This is a restaurant with a very nice view and atmosphere but the customer service is very bad it took 45 min for the food to arrive and when it arrived it was cold and there was 5 minute wait from first dish to last dish and all of them were cold only fries where slightly hot, in the mix grill the grilled chicken was very good the kabab was good the kafta was bad and overcooked in the inside, and fries where mid literally flavourless, the chicken pane was no joke literally 2 millimetres thick it had the old oil flavour and bad bread it's not like the images the chicken(2 millimetres)was drier than the dessert only recommend Is sea food (duca sea food) definitely not fresh but good seasoning but the restaurants portions are generous for the price and cheap the strawberry milkshake was 8 over 10 the strawberry was good but. Artifical syrup tastes like raspberry mango ice cream, which is good very generous and comes with 3 balls and a drizzle of caramel would recommend as a desert, but vegetables are old and not...
Read moreDelightful and unpretentious Nubian restaurant on a secluded Nile island. There is a free ferry that travels frequently to the island, so avoid the boat drivers who want to charge you a fee. The restaurant is simply decorated with large windows to highlight the natural beauty of the river around you.
The menu is varied and features everything one would expect of Nubian/Egyptian cuisine. Be warned the pictures are taken from the web and do not actually represent dishes from the restaurant.
The food is simple and delicious. Nothing that would make Instagram rave, but it was one of the most delicious meals we ate in Egypt. Save time for a relaxing cup of Nubian coffee in the seating area after.
The staff is very attentive and when we were there had multiple persons who could speak English. The restaurant seemed to cater mostly to tourists, which is not unusual of the restaurants we went to in Aswan.
El Dokka will be a must return when we are...
Read moreWent there today, as a family of two and a child. Service is great, very very clean Food quality is perfect The soup tasted great... Lentil was better than pasta Soup. But quantity needs to be more.. Very small soup bowl Three types of salad were served.. Best was baba ghanog.. Could be the best in my life. Tahina was great too.. Spicy and clean Even green salad tasted perfect..
We had two plates of seafood One called monir fish.. Was really special.. Lemon sauce and mustard fish.. Freshly caught from the Nile.. Really nice.. Sauce is unique Second was seafood special they have.. Calamari was OK,.. Fish was simple and good quality.. And two shrimps were really fresh and good... I would rate the food as excellent The waiter is just a bit too stressed may be.. Doesn't want to smile.. There was a guy playing oud live music... Very suitable.. Found it to be ideal...
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