Egyptian restaurants in Luxor
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Sofra
Sofra remains our favourite restaurant in Luxor. Located in a 1930s house, away from all the tourist tat, it is as Egyptian as can be, in menu and decor, and even in price. The ground floor has three private dining rooms and a salon, giving the feeling of being in someone’s home. There is also a wonderful rooftop terrace, which is also a cafe, where you can come for a drink. The house is filled with antique oriental furniture, chandeliers and traditional decorations, all simple but cosy and very tasteful. The menu is large, featuring all the traditional Egyptian dishes, such as stuffed pigeon and excellent duck, as well as a large selection of salads, dips (E£4) and…
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Jamboree Restaurant
A small British-run restaurant, Jamboree serves international fare in its small, rather undistinct dining room or much better, upstairs on a pleasant roof terrace. Lunchtime dishes are limited to good homemade sandwiches and snacks. The menu includes filled jacket potatoes, pastas and the traditional, perhaps not so authentic, Egyptian dishes.
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Grand Restaurant & Café
A favourite with tour groups, the Grand has a pleasant terrace for mezze and sheesha. It's located just off Sharia Khalid ibn al-Walid.
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Restaurant Mohammed
With an outdoor terrace and laid-back atmosphere, Mohammed’s is the perfect place to recharge batteries in the middle of a day exploring temples and tombs, or to linger in the evening. This is a family affair, the restaurant being attached to the owner’s mudbrick house; the charming Mohammed Abdel Lahi serves with his son Azab, while his wife cooks. The menu is small but includes meat grills, delicious chicken and duck as well as stuffed pigeon, served with fries and excellent simple salads. Stella beer is available (E£10) and Egyptian wine. They can organise a picnic in the desert or on a felucca upon demand. Call ahead.
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Tutankhamun Restaurant
This top-floor restaurant was the first one here on the riverside just south of the local ferry dock and it’s still going strong. Hagg Mahmoud was a former cook at one of the French archaeological missions, and he and his sons are still cooking excellent tagen s , duck à l’orange, chicken with rosemary and other good dishes. The food is served on the great rooftop terrace with views of the Nile. Very good vegetarian dishes.
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Africa Restaurant
On the right just up the hill from the ferry landing, the popular Africa Restaurant, with a large outdoor terrace, serves simple but good Egyptian food - grilled meat, poultry or fish, accompanied by rice, vegetables and salad. A Stella can usually be conjured up.
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Kebabgy
Good solid Egyptian fare including kebab, kofta and tagens (stews) and the usual selection of salads and dips, served on a delightful terrace right on the Nile, with simple wooden tables and a mist machine to cool down on a hot day.
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Tout Ankh Amon Restaurant
With rooftop views of the Nile, and a pergola of grapes, this is a good place to try traditional meat dishes cooked in clay pots. The restaurant has a signboard, although the outdoor staircase doesn't look too inviting.
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Koshari Elzaeem
Popular kushari restaurant that also serves an Egyptian version of spaghetti (E£8 to E£15). There are a few tables but they fill up fast.
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Sayyida Zeinab
This tiny but spotless place is one of Luxor’s best kushari joints. Takeaway only.
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Chez Omar
This is a lively place to try pigeon and other Egyptian dishes.
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