Stayed here Nov 2006. Nice clean little Hotel in the heart of the city. Staff wonderful, first few days, we just had basic breakfast, then learned we could order cooked breakfast. Dont be afraid to ask. Swimming pool, top floor where you can order brunch, try the FRESH juices.Outside its quite noisy as this is where the horse/carriage and taxi ranks are. Convenient. local markets and banks walking distance.
Overall, a good stay.

When we got there we were put in a tiny box room but we were moved to a much nicer room within half an hour.
Rooms are cleaned every day. Breakfast was included but if you can't get up in time they will bring it to your room.
Very centrally located for everything.
The waiters round the pool were very slack in bringing your change to you. Always said they didn't have any change on them so make sure you get it.
Overall, service was great although sometimes a little bit over familiar

I had read other reviews of The Philippe AFTER I'd booked it and was expecting the worst - but I was so pleased I stayed there. The hotel was spotless, the staff are the nicest people I've ever met and I enjoyed my stay with them so much, I'm going back for 2 weeks next year!
The only suggestions I made to the Hotel in their customer satisfaction questionaire was to offer buffet style meals with a wider selection of food for breakfast and dinner for half board customers. But the food we did get was absolutely fine and plenty of it - breakfast was a basket of small bread rolls, 2 croissants, a sticky bun, a hard boiled egg, cheese triangle, butter, jam, honey, toast, omelette/scrambled/fried eggs with optional tomato and cheese, fruit juice and as much tea or coffee or both you could drink - that's per person!
Dinner was another basket of bread rolls, butter and soup. Then a large plate of salad - all perfectly clean and edible - don't believe the hype about dodgy salads etc. at least not in this hotel! After the soup and salad is a main course which, like the soup and salad, was different every night. It usually consisted of saffron rice, french fries, vegetables, meat or fish. All well cooked, hot and tasty! To follow was desert which was anything from jelly to traditional Egyptian cake. All delicious and such big meals, I didn't bother with lunch. But if you do get peckish and are chilling out by the lovely pool on the roof, there is a menu full of tasty meals to choose from - the cheese burger and chips was my favourite! The pool is really cold - made more so by the very hot weather we had, but it was very refreshing! It ended up being a bit of a standing joke with all the guests and we'd applaud anyone who did brave it in for a swim! I managed it twice! A woman of about 70 swam everyday so it can't be that bad! As for the waiters - they were so sweet and friendly! If Akram wasn't smiling, the sun didn't shine! Ahmet invited us to his cousin's wedding, Ereem & Michael on the front desk were always up for a laugh!
Staying at the Philippe made my holiday - I upgraded to a Nile view room which was fantastic but next time I won't bother - it's the people and the warm welcome you get that matters more.
I would highly recommend this hotel - I got all this for £88 for 7 nights! I mean, I wouldn't get 2 nights B&B in England for that! Go to Luxor and enjoy your stay at Philippe!

After reading Trip Advisor we changed our original booking to the Phillippe. And we are glad we did. It really suited us – we didn’t want international glitz or discos but comfort and convenience.
It is situated just off the Corniche, between Luxor museum and Luxor Temple. It is a short stroll to the river, museum, ferry and temple; one minute, past a cash machine, to catch a minibus to Karnak; or hire a horse and carriage or taxi from the rank in the street outside to get to hotel row south of town.

The place is clean, the bathrooms work, the beds are comfortable, the 3 layers of curtains effective. However we had booked a “superior” room, but its window looked onto a light well. We paid 10 US dollars extra a night to move rooms to have “a Nile view”. Probably over the odds but worth it. We got a tiny balcony, overlooking the street, and yes, we could see the Nile, but much more fun, we could watch the street life below. Slightly noisier, woken to horses clip-clopping by and the muezzin calling, but authentic Egyptian. Recommended!