Honestly the bazaar itself is incredible for shopping and soaking up medieval cairo vibes but eating here will absolutely ruin your day and destroy your wallet. No restaurant has printed menus anywhere and they completely exploit tourists who dont know local prices. Watched multiple people pay 800 egp for basic grilled chicken that costs 200 egp literally anywhere else in downtown cairo

Trust me the restaurants inside have figured out that tourists have zero clue about egyptian food prices and they ruthlessly exploit it. For actual good egyptian food that wont bankrupt you walk five minutes to naguib mahfouz cafe on midaq alley which has real printed menus and decent traditional dishes for 150-250 egp. Or just treat khan el khalili as pure shopping therapy and eat at proper restaurants in downtown after

Go early morning sunday through thursday to avoid the absolute worst tourist crowds and definitely watch your valuables because pickpocketing is a real thing in the narrow alleys. Haggle aggressively on everything and use a currency app to check current gold prices if youre buying jewelry since they quote completely made up numbers to tourists. The back sections past the main tourist drag have genuine antiques and amazing spice vendors who actually know their stuff