Cairo Food Tour: Discover Hidden Local Gems

Uncover hidden secrets and gems of Cairo with our local food tour. Try over 20 types of authentic local foods, drinks, and desserts while exploring the city’s authentic markets.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cairo - Begin your journey in the vibrant Downtown Cairo, where you’ll enjoy a traditional beverage and meet your guide as if greeting a local friend. As you navigate the streets, you’ll pause at quaint eateries and family-owned establishments that often go unnoticed by tourists, sampling beloved local dishes. During your walk, you’ll meander…
What's Included
  • Tour Leader
  • All foods, drinks, and desserts included
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Tipping
  • Round Trip Transfer ( Optional )
Additional Information

Cairo narrates its story through its cuisine—if you know where to explore. On this food tour, the journey goes beyond restaurants; it delves into the city’s core, where residents shop, dine, and socialize.
Participants will savor over 20 distinct Egyptian flavors—ranging from spicy to sweet and everything in between. From sizzling street snacks to…

Location
Tahrir Square
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Malcolm_m
Dec 14, 2025
Eating Our Way Through Downtown Cairo - What an unforgettable food experience in Cairo! Every stop on this tour was bursting with flavour and authenticity. The hawawishi was absolutely mouth-watering — a deep-fried golden crust with perfectly spiced, juicy fillings. My son summed it up best by calling it “Egyptian pizza” 😄. We then enjoyed foul sandwiches, with rich, slow-cooked fava beans tucked into warm, soft pita bread — simple, comforting, and incredibly satisfying. The highlight was finishing with koshari at the world-famous Abou Tarek, followed by a rice milk dessert that was the perfect way to cool down the tummy after the bold flavours of the koshari. Portion sizes were extremely generous — we were pleasantly full and still took plenty of leftovers home! A huge shout-out to Mohamed , our awesome guide. He was knowledgeable about every dish and expertly guided us through the busy, traffic-congested streets of downtown Cairo while sharing fascinating food stories along the way. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to truly taste Cairo. One small request: please bring back the pigeon tasting to the street food menu — it would be an incredible addition!
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Lorraine_b
Nov 3, 2025
Amazing food experience - This food tour was excellent - we were taken to 5 local spaces that are the best in Cairo. We got more than we expected as my friend and I were the only two in our group. As an added bonus, our guide was late due to traffic, he sent a friend to meet us and we had two hosts for the evening. We felt like honoured guests and left the tour feeling informed, full of delicious food, and like we had a great evening with friends. I can highly recommend this tour and if Mohamed and is friend are any indication, the guides for this company are excellent!
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Vicki_b
Oct 9, 2025
Best guide ever! - I can't say enough about our amazing guide. Mohammed Friendly and professional. . Went out of his way to provide us with a safe, delicious and personalized tour, Great food choices.
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37dimitrij
Sep 4, 2025
Flavors of Egypt - Fatema is a great guide, very friendly. She introduced me to tasty traditional Egyptian dishes, which were delicious.
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Dreamer38287256288
Mar 9, 2025
Take this tour!! - I highly recommend this tour!!! We saw the Cairo nightlife in addition to tasting amazing food that we never would’ve been able to order on our own. We took a break at one point to sit outside at a colorful cafe and drink traditional mint tea. Our guide was the nicest guy!!!
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Jean_r
Jan 26, 2025
Very filling and fulfilling - Wonderful, very filling experience with Gehad in Cairo. The food was amazing and his commentary was excellent. We enjoyed every minute of our almost 4 hours of touring. We have NEVER brought home leftovers from a food tour before and it is very important to go there really hungry. I would highly recommend this tour!
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Sam_s
Dec 24, 2024
I suspect that our guide... - I suspect that our guide was disappointed that we had been in Egypt for a week prior to this tour. However, we were still game & waited to try Koshary! This was made even better that our guide was a home cook as we are. Thanks again for being picky & for letting us drag you in circles after you stopped eating.
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Harry_c
Nov 6, 2024
Cairo food walk - Show up hungry! Ahmed was a very knowledgable and friendly guide and shared much about living in Egypt. We throughly enjoyed our walk in the city and our exposure to terrific Egyption food
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Siraaj_c
Nov 28, 2025
Great evening! - Mohammed was an excellent food tour guide for us. Perfect pace and we got to eat four or five different things. Everything was clean and high quality and he had mentioned that he had tried all the food before breaking us there. From local Egyptian dishes, to the local mint tea and of course ending with some dessert. Muhammad was very prompt and organized and had a plan as we arrive and explained everything to us. He listened to any feedback or any limitations we had with our diet and made the trip really great and memorable for us. Thanks Mohammed!!
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Wayne_b
Nov 19, 2025
Cairo Food Tour - Interesting tour of food in Cairo. Tour guide was young and very friendly but also inexperienced. There was A LOT of walking between restaurants. The quantity of food was also a lot., however most of the food and restaurants looked nothing like the pictures in the Viator description. Overall a good experience for the price paid, but we would have preferred tasting size portions rather than meal size portions.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).