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Simonds

Bar Espresso bar Patisserie

One of the Most Reviewed Espresso bars in Cairo


Address

112 26th of July Corridor, Omar Al Khayam, Zamalek, Cairo Governorate 4270141, Egypt

Website

www.simonds1898.com

Contact

+20 2 27359436

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (1.6K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: Open 24 hours
  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: Open 24 hours
  • Saturday: Open 24 hours
  • Sunday: Open 24 hours
  • Monday: Open 24 hours

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: coffee (19) good (17) sweets (14) staff (12) nice (11) taste (11) experience (9) pastry (9) cafe (9) Zamalek (8)
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  • 5/5 Hana A. 2 years ago on Google
    Very nice on the go coffee. Staff there is so good and friendly. I highly recommend it for small meeting or a quick coffee since the place is not the big.. the american coffee with milk on the side is the best.
    19 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ms S. 2 years ago on Google • 97 reviews
    One of the best bakery in Zamalek. They have various type of cakes, sweets, bread. My husband love raspberry cheese cake here. They have tables inside so you can get some cakes with coffee. But capacity is very limited so always busy😂 According to my husband coffee is okay. Nice staffs indeed and authentic interior.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bermudasteve 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent pastries and coffee. Good service too. Thank you.
    10 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Eman Medhat E. 2 months ago on Google • 115 reviews New
    very nice place used to go long ago in the 90s now it's developed without losing it's sense of place very good quality food, desserts 🍨 🥧 most boys staff are nice and welcoming some girls staff are unwelcoming it will make things better if staff get more training on costumes care, overall it was a nice experience I can't wait to go again ☺️

  • 4/5 A B. 9 months ago on Google • 67 reviews
    Really enjoyed my first experience here. The strawberry gelato was great! The chocolate macaroon was hard (I’d pass on that next time) and the chocolate fudge ball was decedent. Looking forward to trying some of their other treats again soon! Thank you Simonds!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Simone 3 months ago on Google • 84 reviews New
    Very very overpriced for AVERAGE quality -The mille-feuille was not good at all, not crunchy, the filling is just like hard puding not creamy -Tiramisu, they don't use the original ingredients (mascarpone and lady fingers) and it tasted a bit sour like it was old in the fridge, was obvious from the cocoa in the surface -Eclaire, i tried the pistachio it was good but can be better -Cheesecake: was very sweet!! Just the cherry topping was good -Espresso: sour coffee, not so fresh -ice cream: you can't feel the taste of it because if the wrong freezing degree

  • 5/5 دكتور مصطفى الأبيض Dr. Mostafa A. 1 year ago on Google
    Pricey but Excellent qualityand sugary taste was adjustedperfectly. Recommended
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 SOU 3 months ago on Google • 63 reviews New
    The place is decorated so nicely, you can definitely have a good time! Staff are very friendly. As a strawberry juice lover - I tried it in many different places - ; I ordered one but unfortunately it was not so good for me. It has a syrup taste which I didn't like.

  • 5/5 Bogdana B. 5 months ago on Google • 51 reviews
    Greatest Kunafa I've ever tried, best in Egypt - the mango and cream version i mean ❤️ The traditional one is also nice, but mango one rocks. Their eclairs r also superb, but thats far not everything tbey offer in the shop, the choice of sweets and savories is huge. Defo give a try if ur around Zemalek, one of the best pastry shops I've tried in Cairo, fair for tourists, not cheating.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lily A. 7 months ago on Google • 19 reviews
    The staff is super friendly and helpful. I love each and everyone in Simonds! ❤️ The Philadelphia croissant is a must try, also the pastrami.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Yes Visit Egypt (. 3 years ago on Google
    Can I say the best dessert I have ever had in Egypt!! I like that im a few minutes away from this wonderful place. You should go there even if you are on a diet!! I will always recommend this place to my friends!! Thank you for your wonderful hospitality!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ave S. 3 years ago on Google
    I have been here for only 2 days when someone on the street told me to visit the oldest cafe in town. They told me this quaint cafe sold the best coffee around here. Zamalek is an upmarket place and Simmonds fits into that upmarket environment. This historical coffe shop sells a lovely selection of cakes, sweets, and now, ice cream. Lovely place to hang out, however, it is not a budget coffee connoisseurs bucket list cafe.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Mohamed o. 4 months ago on Google • 17 reviews
    Tiny and very noisy place. You barely will have place to set. And when you are lucky to have it. You will get disturbed frequently by people want to pass between tiny spaces between the tables. And we tried many desserts, none of them we liked. At the end, you will not enjoy the experience.

