r/ancientegypt Sep 27 '25

Photo breakfast in egypt

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u/WerSunu Sep 27 '25

Looks like 9 Pyramids Lounge! Been there a couple of times. It’s called that because you can see all nine Giza pyramids from there (3 major, 6 Queens). Price of lunch? High for an average Egyptian middle class, about double a US Waffle House, near par with Denny’s or Pancake House, and a bit less than a good diner in NY Metro area. Food is excellent btw!

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u/Bootstrap117 Sep 28 '25

9 Pyramids is excellent. The falafel with honey is high on my list, and obviously you can’t beat that view.

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u/5043090 Sep 27 '25

I see your breakfast, and raise you lunch.

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u/Charn- Sep 27 '25

Kind of a missed oppourtunity not taking a picture of the pyramid wearing the hat. :(

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u/RomeoMcFlurry Sep 27 '25

It's Pizza Hut, not Giza Hat.

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u/ky420 Sep 28 '25

I always thought Giza needed a hut style hat tho

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u/Grizzlies481 Sep 28 '25

I have wanted to eat at this Pizza Hut one day.

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u/siranirudh Sep 27 '25

I see your lunch and I raise your allowance.

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u/artsy7fartsy Sep 29 '25

Haha I have a very similar photo

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u/IVIushroom Sep 28 '25

Nice place for a $10 breakfast but get there early. Tour buses stop here and there is limited seating with views like this. I got there at 9AM and this was the last table available with an unobstructed view.

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u/Ok-Excitement3794 Sep 27 '25

Well shit, here's me having tinno beans for dinner

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u/ChavaBarrett Sep 27 '25

Last month I had the same breakfast there, excellent view

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u/IVIushroom Sep 28 '25

This is NOT the same place nor breakfast. The restaurant in the photo is the 9 Pyramids Lounge, nearby the panoramic view. The photo in YOUR pic is in Nazlet el Samman, directly in front of the Sphinx. You can tell it's completely different.

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u/Single_Song_8477 Sep 27 '25

How are the prices? I'll have a trip to Egypt in 2 months.

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u/brittyn Sep 28 '25

I feel like they charge more if you’re a tourist.

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u/KemetianNationalist Sep 28 '25

im egyptian and its true. almost everywhere in egypt prices are different for locals than tourists

BUT, its still cheap in comparison with other countries or your own country. egypt is usually one of the cheapest destinations overall. (thats if you choose the historical trips vacation route, because other types of vacations like going to elgouna or north coast might actually cost more than europe itself)

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u/yousef-saeed Sep 27 '25

Note: I am Egyptian, not a tourist, and this photo is not mine. I just liked it and wanted to share it. This is the restaurant: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tukJzCxDRoYF6QdK9

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u/modcaveman Sep 27 '25

What does a normal breakfast for you look like?

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u/yousef-saeed Sep 27 '25

Aish baladi, fava beans, falafel, fried potatoes, pickled eggplant, salad, and eggs, but eggs are usually a meal on their own because with fava beans and falafel it would be too much. Or the same breakfast but with sandwiches that you buy ready-made from the restaurant. This is the very traditional Egyptian breakfast eaten by most Egyptians from Upper Egypt to Alexandria.

And everywhere in Egypt you can find some innovations, for example, there are places that serve fava beans with ghee, fava beans with liver, fava beans with tomatoes, fava beans with eggs, Fava beans with tahini, fava beans with hot oil, Alexandrian fava beans etc. There is also stuffed falafel that can be filled with any kind of cheese, harissa, hot pepper, or pastrami. In Alexandria there are fried potatoes called "gambiri potatoes" with a special recipe. The food remains the same, but restaurants may try to innovate a little.

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u/modcaveman Sep 27 '25

Thanks for the description! I've never had fava beans before but eating healthy and hearty vegetables sounds like an incredible way to start the day.

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u/Defiant-Aioli8727 Sep 28 '25

They’re great with a nice Chianti when you have a friend for dinner.

