Sofitel has several restaurants lining the Nile on its outdoor terrace
Location: Sofitel Gezirah, Zamalek
Cuisine: Moroccan
Serves alcohol: yes
Serves shisha: yes
While Sequoia was on the northernmost tip of Zamalek, the Sofitel Gezirah is on the southernmost tip — which guarantees even better views, if you can believe it.
Sofitel has several restaurants lining the Nile on its outdoor terrace — Kebabgy (see below), Le Deck, Casa Mia and La Palmeraie.
La Palmeraie crosses off all the boxes that Sequoia did — fantastic view, alcohol, shisha and food. The cuisine is Moroccan as opposed to Egyptian or more generic Middle Eastern, but hey, we have to take what we can get.
Pros: on weekend nights they actually have a belly dancer and an Arabic singer, so that’s a huge added plus with the foreign crowd (gets loud though).
Cons: it’s in the Sofitel, so it’s expensive. And make sure you take a cab or an Uber to get there, unless you want to pay 200 EGP for parking in the hotel parking lot.
Nice 👍 Gate