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Real Cairo Food Tour: Local Egyptian Cuisine Adventure Experience
4.8
45 Ratings
Abdeen
Embark on a real Cairo food tour and indulge in the flavors of local Egyptian cuisine. Explore hidden gems, dine at local eateries, and discover the rich history of Egypt.
Embark on a real Cairo food tour and indulge in the flavors of local Egyptian cuisine. Explore hidden gems, dine at local eateries, and discover the rich history of Egypt.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Downtown Cairo - After meeting your guide, you’ll dive into the world of Egyptian local cuisine and the stories behind these dishes. You’ll sample a variety of local Egyptian dishes as listed on the menu. Additionally, you’ll explore areas where Egyptians live, work, shop, eat, and drink. During the tour, there will be opportunities to shop for…
- Downtown Cairo - After meeting your guide, you’ll dive into the world of Egyptian local cuisine and the stories behind these dishes. You’ll sample a variety of local Egyptian dishes as listed on the menu. Additionally, you’ll explore areas where Egyptians live, work, shop, eat, and drink. During the tour, there will be opportunities to shop for souvenirs. Enjoy strolling through Egypt’s most famous street.
- Khan Al-Khalili - Relish wandering through Egypt’s most renowned street.
- El-moez Street - Be amazed by the stunning Islamic monuments from the outside.
- Khan Al-Khalili - Sample Menu
Main
Foul
Discover how to enjoy Foul the traditional Egyptian way, served with Egyptian bread and special pickles.
Main
Falafel
Did you know there are two types of Falafel? You’ll get to try both! Don’t forget to ask your guide to prepare Falafel with pickled eggplant.
Main
Koshary
Served with special sauces. Your guide will create a unique experience, showing you how to eat Koshary like a local.
Main
Shawarma
Savor Egyptian Shawarma with garlic sauce.
Dessert
Cane juice
The most famous juice in Egypt. Watch it being freshly made.
Main
Eastern dessert
Indulge in Eastern desserts like Basbousa or Konafa.
Dessert
Famous ice cream from El Abd
End your summer food tour in Egypt with delicious ice cream.
Dessert
Egyptian tea or coffee
Enjoy at a local café.
What's Included
- Private tour
- Expert tour guide
- Try more than 7 kinds of traditional food
- Traditional food
- Tea and coffee
- Bottled water and traditional juice
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- No extra fees or hidden fees
- Private tour
- Expert tour guide
- Try more than 7 kinds of traditional food
- Traditional food
- Tea and coffee
- Bottled water and traditional juice
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- No extra fees or hidden fees
What's Not Included
- Tips
- Personal expenses
- Tips
- Personal expenses
Additional Information
Let’s eat and walk like an Egyptian.
Our food tour in Cairo is a perfect tour for those who want to organize specialty food and beverage tours.
for all visitors to Egypt especially food lovers all over the world.
We also can custom your food adventure tour anywhere in Egypt. Experience the local Egyptian culture, to eat at the places that only locals…
Let’s eat and walk like an Egyptian.
Our food tour in Cairo is a perfect tour for those who want to organize specialty food and beverage tours.
for all visitors to Egypt especially food lovers all over the world.
We also can custom your food adventure tour anywhere in Egypt. Experience the local Egyptian culture, to eat at the places that only locals visit and discover great historical sites that very few people get to see.
Location
Downtown Cairo
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(45 Ratings)
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C2233fojohnb
Oct 24, 2024
Great intro to Cairo - Real Cairo Food Experience was a great introduction to Egypt. We started with the best ever falafel and other dishes followed later with Koshery and rice pudding, which could be called Egyptian comfort food. We also sampled cane juice. Throughout the tour Mahmoud filled us in on everyday life in Cairo. With his help and that of the driver, Ehab, we were able to find some lovely souvenirs from shops featuring papyrus, spices, and cotton. We highly recommend this tour and especially Mahmoud and Ehab.
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Vernons540
Oct 18, 2024
Experience Cairo like a local! - I had a day to spare in Cairo on a business trip and decided to try the real Cairo food tour. I am verry happy that I decided to do so. Mahmoud was an excellent tour guide. We tried various tasty local cuisines at locations that only locals would know about. Mahmoud was also very knowledgeable about his country and its history. After some amazing food we continued to tour the Grand Market and ended with a walk through the old city. I would highly recommend this tour to fellow travelers.
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Yomac2024
Jun 26, 2024
The best experience to try the Egyptian breakfast like a local - We combined two tours to make for a complete day. Thanks to the team of Explore Egypt Tours. Our driver and tour guide Esmail was waiting for us at 11:00 am. Esmail was kind and willing to share not only about food in Egypt but about life in general and what Egypt is like. The food is authentic and often from tiny places that we would have never found ourselves, I promise you will not be hungry when you are finished. After this tour, we went to an amazing bazaar (Local Market) and enjoyed as much as we wanted, I highly recommend this tour to anyone who's looking to have a local food experience with the best possible guide. thanks to Yoma for organizing this so quickly,We felt safe and in great hands so we could relax and enjoy our time there. I had to thank her for making so many arrangements for everything on my wish list! Which included trying the Egyptian breakfast, and feeling like a local, which tasted amazing. I will order it every time I come to Egypt.😍
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St_phaniej349
Jun 26, 2024
unforgettable experience - I would like to thank Zahra our organizer organized this gastronomic tour she is always shown very available to answer our questions. Ismael , our guide was expert and kind, he accompanies us to good restaurateurs, We tried foods native to Egypt. We ate Shawarma, Falafel, Kushary. It makes us try cane sugar juice too, wonderful experience.
