Restaurants in Malawi
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Don Brioni's Bistro
Don Brioni' Usually buzzing with a lively infusion of locals and tourists, this place under the Kiboko Town Hotel is suitably Italian in décor and flavour and the eccentric English owner is sure to come over and chat. Excellent steak, fish, chicken accompany pizzas and pastas on the menu.
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Ali Baba's
's Fast-food joint serving good burgers and shawarmas, but with a smattering of chicken, steak and fish dishes.
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Summer Park
Behind Ali Baba's; choose from a small selection of sundaes, milkshakes, burgers and pizzas at the counter and then your choice is brought out to you in the large garden. Enormous yellow-striped awnings provide shade, and there's a constant stream of African pop hits.
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Green Bamboo Garden
This place, opposite the Lilongwe Hotel, serves great, fresh Chinese food (the stewed fish head in brown sauce is actually quite tasty); and for those of you who wish to exorcise your inner diva, there are three private rooms that have karaoke thrown in for free.
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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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21 Grill on Hanover
This is a highly rated eatery, with swanky interior complete with soft lighting, mahogany bookcases, comfortable cushioned chairs and the soft tinkle of piano music in the background. Serves seriously good steaks and seafood.
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Hong Kong Restaurant
Housed in a grand pagoda-style building that belies the rather mediocre food. For a Chinese restaurant the menu is surprisingly limited and the food, although it arrives in large portions, is nothing special.
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Café Delight
Serves Lebanese and Indian fast food, shawarmas, samosas and curries. The plastic tables overlooking the Total petrol station don't make this the most romantic of settings but the food is mighty tasty.
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Mamma Mia
A light and airy restaurant away from the maddening crowds, serving plenty of pizzas and pasta dishes as wells as tasty Lake Malawi chambo (a popular, bream-like variety of fish) and steaks.
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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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Tidye Restaurant
This is suitably stylish with exquisite dishes to match - it's all roast salmon and spiced guinea fowl here with not a chambo (a popular, bream-like variety of fish) or chip to be seen.
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Korea Garden Restaurant
Within the Korea Garden Lodge, this place serves a large selection of Korean meals including vegetarian options and bugolgi dishes. The food is plentiful if a little bland.
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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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Amina's Take Away
Serves the usual burgers, sandwiches and curries and is popular with local office workers. Has a quirky roadside terrace complete with makeshift gazebo.
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Bohemian Cafe
Serves excellent sandwiches, snacks and cakes in a plant-filled courtyard overlooking, but sheltered from, the buzz of the street.
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Kips
Dishes up a real mix of pizzas, burgers, fish, steak, Malawian and Indian meals. It's clean and deservedly popular with locals.
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Terrace Bistro
This place is open-air and a popular lunch spot and meeting place for business travellers and well-heeled tourists.
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Jungle Pepper
Teems with office workers over the lunch hour, due to a tasty and diverse selection of fresh pizzas and hotdogs.
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Megabite Takeaway Café
Little courtyard café popular with the lunchtime office crowd. Serves fish and chips and Malawi curries.
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Annie's Coffee Shop
Annie' Dishes up tasty breakfasts, curries, burgers and sandwiches in a cosy bistro-style restaurant.
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Modi's
's Has delicious and filling Indian food; the seafood and vegetarian options are particularly good.
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Temptation Coffee Shop
Serves good burgers, tasty Malawian dishes and a tempting selection of pastries for sweet tooths.
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Bohemian Cafe
Order at the counter at the back of Land & Lake Safaris and then sit out in a cheery vine-covered courtyard with a view of the busy street. On offer are big breakfasts, milkshakes and toasties as well as treats for the sweet-toothed, such as apple pie and ice cream.
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Buchannan's Grill
One of Lilongwe's newest offerings, this place is set in the gardens of beautiful Four Seasons Centre. It's a lovely spot; eat out on the terrace if you can, which overlooks a beautiful rockery and pond. As the name suggests, this place specialises in grilled meat and the menu is a carnivore's dream.
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