An Oasis in Eygpt (St. Joseph Hotel Luxor)

Member Name: fluffy123

Product:	St. Joseph Hotel Luxor
Date:	20/08/02 (1039 review reads)
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Advantages: Well Run, Clean, Friendly

Disadvantages: na

The St Joesph hotel is a 3 star hotel and is classed as mid-budget range.

The hotel has 2 bars one on the roof which, where the pool is, and also where snacks can be purchased the roof bar also has quite a good menu with everything from chips to spaghetti bolognase. The other is the cocktail bar in the basement which has two happy hours one earlier in the evening and the other later. Both bars serve alcoholic and non alcoholic cocktails my personal fave was the non alcoholic Cinderella..

There are 2 restaurants the one on the roof and the al la carte restaurant on the ground floor, the al la carte is perhaps the better choice of the two for your evening meal.
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The food is excellent at both the restaurants with a wide varied choice on the menu, have to say though the spaghetti bolognase is delicious, definitely one of my favs. You tend to find that the snack bar on the roof is busier as it does snacks, burgers etc.

The jewellery shop although dingy looking is really exceptional value, one thing to remember about buying jewellery in Egypt is that the price is based on the weight of the gold or silver and also on the craftsmanship. Genuine gold and silver has an assay mark, to be honest you are better off buying the jewellery from the hotel shops as they are less likely to sell you fake gold/silver which does happen a lot in the shops outside the hotels where they think nothing of selling silver plate as silver.

The gift shop had a wide range of gifts for sale and if you ask nicely the bloke who runs it will post your postcards for you and yes they do arrive where intended we were sceptical at first but were proved wrong. The item we found the best value which the gift shop sells and also makes a unique gift and souvenir were the papyrus the charge was roughly 5 eygptian pounds for a small one to over 100 for a really really big one, also unlike when purchasing outside the hotel you can be sold banana ski
n as opposed to genuine papyrus. I found that the hotel shops were also better value.

The room we were in was quite large, and had a balcony, ensuite toilet/bath/shower , t.v. and it was cleaned daily to a very high standard. The room also had air conditioning which in Eygpt is a must. The hotel staff were really friendly and helpful. While there my mum got bit by a mossie which became infected our room porter burst the bite and cleaned it for her something which I think goes beyond the call of duty.

Although not as posh looking as some of the other hotels if you are looking for a friendly well run hotel, this is the one to go for.

If there is any additional info you need to know please leave a message, unfortunately I am unable to comment on price as this was part of a package deal we booked through Cosmo's.

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