Brunch
Where to Have Brunch in Cairo
Cairo does a slow weekend well. Whether you want a leafy garden, a long Mediterranean spread, or a proper Egyptian breakfast, these are the tables worth setting the alarm for.
Garden & all-day cafés
Ovio Garden in Sheikh Zayed is the leafy, all-day Mediterranean go-to. Lexie's handles the American end — pancakes, eggs, the works — while The Lemon Tree & Co. keeps it bright and Mediterranean in New Cairo.
Long Mediterranean mornings
For a dressier weekend, est. and Sault in New Cairo do polished Mediterranean plates made for lingering over coffee. Sachi Heliopolis brings the pan-Asian brunch crowd together on the other side of town.
Egyptian morning classics
For a local breakfast, Zooba reinvents ful, taameya and feteer in a bright Zamalek room. And for atmosphere over everything, mint tea at El Fishawy in Khan El Khalili is a Cairo morning ritual. Want something grander? Zitouni lays out an Egyptian-Levantine spread by the Nile.
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