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Bahary is a seafood restaurant that is unlike its peers: The restaurant has two branches — a humble and cozy spot in Makram Ebeid, and another vast three-floor space in New Cairo. For the purpose of this review, we visited the New Cairo branch. Aside from the traditional ice case display of the fruits of the sea, there is a pasta station, which gives you a live cooking experience of your chosen seafood.

Their shrimp bisque soup was what the doctor ordered in this weather. The bisque was unique in that heavy cream was replaced by tomato sauce, which allowed the natural flavors of the shellfish to come through. But we suggest asking your server to keep it light on the salt, as we noticed that it was a tad salty. For our mains, we had squid and squid egg casserole with white sauce, open-baked fish with lemon and oil, butterfly shrimp, shrimp kofta, fried calamari, and grilled sea bass. The dishes came hot, juicy, and full of flavor but the fried calamari’s breading was starting to get soggy. They also serve generous portions — if you ordered one of the fish dishes it should last for at least 3-4 servings.

NOTE- It is on the expensive side, and you can’t reserve ahead of time, which translates to a 20-40-minute wait through their waiting list. You will also be ordering while you wait, so we recommend you try out our favorites to make good use of your time. Or you can always get it delivered but it takes around an hour or two.

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