Me and my partner stayed at this hostel couple of days and we would recommend to every body else the staff was very friendly!!

If you're not one of the cleanliness freaks and on a solo backpacking trip.. then maybe this place is a good stay. Only the location (a minute from Tahrir square) is a A++. Once you get into your room, the staff does not really exist. The single room I stayed in was huge and included a bathroom, which wasn't clean either. They had only a single electric charging point that the adapter kept falling off from. But the place is peaceful. The wi-fi was superbly fast even inside the rooms. The breakfast only contains 2 pcs of bread, a cheese cube, a jam cube, one boiled egg and a tea or coffee. For the money, maybe there are better places at Tahrir, but I just love the location and the wifi. Stay date - 5th Oct-7th Oct 2011.

Let me be clear with my title: don't get your hopes up that hotels and hostels are nice or clean when you're going to Cairo unless you're spending less than 150 dollars per night. I traveled with 9 friends and we made reservations for another hotel in which we stayed only one night. Then, we went to Canadian. This hostel was great. Room and mattress was great, breakfast was tasty and they even organized an inexpensive tour to Giza where we met the greatest tour guide and also my trip to the airport. Don't look around for a hostel, just go to this one. It was recommended to us by a friend and we didn't listen to him.

The only thing that pissed me off is that even tough there's an elevator in the building, people from the hostel can't use it. Thank goodness the hostel is on the first floor!!!

You have to pay to use their computers but WI FI is free.

The evening staff is very kind and helpful.
The day time staff is a different story. The skinny balding guy who smokes is not considerate and he will book your tours without confirming with you first. ....Don't let the soft voice fool you. He can be a real piece of work.

There were ROACHES in the bathrooms and in the bedrooms. They say there is breakfast. That amounts to a roll, two half boiled eggs, and a cup of tea. They also advertise, on the website, that they give city maps to their guests. Ask them for one. They will act like they don't know what you're talking about.