The hotel is tucked up against the English Mountain, a black basalt escarpment nestling in its own mini oasis in the larger one of Bawaiti which itself is located in a geological depression in the desert which makes up the even larger Bahariya Oasis. Hot muddy iron rich springs feed the hotel that leads to a unique spa experience. The hotel owner Peter is a charming eccentric who has truly gone bush ,.German by birth he now has become Bedouin and seems to have assimilated into the local tribe. The hotel is clean but basic, the food wholesome and Peters Bar is well worth frequenting. The place is a great stop over for visiting the White Desert. I will be going back.

I spent New Year's Eve in this hotel with my 6 friends because we thought it would be better to sleep one night in a hotel in our 2-nights/3 days White desert tour, although after spending night in White desert I think we should have slept both nights in the desert because it's really special adventure. This hotel was chosen because it had better prices (cca 60$/double room) than Qasr El Bawity Hotel (which was our first choice) and it had good reviews. We had rooms around the hot spring - which was small but deep pool with red-couloured water (due to the high percentage of iron in it) but for us it was too cold for bath (although water was hot). Room was big enough and seemed clean but the bedding wasn't. What really disturbed us was realizing next morning that there is no water so we couldn't have shower or go to toilet and nobody bothered to tell us what happen or when can we expect to get water. I think it would be decent of them at least to charge us less for the rooms at this situation. On the bright side I can tell that Peter (one of the owners of the Hotel) seemed like a nice and friendly guy who tries to keep this hotel above Egypt standards but due to the surrounding and problems like the one we experienced this isn't easy job. This hotel is good choice as a sleeping place on your way to the desert (if you don't want to sleep in tents) but I couldn't see myself spending there few days for any other reason.

On recommendation from our Desert Tour company, we booked 1 night at this hotel (1x double and 1xtriple room). Both rooms were equipped with 3 single beds. The rooms were spacious with heaters and warm blankets, mosquito nets on the front door, bar fridge with decently priced beer and softdrinks, nice sized bathroom with small sized bath tub and shower head over bath tub.
We arrived at around 1:30pm to a refreshing welcome drink (Hibiscus juice) and a substantial and tasty lunch (which was pre-booked). The lunch was traditionally Egyptian with salad starters and local bread, main meals of battered fried fish with rice and veg, ending with a plate of bananas. Supper was an equally tasty beef curry with rice and veg. The buffet breakfast provided a decent selection of tasty treats including, local bread, beans, boiled eggs, pancakes, jams etc.
There is a pathway from the hotel up to Black Mountain which makes for a great sunset experience and it is free of charge! There are also decently priced rugs and trinkets for sale in the reception area.
The owner Peter is such a bubbly host and greeted us with the same zeal on arrival and departure! My only small complaint was a remark that he made about holding our luggage while we were camping in the desert (since we didnt book the desert tour with him). However, he did hold our luggage without additional charge. I thought this worked out well, especially since our stay at his hotel was based on the recommendation from our desert tour company.