Trianon

Trianon is a Belle Epoque cafe and restaurant established in 1905 on Saad Zaghloul Square in the Raml Station district of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the city's oldest surviving dining rooms from its cosmopolitan early-20th-century era. The interior retains hand-painted ceiling murals, ornate mirrors, and period furnishings rather than a modern renovation, and the kitchen serves a menu that spans European-influenced pastries and an Egyptian a la carte selection developed over more than a century of continuous service. Signature dishes include konafa, an Egyptian mixed grill, a continental breakfast, and the house pastries the cafe is best known for, sold both to eat in and to take away. The dining room is grand but unhurried, popular with Alexandrians for morning coffee, afternoon tea, and full meals alike, with a genteel, old-world atmosphere and moderate noise levels rather than a fast-paced bistro feel; dress is casual to smart-casual. Beverage service centres on Egyptian and Turkish coffee, tea, and soft drinks rather than a wine programme, in keeping with its cafe-restaurant character. Reservations are not required given the restaurant's size and long operating hours, though the square-facing tables fill quickly during peak breakfast and evening hours.