The restaurant comprises indoor seating for at least 100 people at road level. Down one level, towards the Nile there is an even larger covered seating area that probably has space for 200, and a garden area that would take another 100. The garden then descends, in several tiers, to a floating landing stage which would accommodate two motor boats alongside. North and south along the river bank are the permanent moorings for several dahabiyas.
Opposite, and not obscured by any rows of moored cruise ships, is the Luxor Museum. A fine place to spend some time with a soft drink (unfortunately no alcohol is served here), this restaurant just happens to be off the beaten track. It is on the road to the tourist ferry port, that has hardly been used since the Luxor Bridge was opened. No coachloads of tourists pass here. No fleets of motor boats call in, bringing hundreds of guests for lunch or dinner. What a waste.
But this restaurant was not built back when the road was busy - it was opened in 2012, after the Revolution! I've included acouple of pictures that I took of it from the river during the study tour - we used the Tourist Ferry Port then for ease of access to our motor boat.
I note that there appear to be good (user-friendly) landing stages near Luxor Museum and the Alexbank.
The moon by now was first quarter. It was in conjunction with a planet (Saturn?) but I could not get a good picture of the two heavenly bodies together. :-(