Vegan-friendly
Fast food
Egyptian

Like El Tahrir, Abu Tarek serves only one dish: koshary/kushari which is a traditional Egyptian vegetarian dish made with chickpeas, lentils, tomato sauce, vinegar, fried onions, rice, and noodles (which is almost always vegan). The kushari at Abu Tarek is reportedly vegan, and your only choice when ordering is what size (small or large). Vegans ask about beverages. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-10:00pm.


56 Reviews

First Review by m@earthville

KhaledKamal

Points +11

Mostly Veg
01 Jul 2023

Excellent service, taste, and prices

Abu Tareek is becoming my favorite koshary place.
Service is super fast
Tastes very well and consistent
Prices are very reasonable

Pros: Excellent taste, excellent prices, very fast service

NicoleMirasol

Points +128

Vegan
23 May 2023

Super delicious and great experience

super delicious and lovely staff, such a good experience. Highly recommend

SergAMox

Points +710

Vegan
22 Apr 2023

Great

This is a bustling, busy restaurant in Cairo with koshary as the only dish available, just specify small or large. Restaurant has four floors The staff could tell we were foreigners but noticed us and told us to upstairs, we ended up in the top floor and we were eventually seated with three other local couples in the same table. The Koshary itself was a very large portion, filling and delicious. This place is recommended for vegans in Cairo.

daniellealexander

Points +252

Vegan
20 Mar 2023

Great koshary

Not much else to say. Koshary is vegan anyway and obviously delicious!

Pros: Vegan , Cheap

dominik.pietryga

Points +1456

Vegan
18 Dec 2022

Best koshari I tried in Cairo.

Very helpful staff. The restaurant has many levels, it's really big. And most importantly the food is amazing. Really really tasty. So simple and so delicious.

GillVHibbitt

Points +963

Vegan
04 Dec 2022

Delicious food

Very good service , checking what level of spice I like.
Busy when I went so not a place to linger.. food finished and bill there in a heartbeat!

m.veg

Points +296

Vegan
18 Aug 2022

An experience

Loved the atmosphere in this local restaurant, the koshary is super tasty, really filling and unbelievably cheap. I was so happy to take part in this experience as a vegan and will definitely come back when I’m in Cairo!

Pros: Koshary is already vegan , Cheap , Filling

myrsky

Points +918

Vegan
29 Jun 2022

Fabulous Koshari & Experience

I love everything about this place, the food, the atmosphere the view, the bustling streets outside. Perfect for a proper portion of Koshari💗

Pros: Tasty Koshari, Good portions, Cheap

Cons: -

hatszepsut

Points +713

Vegetarian
16 Apr 2022

Simply amazing!

I absolutely loved the place! Definitely the best koshari I've ever had.
The manager is a lovely lovely man - very kind and friendly.

Patatine

Points +2904

Vegan
31 Jan 2022

The best Koshary in town!

We went there randomly and we got the first portion or Koshary with something to drink. We only paid one euro and it was AMZING. The Koshary is a mixture that contains check peas, lentils, pasta and rice and the tomato 🍅 sauce they make is AMAZING. They also give you spicy oils and something to drink.
The place is so authentic and full of locals!

phonebox13

Points +663

Vegan
21 Sep 2021

Never disappoints

This place never disappoints. their standard Koshari is always good. Super consistent💪

Pros: Always good

MarbleSoup

Points +38

Non Veg
25 Aug 2021

Best Koshari in Cairo

The best Koshari I had so far in Cairo. It is really lovely and damn cheap!
20-50 EGP depending on the dish size (small, medium, large).

Pros: Cheap, Tasty

lettix

Points +1801

Vegan
25 Aug 2021

Best Koshary in town

I ate the best Koshary that I ever had here. Also, the service is really good and fast. They prepare the sauces and everything for you if you wish to. The restaurant has three floors to sit and dine. You get one medium sized Koshary for 25 EP.

fionadraiocht

Points +156

Vegan
10 Nov 2020

Excellent koshary

Abou Terek only serves one dish: koshary − but it does it excellently, so excellently that the restaurant stretches to at least three and possibly more floors. It's cheap, it's tasty, it fills you up and it's all done with a minimum of fuss.

SoyStina

Points +4751

Vegan
03 Jun 2020

Koshari Place

The food here is a classic vegan Egyptian dish. Affordable and filled with locals. Good food. When I went there the staff was rude and tried to cheat us. Look out for getting the right price.

Pros: Vegan meals, Affordable

Cons: Rude staff

Ezey11

Points +1586

Vegan
01 Jan 2020

Carb it up!

Koshari- While this sounds like an odd combination of carbs on carbs, it really is delicious. Spaghetti, small round macaroni bits, rice, brown lentils with a tomato sauce and crispy fried onions. Add vinegar/garlic and hot sauce.
Keep me full for may hours.
There is a take away section down stairs, just head upstairs and find a spot to sit.

dan&mia

Points +759

Vegetarian
28 Nov 2019

One good option

No choices, just koshari and we liked it

Indigiveg

Points +82

Vegan
20 Apr 2019

Delicious and cheap

My first day in Egypt and tried this place. Service is hit and miss but the food is absolutely delicious. A medium size was big and filled me up for hours.

maynard7

Points +5587

Mostly Veg
09 Apr 2019

So delicious!

This is the first time I've ever had koshary so I can't compare it to others. But I hope they're all this good! I ordered it through the Glovo food delivery service. It came with a bottle of garlic tomato sauce. The price is so low and it was so delicious I definitely have to have it again before I leave Cairo.

Yasminenazmy

Points +476

Vegan
09 Mar 2019

Good but not amazing

I had heard so much about this place, so many tourists said it was the best koshary so I went there with really high expectations and it wasn't THAT good but still decent. The decor is really cold though, I prefer smaller cozier places.

Pros: Affordable, Easy for ordering!

Cons: Crowded area

veganliferiley

Points +226

Vegan
30 Dec 2018

Super Yummy

This place is great, bumping with local and Egyptians, we went on a sunday night and was full house and felt very authentic, we were some of the only Europeans. It was cheap AF. AND NON SMOKING.

Pros: cheap, fast, tasty

Cons: waiters are pushy *but honest

Selim

Points +100

Vegan
03 Dec 2018

Very tasty meal and cheap.

Just went there and the koshari is very tasty. I took a medium one and I paid 25 Egyptians pounds which is nothing for a meal like that.

Cons: Cheap

cdrk

Points +888

Vegan
02 Nov 2018

Nice place.

Good traditional food. One can add as much chilly or vinegar as they want.

Pros: Good food, Extremely fast, Friendly staff

BrianMacInnes

Points +90

Vegan
24 Jul 2018

yummy. really good veg food

Service was great. Food was really good.

Wildvegannomad

Points +406

Vegan
10 Apr 2018

The best Koshary you will find in Egypt

Im a huge fan of koshary since i ate here. No where else really compares. So cheap and great service. I came here twice!

Pros: vegan by default , good service

VeggieMon

Points +274

Vegetarian
28 Aug 2014

Tasty Energy

There isn't a surfeit of choices expressly for vegetarians/vegans in Cairo, but all things considered this is a great one. It's simple, fast, tasty, extremely filling, and cheap. And it's in Cairo!!

I went a couple of times for lunch during my visit to Egypt and it definitely sets you up for the rest of the day. Plus it's kind of a landmark, so be sure to go.

Pros: Tasty, Inexpensive, It's in Egypt.

ojemine

Points +36

Vegan
16 Jun 2013

everything said

there´s nothing more to say.

Pros: tasty, cheap, authentic and nice

Cons: closed at ramadan, only one dish




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