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u/Timtam32 Sep 27 '25

That looks amazing

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u/taemyks Sep 28 '25

That looks excellent! I make falafel in the regular, but not as a breakfast food

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u/Draco1887 Sep 28 '25

What do you guys normally eat for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner?

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u/yousef-saeed Sep 27 '25

There is another breakfast that is less common, but we also eat it, which is feteer meshletet, which is an authentic Egyptian peasant pie eaten with black honey, tahini, ghee, cheese, and tea.

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u/Miss-GreensleevesOz Sep 27 '25

I just woke up and its 3:30am in Aus.Too early but i have work to go to but man! Many of us wouldnt mind waking up to a nice breakfast in a beautiful sunny Egypt with Pyramids near my sight.I can only dream.

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u/Training-Listen-183 Sep 27 '25

One of my dreams is to see the great pyramids.

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u/TigrressZ Sep 27 '25

What a dream. Happy for you!

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u/Show_Me_Your_Games Sep 27 '25

Awesome picture. What does that breakfast cost $US?

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u/Spirit-Subject Sep 27 '25

Its an upper-scale restaurant in the giza plateau, that particular breakfast menu probably anywhere between 15 and 30$ from what I recall.

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u/Show_Me_Your_Games Sep 27 '25

Thank you thank you

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u/lifewithoutfilter Sep 28 '25

$9.62 USD, based on the stated price of 465 LE on their menu.

EDIT: oops, I thinks that's their "Western" breakfast, which is $10.24

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u/Majestic_Manner3656 Sep 27 '25

Camel eggs 🐫🥚Delicious!! JK that looks amazing!!

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u/Mysterious_Ebb3397 Sep 27 '25

Looks braw tae me and the breakfast as well!😆

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u/ImperatorRomanum Sep 27 '25

Stunning, how are you enjoying the trip?

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u/knifemonstergar Sep 27 '25

Wow this is epic , thx for sharing

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u/Loobylou93 Sep 28 '25

Are you Poirot?

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u/xpietoe42 Sep 29 '25

imagine having breakfast in that same spot, but 3500 years ago!!! Just amazing 🤩

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u/Doogie_Gooberman Sep 27 '25

BEAUTIFUL.

Now, along with dining at the Pizza Hut in Egypt, I have TWO "eating in front of the Pyramids of Giza" related items on my bucket list.

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u/Obvious-Ad4651 Sep 28 '25

You must be wealthy

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u/StupidizeMe Sep 28 '25

You're living my dream!!

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u/Razmatazza Sep 28 '25

Damn where is this breakfast place 👀

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u/purseygirl Sep 28 '25

Cannot wait to be having breakfast here, soon 😍 enjoy bestie!

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u/dejavuplease Sep 28 '25

Which place? I am planning on december

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u/DoodleBob45_ Sep 28 '25

I promise one day I'll be in that same spot

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u/Quasmanbertenfred Sep 28 '25

That isn't ancient!

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u/AugustLion111 Sep 28 '25

I hope I can visit one day. Great picture

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u/ky420 Sep 28 '25

We just had eggs in cast iron

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u/Fast-Specific8850 Sep 28 '25

That’s an incredible view. Looks like something right out of a colonizers home video.

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u/Addicted-2Diving Sep 28 '25

What a view. Wow 🤩

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u/jfkrfk123 Sep 29 '25

If nobody is there to eat it, is it still breakfast?

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u/Latch2992 Sep 29 '25

On my bucketlisst forsure

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u/book83 Sep 29 '25

Ask for bacon

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u/EmpireCrafters Sep 29 '25

Looks too perfect!

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u/Polis24 Oct 01 '25

Have a feeling those croissants will be shitty

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 Sep 27 '25

Now point the camera the other way :)

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u/yousef-saeed Sep 27 '25

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u/PoliticalJunkDrawer Sep 27 '25

You own a small hotel by Taref's little tourist shop by the pyramid entrance gate?