Koshary El Tahrir — Restaurant in Cairo

Traditional Egyptian food. 'Koshary'. A combination of pasta, rice, lentils and chickpeas. Additionally, in the bowl next to it, there is a sauce resembling with minced tomato soup. Fried onion served in colorful bags. Don't force it, if you can't eat something, it is listed next to it so you can choose how you eat your dish. Very thoughtful. When in Cairo, you must come here. We've eaten other koshary in other places but this one definitely wins. The service was efficient, friendly, incredibly smiling and speaking English. The waiter will come up and ask you what you need with a wide, sincere smile. The prices are reasonable and the food is delicious. The atmosphere of the bar is pleasant and local. Quick service style with a restaurant area on the floor above the kitchen. We felt healthily full. We came back a few more times and each time we took more King portions to go. On Google maps it is in a different place. It's actually across the street. If you look around you will definitely notice it....

Having a Koshary when in Egypt is a must! It\s the most famous local Egyptian dish of all time. It's an amazing food experience and surprisingly it is super cheap! Koshary is made of rice, pasta, lentils, fried onions, Hommos with tomato sauce, garlic sauce and hot sauce added on the top. The taste of this combination is out of this world, specially when you add more sauces! Koshary stores offer many sizes starting $1 (the smallest portion) till $6 (the biggest portion).

One more thing about Koshary places, they tend to sell Roz Belaban (Milky rice pudding) for dessert. So if you added to many hot sauce then you'd need some of that in the end ;)

Please note that Koshary is a local dish. So don't expect the Koshary restaurants to be fancy or anything. They're so average considering seating,...

Amazing dish called koshary. This dish is an Egyptian favorite consisting of rice, noodles, tomato sauce, lentils, chickpeas, garlic sauce, hot sauce, and fried onions. It melds together so well and is extremely filling. This store has many sizes, and for 1 USD, you could be easily filled. If you are very hungry, the 18 pound size is more than enough. The 22 pound is enough for 2 meals.

The sitting area upstairs is extremely small, so if you do takeaway, make sure you go to the register and order. Then, hand the guy making the food your receipt. He won’t make it otherwise, so be sure to do this or you will not get it.

The food itself was spectacular, and this place gets a 5...