Best Restaurants in Aswan
Five essential tables, ranked by occasion.
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Aswan’s Top 5
Panorama Restaurant & Bar
Panorama Restaurant & Bar at the 5-star Mövenpick Resort Aswan is the best fine dining option in the city, overlooking the panoramic views of the Nile. The restaurant offers 360-degree panoramic Nile views from the highe...
Nubian Dreams Restaurant
Nubian Dreams is a cherished project with 50 years of hospitality experience, situated on Elephantine Island offering an authentic Egyptian culinary experience with various local dishes, providing stunning views of the N...
El Dokka Restaurant
Nestled on the picturesque banks of the Nile River, El Dokka Restaurant has been delighting guests since 1993, specialising in traditional Nubian cuisine while also offering a selection of international dishes. The three...
Orangerie at Mövenpick
Nestled within the Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts on Elephantine Island, Orangerie Restaurant offers an exquisite fine dining experience with traditional Nubian aesthetics and modern luxury, featuring breathtaking views of t...
Aswan Moon
Aswan Moon Restaurant is famous for its felucca views and fresh Nile fish — the combination of watching the traditional sailing boats pass on the Nile while eating the fish that the same river provides makes it one...
1902 Restaurant
The 1902 Restaurant at the Old Cataract Hotel provides fine dining with legendary views in what is arguably the most historically resonant hotel in Egypt. Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile in this hotel; King Farou...
Dining in Aswan — The Essential Guide
The Gateway to Nubia at Table
Aswan is Egypt’s southernmost major city and the gateway to Nubia — the ancient civilisation that predates the pharaonic kingdoms and that has been continuously present on the Nile since before recorded history. The city has a pace and a character that distinguishes it from Cairo and Luxor: warmer, quieter, more intimate, with the Nile at its most beautiful — dotted with islands, strewn with granite boulders, sailed by the traditional feluccas that have been working this stretch of river since the pharaohs sent their trading expeditions south to Punt.
The dining scene reflects this specific character: the Mövenpick Resort’s Panorama provides 360-degree Nile views from the highest point in the city; the Old Cataract Hotel’s 1902 Restaurant provides the historical grandeur of a Victorian hotel that has been receiving the world’s most distinguished guests since 1899; and Aswan Moon provides the felucca-view riverside dining that the city’s slower pace demands.