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1902 Restaurant
Considered Aswan's finest restaurant, and certainly its most formal, this beautifully restored Moorish-style hall is definitely a treat. Dinner is a set four-course French-influenced menu, with a performance by local musicians. Unfortunately here, too, the food doesn't live up to the grandeur of the surroundings at all. Book ahead to reserve a table.
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Al-Masry Restaurant
Popular with meat-eating local families, Al-Masry is famous for its excellent fresh kebabs and kofta , as well as pigeon and chicken, all served with bread, salad and tahini.
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Aswan Moon Restaurant
The once-popular hang-out no longer serves alcohol, but it remains a pleasant place for dinner. The menu ranges from basic Egyptian and international dishes, including mezze, pizzas, kebabs and our favourite daoud basha (meatballs in tomato sauce), served piping hot in an earthenware dish.
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Biti Pizza
Convenient to the train station, Biti (bey-ti) is a popular air-conditioned restaurant and takeaway that serves adequate Western-style pizzas, but more recommended are the delicious sweet and savoury fiteer (flaky Egyptian pizza), including the excellent tuna fiteer or the fruit-and-nut dessert version.
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Chef Khalil
Popular fish restaurant, just along from the train station, serving very fresh fish by the weight, from Lake Nasser and the Red Sea, grilled, baked or fried to your choice and served with salad and rice or French fries. It's a small place, but worth the wait if it's full.
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El-Tahrer Pizza
A popular café that serves pizza and fiteer at rock-bottom prices. Tea and sheesha are also served.
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Emy
On a double-decked boat moored on the Nile next to the Aswan Moon, this is where the Nubian felucca captains hang out, as it is the only place where cool beers (Sakkara, Stella) are served. The menu includes a selection of salads, Egyptian and international dishes, and excellent fresh juices.
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Haramein Foul & Ta'amiyya
A tiny takeaway hidden among the low-rise apartment blocks, this is where Aswanis go when they want good fuul (fava bean stew) and ta'amiyya (fava bean dumplings).
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Koshary Aly Baba Restaurant
A clean and popular takeaway-restaurant with good kushari, as well as shwarma and kofta .
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Madena Restaurant
Small and unpretentious, this no-frills eatery close to the Cleopatra Hotel serves good, basic Egyptian meals at reasonable prices.
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Nubian Beach
Wonderful Nubian café-restaurant set in a quiet garden on the west bank of the Nile, against the back drop of a towering sand dune. During the heat of the day or on cold winter nights there is also a beautifully painted room indoors. The food is simple but good, and alcohol is served - sometimes with live Nubian music.
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Nubian House
This laid-back Nubian café and restaurant is the place to be at sunset, with spectacular views over the First Cataract. Sit on traditional wooden benches on the huge shady terrace for a mint tea and sheesha (water pipe). To get here, follow the road past the Nubia Museum for about 1km (15 minutes' walk). Take a right just past a development of upmarket housing (many still under construction), or take a taxi after dark.
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Nubian Restaurant
Sitting on a tiny island south of Elephantine Island, the Nubian Restaurant has quite mediocre Nubian food, but does an after-dinner folkloric show, popular with tour groups. A free boat departs opposite Egypt Air.
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Panorama
With its quiet waterside location and pleasant terrace, this is a great place to chill out and watch the Nile flow by, while sipping a herbal tea or fresh juice. It also serves simple Egyptian stews cooked in clay pots, with salad, mezze and rice or chips, or an all-day breakfast.
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