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Flambé steaks and a view of the harbour masts — a safe bet on the quay.
HurghadaMarina, Hurghada
The smart sunset table: open sea view, cocktails, polished service.
HurghadaHurghada
Fresh grilled fish at the fairest price on the marina.
Wood-fired pizzas and steaks, in a pleasant setting with no showing off.
A pub that serves proper cuts of meat, including a tomahawk for two.
A bar with its feet in the water, built for the exact hour of sunset.
HurghadaBella Vista, Hurghada
Properly extracted specialty coffee — the one address in town that takes the subject seriously.
The ahwa of students, poets and insomniacs, in an alley behind Talaat Harb.
CairoDowntown
A vast room with bare walls where tea and beer have been served at the same tables for decades.
CairoBab el-Louk, Downtown
Two pedestrian lanes entirely covered in chairs: Cairo's largest open-air café.
The counter where Zamalek has taken its cappuccino standing up since 1898.
CairoZamalek
Buffalo-milk ice cream and oriental pastries, on a Zamalek pavement since 1928.
The air-conditioned stop in the heart of the souk, when the bazaar becomes too much for the legs.
CairoKhan el-Khalili
A neighbourhood bookshop with a few tables, where you stay longer than planned.
A Nile terrace at the southern tip of Zamalek, for a coffee that lasts until dinner.
The Egyptian café chain you find everywhere, and that always does the job.
CairoSeveral addresses across Cairo
The other long-standing Cairo chain, for late breakfasts and informal meetings.
Egyptian specialty coffee, roasted in-house and served by baristas who explain.
The neighbourhood patisserie where Cairo families buy the Friday cake.
An independent bookshop and publisher, with a café where people work all afternoon.
CairoMaadi
The bookshop that reopened Cairo's appetite for reading, with a café corner at the back.
Maadi's shopping street, its terraces and its pavement ahwas.
The patisserie where you eat standing on the pavement, and where the queue is part of the pleasure.
The popular cafés around the mosque, where Cairo gathers after evening prayer.
CairoSayeda Zeinab