  • 4/5 Hamza A. 2 years ago on Google
    Simple but unique. I like the latte but the pistachio dessert not that much.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 meshaal m. 11 months ago on Google
    So delicious pastry and café....
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 mohamed s. 3 months ago on Google • 4 reviews New
    Simonds It is truly a wonderful place. It is a discovery in the center of Cairo, specifically the famous upscale Zamalek neighborhood. It is a place that holds very special memories for me. They have a different taste in sweets and baked goods, and they have a very excellent staff The design of the place is really excellent and they have wonderful background music that separates you from the noise outside and makes you really enjoy the atmosphere. Their prices are somewhat reasonable. I am truly grateful and nostalgic for this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Monique L. 2 years ago on Google
    Stopped by to escape from the heat with a gelato. Sat by the pastry display, their desserts looks absolutely gorgeous.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 AJ E. 3 years ago on Google
    One of my favorite bakeries in the world. The cheesecake, chocolate torte and fruit tarts are simply amazing. The entrance with the elevator that takes you from outside to downstairs inside is an experience in itself. They are always so nice and we have the finger pointing down pack. The chocolate candy is so good. I always make sure I get some to bring home on my last day. Check out the decadent ice cream cakes in a bowl. Yup...I love this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Contessa C. 1 year ago on Google
    As we say old is Gold, you can set and get a sandwich, with cup of tea or coffee or have some dessert, fresh and tasty 😋☺️💕🌹
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Rune T. 1 year ago on Google
    Cappuccino: a bit watery and not as good as it looks. Cacao: a bit watery and not as chocolate flavoured as expected. Cakes: decent chocolate taste with rich creme. On the limit of too much sugar to be quality.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Fatima M. 4 years ago on Google
    The best pastry & PÂTISSIER ever

  • 5/5 Jasmine K. 1 year ago on Google
    The cafe is very decent and comfy. I went @ about 9 am. It was so quite with low classical music. Was great for a read in the early morning. I had a latte and a hallom croissant. and a blue cheese croissant. I'm not a coffee person so I can't judge the latte, but I think it was decent. The croissants were great, but little small for what i expected but i guess it was good for the price. My friend had a Philadelphia croissant, but she didn't like it very much i guess it's a personal taste though.

  • 4/5 monir n. 2 years ago on Google
    delicious and tasty ice cream, cake and deferent types of kunafa.

  • 3/5 Marwan R. 2 years ago on Google
    This is an old fashioned place that I remember from my childhood. They tried to revive it by redesigning the packaging and redecorating the place. This part was successfully done. However, the pastry looks better than it tastes and the service is very average.

  • 1/5 essam M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Not sweet (Original) مش حلو

  • 5/5 Ossama E. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place.

  • 4/5 christian v. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good coffee and sweets (Original) Buon caffe e dolci

  • 5/5 بكرابوسريع �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The whole sweet (Original) الحلو كله

  • 4/5 Sherif S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Although he lost his old spirit with incomprehensible updates, it is still a reasonable place that differs from those similar cafes in everything. (Original) بالرغم من فقدانه لروحه القديمة بتحديثات غير مفهومه، فمازال مكانا معقولا يختلف عن تلك الكافيهات المتشابهة فى كل شئ.

  • 4/5 A K. 2 years ago on Google
    Authentic decorations and one of the best pastries around Zamalek area for your choice of desert and coffee. Has variety of “Syami” items for Christians and vegans.

  • 5/5 Ahmed A. 2 years ago on Google
    Good variety of pastries. Good value. Reasonable prices.

  • 5/5 Melanie C. 2 years ago on Google
    I love this cafe. Exquisite cakes and yummy pastries. Good cup of coffee too!

  • 3/5 Stephen Reilly J. 2 years ago on Google
    This bakery-cafe serves up a sweet and sour taste: classy in appearance, delicious cakes and sandwiches, and even clean toilets make the dining experience pleasant. However, you'll have to ingest a cramped seating area, a depleted inventory of patisserie late in the day, and loud pop music, which is somewhat at odds with a cafe ambience that lends itself to cosy chats and confidences. The waiters will, however, turn the volume down if you insist enough.

