Must-see restaurants in Northern Nile Valley

  • Bondookah Restaurant

    Northern Nile Valley

    The best grilled meat in Minya in an unfussy 2nd-floor restaurant. Grilled chicken, lamb chops, tagen (a stew cooked in a deep clay pot) and, best of all,…

  • Koshari Alaa Eldin

    Northern Nile Valley

    Excellent kushari (a mix of noodles, rice, black lentils, fried onions and tomato sauce) from this friendly, simple place on one of the main streets in…

  • La Poire

    Northern Nile Valley

    Excellent Egyptian and international pastries and ice cream in an offshoot of an upmarket Cairo patisserie. The kunafa (vermicelli-like pastry over a…

  • Sea Foul Palace

    Northern Nile Valley

    Some of the best fuul (fava bean paste) and ta’amiyya (falafel) in town from this takeaway beside the old Palace Hotel. Grab a bag-full and sit in the…

  • El Khalil Grill

    Northern Nile Valley

    A popular, no-nonsense, reliable kebab and grill restaurant for when you need a meat fix, El Khalil is something of a legend in Minya. Kebabs (LE250 a…

  • Savoy Restaurant

    Northern Nile Valley

    A busy corner restaurant near the station, the Savoy serves reliable rotisserie chicken and kebabs in a busy restaurant with air-con. They also do…