Donna’s guidebook

Dahab Accommodation
Dahab Accommodation
Donna’s guidebook

Food scene

One of Dahab's oldest restaurants and a firm favourite for Italian classics including delicious homemade authentic pizzas and pastas, all served in a gorgeous quiet location right on the beach.
9 locals recommend
Dai Pescatori Restaurant
Eel Garden
9 locals recommend
One of Dahab's oldest restaurants and a firm favourite for Italian classics including delicious homemade authentic pizzas and pastas, all served in a gorgeous quiet location right on the beach.
Serving delicious South East Asian cuisine, this restaurant also has a comprehensive tea menu. Each dish is cooked from fresh, and service is friendly and efficient. Our top tips - the Fried Ice Cream dessert and if you can, try to get a table on the roof terrace.
8 locals recommend
Box Meal
El Malel Street
8 locals recommend
Serving delicious South East Asian cuisine, this restaurant also has a comprehensive tea menu. Each dish is cooked from fresh, and service is friendly and efficient. Our top tips - the Fried Ice Cream dessert and if you can, try to get a table on the roof terrace.
Offering something a little different to elsewhere in Dahab, we go here for the authentic Russian dishes and wonderful soups and salads. It's VERY popular so it's always advisable to book your table.
19 locals recommend
Red Cat Restaurant
19 locals recommend
Offering something a little different to elsewhere in Dahab, we go here for the authentic Russian dishes and wonderful soups and salads. It's VERY popular so it's always advisable to book your table.
Our go-to place for an Indian spice fix. It offers a selection of the usual curry house dishes with some good vegetarian options.
Namaste Indian Food
El Fanar Street
Our go-to place for an Indian spice fix. It offers a selection of the usual curry house dishes with some good vegetarian options.
Located on the promenade with stunning views out to sea, Ali Baba serves a mix of Egyptian classics and we particularly love their tagines. The portions are generous, including the freebie starters and deserts, so make sure you go hungry!
Ali Baba Restaurant Dahab
El Masbat Street
Located on the promenade with stunning views out to sea, Ali Baba serves a mix of Egyptian classics and we particularly love their tagines. The portions are generous, including the freebie starters and deserts, so make sure you go hungry!
Somewhat lacking in atmosphere, this restaurant more than makes this up in the quality of seafood served. Our favourites? Seafood soup every time!
Sea Bride
El Farid Street
Somewhat lacking in atmosphere, this restaurant more than makes this up in the quality of seafood served. Our favourites? Seafood soup every time!

Diving

Our favourite dive sites around Dahab - some golden oldies and a few surprises!
A must visit for experienced scuba and free divers. World famous and world class, this is one of our favourite dive sites. Unique and exhilarating in equal parts. Be prepared to be enthralled.
24 locals recommend
Blue Hole
24 locals recommend
A must visit for experienced scuba and free divers. World famous and world class, this is one of our favourite dive sites. Unique and exhilarating in equal parts. Be prepared to be enthralled.
Easily accessible from Dahab, the name says it all - at high tide you pass from one pool to another, and are welcomed at the exit by a gorgeous coral slope. From here you can, if conditions permit, drift to Moray Garden with its beautiful corals and rich marine life.
3 Pools
Easily accessible from Dahab, the name says it all - at high tide you pass from one pool to another, and are welcomed at the exit by a gorgeous coral slope. From here you can, if conditions permit, drift to Moray Garden with its beautiful corals and rich marine life.
Famous for the eels that pop up to say hello from the grassy bottom, the site also has some pretty impressive corals.
Eel Garden
Eel Garden
Famous for the eels that pop up to say hello from the grassy bottom, the site also has some pretty impressive corals.
As one of the very few dive sites accessible only by boat, this is a favourite day trip. The site is home to some amazing gorgonian corals and a raft of interesting marine life.
Gabr el-Bint
As one of the very few dive sites accessible only by boat, this is a favourite day trip. The site is home to some amazing gorgonian corals and a raft of interesting marine life.