  • 4/5 howaida s. 1 year ago on Google
    most delicious coffee ever; five stars hotels can not compete with them. We ordered cappuccino, Egyptian coffee قهوه كنكه , Frappuccino and some sweets. I would go again there for the coffee. Sweets are not as good unfortunately. Nice staff

  • 5/5 Fiyin 1 year ago on Google
    I had a really good latte here and their pastries are fantastic. The prices are fair, the staff are really top notch with the customer service. The takeaway pack is also great

  • 5/5 Sherif B. 1 year ago on Google
    One of our most favourite spots since we were in school some 50 ys ago. A place that holds the authentic heritage scent. May be the pastry and bakery aren't the best in town but the whole experience IS THE BEST IN TOWN ..

  • 4/5 hazem y. 1 year ago on Google
    Very warm and cozy atmosphere and staff are super friendly and great sweets and bakeries

  • 5/5 Le T. 1 year ago on Google
    Fantastic place! Service, prices, and selection of sweets were all amazing. We loved everything we ordered. 10/10.

  • 4/5 Konstantinos V. 11 months ago on Google
    Amazing sweets with a variety of choices at Zamalek. The pastry shop was recommended to us and it totally worthed it. We were thrilled especially with the sugar free type of cake (basbousa) we tasted.

  • 2/5 l c. 10 months ago on Google
    The pastries are not best, and some baklava size is just beyond ridiculously small!

  • 4/5 Youssef el S. 11 months ago on Google
    Love everything about the place from the pricing to the staff and the good quality of the products...just the downside is how tiny the place is.

  • 1/5 MRK R. 8 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    SCAM ALERT !!!! Never thought this would be done in a day light. I am truly writing my experience how these staff of so called Simonds at Zamalek branch fool their customers. Date: 18 Aug 2023- I had been to Simonds to get a box of chocolates to my Egyptian guests. The Staff at the bakery showed me a ready pack of chocolates but after discussing I wished to have a box prepared with the ones I liked. The Staff showed me a fancy box to pack the chocolates and I asked him to pack the box with 500gms of chocolates. The Staff upon weighing the chocolates in the box said to me that the weight is .45 gm and I said that should be fine. The staff who packed the box and the casher smiled at each other and I was not sure why that happened !!! Only after when I reached the guests place and when the topic was discussed they checked the box and the chocolates in them and after weighing the Box and the chocolates separately it was found that the box weight was approx.. 200gm and the chocolates were only of .250gm!!!!! Never thought these people who such a scam to the customer who come to their shops with high expectation and end up with such a bad experience Be careful of these Zamalek Branch @ SIMONDS BAKERY !!!

  • 5/5 Mai M. 3 years ago on Google
    I love this place Their cheese croissant is amazing

  • 5/5 يوميات �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Fabulous (Original) رائع

  • 5/5 Yahia M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Examiner. (Original) ممتاذ .

  • 1/5 Omiri O. 3 years ago on Google
    After payment I heard an employee was talking and called me "dog" from behind, thank you for this great memory, Branch near Galaa sq., I'm sorry to say but management should fire this kind of low grade employee, your name is damaged. I will come again and see how they will say next time.

  • 5/5 FAYCAL B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The first time I went to Egypt in 1995, I found it difficult in cafe expresso to show me at the Algerian embassy, ​​so I returned every day to drink coffee for a year. There was one working on the name of my Arab uncle, if you don't forget the place of the top, I will visit him next time. (Original) اول مرة نزلت مصر سنة ١٩٩٥ وجدت صعوبة في cafe expresso حتي دلوني عليه في السفارة الجزائرية فرجعت كل يوم عنده اشرب القهوة لمدة سنة كان هناك واحد يشتغل اسمو عمو عربي لو متنساش مكان top وسأزوره المرة المقبلة?

  • 5/5 ramy h. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) nice place (Original) مكان جميل

  • 5/5 nash o. 3 years ago on Google
    I don't have sweet tooth and I don't really buy lots of sweets or cake. But this place deserve 10 stars. I bought some pieces of cake for a friend birthday and for the first time anywhere in the word I found that all pieces of cake or even cut cakes to be FRESH! this never happens anywhere including Europe. Go for if in cairo I guess it has multiple places around cairo.

