Cheap eats in Luxor under $10
You can eat well in Luxor for $2-8 a meal all week. Ten places that locals rate, all a short walk from the East Bank centre.
Ta’ameya sandwiches wrapped in paper on a street stall counter
Under $3: the classics
Koshari Sayed Hanafy (behind the souq): $2 for a bowl big enough to skip your next meal. Aboudi ful and ta’ameya cart on Sharia al-Mahatta: $0.50 for a sandwich, open from 6am. Any of the corner sugarcane pressers: $0.30 a glass. Bakery next to Luxor train station: fresh eish baladi at $0.10 a round.
$3-6: sit-down local
Al-Sahaby Lane Restaurant (upstairs, quiet street off Sharia al-Mahatta): grilled chicken half with rice and salad $6, cold beer available. Snack Time on Sharia Television: fuul, ta’ameya, shakshuka breakfasts $3-4. Chez Omar on the Corniche (south end): decent shawarma plate and fresh juice for $5. Sunflower Restaurant near the souq: pigeon and stuffed vegetables set menu $8.
$6-10: the small splurge
Sofra on Sharia Mohammed Farid: full Egyptian mezze spread with mains for $8-10 a head, no alcohol but exceptional food in a restored house. Aboudi in the Old Winter Palace hotel arcade: proper tea and cake for $4, or a light lunch for $8. 1886 lunch menu (Winter Palace): occasionally does a set lunch under $12 — check on arrival.
West Bank cheap eats
Restaurant Mohammed on Gezira village main road: Egyptian home cooking, four-course set dinner $8. Africa Restaurant near the ferry: quick shawarma and grills, $5-7. Nour el-Gurna guesthouse restaurant: open to non-guests, three-course $7.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before they set off on this one.
Koshari Sayed Hanafy at $2 for a bowl. It's a full meal and it's what taxi drivers eat.
Yes — ful and ta’ameya at any corner cart, plus fresh bread and mint tea, will run $1.50-2.50.
Al-Sahaby Lane serves Stella beer at $3 with meals. Otherwise hotel bars and King's Head Pub.
Africa Restaurant near Medinet Habu does a $6 tagine. Better than the tourist restaurants clustered by the Colossi.
Hotels in Luxor
Hotels we cover across Luxor
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