Nadi Restaurants

  1. Chefs, the Edge

    The café version of the main event upstairs has a roomy and relaxed interior and serves Indian and Thai curries as well as pizza, pasta, salads and burgers. The air-con will allow you to enjoy the vindaloo even in the midst of summer.

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  2. Chefs, the Restaurant

    One of Nadi's finest; this swanky restaurant is perfect for a splurge on taste and atmosphere. Meals match the refined surrounds with a truly global menu offering roasted duckling ravioli, Afghan chicken and excellent seafood dishes.

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  3. Continental Cakes & Pizza

    This long, narrow café lures locals and visitors with fresh, deli-style sandwiches, subs and rolls, and pizzas. Sponge cakes, slices, pies and other sweet goodies flaunt themselves under a glass cabinet and the coffee here is good.

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  4. Curry House

    Popular with travellers, this atmospheric curry joint is busy but deservedly so. Traditional Indian curries and side dishes are vacuumed at an alarming rate. You can dine air-con or alfresco, although the outside seating is right next to a busy intersection.

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  5. Daikoku

    Behind a fortress of ornate timber doors, Daikoku is about having as much fun as you can filling your belly. Patrons sit around large square hotplates while their individual chef performs the sometimes gentle, sometimes energetic, always entertaining art of teppanyaki. Also gracing the menu is delicate sushi and sashimi as well as traditional pickles and Japanese beer to whet the palate. The atmosphere is intimate, the service flawless and the food utterly sublime.

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  6. Hot Bread Kitchen

    This chain bakery has two outlets in Nadi, both of which are good for lunches and snacks on the run. Tasty sausage rolls and pies are cheap and there's a steady stream of fresh bread and sweet rolls.

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  7. Hot Bread Kitchen

    Both outlets of this chain are good for lunches and snacks on the run. You can get sausage rolls, pies, fresh bread and sweet rolls.

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  8. Lazy Cactus

    This snappy little cantina oozes a warm atmosphere and delicious smells. The food is Mexican and the cooks mean business - burritos, enchiladas and a kicking camarones en mojo de ajo (shrimp with garlic, chillies and butter). You can dine inside or in the pleasant courtyard.

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  9. Maharaj

    The spicy curries served at this long-standing Indian eatery are generally considered to be Nadi's finest. They can be hit and miss, but when the chef's on a roll the food is hot enough to induce a sweaty coma.

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  10. Mama's Pizza

    Another outlet of this Nadi institution, the Namaka restaurant has diner-style booths.

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  12. Mama's Pizza

    It serves traditional crowd-pleasers as well as wood-fired gourmet treats including garlic-glazed chicken, smoked walu (butter fish) or eggplant and sun-dried tomato pizzas. Pastas and salads are also up for grabs. Mama's downtown outlet is cool, dark and inviting.

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  13. RJs Restaurant & Bar

    A carnivore's delight, RJs sizzles up prime fillet steaks, veal masala, char-grilled ribs and plenty of seafood options. There's a Hungarian goulash for the left-of-centre palates and all servings are hearty. The wine list is suitably impressive.

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  14. Saffron the Corner

    Delicious curries served in one-meal-a-day portions display themselves under the counter at this corner diner. The ambience is a tad fast-food chain and you'll need to contend with Hindu tunes butchered by a drum machine, but it's a good spot for a mountainous feed.

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  15. Seafood Garden Bar Restaurant

    A jack-of-all-trades, this breezy restaurant dishes up good fish and chips, Indian curries and traditional lolo (coconut cream) in duck, chicken, beef, crab, fish and lobster versions. The crowd is touristy and the fare tame but it hits the spot.

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  16. Sentai Seafood Restaurant

    The décor may be shambolic but Sentai's Asian infusion menu knows exactly what it's doing. There's a heavy emphasis on seafood and adventurous souls can tuck into a bêche-de-mer (sea cucumber) combination hotpot. There's always beef in black-bean sauce or prawns with lemon and ginger for the meek.

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  17. Tata's

    You won't find this unadorned little curry house on any of the tourist brochures and its location ain't exactly salubrious, but Tata's serves some of the best, and hottest curry in the country. It's legendary among the locals.

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  18. Zigzag Cafe

    Fresh fruit smoothies, club sandwiches and bakery goods cater to an almost exclusively tourist clientele at this Western-style café, but the coffee is strong and the crisp interior provides cool respite from the heat.

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