Little Lexie's

Little Lexie's Little Lexie’s 🍝
Tiny. Pink. Addictive. Pasta. Pizza. Aperitivo.
📍 Swanlake, New Cairo
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Basil calls for a Rose and Pepper Basil Smash cocktail, floral, peppery and very easy to say yes to.
20/09/2026

Basil calls for a Rose and Pepper Basil Smash cocktail, floral, peppery and very easy to say yes to.

18/09/2026

Basil made it back from the farm, and Chef Vito had plans for it.

Fagottino Verde alla Norma, From the Source and into the kitchen!

11/09/2026

Exclusively for the month of September, catch it while you can!

Every chapter starts with one ingredient. This time, it was basil, and following it back to where it grows led us somewh...
07/09/2026

Every chapter starts with one ingredient. This time, it was basil, and following it back to where it grows led us somewhere we hadn’t expected.

We headed out to NatureWorks, where basil is grown through a farming system very different from the soil-based methods most of us are used to seeing. Where herbs, leafy greens and edible flowers are grown using aquaponics, a closed-loop system that combines fish farming with plant cultivation.

Founder AbdelRahman Nassef built NatureWorks around that relationship between plants, water and fish, creating a system where each part has a role in keeping the next one healthy.

Fish produce waste that becomes nutrients for the plants. As the plants absorb those nutrients, they help filter and clean the water before it circulates back to the fish. The same water keeps moving through the system rather than constantly being replaced.

We technically came for the basil, but once we started walking through the rows, that plan didn’t last very long. Herbs, leaves and edible flowers were being picked, smelled and tasted as we went, turning a sourcing visit into a much wider look at what was growing around us.

And this is really why we go back to the source. To know who grew what we’re cooking with, understand how they chose to grow it, and give a little more space to the stories that usually stop at the kitchen door.

Then we bring it home to Little Lexie’s. Egyptian-grown ingredients, the people and places behind them, and a new chapter waiting for them on our table.

Buon appetito

04/09/2026

We saved you a seat for this one.

Chapter Two of From the Source led us to Nature Works in search of basil, and somehow sent us home with a few more discoveries along the way.

Now live at Little Lexie’s, with this month’s ingredients finding their way into the kitchen and behind the bar.

A sip worth slowing down for.
30/08/2026

A sip worth slowing down for.

A trio worth saving room for. ✨
26/08/2026

A trio worth saving room for. ✨

21/08/2026

August’s trio is making its final rounds. One more week to make your way through our Dishes of the Month.✨

17/08/2026

A very good reason to stay longer! Our Salami Piccante pizzette 🍕

12/08/2026

Chef Vito takes the Marsa Matrouh figs somewhere unexpected, bringing them into a bruschetta that lets us see a familiar ingredient in a completely new light. A small window into this month’s source, made to be enjoyed while it’s here.

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Cairo

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 1am
Tuesday 2pm - 1am
Wednesday 2pm - 1am
Thursday 2pm - 1am
Friday 2pm - 1am
Saturday 2pm - 1am
Sunday 2pm - 1am

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+2 0128 5818 590

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