Holiday FAQs

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Q: I am a 25-year-old student from the Netherlands. My parents have been married for 25 years and celebrated this with a big party. Instead of receiving gifts for this occasion they planned to take a trip to Egypt, not a romantic two- person trip, but accompanied by their children. To thank my parents, I wish to surprise them with a special gift and I was thinking of taking them out to dinner. So I am looking for a good Egyptian oriental restaurant, but not a tourist trap, where we can enjoy a good meal and perhaps listen to a band later on or at somewhere else in the area. Now I was hoping that somebody could give me some pointers to a good, medium-budget and trendy restaurant in Cairo. We are staying in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, although the restaurant doesn't need to be in the vicinity.

S.T Bakker
Netherlands

You have several choices for oriental medium-budget restaurants in Cairo. Here are my suggestions: I would say Felfela Restaurant if you are looking for a downtown restaurant near to your hotel (address 15 Hoda Shaarawi Street, tel (+202) 392 2833/2791). There is another wonderful restaurant in Giza called Andrea Maryoutiya which has a special ambiance and atmosphere (address 59-60 Maryoutiya Canal, tel (+202) 385 4441). It has an indoor area as well as a beautiful outdoor area. You can also try Al-Tekkia on 12 Ibn Al- Walid Square in Doqqi (tel (+202) 749 6673), they have another branch in the suburb of Heliopolis on 105 Al-Hegaz Street (tel (+202) 638 4343/644 4157).

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