Cairo Restaurants

  1. Bird Cage

    Cairo's best Thai restaurant has contemplative décor featuring wooden floors, water features and starkly stylish table settings. The menu includes knockout dishes such as koong sai mai , pla pow and paneang ped yang (roasted duck breast with thick red curry sauce) All are delicious. There's a good-value three-course degustation menu and a four-course 'bento-box' lunch special that includes sensational ice cream for dessert.

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  2. Sabai Sabai

    Even if you're not craving Thai food, you might want to visit this mellow little restaurant for its quiet outdoor terrace. Salads and appetizers have all the requisite lemon grass and herbs, but the curries are a little weak. Taxi drivers may know the street by its old name, Sharia Maahad al-Swissry; the entrance is to the right of the hotel.

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