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Palais de Poulet
Looking down from the Hôtel Rif towards Ave Hassan II, this is one of several good and cheap rotisserie places where you can fill up quickly on chicken, chips, bread and salad. Although you order from the table, pay at the counter inside.
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Café Clock
In a restored townhouse, this funky place has a refreshing menu with offerings such as falafel, grilled sandwiches, some interesting vegetarian options, a monstrously large camel burger, and delicious cakes and tarts. Better still, their ‘Clock Culture’ program includes calligraphy and conversation classes, a lecture program and sunset concerts every Sunday (cover charge around Dh20), attracting a good mix of locals, expats and tourists.
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Le Capitaine
This is a popular place serving good standard seafood and fish dishes in a pleasant convivial space that combines style with informality and great bay views. Fresh lobster is the pick of the menu, while other delicious mains include whole crab cooked in white wine, and lobster ravioli with fresh mushroom and cucumber quenelles. Reservations are essential in the evening.
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Via via
Set in quiet gardens behind the Natural History Museum, this laid-back place is a popular meeting spot, with salads, sandwiches, fresh bread, cakes, yogurt and light meals (a mixture of local and European fare), plus a bar and live music on Thursdays from 9pm.
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Salah Ad-Din
This is the best of the Nileside restaurants, with several terraces and a freezing air-conditioned dining room. The menu has Egyptian, Nubian and international dishes, a notch better than most restaurants in Aswan. The service is efficient and the beers are cool (E£12). There is also a terrace to smoke a sheesha.
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La Goulue
This little eatery doesn't have beach frontage but the terrace catches some breeze. The menu features Creole staples and various filling snacks.
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Les Copains d'Abord
Hands down the most popular dining option in town (and the only one that has any real sense of nightlife), Les Copains d'Abord occupies an enviable position along the seafront promenade on the south side of town. Tasty Mauritian dishes (think fresh seafood curry and flavourful rougaille saucisses), smart decor and frequent fits of live music will help you quickly forget that the menu is overpriced.
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Coffee Shop
A laid-back vibe, garden seating, good coffee, and an assortment of homemade breads, cakes, yogurt, breakfast and light meals. Proceeds go to a church project. It also sells the Moshi Guide, with useful info for longer-term stays.
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Indotaliano Restaurant
The Indo portion of the menu – a range of standards, including some veg dishes – at this small, dark pavement restaurant is better than the Italian part (mediocre pizzas). It’s just opposite Buffalo Hotel.
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Patisserie
For inexpensive burgers, pizza, sandwiches and other Western-style fast food try the ever-popular Patisserie, which also has soup, light meals and an internet café.
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Bombay Sweets Mart
Bombay Sweets Mart is famous for the Indian nibbles colourfully known as caca pigeon (literally, 'pigeon droppings').
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El Rancho
Tasty Indian food, including some vegetarian dishes, in a garden setting. It’s about 3km northwest of the centre off Lema Rd (no public transport).
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Nyumba ya Sanaa
A small, informal eatery located in the Nyumba ya Sanaa crafts centre, serving plates of chicken and chips and other local fare.
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Pili Pili
This slightly upmarket maquis (open-air restaurant) rates equally highly with Beninese and expats for its amazing West African food. Prices are very reasonable and the jugs of freshly squeezed pineapple juice at lunch time are a refreshing godsend.
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Tanzania Coffee Lounge
Milkshakes, bagels, great coffees and cappuccino, waffles and an internet connection.
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Sakura
Despite Grand Baie's wishy-washy dining scene, Sakura has managed to hold its own for 22 years – the faded decor is living proof. The friendly owners are present every evening waving to repeat customers and watching their skilled chefs fling ingredients in the air during the exhilarating teppanyaki shows. Reservations are essential if you want your meal cooked at your table.
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Happy Rajah
Near one of the Tamil temples in a large wooden structure, Happy Rajah satisfies costumers with a large selection of surprisingly filling curries and stews. Lunches are served in the vestibule – if you come in the evening you'll eat in the more atmospheric dining room draped in oriental tapestries.
