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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.
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
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
The air-conditioned stop in the heart of the souk, when the bazaar becomes too much for the legs.
CairoKhan el-Khalili
Levantine mezze in a vaulted cellar, close to the Corniche.
CairoGarden City
A Downtown tavern where journalists, artists and regulars have met since 1969.
CairoDowntown
A hidden courtyard terrace behind a busy street, a refuge for writers and journalists.
Twenty counters under one roof: the format that replaced the single restaurant.
CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa
Cairo kebab since 1947, served from the same short menu as on day one.
CairoGarden City and branches
The Yemeni mandi that conquered Cairo: lamb, smoked rice, sharing platters.
CairoNasr City and branches
A century-old kebab house, steps from the al-Hussein mosque.
CairoSayeda Zeinab and Hussein
Grills and daily dishes in a Downtown room that never empties.
Cairo's American burger since the 1990s, in a Maadi diner.
CairoMaadi
The food-hall generation's burger, sourced and cooked to order.
CairoZamalek, Maadi, New Cairo
A Greek brasserie in Heliopolis, open since between the wars.
The district where you eat at any hour: grills, Yemeni, Syrian, fast food.
CairoNasr City
A month when the city eats at the same minute, and the streets become dining rooms.
CairoAll over Cairo
The leafy southern district, its terraces and its international dining.
