Napolitana
Good for: food, Groups, service
- Address
- 33 Nathaniel Maxuilili St Town Centre
- Phone
- tel, info: 064 402773
Lonely Planet review for Napolitana
This quaint and romantic Italian bistro specialises in gourmet pizzas and pasta, as well as heartier meat and seafood dishes. If you're feeling lazy, ring them up and they'll deliver right to your door.
Traveller reviews for Napolitana (1)
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Africa in Italy in Germany in Africa
wayward_saward recommends this,
Swakopmund is widely regarded as one of Africa's premier adrenalin centres. So what does one contemplate after flying down a sand dune at 60kph on nothing but a bit of plywood, or throwing oneself out of a plane at 10,000 ft? Maybe the brevity of existence? Perhaps man's continual need to challenge the body and mind?
In my case it was food.
Specifically: 'Where can I get a steak?' The answer in Swakopmund is pretty much anywhere. My fellow adrenalin monkeys and myself ended up in Napolitana, a stone's throw from the busy and popular Swakop Lodge hostel.
Napolitana is typically African in its contradictions; an Italian restaurant in a German town in the Namib desert. This reasonably priced establishment makes up for its middle of the raod appearance with big smiles, big open spaces, and even bigger portions. The garlic bread could reasonably be described as a loaf, the burger requires a full rotation of the plate for inspection, all the standards of a non-Italian, Italian restaurant were present and correct.
But the real treat is the game meat. I had a giant 12oz Oryx steak with chips, perfectly cooked - one of the few places where medium rare actually means medium rare - and extremely tasty. At the halfway point I was regretting the same garlic mushrooms I had been lauding over only a short while before. Needless to say there was no need for dessert but washing the steak down with a cheap but refreshing rosé from neighbouring South Africa is a perfect and affordable accompaniment.
There is a fun, lively feel to Napolitana. The staff are friendly, the specials varied. Nothing feels too serious until you taste the food and realise that like Swakopmund, and in turn Africa itself, appearances can be deceptive.
Good for: food, Groups, service
