The best restaurants Egypt

For a change from fish, you won't be disappointed by his skewers. If you want to sit down to dinner, this is a great address. Besides, they don't just eat chicken. The restaurant offers a wide choice of good quality and fresh meats, the dishes are accompanied by rice, soups, salads and vegetables! It is an address that is very popular with Dahab residents and the atmosphere is very friendly. In the evening, it is necessary to wait for a table to become available, so it is recommended to make a reservation. Very good value for money.

Many Russian tourists have fallen in love with the Red Sea by coming here every winter. The owner of the Red Cat had the excellent idea to open his Russian restaurant here, where he occasionally allows himself sushi menus or Georgian cuisine. The menus are very diverse. The cooks want to satisfy vegans and vegetarians as well as meat and fish lovers. Offers very healthy and low-fat dishes. The restaurant also offers fresh juices and homemade desserts. Wi-fi connection available. To be recommended.

If you've only got one meal to eat in Port Said, the Borg is the place to go. This fish restaurant is renowned for its exceptional finesse. Start with the fish soup, enriched with pieces of crab and dates. Then ask for a cicada de mer, a smaller version of a crayfish, to be baked with oil and lemon. A few plump king prawns and you're all set. All this will be accompanied by a host of exquisite mezze, and often the owner will offer you a fish amuse-bouche.

Set high above Lake Nasser, this restaurant is an ideal stop-off point after a visit to the Temple of Isis. Facing the landing stage and the dam, with the muezzin playing in the background, you can enjoy the Nubian ambience: whitewashed walls and brightly colored drawings. Ask for the lowest tables with a direct view of the lake. The food is fine, based around fish and chicken and enhanced by fragrant vegetables. The owners also have an adjoining guest-house, itself on this wonderful site. We recommend it!

At Oldish, you can enjoy Egyptian specialties just a stone's throw from Tahrir Square, in a really pleasant setting. Melokhia, moussaka or hawawshi... the great classics of Egyptian and regional cuisine are tastefully prepared. Desserts are not to be outdone either. You'll have a particularly pleasant time in the small courtyard set around a huge palm tree with its pretty brick walls. Oldish offers a peaceful atmosphere in the heart of a busy street. Unique in the neighborhood! We recommend it.

Just a stone's throw from Tahir Square, this small fast-food Lebanese restaurant is a favorite with Cairoites. You can eat in or take away in the small room upstairs, but you'll probably have to wait at least 10 or 15 minutes, as the place is so busy. Here you can enjoy chawarma and other kebabs, in a simple but clean and flavorful kitchen. It's a friendly, family atmosphere, an opportunity to eat on the go like the locals, without any hygiene risks. We recommend it!

A beautiful address in the moonlight on this boat moored on the banks of the Nile. The bluish decoration of the halogen lamps camouflages to the guests the lights of the city that surrounds them. With the swaying tunes of the house DJ, the meals are very pleasant with a menu that offers many Japanese specialties and especially raw fish. The service is attentive but if you are not known to the staff, they will tend to place you anywhere. Do not hesitate to protest and ask for the free table you like.

If you feel like an overdose of tahini and keftas, no hesitation: this high-flying table serves excellent Japanese creations. It is certainly the best Japanese restaurant in town, everything is fresh and made according to the rules of the art: sushi, maki, yakitoris, gyosas? The chef signs specialities of curries and rolls absolutely amazing. So as not to spoil anything during the meal: the room arranged around an aquarium is very pleasant and the service adorable.

This gourmet restaurant offers an extraordinary view of the city of Cairo. From the ^42nd floor, the restaurant's walkway offers diners a unique view of the city and its river. However, this restaurant is not the most renowned for its cuisine. If you wish to sample the delights of Cairo, you may prefer another address... Reservations are required and smart dress is mandatory. Children are not admitted. The restaurant is closed during Ramadan. No alcohol is served, as in the rest of the hotel.

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A very fashionable snack café in Cairo. A la carte, you can find light and balanced dishes, which remains quite rare! This is their niche, they offer a selection of "healthy" salads and sandwiches with even a breakfast: yoghurt, granola and seasonal fruit or avocado toast and poached egg. But the gourmands are not to be outdone with a good choice of pastries ranging from Carrot cake to chocolate cake and salted butter! The coffee is good, the smoothies also with the number of calories displayed for each composition as a bonus!

For a vegetarian sandwich, a fresh salad, a fresh fruit juice or a menu of fifteen coffee flavours, the perfect place to stop. This sign offers a real digestive break after so many keftas! But above all, it's the perfect place for a quick lunch or a gourmet break, as it offers sweets to fall for: try the chocolate molten cake with ice cream, it's to be damned... pleasure! Other Cilantros exist in Cairo, opposite the American University, in Maadi, in Heliopolis.

