I have never written a review for a hotel before but my experience with the Baron Hotel was so bad that I feel I really need to voice my opinion on this one.

First thing first: when I arrived at 1am in the morning the staff could not find my reservation even though I had already payed for the room. Mind I arrived 27h later than planned due to a flight cancellation. I had however notified them the day before via email about my late arrival, but apparently in this hotel nobody checks emails.

In the end I was luckily given a room. They "upgraded" me to stay in a suite. I do not know how bad a normal room would have been, but the suite was terrible. If I had not been so tired from the flight I would have asked for a change of room straight away.

Reasons?
The bathroom was filthy with muddy footprints on the floor, no towels (for 2 days), dirty bathtub and sink. The carpet? I have never seen one this dirty. I even found about a handful of these sharp metal staples on the floor which can actually be quiet dangerous if you step on them with bare feet. However I must say the floor was so dirty that I walked around in shoes all the time anyway.
The TV was still switched on when I first entered the room. Strange! Well, there was no proper TV reception anyway.

The next day I put the doorlock on the door because I wanted to sleep in. What can I say? The housekeeper actually managed to break the lock when they tried to force their way in.
The Wireless internet in the room did not work and when I asked about it at reception they told me I could use the internet in the lobby. But guess what? There the internet did not work either.
On my last day I found a cockroach in my room. I am aware that it is difficult to get rid of these little beasts, but I believe a bit of cleanliness would have helped.

I do not mind dated furniture and decor or a missing shower curtain, but in this hotel it feels as if the staff does not care about anything. Do not get me wrong! They were all very friendly but apparently they were just incompetent.

I could go on and on.
Only good things about this hotel are the quiet location, the view over the old palace and the proximity to the airport.

I would have expected all this from a budget hotel in Cairo but not from a 4 star hotel with this price tag.

Never again! Sorry!

I stayed as a transit passenger on a Egypt air flight. The hotel is beyond terrible. It's possibly the worst experience. Some points to note:

The rooms are extremely dirty. They have a nice LCD that only looks nice but the signal quality is very poor. The beds aren't real beds. They are actually portable beds that most hotels bring in as the spare bed. They are also not full size beds. The beds are twin size mattresses. The bathrooms have no soap or towels. Towels must be a luxury in this hotel since we had to ask about 6 times before a towel showed up. The tub was originally white but is now black since its not been cleaned. The bathroom also didn't have a shower curtain!!! Paint was peeling from several places, carpet was stained and windows were so dirty one couldn't see through them. All the electronics were unplugged. It had a fridge that you mostly see in dorms in the US. Ofcourse it was empty. Need I say more...

Finally when we went to the restaurant the waiter chased after us and told us that the section for the buffet was closed to us since we were transit passengers. They didn't ask if we would like to eat there or even shared the menu with us. Extremely rude and inconsiderate.

I have neve been so disappointed with a hotel. And more so with Egypt air that booked me in this hotel after I bought a 3k business class ticket.

I was for a one-night-transit in November 2011 in Cairo and Egypt Air ut me in the Baron. I have nothing to complain - room, food and service have been all right, but as I flew a couple of times with Egypt Air with overnight transits in the past I know, that there are better hotels (but I assume, they are also a bit more expensive).

Excellent service, and all the rooms have new big TV! and most of them also new paint