The 10 Best Salads in Cairo

Asian is the way to go. This salad offers a great combination of zest, crunchiness, and sweetness. It is considered by many as the plate that “has-it-all”. Its enticing flavors and condensed ingredients leave you full with no room for dessert. Perfect.
Where: Zamalek
Contact: 19689, website

As the name suggests, you can create your very own salad medley and include any type of veggies. You’ll probably end up falling in love with your own creation! Our personal favorite is the crab salad, but don’t take our word for it. Go grab yourself a large refillable bowl and let us know in the comments below if your salad invention was a hit.
Where: Zamalek
Contact: +20227373885, website

It’s risky for a restaurant to call any of its items “special” but this one lives up to its description. The Special Chicken Salad at Saladero is as basic and good as it gets! Fill your bowl and get rid of your cravings with this healthy meal. What’s included? Chicken, colored peas, and classic carrots. It’s simple and delicious. After all, it is their specialty.
Where: Zamalek
Contact: +20227366653, website

Crave is at the peak of Cairo’s food scene, and their taco salad is their shining star. But if you’re in the mood for something else, consider the “salad for the table.” It’s an experience you don’t want to miss. Anyway, back to that taco salad, those crunchy tacos are smothered with a creamy ranch dressing. The cool folks at Crave also embed walnuts into the tacos resulting in a magnificent texture and flavor. The salad can be had as a meal on its own, but if you’re not as greedy as us, you can share it.
Where: Everywhere! Click here for all branches.
Contact: +20227363870, website

Here’s a quick lesson, kids: when you put a list of the top 10 salads in Cairo, you make damn sure you include the “South of the Border” salad by Beano’s. It’s the perfect balance of fresh and exotic ingredients. This baby raises the bar for what chicken salad should look and taste like. This salad is the backbone of Beano’s, it’s the people magnet, and the pinnacle of salads at Beano’s, if not in Cairo.
Where: Everywhere! Click here for all branches.
Contact: +20227362388, website

Who doesn’t love chicken teriyaki? Nobody. That’s who. Add in some organic quinoa seeds, and vegetables, and you’ve got yourself a winner. The quinoa blends effortlessly with the rest of the ingredients, making it a salad to die for. No surprise that this salad is listed as one of Gaby’s best-selling items on the menu. Possibly one of the best-selling salads in the whole country.
Where: Nasr City (Citystars), Sheikh Zayed (Galleria40)
Contact: +201008542900, website

Spectra is known for its huge quantities. But this is a different story. This is the most basic salad you are probably going to order in any restaurant or coffee shop. But the amount of ingredients is what distinguishes a good salad from a relatively bland and tasteless one. Spectra does it so well with just the right amount of dressing and just the right selection of ingredients. Thank you, Spectra.
Where: Everywhere! Click here for all branches.
Contact: 19491, website

When chicken is perfectly grilled and topped with the most appealing veggies and greens, the salad becomes a salad of choice, every time! This is arguably Qahwa’s best salad, and a favorite among 6th of October residents. The salad includes asparagus, red cabbage, goat cheese, and cherries, topped with lemon mustard dressing. Doesn’t that sound ridiculously delicious? Don’t miss out on this heavenly experience. It’s a must try.
Where: Sheikh Zayed (Arkan Plaza)
Contact: +201069187892, website

One of the more nutritious salads on this list is Casablanca at Kcal. The combination of fruits, carbs, and protein amounts to only 190 calories. Casablanca is a superb metabolism booster that will fill you up. Enjoy it before/after the gym, for dinner, or anytime your heart desires. It’s healthy and tasty. What more could you want from a salad?
Where: Kcal, Syria Street, and Mall 106, Fifth Settlement.
Contact: 19718, website

This salad includes ingredients we’re all familiar with. But this salad in particular features an incredible taste thanks to the dressing and toppings. Pottery’s salad bowl is filled with leaves and mushrooms on neatly cut chicken breast pieces and a generous amount of tomatoes and red cabbage with honey mustard dressing. This salad can resemble the notion of “grandma’s cookie recipe”, it can be easy to make but the taste won’t be the same.
Where: Click here for all branches.
Contact: +20227357974, website