Luxor Restaurants

As the name already suggests, this is a 'genuine' English pub. The interior, the atmosphere.... The only differences are the local staff (who are very friendly, by the way) and the local -and lovely- food. Nice to have dinner first and hang around for a few drinks afterwards...!

Just north from the ferry terminal on the West Bank is the Tut Ankh Amen rooftop restaurant - although the spelling will vary depending on which sign you look at. It might not look much from the outside, but it gave us our best meals in Luxor. Run by a chef who apparently used to work at the Winter Palace in Luxor, the food was truly a revelation.

The menu appears fairly limited, but don't let that stop you. A wide variety of vegetable dishes - which varies from day to day - will be brought out with your meal for everyone to share. And it was the vegetable dishes that were the star of the show. The meat was good, but the veggies were just yum!

Make sure you're hungry when you arrive; dish quantities are NOT small, plus there's the usual bowl of bread.

Being a rooftop restaurant, the view across the Nile to the Luxor Temple is wonderful, particularly as the sun goes down. And the cooling breeze is good too. You can also watch the procession of cruise boats depart for their trips.

Favorite Dish: They're all good!

Nice clean restaurant ,excellant food ,well priced £2.80 (£28.00 LE)for fillet steak and its good
wine at £5.00(£50LE) a bottle £15.00,(150.00LE )to£18.00(180LE) anywere else we went
english management
sunday roast available booking advisable
beer £1.00 a bottle

Favorite Dish: my favorite dish here was Fillet steak

1 more image

During our stay we had food catered from nearby restaurants: it was so hot during the afternoon that we didn't want to go out. We had fish, chicken and meat, with boiled vegetables, rice and salads. Always good and enough for a low price.

Favorite Dish: The fish was the best, but the chicken was not bad either.

The Old Winter Palace is worth a visit just to wallow in the lavish decor and the stunning gardens, but if you're not a big wine drinker you can have a really reasonable but delicious 3/4 course meal for way less than the same quality meal would cost in England and in much better surroundings. The wine bumps up the cost (£30 for the cheapest bottle but a big bottle of water is £1). I went with my friend but we both agreed that it would be a wonderful place to go for a romantic meal with a loved one. Really dress up and do a Scarlett O'Hara down the staircase! Men must wear a tie.

Favorite Dish: Everything we ate was lovely! Goulash soup, fried camembert salad, sweetbreads in filo pastry (I'd never tried them before and couldn't resist for £3), Duck breast with mushrooms and prunes (best, most succulent duck I've ever eaten), seasonal fruits in a basket with mango icecream, double chocolate and vanilla cake with icecream. All delicious. We couldn't fault the food, the surroundings or the service! And all for £30 for two of us to eat very well. And if you don't want to go home yet you can always sit in the luxurious piano bar and drink cocktails. If we ever return to Luxor we'd stay at this hotel!

We went here after reading favourable reviews on this site. We had an evening meal sitting outside. The place looks clean and pretty and the waiters were friendy and attentive (2 young female travellers-possibly too attentive?!) but the food was of poor quality and much too fatty. I had the pigeon- no meat and all rice and the head was still attached (a bit off-putting). My friend had the mixed grill, which was all fat and bone and very little meat. Maybe lunchtimes are better but we were really disappointed.

Favorite Dish: The fresh lemon juice is nice and refreshing. Sorry, just can't recommend anything else.

We found this restaurant after reading a review on this site. I only wish we'd gone on our 1st day in Luxor. We wouldn't have gone anywhere else!! Fabulous food- Mostly freshly made and well cooked English and Egyptian food with one special Egyptian night (Tuesday I think) and roast dinners on Sunday. They also have freshly made pies, fish dishes, steaks, omelettes, curries and soups (lentil and potato soup was amazing!!)Run by an English woman and her Egyptian husband who are both absolutely lovely and extremely accomodating. We ate 2 evening meals and a lunch here and were never disappointed. If you are staying in Luxor you must eat here!

Favorite Dish: Impossible to say one favourite. I had fabulous lentil and potato soup for about 10Le (about £1) and a delicious piece of sea bass with vegetables and chips. Onion rings were lovely. My friend had the fillet steak and raved about it being the most succulent she had ever tasted. We were really upset to miss the Egyptian night as we love Egyptian food and Yasser's mum does all the cooking for that night (so really authentic).

sometimes i make a joke to the waitress about this dessert, since in my lingo [dutch], ‘oom’ means uncle and into indonesian becomes ‘om’. but here, uncle ali is a delicious dessert :) made from milk, flour, egg and blended into a small ceramic bowl and heated on 180 degrees celcius. served hot and if you leave it into cool, it will be changed into soft pudding.

Favorite Dish: om ali i prefer most :)