Indian restaurants in Africa
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Big Bite
Delicious Indian food, including numerous vegetarian dishes, in a no-frills setting.
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Black Lantern
Bujagali's premier dining destination, this is the restaurant at the Nile Porch. Set under a traditional thatched roof, the extensive menu includes several stops around the world, including Western, Indian, Chinese and Italian. Spare ribs are a speciality and the portions are enormous. Vegetarians, quiver not at the mention of ribs; there are several non-meat options as well.
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Roof Garden
The only Indian restaurant in Eritrea, this upmarket joint on the 5th floor of a modernish building is praised for its lip-smacking biriyani and tandoori dishes. Recommended if you feel the time has come to give your tastebuds something new to sing about.
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Masala Chaat House
The sheer number of Indians eating here should tell you something about the authentic flavours and affordable prices at this local institution. Located opposite the National Theatre, it serves cheap vegetarian thalis and has stacks more to keep vegetarians smiling for the night.
Meat and fish dishes are also available, as well as a wide selection of tasty masala dosas (a large savoury crepe stuffed with a delicious filling of potatoes cooked with onions and curry leaves) and other southern Indian delights.
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Khana Khazana
Regarded by some expat residents as the classiest Indian restaurant in Kampala, this is housed in a residential villa near the golf course. It is the most expensive option in the city, but this doesn't dissuade the discerning crowd. It has recently spread its wings to Kigali, Rwanda.
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Indian Khazana
Kampala's most celebrated Indian restaurant comes south to Kigali. Khana Khazana has been spicing up people's lives for years in the Ugandan capital and now Rwanda can enjoy the subtle flavours of the subcontinent. One of the hottest places in town right now.
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Karma
Bringing traditional Indian cooking into the 21st century, this stylish place puts a contemporary spin on the old favourites and offers a smorgasbord of tasty vegetarian dishes for those sick of the South African meat obsession.
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Sherlaton
Vegetarians suffer a lot in Nigeria, but this Indian restaurant really comes to the rescue. With tasty and filling portions at good prices, the Sherlaton is generally considered to be the city's best curry option.
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Nirvana Indian Restaurant
Dahab's best Indian food will please vegetarians and carnivores alike, especially if you're a fan of spicy curries, fluffy rice pilaffs and flaky naan.
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Indiana
This Indian-run restaurant with garden seating, on the same street as Le Livingstone, does a delicious curry.
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Haandi
It is time for London to concede: Kampala is the capital of fine Indian dining and Haandi is the hub. This restaurant is pure class, the presentation and service impeccable, and the menu includes the best of North Indian frontier cuisine. This is not the place to limit yourself to a chicken tikka masala. Experiment a little with the tilapia (Nile perch) curries or the murg-e-kahsa.
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Two Friends
Tucked away on the quiet crescent between Explorers Backpackers and the Crested Crane, this is the number one name for Italian food in Jinja. Higher prices than Kampala don't deter the regulars, and the menu also includes some steaks and Indian dishes. A great garden setting rounds things off.
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Surahi Restaurant
What, no spaghetti? Break the habit with an Indian meal at this big restaurant, which has a variable menu and a particularly good range of naan and paratha (Indian flatbread). It's down a long, bumpy dirt track off Lamu Rd, and sadly seems to go to pieces slightly outside high season.
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Le Tandoor
Excellent Indian cooking makes Le Tandoor stand out amid some stiff competition in Grand Baie. Even though it's located on the main road, there's quite a buzz each evening (reservations advised) as the place hums to hungry travellers enjoying excellent curries, naans and tandoori dishes.
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Chandani
This appealing Indian restaurant is one of the tastiest places on Roodebloem Rd. There’s a great selection of dishes for vegetarians including favourites such as aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower) and dal makani (black lentils in a creamy tomato sauce).
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Shehnai Restaurant
Mombasa's classiest curry house specialises in tandoori and mughlai (north Indian) cuisine and has a huge menu, complimented by a tasteful line in drapery. It's very popular with well-heeled Indian families and the food is authentic and very good.
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Rangoli Restaurant
Still probably the most popular Indian restaurant in town, although there's not a whole lot of competition. There is a pretty good selection of subcontinental standards, including large thalis, with meat or vegetarian. Guaranteed to keep the hunger at bay.
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Tandoori Express
Popular with local families day and night, this great canteen serves up delicious curries and thalis, superb naan bread and a range of other Indian dishes to suit all tastes. Order and pay inside and your food will be brought out to your waterside table.
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Ice & Spice
Another Indian restaurant near the city centre, this place is popular for reasonable prices and big portions. All the old favourites are here, like chicken tikka masala, and you can cool off with an ice cream for dessert, made on the premises.
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Bombay Palace
This place serves the best Indian food in the city. It's stylishly decorated and the food tastes surprisingly fresh and light. The speciality is the Rumali Basket Masala - a light crispy batter filled with onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
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Restaurant Kohinoor
Serving great Indian food amid super-kitsch décor, this small place is popular with expats, tourists and vegetarians - it does a veggie special every day. Carnivores will dig the delicious curries, many with a coconut-milk base.
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Masala Dosa
Bollywood chic rules at this South Indian cuisine outpost serving pretty decent dosas (lentil pancakes) and thalis (set meals with a variety of curries).
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Sunrise House of Curries
You don’t come here for the vinyl tablecloths, but for the food – this tiny place serves the cheapest and most satisfying bunny chows, roti wraps and curries. The chip chows will cure the hottest of hangovers.
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Moti Mahal Restaurant
One of the most expensive restaurants in Kumasi, with a large selection of Indian cuisine; because everything is a la carte the bill can add up. It's off the Southern Bypass Rd - some taxi drivers know where it is.
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Pavement Tandoori
Right in the middle of the action on the popular Cooper Rd strip, the Indian food here is delicious and elegantly presented. Try the vegetarian sizzler for an introduction to Indian starters.
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