The international address of the Buddha Bar. Fusion food for associated music. Go out to impress... Inspired by its French original, Little Buddha Radisson Blu is the first of its kind to be launched in Africa. As soon as you enter the foyer of the reception room that leads to the main dining room, you are greeted by about 200 Little Buddhas imported from Thailand. Occupying the place of honour, the traditional 3.6-metre high Buddha statue will watch you eat. Count a minimum of 700 LE for a meal.

This luxury hotel overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. It is a 10-minute walk from the Royal Jewellery Museum and 9 km from the Bibliotheca. The rooms are tastefully decorated with a balcony, offering a panoramic view of the city or the sea. The hotel offers six catering options, which can satisfy all desires: grills; Byblos for Lebanese or French cuisine; Stefano's for Italian cuisine. The best restaurants in town.

A restaurant quickly filled with tourists, considering its location, located just behind the temple of Karnak. The first floor is reserved for incoming groups. However, the cuisine is typical Egyptian, the food is very good, local and the dishes are hearty. The cook arranges dishes for vegetarians. Prices vary around 200 LE the complete meal without drinks. The waiters can sometimes be overwhelmed, but the restaurant is very clean and offers a very nice setting. The service is neat and the staff pleasant.

This prestigious place brews as many trendy Egyptians as foreigners in residence in Cairo. On the right, the lounge which will offer you Italian and world fusion dishes to the same type of music; on the left, the pub and its restaurant. In the lounge as well as in the restaurant, the cuisine is tasty and neat. Bathed in a delicate play of lights, the decor is superb and the atmosphere is always very pleasant. Beautiful cocktail menu and a cigar cellar for the amateurs. It is a very good address so it is better to book at the weekend.

Located in a dark alleyway between Talaat Harb Street and Kasr El Nil, Estoril is the epitome of the cool, old school bar in the city centre. You don't really go to this place to eat good food, but to immerse yourself in a city and its people, the researchers, writers and artists, young and old, who build and deconstruct the history of this beautiful country. The place is very crowded, and often very smoky. The place offers a greater choice of alcohol. A little more expensive than elsewhere, but it's worth it.

Two addresses in refreshing Al-Azhar Park. Studio Misr is located on top of a hill with a breathtaking view of the citadel and minarets of the Islamic city. To be recommended: "citadel" grills. In the evening, it's best to make a reservation. The second, Lakeside, located on the banks of an artificial lake, gives a panoramic view of the Ayyubid wall of the old city. Ideal to take a fresh chicha and oriental mezze, and only that: the rest is very mediocre. No alcohol served.

One of Cairo's most pleasant (and touristy!) eateries, with its original wood-panelled decor. It is located at the entrance to the eponymous street of one of the feminists who left her mark on her country's history, Hoda Sha'raoui. The atmosphere is reminiscent of Egypt in the 1920s. The tables are arranged lengthways, in a wide room with a very high ceiling. It's the ideal place to try the classics of Egyptian cuisine: pigeon specialties, kebab, molokheya and grilled fish, all at reasonable prices. The waiters are very friendly.

The essence of this restaurant lies in its magnificent view of the Nile which it dominates and the Saqqarah palm grove opposite. The cuisine is of good quality and the fish is fresh: you choose from the stall what you would like and it is prepared at your convenience, grilled, baked or fried. The room is a bit old but it is still a very good spot to have a chicha just before sunset. You can also rent feluccas, not far away. Service sometimes distracted... the establishment serves alcohol.

A restaurant-bar in the heart of downtown, cut off from the hustle and bustle by an inner courtyard at the end of a small passageway of the same name. A meeting place for artists, journalists and business people. Good ventilation for non-smokers. In summer, its second air-conditioned room, with its red and black tones, offers a small island of coolness. Excellent Lebanese and Egyptian mezze dishes, ideal for aperitifs and light snacks. Bigger appetites will also find quality cuisine with meat specialties, stuffed pigeon and seafood.

For the traditional Egyptian dish.

As its name suggests, this resto-bistrot-club offers an interesting choice of vegetarian dishes but also some meat dishes to satisfy all tastes. The cuisine is particularly inventive with a menu that changes very regularly and dares very original combinations. It is also one of the spots of the Cairo night with its nightclub arranged upstairs. Live DJs and a good atmosphere are there for you. Attention: it is a trendy place very appreciated so it is better to reserve the weekend to have a place.

Restaurant in the basement, all in finely carved woodwork where you feel like you are in a palace. Good Lebanese address in Cairo where the mezze round is intoxicating (the tray on the table turns so that no guest is harmed!). Don't hesitate to take the kebbah neyah, raw minced meat mixed with olive oil and garlic. Eggplant with pomegranate ('Romanesque' in Arabic) is divine. Sprinkle it with a little arak, and finish with a chicha. In the evenings and on weekends, it is best to book if you are more than two people.

