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Where to Find the Best Sandwiches in Egypt – A SceneEats Guide

Egypt’s best sandwiches aren’t at the obvious spots — they’re at the indie heroes who get the bread, filling, and sauce just right.

Farah Awadallah

Where to Find the Best Sandwiches in Egypt – A SceneEats Guide

Sandwiches were never meant to be this complicated. Bread, filling, done. But Cairo has a bad habit of treating them like side characters — fillers until the fries show up. You know the type: limp lettuce, mayo drowning the whole thing, and bread that feels like it’s been sitting out since Ramadan 2018.

But every once in a while, you find a place that actually respects the sandwich. The bread is fresh, the fillings make sense, the sauce hits, and suddenly you’re holding something worth canceling dinner plans for.These sandwiches don’t just sit in your hand — they stare into your soul, whispering: “you’ll never order anything else again.”

So here’s the list. These are the lowkey places that have the sandwiches that deserve two hands, undivided attention, and maybe even a full-on Notes app ranking.

Split

The Gardens, New Giza
Self-proclaimed “go-to sandwich hub”, and honestly, they didn’t lie. Whether you’re craving something messy, bougie, or basic-but-perfect, Split has the range. 

Sandwich Room

District 5, New Cairo & Walk of Cairo + Palm Hills, Sheikh Zayed
The OG. The one sandwich snobs whisper about. Fresh bread, perfect fillings, and toppings that never overwhelm — it’s the kind of place that makes you feel smug for “discovering” it, even though everyone already knows.

Fino

Majarrah, Sheikh Zayed
For the old-school souls who believe fino bread is the superior carb. No focaccia theatrics, no ciabatta drama, just straight-to-the-point sandwiches that taste like home but upgraded.

Bakery 204

1 St. 204, Maadi
Maadi has many bakeries, but Bakery 204 pulls a stunt with their sandwiches. It’s the kind of place that makes you rethink why you ever settled for soggy takeout when this was right there.

Koffee Kulture

Branches all over Cairo
For every (k)raving you didn’t know you had. Bagels? Check. Paninis? Check. Baguettes? Also check. And if you’re not ordering the sweet potato fries on the side, you’re doing it wrong.

Cult

Branches all over Cairo
Cult’s light sandwwiches will have you questioning every carb-related life choice you’ve ever made (in a good way). And honestly, a standing ovation is needed for bringing the Tunacado to Egypt — we didn’t know we needed it until now, and now we can’t live without it.

G’s

The Isle, Sheikh Zayed
If you’re on team “bagels are sandwiches”, then G’s is your temple. Chewy, golden circles loaded with fillings so good they’ll silence even the “bagel is a separate food group” crowd.

Moxy’s

Arkan Plaza, Sheikh Zayed
The panini is hot — literally and metaphorically. Crispy outsides, molten insides, and the kind of sandwich that makes you believe in the power of sandwich to uplift a mood. 

Leaven Bakery

U Venues, New Cairo & 4 Road 21, Maadi
Here, you get to build your own sandwich destiny. Pick the bread, pick the filling, then credit no one but yourself when you create something so good it deserves its own TED Talk.

Ratios Bakery

10B St. 11, Maadi
Known for their breakfast plates, but the real sleeper hit? Their sandwiches. Quietly one of the best things on the menu, the kind that makes you feel like you’re in on a secret everyone else missed.

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