Hidden gems in Cairo
The short answer
Cairo's hidden gems right now: LOONGDINGXUAN (★ 4.9 (307)), Charly's Hot Stone Steak (★ 4.9 (261)), Shimmers (★ 4.8 (218)). Each is a proper restaurant rated 4.5 or higher by the people who know it, with only a handful of videos so far. Updated October 2026.
LOONGDINGXUAN
E£200–1,200 · ★ 4.9 (307)
Charly's Hot Stone Steak
★ 4.9 (261)
Shimmers
E£200–1,000 · ★ 4.8 (218)
SYNE
E£400–1,400 · ★ 4.7 (500)
Le Steak
★ 4.8 (222)
Mayrig
★ 4.6 (325)
Sal
Street · E£1,000–1,200 · ★ 4.8 (41)
Tianma
E£2,000+ · ★ 4.7 (79)
Jarls
★ 4.7 (81)
Sky Pool
Boulaq Num.1 · ★ 4.8 (188)
seven two
E£2,000+ · ★ 4.6 (159)
Catch Fish Egypt
Masaken Al Mohandesin · E£400–600 · ★ 4.7 (25)
Dieze
Al Abageyah · E£400–1,400 · ★ 4.5 (277)
Oldies
Al Manyal Ash Sharqi · ★ 4.7 (220)
Villa Sumatra
★ 4.6 (98)
La Zisa
Boulaq Num.5 · ★ 4.5 (183)
Romanov Steakhouse
★ 4.6 (343)
RIVIERA
★ 4.5 (75)
How we know. A proper restaurant with a sign of quality beyond the videos (what Google says a meal costs there, the kind of place), rated 4.5+ on Google or talabat by tens to hundreds of people, not a chain, not a hotel or a famous name, and only a few videos so far.