Cairo By Nights Restaurant & Bar - Food VIC

3 /5 Shruti Kohli: Walked into Chiro Night and were greeted by Fahim, the restaurant manager. Even though we didn’t have a booking, he still gave us decent seating, which we appreciated. However, we were told that food couldn’t be served with shisha due to some law, and there was a minimum spend of $30 per person. We were a group of five and ended up spending well above the minimum (receipt attached), so this felt unnecessary. It felt strange that in a restaurant serving both shisha and food, we weren’t allowed to have both together, while it seemed others could. This felt a bit discriminatory. We went inside the bar area to order some drinks, and then Atif came to our table to take our shisha order. We ordered two shishas, and Atif was very nice. Service overall was poor—after being seated for over 20 minutes, no one offered water until we specifically asked Atif. Eventually, after expressing our disappointment, we were asked to order some starters, so we got bread with dips and fries. When the bill came, there were extra items we never ordered, so it was good we checked it. The live Egyptian singer was enjoyable, and Fahim was pleasant to talk to and handled the situation well. They have indoor and outdoor seating also to note the bowls the dips were served in were all chipped. Need to focus on that. Overall, the experience was mixed, and I don’t think we’ll be returning.

4 /5 MS: We visited Cairo by nights 2 days ago, as a family, food was ok generally, but the hawawshi was great, I forgot to get a picture of it, but was so delicious, mombar was ok, bread was baked in restaurant and was delicious as well. Mix grill was ok, but could, not a charcoal taste. I had a concern about the service that I reserved a table for 5 pm, clearly mentioned I had kids, requesting away from sheesha but was close to the door, and was very uncomfortable with the smokes, when I requested to go in, the waiter mentioned that the tables were reserved to a group of 16, thought they would arrive right away, but until we left at 6:30 pm, none of that group showed up, so… ideally I could go with my kids there until they show up. I would go again? Yes, but without the kids, it would be more fun for couples or groups, vibrant atmosphere.

5 /5 Nicol: The food was delicious. I ordered the Molokhia and chicken & what I couldn’t eat I took home. The Molokhia is liquid gold. Yummy. Definitely recommend.

3 /5 Mustansir Merchant: We booked a table for 2 for outside seating for dinner and it was a very mixed bag experience for us at Cairo by Nights. Pros: The lamb clay pot was delicious, creamy, filling and perfectly seasoned. Would definitely revisit just to eat this again. Side dish of rice with the mix grill was flavourful and well cooked. Dips were good: Garlic, eggplant and hummus. Staff was super friendly and great at making conversation. Pros: The mixed grill was so disappointing, extremely dry, overcooked and chewy. For 40$ it was definitely the biggest let down. The staff, inspite of being friendly was highly inattentive. Hardly any customers around but was always busy talking to a friend and would never look to our direction despite multiple attempts to call him. Slow service, hardly any customers at the restaurant but the food took a long time to arrive. The pita bread was cold, dry, hard and felt stale. I usually judge places from the bread they serve, this was hard to eat. Timings displayed were incorrect, we wanted to order dessert but couldnt because they shut up shop earlier than advertised. Maybe, not the worst thing for us though because of the food we experienced all night. All in all, a very bittersweet experience. The restaurant was highly recommended but really felt short on multiple criterias, a special night was somewhat underwhelmed because of it. Maybe we were just unlucky and I wont pass any final judgements but might not be recommending it to anyone, anytime soon.