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Cairo

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

BarsCairo Seen from Its Towers, Minarets and Rooftops

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55 Cairo restaurants you can book on OpenTable. Pick a cuisine.

  1. Chinese · Dim Sum8 4.8 · 40 diner reviewsFour Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, 11519Book a table →
  2. Asian · Contemporary Asian$$$Saigon Restaurant & Lounge 4.6 · 52 diner reviews2005 B, Corniche El Nil, 2466Book a table →
  3. International · Egyptian139 Pavilion - Marriott Mena House Cairo 4.3 · 100 diner reviews6 Pyramids Road, Giza, 12556Book a table →
  4. French · Steak$$$The Grill - InterContinental Cairo Semiramis 4.5 · 44 diner reviewsInterContinental Cairo Semiramis, 11511Book a table →
  5. Contemporary American · GrillJW Steakhouse Cairo Mirage City 4.7 · 31 diner reviewsRing Rd, 11757Book a table →
  6. Steakhouse · Contemporary AmericanJ&G Steakhouse Cairo - The St. Regis Cairo 4.6 · 30 diner reviews1189 Nile Corniche, Downtown, 00000Book a table →
  7. Egyptian · Mediterranean$$Al Khal 4.7 · 19 diner reviewsInterContinental Cairo Citystars Hotel, Omar Ibn El Khattab Street, 11737Book a table →
  8. EgyptianZITOUNI 4.5 · 20 diner reviewsFour Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, 11519Book a table →
  9. Contemporary Asian · Fusion / EclecticTianma - The St. Regis Cairo 4.8 · 13 diner reviews1189 Nile Corniche, Downtown, 00000Book a table →
  10. Asian · Japanese$$$Nairu Restaurant @ First Nile Boat 4.3 · 29 diner reviews136 Nile St, 11511Book a table →
  11. Greek$$Zoe Restaurant 4.5 · 18 diner reviews136 Nile St, 11511Book a table →
  12. Peruvian · Latin American$$$Gingko 4.6 · 13 diner reviewsNile City towers - 2005B, Corniche El Nil,, 2466Book a table →

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Markets

  1. MarketsThe Art of the Haggle: A Local's Guide to Khan el-KhaliliHow to read Cairo's 700-year-old bazaar, price a copper lantern, and know which stalls reward a hard bargain and which don't — with the tea stops, kebab houses and timings to plan a full day around.

Street food

  1. Street foodEating Cairo from the Koshary Counter to the Juice WindowOne day of eating in Cairo, beginning at the morning foul counters and ending at a mango juice window, with the price, the queue and the door to expect at every stop.

Bars

  1. BarsCairo Seen from Its Towers, Minarets and RooftopsA dozen places to get above Cairo: a lattice tower, two minaret stairs, a hilltop park, five river rooftops and the tables that face the pyramids, with what each costs, when it opens and who it suits.
  2. BarsThe Pigeon Towers of Cairo: The Rooftop Hamam TraditionAbove Cairo's rooftops, wooden dovecotes still hold working flocks — here's where to watch them fly, where their keepers buy and sell birds, and where hamam mahshi ends up on the plate.

Where to sleep in Cairo: the Cairo hotel directory

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