• A plate of hummus with black olives, toasted flatbread wedges, cucumber and tomato.

    Sofra

    Our favourite

    Luxor's best table, in an old house, far from the picture menus.

    LuxorEast bank

    4.7Ratingour own rating€€ Mid-rangeRooftop
  • The columns of Luxor Temple, floodlit gold against the night sky.

    Al Sahaby Lane

    A rooftop terrace above the souk, with the illuminated Luxor temple as a backdrop.

    LuxorEast bank, Luxor

    €€ Mid-rangeRooftop
  • Grilled chicken pieces on flatbread, with parsley and grilled tomatoes.

    Aisha

    Egyptian home cooking, served on a street terrace near the souk.

    LuxorEast bank, Luxor

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • Green fields and palm trees at the foot of the desert cliffs of the west bank.

    The tables of the west bank

    Terraces in the middle of the fields, between the Colossi and the Valley of the Kings.

    LuxorWest bank, Luxor

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • A glass of sugarcane juice in front of freshly cut lengths of cane.

    The tables of Qena

    Off the beaten track

    A road stop between Luxor and Dendera, where you eat for next to nothing.

    LuxorQena

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • Three whole fish clamped in a wire grill basket over the embers, with a plate of ash-baked potatoes beside them.

    Esna's fish

    Nile tilapia grilled beside the lock, fifty kilometres from Luxor.

    LuxorEsna

    BudgetWhere locals go