Bringing Dahab to Downtown Cairo, Find Us Hiding Camped Out at Al Ku5

Quaint, cosy, and charming, Al Ku5 is the West El Balad restaurant that looks like the inside of every Dahab-get-away cottage of our dreams. 

Decked out with tree bark stools, raw canvas ceilings, straw light fixtures, Al Ku5 is bursting with personality (there are even mini indoor palm trees throughout the place). The faux oasis of a spot also features authentic live entertainment like oud players, poets, or underground singers that fall in line with the unique atmosphere of the Al Ku5. 

As you’d imagine, their menu is just as homey. Served in picturesque tawagen, they serve up bubbling traditional Egyptian dishes, molokhia, bamya, and all the good stuff that you would possibly imagine would come out of the bedouin inspired haven