In the evening I ate over the road at al-Nakhil. I haven't been there for years although others quite like it. Prices in general are about 30% higher than next door at Fayrouz . But bottled water at 3 or 5 EGP is at shop prices! For those interested beer has recently gone up from 20 to 25 and a bottle of Obelisk is now 180 EGP. Omar Kayyam is on the menu but not available.
But I was really here to see just how badly the roof terrace overlooks the Sheherazade pool area. The answer is that most of the pool is out of sight. Other views from the roof are over the wasteland that was a branch of the Nile, down to Ramla. On one side there are a few small-holdings before you reach a new group of housing.