Cairo · New Cairo
Salt of Earth
A dependable table at Garden 8, in New Cairo, where dinner rarely disappoints.
The address comes in two parts: Garden 8, on Salah El Din Abdel Karim Street, in New Cairo. You don't eat on a shopping street out here; the new town keeps its tables inside gated grounds you have to know by name. Salt of Earth is one of those that hold up over time rather than one season's novelty. The rest — the menu, how the room copes on a busy evening — you judge on the spot, and the price bracket still needs confirming.
The extra bit
Eat early: people here go out late, so a table at the start of the evening is far easier to come by. We have no phone number for this address: look one up on its Google listing before setting off, and check the evening hours while you're at it.
Know before you go
New Cairo lies east, a long way from historic Cairo: from Zamalek or Downtown reckon on a real drive, considerably longer between late afternoon and evening. Nothing here is done on foot: car or ride app both ways, and settle the return trip before you set off. Bring cash — nothing guarantees that cards are taken, and we couldn't check. Give a driver both landmarks, "Garden 8" and Salah El Din Abdel Karim Street: we don't know which of the two he'll recognise.
