Manal and Alaa's bit bucket free speech from the bletches

Now now, as a former AUC student myself, I dont think its fair to say that the only people who like the ambiance are pretentious AUC students, although they would be part of the group of people who do. Cilantro Maadi is located in a pretty decent place and the outside terrace is damn fine in good weather.

Also, not all of their food sucks. Some, and only some, of their sandwiches are pretty decent. It just depends though if that specific item has a high turnover rate; if people like it, its consumed quickly and you have a good chance of getting a relatively fresh sandwich.

Finally, I do agree that its expensive for a place like that. The prices for their coffees are exorbitant!

Snefru