Best Cafes in Cairo
A list of the 8 best cafes in Cairo, including El Fishawy (Islamic Cairo, Cairo). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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El Fishawy
cafeIslamic Cairo, Cairo
A centuries-old ahwa hidden in a Khan el-Khalili alley, its walls lined with tall mirrors, long favored by Naguib Mahfouz and Cairo's writers.
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Cafe Riche
cafeDowntown, Cairo
A Talaat Harb Street institution since 1908, revolutionary meeting spot and Naguib Mahfouz haunt, still pouring coffee amid its faded belle-epoque decor.
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El Horreya Cafe
cafeDowntown, Cairo
A cavernous 1930s baladi bar off Bab el-Louq where Stella beer and old hand-painted advertisements outlast every passing regime.
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Heliopolis, Cairo
A Korba roastery-cafe built on scientific-precision roasting and single-origin transparency, pouring beans it roasts on site.
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Zamalek, Cairo
A low-key, laptop-free outdoor cafe tucked in the trees of the Italian Cultural Institute's courtyard, known for its roast beef sandwich and calm pace.
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Islamic Cairo, Cairo
A restored 15th-century Mamluk courtyard house turned ahwa, with rosewater-scented air, backgammon and the occasional oud performance.
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Maadi, Cairo
A garden cafe in a Degla villa built around direct-trade Indonesian beans and the father-and-son family story behind every cup.
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Zahret El Bustan
cafeDowntown, Cairo
Downtown ahwa of more than eighty years, its sign declaring it a meeting place for writers and artists; Naguib Mahfouz held a Tuesday salon here.
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