• A brunch table set by a window: bread, fresh fruit, orange juice and coffee.

    The Friday brunch

    The urban ritual that has replaced the family lunch in part of Cairo.

    CairoZamalek, Maadi, New Cairo

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • The tables of Tagamoa

    Cairo's contemporary dining, concentrated in the city's east.

    CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A plate of hummus dusted with sumac, grilled chicken, rice and chopped salad.

    Sabaya

    Cairo's reference Lebanese table, in a hotel by the river.

    CairoGarden City, Nile side

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A plate of golden rice with pieces of meat and cloves of garlic.

    Osmanly

    Egypt's Ottoman cooking, served in a palace salon.

    CairoGarden City, Nile side

    €€€ High endHistoric venue
  • A mixed grill platter — chops, kofta and chicken — with flatbread, sauces and salad.

    Kebabgy

    Egyptian grills on a terrace set at the river's edge.

    CairoZamalek, Nile side

    €€€ High endNile view
  • Whole sea bream packed side by side on a fishmonger's stall.

    Fish Market — Cairo

    A moored boat where you pick your fish off the ice before sitting down.

    CairoAgouza, Nile side

    €€€ High endNile view
  • The tables of Zamalek

    Cairo's island and its restaurants per square kilometre.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A child's pedal fire engine parked on a driveway in front of a lawn.

    KidZania Cairo

    A children's city inside a mall: they hold down a job, they get paid — and the parents wait.

    CairoNew Cairo

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • Kempinski Nile Hotel — the Rooftop Pool

    A ten-metre pool on the roof, above the corniche: a day pass at EGP 1,940, gym and jacuzzi included.

    CairoGarden City

    €€€ High endPaid entry
  • Palms and clouds mirrored in the blue water of a pool, white loungers along the edge.

    Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah — pool day use

    EGP 3,000 for the day — pool, sauna, hammam and gym included — and the hotel publishes the price itself, which is rare.

    CairoZamalek, Gezira Island

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly