2 Best Restaurants in Sharm el-Sheikh and Red Sea Coast, Egypt

El Mare

$$$ | Taba Heights

The InterContinental's à la carte seafood restaurant has a quiet beachfront location. You can eat under a canopy of fairy lights or in the circular templelike dining room. The entrées span the expected (an enticing seafood platter) to the imaginative (flaky grouper baked in a sea-salt crust or served in Provençale sauce), while the appetizers and desserts, including a formidable tiramisu, borrow influences from world cuisine.

Taba, South Sinai, 46621, Egypt
069-358–0300
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: No lunch, Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential

Fares

$$$

Though you'll find decent fish dishes in nearly every Sharm restaurant, Fares is one of the town's best seafood restaurants, with grouper and snapper that's fresh from the Red Sea. This branch is near the Old Market shopping district; there's also a branch in Na'ama Bay.

Old Market, Sharm el Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
69-366–3076
Known For
  • fantastic shrimp, calamari, and clams
  • set in a great walking district
  • you can bring your own alcohol