Grizzly’s is in a beautiful location at 33 Abou El Feda Street, not far from Sequoia. It is part of a group of restaurants along the Nile and was a bit hard to find at first. It is all the way on the left when you walk in off the street, right next to Fish Makan. They have outdoor seating as well as an indoor area in what can best be described as a glass cube. The décor was classic diner stuff and the music was American classics.
There were four of everything in the beginning!
The menu is large and can be seen on the website and everyone that we talked to was really lovely. The first thing that we ordered was the Appetizer Combo. It included mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chicken wings, and chicken tenders with a marinara sauce and a blue cheese sauce. Everything was fried, but not really greasy. We split along vegetarian lines. He took the two chicken items and I took the onion rings and mozzarella sticks. I loved the mozzarella sticks with the marinara. The marinara was thick and well seasoned. My husband’s favorite was the chicken wings. He said they were very moist and the flavor carried through the chicken, and wasn’t just on the outside. The portions were also perfect for two people. There were four of every item, but the presentation was a little lacking. The plate was huge, so it made the amount of food seem small.
I ordered the veggie burger with added cheese and fries for the side. The burger was the strangest thing I have ever eaten and I do not mean that in a positive way. It looks nothing like it does on the menu and certainly does not match the description. It was a bunch of shredded vegetables fried together. The vegetables were mostly shredded potatoes, like what you get with breakfast. There were a few peppers in there, but not much else. When the manager came by, he said it was all held together with mashed potatoes and then put on the grill.
That’s a lot of potatoes.
It was just so greasy and the taste was just bizarre. Potatoes, bread, cheese, and miscellaneous extras. The manager offered to swap it for something else, but I had already eaten half and at that point I still couldn’t decide what I thought of it, so I declined. I would never get it again. Ever. I was also a little peeved that they charged 8LE to add a slice of cheese to this mess.
My husband had the completely opposite experience. He ordered the Juicy Lucy and thoroughly enjoyed it. All the burgers can be made with imported Australian beef or local Egyptian beef. My husband chose the Egyptian one. The Juicy Lucy is a beef burger stuffed with Cheddar cheese, and it’s real Cheddar, not the fake processed kind. It lived up to its name and was incredibly juicy, well seasoned, and delicious. The bun also tasted very fresh. His only negative comment was that he ordered the burger well done and it was still a little pink in the middle.
A closer look.
We both loved the fries. They were crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle and not greasy at all. It was also a giant portion that we both couldn’t finish. If we had known that, we would have gotten different sides to share.
Even though I didn’t like the veggie burger, I would still come back to Grizzly. My husband still raves about the Juicy Lucy and the staff was really lovely. The location was also perfect and we actually enjoyed being in the glass cube. I know that burgers are the star of their menu, but we would both like to try their other options and see how good those are.