Dahab Hostel Reviews

Some confusion about payment so get a receipt to avoid trouble.

Can you please fix the doors to the showers/toilets so they close properly? Also, some of the shower heads do not work well anymore. Other than that the hostel is fabulous and good value. Thanks to all the wonderful staff as well.

We had a wonderful time at dahab hostel. The staff were definitely the best part of that place; welcoming, friendly, and helpful. The only constructive criticism we would give, is the Internet connection is only available around reception so sometimes there were a lot of people there and there wasn't much room for privacy. Also, our bums started to hurt after a while of sitting on the hard benches. Small price to pay for a great hostel though. We would recommend it to anyone. Thanks guys!

Stayed at Dahab Hostel for two weeks this time, always a pleasure. Centrally located, affordable, great staff. Very low key, can stay for one day or a month. Always meet interesting people, artists, photographers, musicians, journalists in comfy rooftop communal area. Great for alternative travelers and those who don't want an anonymous hotel where you never see anyone.

Basic & not clean, if you have to take small amount of money back...forget it... to big price for taxi i, better use it on airport then in n it's arrangement

a nice mix of travelers and those with similar aspirations

In my opinion it would be helpful if there were some cloth pegs on the wall.

This is a great place will be back!

Very good hostel! We stayed in Dahab hostel for 3 nights. We didn't have to wait for the pickupservice from Cairo airport.. The staff is very friendly en we booked a deserttrip with them for a reasonable price. The trip was organised very well. It was not a problem to leave our luggage at the lockerroom and we could use the shower before we went on the nighttrain to Aswan. There's free wifi and also washingservice. The rooftop is very nice to sit and relax after a hectic day in Cairo.

Great place for backpap : but not only, i've been surprised meet family with children and some others "over 50" years old. Roof top terrace is best place for meet people and share news. Share bathroom, toilets and terrace are regularly cleaned several time every day. Taxi wait for me at the airport more than 1 hour. Professional stuff, never hassle you for tourist stuff.

Fantastic location 3 minutes walk from Tahrir Square. On top of a 6 stock building - just like the people in the egyptian novel and movie "Jacobian's House". I LOVE it allthough the rooms are smaal and dirty.. If I come to cairo alone, I'll use Dahab Hostel again. If my girlfriend is with me next time in Cairo, I'll look for a hostel/hotel a little more clean :-)

The hostel is well located, offers good prices and has a very nice terrace on the roof. Rooms are small but clean and often confortable, because of the breeze on the top floor. The cook is funny, but most of the staff at the reception were unfriendly with me and many others, and recommended a pretty unrecommendable "guide" to some guests of the hostel, who surely took a hefty commission on a very expensive night out. If hostel is full there are 2 other in the same building.

Nice place and friendly & helpful staff! It would be nice if there were a few electricity sockets at the different seating areas. Now it is not possible to sit anywhere else but the reception area or in your room if electricity is required. Other than this, the place rocks!!

Basic, friendly and fun....with a bit of work to tidy things up it would an awesome place. Unfortunately though, lots of niggly little things distract from the experience- Most of the locks on the shower doors don't work, the rooms/beds/bedding is very basic etc.

It was dirty, bathrooms are terrible. Staff was trying to make jokes, but actually was sounding stupid. You have share whatever you eat with more than a dozen of cats surrounding you. There are better places with a the same price. Didnt worth!

Great atmosphere at this place; has a surprisingly verdant rooftop area which was a treasured oasis of calm after the hustle of Cairo's streets. Conditions are basic (e.g. showers were not hot), but not unsanitary. For the price in a capital city it really can not be beat.

I came several times in Dahab Hostel. It's a perfect place to stay for a short stay and meet people from everywhere in the world. The place is peaceful, you can sit outside and have your breakfast around plants and flowers (or a family of cats). If you want to travel around Cairo trips are organised (a good way to share a nice time, experience... the price). You can also have a driver when you come and leave that is a very good thing.

The rooftop is fantastic however there are many little things that could be easily fixed in under an hour that would make this place much better: none of the shared shower stalls close by themselves, the shower drains are clogged with hair and you are standing in fetid water as you shower, only one shower has a decent amount of water to take a shower, no trash cans in the bedrooms. The staff is friendly.

perfect location, perfect people! we enjoyed our residence and we`ll stay there again, when we visit cairo in the future!