A very good address for kebab, kofta and shawarma, as well as all kinds of grilled meats. Here too, you'll be overwhelmed by the mezze brought in to tide you over. Enjoy, but save room for your order! Sensitive stomachs will appreciate smaller portions, as the meat is a little fatty - some would say that's why it's good! We like the simple, popular feel of the place and the friendly, cheeky waiters. Next door to this resolutely carnivorous address is the excellent fish restaurant Arous el Bahr.

A smart restaurant where you can eat very well, this is a good address.

One of the many English restaurants in Luxor, where you can eat very well. Debby, the landlady's got her eye on everything. What's on the plate, but also on the reception of the customers, which she does herself, the staff, the menu... The dishes are of a very good quality, prepared with fresh products. The chicken curry is very good and the lemon pie is delicious. The restaurant is located close to the Hotel Steingenberger. Everybody knows, just give the name of the restaurant to the taxi driver. The restaurant is closed on Mondays.

Very nice place in the center of the mall, First Mall. You will find the best French pastries of Cairo orchestrated by the pastry chef Benoît Loncle. The best bread as well, some French people in need of baguette or boule de campagne cross the city to stock up. Excellent cuisine also with some signature dishes: Fayoum duck with orange, seafood fricassee and a competition croque Madame! For fine gourmets and for those nostalgic for French cuisine.

Andréa is an oasis of freshness, with its flower-filled arbors giving the terrace a charm all of its own. The open-air barbecue grills large skewers of quail and chicken, while next door, in the stone oven, irresistible homemade bread is baked. The food is good, the meat tasty and the mezze perfectly cooked, all at an attractive price. If you're a vegetarian, don't bother, or come for the evening entertainment with live musicians and dancers. Smiling welcome and family atmosphere.

The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Zamalek's chic "delicatessen" offers excellent pizzas (with a really fine dough almost like in Italy!), salads and a delicious chocolate cake. You can eat on the spot, around a few rare tables. Friendly atmosphere. Take away permanently. One could also buy here some cold cuts (pork) until the population took the animal in the face! The best pizza is the simplest, the Margarita. You don't need anything else to continue your visits in joy and good mood. To discover.

Since 1957, this address has been the Alexandrian - indeed, the national - reference for foul! The whole of society flocks here, including the Queen of Spain. Ask, of course, for the "foul eskandrani" (Alexandrian foul), accompanied by a variety of mezze. You'll really get your money's worth, and the impression of a local experience, in a warm and typical atmosphere. Falafel and hummus are also excellent. If you're in a hurry, buy sandwiches on the run - they come in all shapes and sizes.

In the heart of the capital, Naguib Mahfouz is an oasis amidst the chaos of the great souk of Khan El Khalili, which is always very lively and crowded. The place includes a café section, where drinks and shishas are served, and a restaurant section where classic oriental dishes are offered. The interiors are in keeping with the special flavour of Khan El Khalili, and the spirit of the writers who frequented this café can still be felt. The service is excellent and the choice of food and drinks is above average.

This fish restaurant is a popular seafood destination for Port Saidians. Grilled, breaded, skewered, in soups, stewed... fish and seafood are prepared here in a variety of ways. Their great specialty is a recipe for rice cooked in a fish broth, full of flavor. Freshness, quality and impeccable hygiene. In a relaxed atmosphere, the waiters keep a smile on their faces and are always at your service... One of Port Saïd's very good addresses, at reasonable prices.

The restaurant belongs to Four Season's at Nile Plaza. It offers various Lebanese and Mediterranean specialties. But also salads, hummus, lamb cooked on wood fire, without forgetting desserts. Don't miss the " Seafood Thursdays " (every Thursday) where you can choose your fish or seafood like at the fishmonger's before cooking it as you wish. Good brunch on Friday as well. For those who are willing to pay the price, this is undoubtedly one of the best gourmet restaurants in Cairo.

A rather warm, oriental-rustic atmosphere, and friendly waiters who work like bees to satisfy all these little people. The cooking is not always regular but it is especially necessary to go there for the shawarma and the fitirs that they succeed particularly well. It is rather a cheap address that stays open late at night which can help when you let yourself be taken by time. The small terrace overlooking the sea is very pleasant in summer, lunch in such a setting is certainly the most beautiful advantage of this address.

If there is a king of the foul, Ana Misho is the prince of kochery in Alexandria: he is undeniably good... and invigorating! This traditional recipe is made with macaroni, fried onions, brown lentils and tomato sauce, so much so that you will be satisfied at a lower cost! The place is clean and the service efficient: it's a good popular address, you can also order your kochery to go. A little advice, stick to the house specialty and avoid pasta and pizzas that are served in their own oil ..

