written by Garry Bain on 24/11/2005
Good Points
Friendly helpful staff, excellent Nile views, the Chinese restaurant.
Bad Points
Public areas very shabby, hotel badly needs the refurbishment promised in 2006.
General Comments
I wish that I'd believed the reviews that I had seen before going to Luxor. The Hilton Hotel public areas were very poor, there were holes in the corridor carpets which could easily have caused guests to trip over. Only one lift was working and during our stay that packed up as well, forcing us to use the fire escape to get to the restaurant. The pool area was very disappointing, sun loungers rusty, mats very grubby and during the water aerobic session a mains powered radio was plugged in and left within a foot of the pool side, luckily no one tripped over the cable and knocked it into the pool. Our room was adequate and had a great Nile view, we ate in most of the restaurants and the food was okay, best of the bunch was the Chinese which was very good.