  • 5/5 mostafa a. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The finest desserts and baked products (Original) اروع منتجات الحلوي والمخبوزات

  • 4/5 hwaida a. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is as a place, which means reasonable, but the cake is not so sincere (Original) هو كمكان يعني معقول بس الجاتوه مش قد كدة خالص

  • 4/5 Nancy S. 3 years ago on Google
    Good

  • 5/5 Rasha E. 3 years ago on Google
    Yummy

  • 5/5 Ahmed E. 4 years ago on Google
    nice

  • 3/5 Ayman M. 4 years ago on Google
    The place is good and prices are okay... Personally had a bad experience the sales mixed my order and ended up with something else than I wanted... So revise your order before leaving the store

  • 5/5 Rushi J. 4 years ago on Google
    Ohhhhh my gosh.. i love their cakes. Those are amazing and so delicious.

  • 5/5 Youssef W. 4 years ago on Google
    Not the best when it comes to basbousa and other local desserts except Kahk. One of the best places for all other types of dessert

  • 5/5 Syed H. 4 years ago on Google
    Great Ambiance, good food, attentive staff. A good place with a great history.

  • 5/5 Ahmed N. 4 years ago on Google
    Classic old-school pastry shop since 1898 — instead of stepping into one of the Starbucks clones all over Zamalek more popular with the young and trendy, get your espresso fix here and feel the history, perhaps with a custard-filled milles feuilles (go ahead, I won’t tell anyone).

  • 4/5 Panthera T. 4 years ago on Google
    Simple. Convenient. Cosy. Sweeeeet.

  • 5/5 Ahmed S. 4 years ago on Google
    I loved it so much ,, breakfast as it should be ❤️❤️

  • 5/5 Fatema A. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice place in zamalik.. I love it no music so u can talk and listen each other in tea time..more sweets ..cool taste..really cool

  • 4/5 Hend A. 5 years ago on Google
    I remember the old shop, they made the best Christmas cookies ... the renovation turned this place to a trendy coffeeshop ... they serve Strong coffee and amazing sweets ... I recommend the spinach parcel ...

  • 5/5 Mostafa F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very special (Original) مميز جداً

  • 5/5 bichoy M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Lotus eclair (Original) Lotus eclair

  • 5/5 Sally E. 4 years ago on Google
    Best place ?

  • 5/5 Aboshady749 Z. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) delicious (Original) لذيذ

  • 5/5 Abohafsa &. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Best piece JATO, after Labware (Original) أفضل قطعة جاتو ،بعد لابوار

  • 5/5 Mohamed G. 4 years ago on Google
    Romantic place, affordable price nice service, clean. No parking place. Historical place since 1898 more than 120 years ago. Best sweet Cafe in town

  • 3/5 George A. 4 years ago on Google
    Its expensive

  • 5/5 مصطفي �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful place very clean very nice sweets (Original) مكان جميل نظيف جدا حلويات جميله جدا

  • 5/5 Mohammad A. 4 years ago on Google
    Pretty nice

  • 5/5 كانتري �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The ultimate in beauty and fine taste (Original) منتهى الجمال والذوق الرفيع

  • 5/5 Karim A. 3 years ago on Google
    Excellent prices with great quality serving

  • 5/5 Tarek K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) excellent service (Original) خدمه ممتازه

  • 5/5 ghalab E. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pastry, cafe and pastry on an ancient place (Original) حلوانى وكافيه ومخبوز على قديمه مكان عريق

  • 5/5 ابوعمر 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Authenticity in this place (Original) الاصالة في هذا المكان

  • 5/5 Khaled Al K. 4 years ago on Google
    I like very much

  • 4/5 عبدالله �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) One of the most beautiful cafés in Cairo as history and taste, especially sweets (Original) من اجمل كافيهات القاهرة كتاريخ وطعم خاصة الحلويات

  • 4/5 Tawfi2 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The products are varied and many, the taste is excellent and the price is just normal (Original) المنتجات متنوعة و كتيرة و الطعم ممتاز و السعر فوق العادي بشوية

  • 5/5 Ahmad Z. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent (Original) ممتاز

  • 5/5 Shady G. 4 years ago on Google
    The just perfect patisserie

  • 5/5 Nagla A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Sweets and sweet pastries, but very good (Original) حلويات ومخبوزات حلوة اووى بس غالى شويه


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ In-store pick-up
    • ✓️ In-store shopping
    • ✓️ Same-day delivery
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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