This is Port-Saïd's emblematic pastry shop. Try its delicious butter croissants. In addition to viennoiseries, it offers a multitude of mouth-watering pastry creations and, of course, a whole range of oriental cakes, including a wonderful baklawa. Sandwiches, burgers, salads and pizzas are also available for lunch. You can also buy bags of confectionery and sweet petits-fours to take back to France as souvenirs. The interior is less attractive than the terrace on the street.

The inhabitants of the town will tell you, it is the best restaurant to offer you grilled meats, pigeons to become greedy! We also like its accompaniments: garnished vine leaves, accompanied by a yoghurt salad, vegetables cooked in tajine, samboussek filled with cheese and a delicious rice cake to finish. The pita is particularly fresh with a hummus perfect to accompany it! Very good address but a little more expensive than a simple Kebab restaurant. The place is clean and the service courteous.

It is the historic site of the chain that has now developed in Cairo. Another king in his field: rice pudding with different flavours. Same recommendation as in Cairo: ask for the whole thing with eichta (a thick, extremely fragrant milk cream) and raisins. Other specialities include louqmat al-qady doughnuts and iced compositions such as Mistka, a vanilla ice cream sprinkled with crushed nuts. On the spot or to take away, the sign makes sweet eyes with sweet beaks.

Formerly a place reserved for Greek nationals, this club is now open to everyone. You will meet artists and writers who do not make the headlines, but who continue to maintain an intellectual atmosphere. Basic menu of small dishes (mezzé) to share. One comes here above all for its vast exceptional terrace and its authentic atmosphere where tourists, residents and Egyptians mix. The interior room is not unpleasant either, but one has to be tolerant of more or less inspired pianists and singers.

This Syrian restaurant opened in 1949 has kept all its charm, it is an authentic and tasty address. In this chic and slightly old-fashioned decor, a very good cuisine is served with some well-known specialties such as grilled escalopes, chicken livers and pigeon. One is almost touched by the efforts made in the kitchen to present the dishes nicely. The service is courteous and attentive. A classic very appreciated by the Heliopolitans, which is revealing! Alcohol served with a good local wine list.

This Indian restaurant, right in the center of Mohandessin, belongs to the Oberoi group: the setting is chic, the food just right, and the prices very reasonable. What's more, the staff are very friendly: here, the waiters do everything to make you feel at ease. As for the food, there are no surprises: a variety of Indian specialties, from chicken byriani to samoussas and vegetarian dishes. The restaurant can be booked for private parties. Reservations can also be made for takeaway.

Good grilled fish table and mezze on the beach under a filigree roof.

Restaurant on three levels on the banks of the Nile. You can either choose to gaze at the river and stay on land or dine in the boat and feel the lapping and swirling of the Nile. Being below the level of the Corniche, you also put away its hubbub to better appreciate the view. The menu of traditional Egyptian dishes is unpretentious but flawless. It also offers pasta and pizza specialties and, of course, mint tea and chichas! Very busy in season, it is sometimes necessary to be a little patient.

It is not easy to find a decent local restaurant in Aswan without finding oneself in the big hotels of the city. The al-Masri restaurant is a good alternative to the big hotels. The restaurant doesn't look like much, but you can eat well and at a low cost. Just a stone's throw from the cornice and five minutes from the train station, everyone knows this typical Egyptian grill restaurant. Not far from the souk too. The reception's nice. There are more locals than tourists, which is a good sign! We eat there pretty quickly.

Within the Mövenpik resort, this restaurant offers a fine menu of freshly caught fish and seafood. Lobsters, shrimps and shellfish vie for your preference on the platters, while the kitchen prepares delicious, refined recipes. Special mention goes to the cooking, which is always perfectly done. On the terrace with sea views, the setting adds to the experience... For those seeking this kind of atmosphere, we can even play the poet: all the conditions are there for a romantic dinner!

Chicken specialities.

This really is the heart of the matter: an incomparable view of the entire Aswan islands, from the arms of the river, from the desert to the west. Even if you don't eat it (although traditional food is good), take an Nubian coffee to cardamom, a chicha, a good book, and you won't tire out what you're staring at.

The restaurant Cléopatra is one of the few restaurants in the city of Noueiba. It is one of the most popular tourist establishments. Although the appetizer does not look like much, the traditional Egyptian and Lebanese dishes on offer, as well as the western dishes, are worth it. Very clean. Kitsch decoration. The place is perfect for a lunch break between two activities, sightseeing or sea. The owner, Mr. Ayman Ali, speaks perfect English and will give you a warm welcome.