How to say “restaurant” in Egyptian Arabic

The word is maT3am (مَطْعَم). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح, and ' is the glottal stop that Cairo uses for q.

مَطْعَم

restaurant

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In a sentence

الْمَطْعَم دَه حِلْو.

This restaurant is nice.

الْعَشَا فِي الْمَطْعَم إِمْتَى؟ السَّاعَة تَمَانْيَة وِنُصّ.

When's dinner at the restaurant? At half past eight.

الْمَطْعَم قُدَّام الْعِيَادَة.

The restaurant is in front of the clinic.

الْبُوسْطَة فِين؟ وَرَا الْمَطْعَم.

Where's the post office? Behind the restaurant.

صَالِةْ الْحَفَلَات جَنْب الْمَطْعَم.

The ballroom is next to the restaurant.

الْجَارْسُون فِي الْمَطْعَم.

The waiter is in the restaurant.

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