This hotel is absolutely recommendable! We stayed at king cairo hotel for more than a week in the beginning of August 2014.
Pos: We had a spacious triple room on the 7th floor with a great view of the political party al Wafds head quarter. The room was really clean and nice with comfortable beds and was cleaned everyday. The hotel is within 5-min walk from the metro station, supermarkets, restaurants, cinema etc. at Tahrir street and less than 10 minutes walk to the nile. The hotel is in a nice and safe area and is located close to mohandeeseen, Zamalek etc. where there are really nice cafes, restaurants, the cultural center al Sawy etc. The rooftop cafe was absolutely superb! The view from the cafe is amazing! The cafe serves alcohol, shisha as well as lovely food to great prices (much cheaper than going to cafes in Zamalek) and is open until 2 or 3 in the morning. It is absolutely the most perfect place to unwind after a trip around the city. The cafe and lobby has free wifi which worked all the time. The staff and service was beyond the best we ever had! The staff were really nice and helpful 24/7.
Cons: The only thing negative about the hotel is the breakfast. Eventhough we knew it was standard breakfast (boiled eggs, toast, jam, butter, kidney beans etc) it really was terrible. We only ate the breakfast twice. But the good thing is there are great cafees in the neighbourhood were you can get lovely breakfast at affordable prices.
There were both students, groups of friends, families, couples and single travellers staying at the hotel. If you are looking for a clean and safe place to stay where most things are within walking distance or 5-10 minutes away in a taxi or with the metro then you should deffinitely stay at King cairo hotel. We will definitely come back!