• A table laid for dinner

    Alira

    South 90's smart end: a well-kept room and prices to match.

    CairoNew Cairo

    4.8Rating(224)Google reviews€€€ High endRomantic
  • A boat on the Nile in Cairo

    Dahabiya Cairo

    A dinner that moves: the Nile slides past, and the river is the main course.

    CairoDokki

    4.8Rating(1,472)Google reviews€€€ High endBooking advised
  • A table of fish

    Catchy Fish & More

    Fish served aboard a boat moored on the Nile, on the Zamalek side.

    CairoZamalek

    4.8Rating(1,550)Google reviews€€€ High endNile view
  • A dining room open to the city

    Lavender Lounge

    An international menu, a Japanese one alongside, and a view, in Tagamoa 2.

    CairoNew Cairo

    4.7Rating(3,367)Google reviews€€€ High endBooking advised
  • A table laid by candlelight

    The Grill Dining & Lounge

    The French restaurant at the Semiramis, for evenings when you want quiet and proper service.

    CairoGarden City

    4.7Rating(938)Google reviews€€€ High endBooking advised
  • Salmon sushi

    Gingko

    Sushi and fusion in the Nile City towers, for the evening when the trip needs a break.

    CairoBulaq

    4.7Rating(318)Google reviews€€€ High endBooking advised
  • A sushi platter

    Binge Cairo

    A sushi bar in Tagamoa 1: a few pieces, without giving up your whole evening.

    CairoNew Cairo

    4.6Rating(736)Google reviews€€€ High endBooking advised
  • A table on the terrace

    The Brasserie Lake View

    A brasserie by the water, inside a private club: check they will let you in first.

    CairoNew Cairo

    4.6Rating(552)Google reviews€€€ High endRomantic
  • Oriental mezze

    Zitouni

    The Four Seasons dining room on the Corniche: what you pay for here is the absence of nasty surprises.

    CairoQasr El Nil

    4.6Rating(1,330)Google reviews€€€ High endAlcohol served
  • Tagliatelle

    Pier88

    An Italian kitchen on the Nile in Zamalek, with prices to match the view.

    CairoZamalek

    4.4Rating(2,665)Google reviews€€€ High endNile view
  • Citadel of Saladin

    Egypt was ruled from this crag above the city for seven hundred years, and the view still earns the climb.

    CairoCitadel

    €€€ High endUNESCO
  • Egyptian Museum in Tahrir

    Tutankhamun and the royal mummies have gone elsewhere; the rest, vast, has stayed.

    CairoTahrir, Downtown

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A felucca under full sail on the river at dusk.

    Left Bank

    A Nile terrace at the southern tip of Zamalek, for a coffee that lasts until dinner.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • Sequoia

    A vast terrace at the tip of the island, where shisha is smoked with your feet above the Nile.

    CairoNorthern tip of Zamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A row of chrome beer taps on a pub counter in the evening.

    The Tap

    The Cairo pub where matches are watched, with a beer list that is wide for the country.

    CairoMaadi and other districts

    €€€ High endAlcohol served
  • Three coloured-glass lanterns hanging beneath a red and purple fabric canopy.

    Abou El Sid

    Egyptian cooking served in a dark oriental salon, cushions and lanterns included.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endWhere locals go
  • Gold sets lined up on their busts, in the window

    The gold market (Sagha)

    The Khan's goldsmiths, where gold is sold by the gram and the work is charged separately.

    CairoKhan el-Khalili

    €€€ High endHandmade
  • A large chased silver medallion hung with flower-shaped drops.

    Nomad Gallery

    Bedouin jewellery and Nubian silver, in a Zamalek gallery-flat.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endHandmade
  • The atrium of a modern shopping mall: several levels, potted palms and a pool.

    Cairo Festival City Mall

    New Cairo's mall, its dancing fountains and its big brands.

    CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A multi-deck cruise boat moving up the river at sunset.

    Nile dinner cruises

    Two hours of cruising with dinner, band and belly dance.

    CairoZamalek and the Nile Corniche

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A white boat moored on the Nile, its upper deck under an awning, against a palm-lined bank.

    Le Pacha 1901

    A moored boat turned into several restaurants and bars, at Zamalek.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • Smooth hummus, drizzled with olive oil and scattered with seeds.

    Egyptian cooking, reworked

    Koshari plated, molokheya on a tasting menu: Cairo's new table.

    CairoZamalek, Downtown, New Cairo

    €€€ High endWhere locals go
  • Cairo's rooftops

    The city has started looking at its roofs — and putting bars on them.

    CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City

    €€€ High endRooftop
  • A hotel room, bed made and bedside lamp lit.

    Downtown's boutique hotels

    Belle-époque buildings restored as small hotels — and their roofs open to everyone.

    CairoDowntown

    €€€ High endHistoric venue