Ali Baba

Ali Baba restaurant

This restaurant is behind the Luxor Temple, between McDonald's and the entrance to the Mercure Inn. Its entrance is a few yards along the busy road that sweeps past McDonald's and away from the temple. You go up a wooden staircase and arrive on a first floor rooftop with wooden canopied cover.

The seating is all a little cramped. Tables are arranged regimentally and covered with thick plastic cloths. Seating is on benches with rather tatty covers. A young backpacker would be more comfortable here than someone staying at the Winter Palace.

Prices are typical of the harder-to-access restaurants and cafes. Soft drinks are about LE4 (March 2006) hot drinks only slightly more.

View from Ali Baba

This restaurant's main feature is the view. From the end of the restaurant furthest from the entrance stairs there is a superb view of the back of Luxor Temple, similar to the one from the top of McDonald's but without the glass and telephone wires in the way.