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Everyday Egyptian cooking, in a residential corner of Heliopolis.
CairoHeliopolis
A dependable table at Garden 8, in New Cairo, where dinner rarely disappoints.
CairoNew Cairo
The ice counter and the scales, moved into a proper dining room out in New Cairo.
Luxor's best table, in an old house, far from the picture menus.
LuxorEast bank
Fish by the kilo on North 90th: New Cairo goes, and goes back.
A roof above al-Moez street: you dine at minaret height.
CairoIslamic Cairo
Egyptian street food redrawn by a designer, without betraying the recipe.
CairoZamalek
You pick your fish off the ice, they grill it, you eat facing the harbour.
AlexandriaAnfoushi / Corniche
El-Manial's oriental table, on Roda Island, known to its neighbourhood long before any guidebook.
CairoEl-Manial
You come up for Cairo seen from the top of the tower, not for the menu.
Kebab and kofta over charcoal, in a working-class quarter of northern Cairo.
CairoRod El Farag
Steaks, tacos, live music and the fire show — the liveliest table on the quay.
HurghadaMarina, Hurghada
Flambé steaks and a view of the harbour masts — a safe bet on the quay.
Fresh grilled fish at the fairest price on the marina.
Wood-fired pizzas and steaks, in a pleasant setting with no showing off.
HurghadaHurghada
A pub that serves proper cuts of meat, including a tomahawk for two.
The air-conditioned stop in the heart of the souk, when the bazaar becomes too much for the legs.
CairoKhan el-Khalili
A Belle Époque room facing the sea, with a view of the bay and of a century of Alexandria.
AlexandriaCorniche, Alexandria
Levantine mezze in a vaulted cellar, close to the Corniche.
CairoGarden City
Charcoal-grilled chicken in a garden, on the edge of Cairo, since the 1960s.
GizaMariouteya road, Giza
Fish picked off the ice, grilled in the alley, eaten at plastic tables.
AlexandriaAnfoushi, Alexandria
A rooftop terrace above the souk, with the illuminated Luxor temple as a backdrop.
LuxorEast bank, Luxor
A simple terrace on the corniche, to dine while the feluccas come home.
AswanCorniche, Aswan
A Nubian dinner on the west bank, in a house painted blue and ochre.
AswanGharb Soheil, Aswan
