Luxor Emporium Cafe - Calgary

Casual atmosphere with friendly staff.  Tasty dishes and suitable for a group lunch. Vegetarian friendly place.  Coffee is good.  My friend from Egypt said it tastes good and the flavour is pretty authentic.

Mummy Wrap of Love. I would constantly return here for their Mummy Wrap and a salad for lunch. This is the one place I miss the most in Calgary....you should really open up one in Edmonton too! There is nothing like this around here : Great food and such nice owners!! :

Yummy Mummy Wrap. The first time I went I had a kebob platter that didn't really convince me to come back. The kebobs were taken from the display case and reheated so they were flavourful, but somewhat dry. I did appreciate the generous amount of pita and the plain rice with veggies (frozen mixed variety) actually had a lot of flavour. The tabbouleh was fresh with a nice kick. But the meal was pricey and I felt I could get more someplace else. But I decided to come back and try the mummy wraps that other reviews raved about. It was so good! I loved the entire thing and when I was done I wished I had another wrap. A pita, delicious chicken with a homemade sauce and a bunch of fresh veggies. Some parts of the sauce tasted so familiar, but whatever they put in it is definitely tasty. At $8 it isn't a cheap wrap for the size, but it's very tasty. I definitely want to try other stuff, but I may just default to this wrap the next time I pop in.

Casual, tasty. Before I go on: if you must have fresh made food, then this may not be for you (nor would Kaffe Stube at Edelweiss Village... which is a shame . The food you get here, from what I could tell, is made ahead and heated up, but I could be wrong on the odd item. Judge for yourself.<br/ <br/ My husband and I needed some quick ish good, filling dinner downtown after work, so we stopped in (I 'd eyeballed it many times from the train . He got the Luxor Biftek and possibly the Fatouche as his accompanying salad, while I got the Koftas with babaganouj (sp? as my side salad. I also got a very tasty mango juice (I was on a mango kick... .<br/ <br/ His biftek was very good this was some marinated marvel served over a humble rice with mixed veg (I think it was mainly a frozen mix of carrots peas and possibly corn... that 's fine, I wasn 't up for fancy overdone that night . He seemed to enjoy his salad as well. My koftas were a bit of a drier affair, but it 's basically spiced ground meatballs (over the same rice . I liked 'em well enough, but this is what made me wonder if they were made ahead (probably, really . The babaganouj was flavourful and just the right thickness for me (and there was plenty of it , and the pitas were plentiful enough to eat up my babaganouj and then some. I 'll admit I 've had tastier pitas, but then I 'm more a fan of soft pillowy Greek ones or naan (like they make at Mango Shiva! . So yeah, I 'm 'harder ' on middle eastern ish pitas.<br/ <br/ Service was simple drinks came with your meal (rather than before... so either get up to ask for it or be patient and the server (owner? was quite polite. There 's a wee dining area off to the right if you want to eat in, which we did.<br/ <br/ This dinner fit the bill for me anyway: tasty, casual, filling, and reasonably priced. I 'd go back to try other stuff (like their lentil dish... Kusheri .

Worth it.... The service was great, the owners could tell we didn't know what we were looking at and had wonderful recommendations. Clean restaurant and a specialty grocery store/deli attached. Well priced, good selection.