How we can help
The most common thing people write to us about is a very specific situation: they're arriving in Cairo in ten days, staying in Zamalek or Maadi or near the airport, and they want to know exactly where to eat. Not a generic top-ten list — an actual shortlist for their neighbourhood, adjusted for their tastes and schedule. That is precisely what we're here for.
Tell us the part of Cairo you'll be based in, how many meals you have free to explore, whether you're travelling with children, elderly relatives or anyone with dietary restrictions, and we'll put together a practical shortlist: the places worth walking to, the dishes to order at each, the ones to skip if your time is short. We pull only from places we've visited ourselves and would send a friend to on our own recommendation, so there's no filler.
Beyond personal recommendations, we handle bookings and enquiries for our three guided tour options — the Self-Guided Map, the Evening Food Tour and the Private & Group format. If you're not sure which suits your party size, timeline or budget, describe your situation in the message field and we'll point you to the right one. See the full breakdown of what each includes on our food tours page.
We also receive questions from food writers, journalists and researchers who need background on Egyptian cuisine, from restaurants that want to know our editorial policy, and from travellers who've discovered a dish somewhere and want to understand it better. All of these are welcome. The form below routes everything to the same inbox — use the subject dropdown to help us prioritise.
What to include in your message
To give you a genuinely useful reply, the more context the better. The single most important thing is your neighbourhood or hotel — Zamalek, Maadi, Heliopolis, Downtown, Giza, New Cairo and the areas around the pyramids all have different dining landscapes, and a recommendation for one doesn't always carry over to another. If you know roughly where you'll be, include it.
Second most useful: your dates and how many meals you're planning to devote to proper exploring. A single free lunch requires a very different shortlist from a week of deliberate eating. Third: any dietary requirements. Egyptian food is very easy for vegetarians and people who avoid pork, but harder if you're avoiding gluten or shellfish, and we'll flag that honestly rather than pretend otherwise.
If you have preferences — you love market atmospheres, you specifically want to try offal, you dislike tourist-heavy rooms — mention those too. The more we know, the less generic the response.
Office hours and response times
Our team works Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 to 18:00 Cairo time (EET, UTC+2). We aim to reply to all messages within one to two working days. If you write on a Thursday evening, expect a reply early the following Sunday. We don't offer live chat or a phone booking line — email and this form are the right channels for everything.
For time-sensitive tour bookings, we recommend writing at least four days before your intended date. Popular slots on Thursday and Friday evenings fill up, and we can't always accommodate same-week requests. For the Private & Group format, a week's notice is preferable to allow us to confirm guides and route logistics.
Other ways to reach us
You can also write directly to [email protected]. That address goes to the same team as this form. Our mailing address is 7 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo 11431, Egypt, though we don't operate a walk-in office — please use email for all enquiries. For questions about how we handle your data, read our privacy policy.
Common questions
No. Personalised recommendations by email — a shortlist for your neighbourhood, dishes to order, places to skip — are free. We are a self-funded editorial guide, not a booking platform. If you want a guided experience in person, those are our paid food tour plans. But answering questions costs you nothing.
We don't make reservations on your behalf, and the vast majority of places we recommend don't take them anyway — Cairo's dining culture runs on walk-ins. For the small number of upscale spots that do take bookings, we'll tell you the name and any relevant notes and you contact them directly. For food tours we book, that is handled through us directly when you confirm a date.
Yes. Use this form with a brief description of your project and we'll follow up by email to arrange a call or written Q&A, whichever works better for your deadline. We've contributed to pieces on Egyptian food culture for several European and North American publications and are happy to assist with background, fact-checking and sourcing.
Please use this form and tell us the page, the specific detail and why you believe it's wrong. Restaurants close, prices change, quality shifts — we update as we learn. Reader corrections are taken seriously and, if confirmed, updated promptly. We'll thank you in the update note if you'd like.
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We reply within 1–2 working days (Sun–Thu). The more detail you share, the more useful our reply.
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