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Adrianobw3019fj
Jun 26, 2024
Wonderful Food Tour with excellent organization - I had the pleasure of experiencing a Food Tour offered by Explore Egypt Tours in Cairo, organized by Shahd, the company’s tour operator. From start to finish, the tour was perfectly organized. He made sure everything went smoothly, from timely pickups to timely breaks between tastings. His attention to detail was evident in every aspect of the tour. And I must say it's been a culinary journey like no other. From the busy streets of Cairo to the hidden gems of local restaurants, this tour was a feast for both taste and soul.
Our driver, Ehab, took us to a variety of places to eat, each offering a unique taste of Cairo. From sampling traditional Egyptian street food like koshari and falafel (Egyptian falafel) to enjoying exquisite desserts like kunafa and basbousa, each stop was a new flavor adventure.
Our guide, Mahmoud, not only knew Cairo’s culinary scene well, but also shared fascinating stories about the history and culture behind each dish. His passion and experience added a rich layer of context to every bite we take.
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Traveler54384603984
Jun 26, 2024
Fantastico food tour - It was a really great trip with my husband. We had a lot of fun with our guide Mahmoud, tasting the amazing food of Cairo, drinking mint tea in a side bar and buying souvenirs from the wonderful Khan el Khalili bazaar.
I also entered the Al-Hakim mosque, God willing. Our guide Mahmoud told us that it is one of the oldest markets in Egypt. Mahmoud was a fantastic guide: competent, informative and very friendly. Our tour consultant Mariem was also very helpful and gave us all the information we needed for a fantastic trip to Cairo and recommended this tour. I would highly recommend this tour if you have a few hours in Cairo.
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Martinbwolf
Dec 20, 2023
Great introduction to Cairo - Thanks to Yoma for organising this and Mahmoud, our great tour guide. We enjoy food tours as a fabulous way to get around and familiarise us with a new culture. We were picked up on time from our hotel and came back safely 6 hours later. Lots of different foods were sampled, we strolled around with the guide between places and were picked up by the driver again to see the market and mosque. Central Cairo is very busy with lot’s of people and traffic and noise, but that is what we came for. The food is authentic and often from tiny places that we would have never found ourselves. Mahmoud gave us the background and it was all very relaxed. Just what we needed on our first day.
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Bruin23
Apr 19, 2025
Mixed experience - This is a revised review. My original was 1 star, but I have updated it to reflect the efforts of the company to make things right. A quick recap of my experience:
The food tour itself was pretty good. We were taken to smaller places and local chains to sample different local dishes. Not quite street food, but definitely not sit down dining either. It's worth it if you want someone to introduce you to cheap local dishes you can eat the rest of your trip.
After dining, they will want to take you shopping. We don't shop, but we went along with it for the experience. The guide claimed that these were no pressure government sponsored shops. I don't think they were. As our trip progressed we learned that all tours like to take you to different flavors of the same stores. Papyrus paper, essential oils and a few others. Many tourists regret their purchases for various reasons (overpriced, low quality, etc). In our case we were taken to a spice shop. We ended up buying a small amount of tea and spice. It was supposed to be about $15 USD, but the shop snuck an extra 0 on the price and charged us the equivalent of $150 on our credit card. I caught the scam later that night. A quick look at the google reviews of the shop showed this was a pattern and not a one off mistake. To the tours credit they got the shop to credit us back the $150. I will say that nothing happened until I posted the negative review. I sure hope they stop taking people there going forward.
Some advice from my experience. In Egypt skip the shopping stops unless you really do want to buy something you have knowledge about. If you do buy something, pay close attention to the prices and transaction amount.
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445candaces
Mar 5, 2025
Good experience with some hiccups - I booked this tour for my myself and 4 friends to taste authentic Egyptian food while learning a little about Cairo and Egyptian culture on our first full day in Egypt. While we had a good time overall, it was not what was advertised or expected. We came during Ramadan, and the restaurants we were suppose to go to were all closed. We found this out after walking around for nearly an hour, and our guide was surprised. Since this is a unique time of year, the tour company should have checked into things before the tour or not offered it during this period. Our guide did a good job coming up with an alternative restaurant that was very tasty, but of course they were not expecting us, so we had to sit for some time and wait for our food. Afterwards, we went to a desert shop to taste a unique pastry for Ramadan, then went to a neat spice shop and a paper making business that was very interesting. Our guide did not provide any information about the culture or the city, but he was very preoccupied with trying to make the tour work. My advice is to make sure you do not go on this tour during any high holy day or time like Ramadan!
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Stephen_s
Apr 6, 2025
We got scammed!!! - DO NOT TAKE!!! The food tour itself was ok. Our guide wasn’t very talkative at the start, but my wife is good at getting people talking so he opened up a bit over the course of our time together. The food was simple local cuisine, pretty good. The real travesty was the shopping stops at the end of the tour. We were taken to what were described as government sponsored shops. No pressure to buy. There wasn’t pressure, but at an establishment called Kenouz Spice House we decided to buy a small amount of tea and spice. The owner was very friendly (too friendly in retrospect). The con was adding a zero to the prices he verbally quoted us. It wouldn’t have worked if we paid cash, but I used a credit card. Instead of paying the 750 Egyptian pounds ($15 USD) we thought we were paying, we ended up paying 7500 pounds ($150 USD). I didn’t want to assume the tour operator was complicit or ok with this so I gave the opportunity to make it right. They did not help me. Go ahead and google this shop in Cairo. Other tourists have posted reviews citing the same or similar scams. I would not trust this operator. At the very least, skip any shopping stops they suggest.
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