we never got the chance to go to.

The hotel had a large circular pool that was very refreshing to relax in after a day of touring in the humid heat of Cairo. There was also a giant chessboard by the pool to play with. I had fun playing with my dad and beating him as usual. At night, you could have dinner on the lawn by the pool and have a great view of the Great Pyramid lit up. At the restaurant, we had wonderful grilled meat and seafood.

From journal Discovering Ancient Memphis

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Mena House

  • July 25, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by mightywease from Carshalton, United Kingdom
Mena House

The Mena House Hotel was originally built in the mid-19th century, as a lodge for the Khedive Ismail, who used it during hunting expeditions or visits to the Pyramids at Giza. It entered private ownership in the 1880s and was converted into a hotel a few years later. Over the years it has played host to a number of distinguished visitors - during World War II, President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met there to discuss strategy. We'd heard that this was a fabulous hotel and we weren't disappointed! Firstly, the location is amazing - a leisurely stroll to the Great Pyramid will take all of 5 minutes. Indeed, the proximity to the pyramids can dominate your stay here. Whether at breakfast, lounging in the swimming pool or enjoying a pre-dinner drink in the bar, you may find yourself glancing over at the top of the Great Pyramid in a kind of "just making sure it’s still there" way! Even at night, when obscured by the darkness, you are aware of the pyramids’ almost sentient presence nearby. The decoration in the public rooms is quite opulent and the hotel has retained much of its original Oriental/Arabic style décor, including beautiful woodwork screens, brass fittings, tile and mirror work. The room we stayed, while retaining that oriental feel, was less highly decorated but comfortable, spacious, high-ceilinged and with a lovely, cool bathroom. Depending on the price, you can get rooms, or even suites (amazing, the size of a small flat!) overlooking the pyramids, and there is also a newer garden annex, without pyramid views. The hotel has a number of restaurants, including the Moghul Room (superb Indian cuisine), the Khan el Khalili Restaurant (a kind of a western-style brasserie), and the Oasis BBQ Grill, by the pool, which at night serves Lebanese and Egyptian starters then a mixture of freshly grilled meat and fish dishes. However, though the food was excellent, the menus didn't really include a lot of Egyptian cuisine, though you could have fuul beans, falafal and tahini for breakfast. On the negative side, the hotel is quite far from the centre of Cairo, so you are rather reliant on taxis to get around. You can book these through the hotel reception, though this does increase the cost, or flag one down on the road outside. It cost us between 30 and 45LE (about £2.70 to £4.00) to travel between the hotel and central Cairo, and the journey took between 20 to 30 minutes depending on traffic. It is an expensive place to stay, both in terms of room cost and food/drink prices, particularly by Cairo standards - a three-course meal in any of the restaurants will cost about £20.00 to £25.00 each. However, overall, I would say that the service and ambience makes it worthwhile. The hotel is luxurious with a relaxing atmosphere, excellent amenities and extremely friendly, helpful staff. If you want to treat yourself, I would definitely recommend it.

From journal Cairo - Ancient and Modern

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