Some breads were born humble. Focaccia was not one of them. It started life in Italy as the loud, olive-oily cousin of “normal” bread — dock workers ate it, grandmas baked it, and everyone agreed it didn’t need anything more than salt and maybe a tomato to be a full meal. It’s flat(-ish), dimpled, and permanently glistening, like it woke up already dressed for aperitivo.

Fast forward a few centuries and Cairo has entered the chat. Now those same trays of focaccia are getting sliced open and turned into full sandwiches: part old-school bakery, part overstuffed deli order. Not quite just bread, not quite just a sandwich — focaccia is the best of both worlds, and these are the places proving it.

Klay Deli

Gamal Abdel Nasser St., New Cairo

Klay Deli is what happens when a focaccia sheet falls into the hands of a deli person with no self-control. Expect serious stacking: proper cold cuts, cheese that actually melts, and sauces that know their place (everywhere). It’s not a “grab and go”, it’s a sit down, unwrap, and emotionally commit kind of sandwich.

Ratios Bakery

13B 232 St., Maadi & Grand Egyptian Museum

Ratios starts where everyone else should: with focaccia that could star on its own. Deep flavour, open crumb, olive oil in all the right places — then they go and turn it into sandwiches anyway. The builds feel thought-through, not chaotic, so you taste the bread, the filling, and the fact that someone in that kitchen cares a bit too much about hydration levels.

Norma

Park St., Sheikh Zayed

Norma does focaccia sandwiches that feel like a soft launch into moving to the Mediterranean. Fresh, bright fillings, good olive oil, and that “I just stopped for a quick something” energy that somehow turns into a full lunch. Order one with a coffee and suddenly you’re not in a hurry any more.

Chic Choc

Mall Met Hub, Sheraton

Chic Choc might sound like a dessert situation, but their focaccia sandwiches are very savoury and very serious. Think café comfort with bakery ambition: thick slabs of bread, generous fillings, and the kind of drip that requires both napkins and zero regrets. Ideal for when you want to eat like you’re between meetings even if you’re between Netflix episodes.

Bascota

Garden 8 & EDNC, New Cairo & Ivory Business Park, Sheikh Zayed

Bascota is for people who never want to say “light sandwich” in their life. Their focaccia tends to come fully loaded — lots of filling, lots of flavour, and zero fear of going a bit overboard. It’s the kind of thing you order when you’re starving, finish anyway, and then sit very quietly for a few minutes questioning your life choices (in a good way).

Blooms and Beans

Arkan Plaza, Sheikh Zayed & Lake Town, New Cairo

Blooms and Beans is the aesthetic one in the group. Your focaccia sandwich arrives looking like it’s ready for a soft-launch photo shoot: neat layers, good colour, nothing collapsing… yet. Pair it with a latte and a laptop and you’ve accidentally built yourself a very curated “I work from cafés now” moment.

204 Bakery

1 204 St. Maadi

204 Bakery is pure bread nerd territory, which is exactly what you want from a focaccia sandwich. The base is all fermentation, flavour and edges that crunch just enough, then they go in with fillings that actually hold up to it. It’s less “quick snack” and more “this is the main event of my day and that’s fine”.

Stone

Swell Lake Mall, Sheikh Zayed & Kornr, Heliopolis

Stone feels like the cool friend who knows where to get the good stuff and refuses to gatekeep. Their focaccia sandwiches are hefty, properly toasted, and built to be eaten with both hands. You don’t come here for delicate; you come here for “I need something real before I turn into a horrible person”.

Ni Caffe

District 5 & 5A By Waterway, New Cairo

Ni Caffe is the quiet overachiever. You walk in thinking you’ll just grab a coffee, clock the focaccia sandwiches, and suddenly you’re ordering lunch. The builds are straightforward, satisfying and exactly what you want when you’re too hungry to experiment but still refuse to eat boring bread.

S/ice

Uvenues, New Cairo

S/ice feels like the place that heard “just a sandwich” and took it personally. Their focaccia comes out thick, well-oiled and properly dimpled, then gets stacked with fillings that make lunch feel like an active good decision.

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