Stayed at this hotel during December 2007 with me partner. Hotel is fairly new and clean. The place has a septic feel to it and is always shining. The girls that work there are very hard working and make sure your rooms are tidy and clean. Every morning they used to make fancy art work with the towels, very impressive. Anyway, the manager is not as polite as he will try to milk you out of your pockets once you request further stay for few hours, as this can happen depending on what time your flying. Don’t pay him a Penny; use the facility at the foyer to store your luggage. There is also a shower facility next to the luggage area, remember this is a facility provided for people who have a late flight but have to check out at 12pm. so do not feel shy and use the facility. On with the review, the hotel is located on a busy street AND I MEAN BUSYYYY!!!. ITS VERY NOISY AND LOUD, if you are a light sleeper ask for a room at the back or take ear pluggggggggsss!!!. There is a terrace restaurant, very expensive to eat in, don't bother. Lounge is a disappointment, very small and does not feel like a lounge, rather a waiting area. On the whole i would go again to this place as it suits the budget traveller and is clean. Anyway just like to say hi to Steve and Susanna from Derby and the lot from Liverpool. (Amo & Lila Oldham)

Hotel has a good location near the towns center. We had a nice view to the Luxor temple and Nile, over the near buildings (we were on the 6th floor).

Hotels location is also one of the minuses. It's right in the corner of Luxors busiest roads, so the noise of traffic is quite loud. Cars use their horns only to past the crossing. Also when we were there, they were tearing down the building next door. It didn't cause any extra noise but the volume of sand dust was huge (I couldn't use the balcony because of it).

I woke up few times to the sound of praying call from the near by mosque . But as there are mosques all over the town, you can't escape the sound in the area.

The staff is friendly but we didn't manage to get a safety box despite of their promises (the answer was always "perhaps in the afternoon" or "tomorrow").

The hotels dinner consisted of four courses, starting with warm soup, salad, warm main course and dessert. We got to dine free of charge because of the construction work next door. The food was okay, I liked the soup the best. The desserts were usually fruit (two bananas or oranges).

The breakfast was okay also. You could have toast, scramble eggs and some Egyptian specialties (we were afraid to taste, looked like meat sauce and smashed potatoes).

The pool area was small on the top floor. The pool was good although filled with cold water. You could get pool towels from the bar and I suggest you get them as the mattresses are quite dirty.

I can't say that the room was clean by the European standard, the fridge cover looked like it hadn't seen a cloth in months and also the tables. We didn't have hand towels or hairdryer. It was sometimes nice that the cleaner made figures out of the towels. But it wasn't so nice when the towels hadn't had the chance to dry after morning shower and the cleaner didn't change them. So, we had quite moist towels on our beds.

All in all the hotel was okay. I wouldn't recommend this for relaxation. It's a basic hotel for tourists on a tight budget.

We recently stayed for a week at the Emilo. The hotel is very cheap and you get a lot for your money. The rooms are small but very clean, and the bathroom was good.

Reception area was always very busy, lots of tour groups. The rooftop pool was nice with wonderful views over Luxor temple and the Nile. The breakfast is good.

Only real downside is the outside noise. The hotel is on what must be the busiest corner in Luxor with a very noisy bus stop right outside.

I have stayed in this hotel on many occasions and normally book direct, however it was cheaper this time to book via travel republic. On this stay though the manager demanded £10 in cash upon my arrival, firstly intimating that if I wanted a good room then I should make the extra payment, then when I questioned that he said that the payment was for a party that was to take place on the roof of the hotel, he was very insistant that the £10 was paid even though I didn't really want to attend the party, when I asked If I could have a safety deposit box for free he told me I could have one for half price at 5 egyptian pounds per day ,well the normal price I know is 5 egyptian pounds so he can be a little bit tricky to deal with. On the other hand I found all of the staff very friendly and helpful at all times, my room was cleaned every day, the food in the hotel is ok, but is very much more expensive than the restaurants nearby, the cost of drinks is very high, ie a large bottle of water is 2 or 3 egypt pounds outside of the hotel as against 10 egypt pounds from the hotel. One more point is when you arrive, if you have two bags, it seems a porter can only carry one bag, so you end up with two porters and as a consequence, have to pay two tips, the same thing will happen when you are leaving, you will find the porters and cleaners, become very attentive on the day you are due to leave, even hanging around outside your room!!!!

Please please do not use the horse carriages not only are they very dangerous but you will undoutably get ripped off by them, If you can't resist though, please make sure there are no more than three passangers and DON'T allow the driver to gallop the horse. If you need to see more reasons why you should not use the horse carriages search the web for Ace Egypt, and Awol Egypt.