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Mini Resto Maquis
This Cameroonian place serves the best atièke (similar to couscous) with grilled fish in town. Waiting times can be painfully long, though.
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Ozio
This ubertrendy restaurant has been a favourite of the glitterati for years. The food is great and is served with the ego-tickling sense of belonging to the in-crowd.
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Pâtisserie Médina
Every night out ends here at , with coffee and croissants. With some luck, you'll even see some of Senegal's biggest music and football stars huddled around cups of hot chocolate.
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Point d'Interrogation
This small eatery sells filling and seriously scrumptious Senegalese dishes for reasonable prices. Its thiebouthienne is divine.
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Restaurant du Centre
Extremely packed during lunchtime, this is a favourite with Dakar's downtown workers. Huge portions of local and European food are served with a slice of real Dakar life.
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Restaurant VSD
There's not much jazz at this intimate place any more, but the West African and international dishes are still good value. Home delivery is also available.
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Sabura
This Bissau-Guinean restaurant serves excellent Cape Verdean, Portuguese and Creole cuisine. If you want to eat a royally prepared catchoupa - Cap Verde's porky answer to paella - this is your place. The large number of Cap Verdean and Guinean regulars is the best quality indicator.
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Saveur d'Asie
Hugely popular, this takeaway restaurant makes an enticing promise of serving Senegalese-Asian cuisine. It sells almost the complete works of Youssou N'Dour in its adjacent boutique.
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