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Coolen – Chez Ram
The clear local favourite among Royal Rd's endless parade of restaurants, Coolen is situated smack in the centre of tourist town but is usually filled to the brim with Mauritians. Customers are welcomed with fish cakes and a splash of rum while they thumb through the menu of Creole and seafood staples. Go for the fish in banana leaves (Rs 175) and make sure to save room for the banana flambé.
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Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse
If God were to top off the beauty of the Drakensberg with an artificial gourmet treat, Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse would be it. This luxury retreat is owned by renowned South African chef, Richard Poynton. Guests (a maximum of 24) enjoy a nightly six-course menu of quality produce prepared innovatively and accompanied by rich, creamy sauces. Each of the 11 rooms here is decked out in a theme – from Tuscan to garden – and features quirky touches, such as a picket fence bedhead and Boer memorabilia. The experience comes at a price, though, but this is the one place worth forgetting the wallet…and the calorie count. (As an exception, we have not listed high-season rates…
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Lekgotla
Traditional huts are a big theme at this super-stylish Afro-chic restaurant. It has huge wood-and-canvas domed ceilings, like several interconnected super huts, with the odd table under its own individual dome of leather straps and metal. White lanterns hang from the ceiling and the staff match nicely in all-white outfits with the odd splash of print. Outside on the square are cushion-strewn sofas instead of tables, and the unisex toilets have a long wooden canoe as the communal sink. As for the menu? It draws influence from all over the continent – from Tunisian curries to steak marinated in Ethiopian coffee.
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Jewel of the Nile
Laura and Mahmud offer traditional Egyptian food using organic vegetables from their own farm, as well as well-prepared British food for homesick Brits including steaks, cottage pie, apple crumble and an all-day English breakfast (E£25). On Sundays a traditional lunch is served all day with roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (E£50), and on Saturdays and Wednesdays at 5.30pm there is a popular quiz night in aid of local charities. The menu features a good selection of vegetarian dishes. You can dine in the small outside sitting area or the air-conditioned interior dining room. Alcohol available.
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Sqala Restaurant
Nestled in the ochre walls of the sqala, an 18th-century fortified bastion, this lovely restaurant is a tranquil escape from the city. The café has a rustic interior and a delightful garden surrounded by flower-draped trellises. No alcohol is served, but there’s a good selection of teas and fresh juices. It’s a lovely spot for a Moroccan breakfast (Dh70) or a selection of salads for lunch (Dh68). Tajines are a speciality (the goat tajine with argan oil being particularly good), but the menu features plenty of fish, as well as a selection of meat brochettes.
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Kivulini Kitchen
This is a simple one-room place, run by a local women’s group, with profits going to a local women’s rights organisation. There’s an extensive menu, although not everything is available. Best is to ask what the day’s special is, and then enjoy the lovely garden area – also with a small children’s play area – behind while it’s being prepared. Or, to avoid a long wait, order in advance. It’s about 2km from town in the Isamilo section of town (Tsh1500 in a taxi, or a 20-minute walk).
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A Taste of India
A small British-run Indian restaurant in neutral colours with plain wooden tables and chairs. On the menu are European versions of Indian dishes such as korma, masala sag (spinach) and jalfrezi (marinated meat curry with tomato, pepper and onion) dishes, as well as original Indian specials such as madras and vindaloo curries. For those not too fond of spice, a few international, read British, dishes such as steak and chips are available. The place is popular with expat Brits and vegetarians who come for spicy vegetable dishes.
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Elizir
The best restaurant in town by far, this place was temporarily closed at the time of research, but will hopefully reopen soon. The Elizir serves a perfectly cooked mix of Moroccan and Mediterranean dishes with an innovative twist. The owner of this old house just off the main street is super-friendly, and loves to talk about where he found all the iconic 1950s and ’60s furniture he has collected from local junk markets. The decor is sublime, and if it were in London or New York, it would be voted the hippest place in town.
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