For a cheep hotel with some bad reviews we were pleasently surprised. Rooms were good (sheets were rough but clean). the little italian resterant had nice pizza and pasta at cheep prices. (cabonarra was poor though). Location was great. we had a good stay here and the laundry service was good as well.

We were booked to stay 1 night at the ISIS, through our tour guide. The hotel was dated and badly needed renovation to bring it upto to the 21st century - an example was the phone in the room was a "dial" phone, not a key touch phone!

The only good thing was the location - it was on the Nile and in the down town area, so easy access to shops and restaurants. However, our room was right at the back so it was noisy, with the road traffic.

Breakfast was reasonable, but nothing to write home about.

Hotel staff were ok and reasonably helpful.

I am surprised at all of the negative reviews about the Isis. We enjoyed it. We originally booked three nights in Aswan at the Sara Hotel, but after one night, we decided we could not stay at the Sara (for various reasons). Instead, we decided to try the Isis. It was a little more expensive, but they accepted credit cards (a rarity in Egypt!) and they seemed friendly, so we decided to go with it. We were early for check in, but they took our bags and told us where to go to eat or use the Internet or anything we needed. At the designated time, we were able to check in right away. The rooms are not fancy, but there is certainly nothing wrong with them. Our beds were comfortable and there were plenty of extra blankets. There was a bath tub, which is also a rarity in Egypt, so we enjoyed that. There is a lot of hustle in the souk, so it was great to come back to the Isis at relax by the Nile after a long day of shopping. The food was okay...not great, but we've had worse. The staff were all quite friendly. Hany, the man at the reception, took care of us the entire time we were there. They only had one night available, but he told us if we needed another, he's personally arrange to find another hotel. We elected to return to Luxor early, so this wasn't needed, but the thought was nice. He also arranged for us to have a driver at a very cheap price. The driver was a good man who didn't try to take us anywhere to buy things (a common practice in Egypt) and didn't ask for anything extra than the price Hany had fixed. While we were much happier to go to Luxor, we enjoyed our time at the Isis and I would recommend it to others.

We recently stayed at the hotel for one week. For the money we paid the hotel was very good value. It is very dated, but our room was large and clean with a nice area outside to sit and watch the sunset. All rooms are bungalow style.

The hotel is sited in an ideal position, right on the Nile and in the middle of town.

For us, the downside of the hotel was the restaurant service, which was terrible. The food was good, but we had to wait....