Top 10 Restaurants in Cairo
A list of the 8 best restaurants in Cairo, including Abou Tarek (Downtown, Cairo). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Abou Tarek
restaurantDowntown, Cairo
A multi-floor koshary institution on the corner of Maarouf and Champollion streets, nicknamed the King of Koshary by French journalists.
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Felfela
restaurantDowntown, Cairo
Founded in 1959 by Amina Zaghloul, a foul-and-falafel spot near Talaat Harb whose antique decor has hosted Naguib Mahfouz and Jimmy Carter.
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Zooba
restaurantZamalek, Cairo
Chris Khalifa and chef Moustafa El Refaey's gourmet take on Egyptian street food, from ful and taameya to koshary, since 2012.
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Hawawshi Al-Refaie
restaurantDowntown, Cairo
An Abdeen butcher shop turned hawawshi specialist since 1969, best known for its oven-baked cheese hawawshi.
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Zitouni
restaurantGarden City, Cairo
The Four Seasons Nile Plaza's signature Egyptian dining room, serving fattah with sweeping river views and a noted Ramadan buffet.
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Farahat
restaurantIslamic Cairo, Cairo
A small shop on El Azhar Road at the corner of El Afify alley, prized for stuffed and grilled pigeon.
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Andrea El Mariouteya
restaurantGiza, Cairo
A family-run charcoal chicken institution in Giza, grilling over coals in an open-air courtyard since the late 1950s.
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Le Chantilly
restaurantHeliopolis, Cairo
A Swiss-Egyptian restaurant on Korba's Baghdad Street since the neighbourhood's earliest days, known for cheese fondue and its convivial, packed dining room.
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