African restaurants in Africa
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Alem Ethiopian Restaurant
For some different African flavours, this place serves injera (sour millet pancake) and wot (sauce), but you can also get 'normal' meals like chicken and chips or curry.
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Le Gentilhommière
Gentilhommière doesn't look like much from the outside, but the bamboo, thatch and calabash interior invites you to stick around a while; as does the wide variety of African dishes.
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Le Toukouleur
It's all about tasteful African chic in this mud-red painted, patio-adorned restaurant de classe. The food fits its environment, too; a refined mix of international flavours.
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Restaurant Baobab
A short walk from the Grand Marché, this Senegalese place is perfect for a pre- or post-shopping feed. It's usually packed with locals, so share a table and practice your French.
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Le Erobon
This humble outdoor eatery is highly recommended. You can come here any time of day for grilled fish, carefully spiced and served with a sea view. The ambience is wonderfully relaxed.
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Le Petit Restaurant
This is a very popular place with tourists and expats, who come for the cheap and hearty lentils, liver, couscous and macaroni. Oumar, the kindly Algerian owner, is another drawcard.
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La Forêt Dense
This is a pricey place, with traditional Cameroonian dishes in an upscale setting. If you've ever wondered what crocodile mbongo tastes like, this is the place to find out.
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Michel's
This is about the only restaurant in town that can be called classy. From the breakfast menu through to after-dinner drinks, this place offers excellent choices at decent rates.
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L'Okavango
Opposite UTB bank, not far from the beach, L'Okavango is a regular pleasure garden, with animals frolicking among the bushes and a good selection of dishes and obscure beers.
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Michiru Restaurant
This is the smart, top-floor restaurant at the Mount Soche Hotel. Excellent steak, fish, chicken and prawn dishes come with a hefty price tag but the views are pretty fine.
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Restaurant Karawan
A clean, friendly family-run place, the Karanwan serves the usual couscous and meat dishes though the tajines and briqs appetizers are particularly good.
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Restaurant du Centre
Extremely packed during lunchtime, this is a favourite with Dakar's downtown workers. Huge portions of local and European food are served with a slice of real Dakar life.
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Kentish Kitchen
Really only worth a visit if you're already at the National Cultural Centre complex, Kentish is a small outdoor eatery serving a small selection of basic Ghanaian fare.
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Jovana
Popular with business people, Jovana serves tasty African dishes, pizza and the usual meat and seafood choices. The patio is shady and the air-con is turned up inside.
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Ozio
This ubertrendy restaurant has been a favourite of the glitterati for years. The food is great and is served with the ego-tickling sense of belonging to the in-crowd.
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Le Niwa
Right above the Île de Gorée ferry departure hall, this usually crowded place is the obvious 'waiting lounge' if you've missed your boat. Its seafood is recommended.
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Trans-Africa Express
Upstairs at the Bat Centre, with terrace views over the docks, this restaurant serves taste-tempting meals from Madagascar to Morocco. Try the Congo crocodile curry.
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Chez Sylvie
Chez Sylvie is one of several little simple rice bars on this end of the street that prepare the best-quality attiéké (cassava couscous) in town.
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Palentine Tea Room
A recommended all-hours Muslim canteen opposite the old market, serving stews, curries, pilau and soups in tiled surroundings. It's friendly and almost always busy.
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Espace 331
This is a happening, tree-shaded outdoor joint with lunch time sauce dishes and evening grills such as brochette d'escargots (grilled snail kebabs).
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Al Basha
A no-frills eatery with hummus and other Lebanese dishes, plus burgers and subs. It’s just off Morogoro Rd, and a few blocks northwest of Samora Ave.
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Restaurant VSD
There's not much jazz at this intimate place any more, but the West African and international dishes are still good value. Home delivery is also available.
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Café Restaurant Oasis
The Oasis is, as its name suggests, a good place to take refuge from the busy streets outside. Afro-European food is served in a diner-style atmosphere.
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Tausi
This restaurant has a mix of local and Western fare, and is as good a place as any to try ugali and sauce, if you haven’t already.
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Ujamaa Bar & Restaurant
A central village eatery with some tourist standards such as steak and spaghetti thrown in to complement the local favourites (and up the prices).
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