Gaborone
Indulge your inner carnivore. Part of a chain of Brazilian meat houses/samba parties, Rodizio’s is where waiters walk around with skewers of meat, and you…
Must-see restaurants in Botswana & Namibia
Botswana
The dining room at the Kalahari Arms is Ghanzi’s only real sit-down restaurant, and you won’t exactly be spoiled for choice. The menu has all the usual…
Walvis Bay
If you’re feeling nostalgic for Swakopmund (or Deutschland, for that matter), take comfort in knowing that Probst specialises in stodgy German fare: pork,…
Swakopmund
This excellent restaurant and boutique brewery offers one of Swakopmund’s most sought-after commodities, namely authentic German-style beer. And, so as…
Swakopmund
The fine dining at Deutsches Haus takes place in the well-organised, upmarket country dining room or the bench seating out the front of the building. It’s…
Lüderitz
This smallish waterfront cafe offers attractive sea views, so make it a double espresso and linger a bit longer than you normally would. Bratwurst sausage…
Lüderitz
Part of the Nest Hotel and with a prime waterfront location, Penguin restaurant does all the usual Lüderitz seafood suspects – oysters, seafood curry,…
Omaruru Souvenirs & Kaffestube
Damaraland
The building housing this intimate cafe dates from 1907. This place is a good choice for a strong cup of coffee and traditional German baked goods, as…
Gaborone
This place is a vague cross between an American sports bar and a British pub, with a menu that begins with breakfast and moves on to steaks, curries and…
Swakopmund
The size of a postage stamp and cute as a button, this fine little cafe next to the bookshop of the same name does great coffee to go with its oven-baked…
Swakopmund
Recommended by some locals as the best place for a seafood meal in town. It’s a simple but clean setup inside and importantly the fish comes straight from…
Kasane
Just about everything (except African!) is served at this simple Indian-run place, with a reasonable selection of very tasty curries and other Indian…
Windhoek
A quality seafood restaurant with a twist of Angolan here and a hint of Portuguese there; the food may not be squirming on your plate but our overall…
Botswana
This place, upstairs in the Village Mall, serves up the town’s best flame-grilled steaks, but it also does fish and chips; watch out for the daily…
Namibia
This German cafe and bakery serves tasty breakfasts and lunches including toasties, bread rolls, sandwiches, salads, freshly made pies, a cold platter and…
Gaborone
The buffet at the Grand Palm Resort serves up fairly unexciting cooking, but the salads are above average and the roasts are always a highlight. It's next…
Swakopmund
It's nothing special and the decor is where a mock Via Veneto meets the American Wild West, but Napolitana serves up surprisingly good pizza, pasta and…
Maun
One of the cheaper supermarkets in Maun. It has slightly less choice than some of the others and we'd buy our meat elsewhere, but you'll save quite a bit…
Maun
Housed in an arts complex northeast of town on the road to Shorobe, this casual cafe serves up steaks, salads, Thai curries and good breakfasts, with real…
Kasane
If you’re arriving from the bush and craving freshly baked bread, look no further than this fine place up behind the Shell petrol station. It also does a…
Maun
Shop-Rite is astoundingly well stocked with fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, and a bakery that sells fresh bread, sandwiches and takeaway salads.
Namibia
The day centre serves a few simple meal choices at lunchtimes from a menu that changes regularly. There are fine views from the back terrace.
Maun
We suspect that this place is usually full not because of the quality of its food (which is reasonable, rather than exciting) but rather for its position…
Botswana
The restaurant connected to the petrol station and motel of the same name is a fairly simple place serving up uninspiring but filling meals such as…
Windhoek
You can shop for handicrafts here and get a bite at the same time from the busy little kitchen which churns out decent fuel, such as toasties, burgers and…
Botswana
You’ve seen it before – an American-themed steakhouse in the heart of Africa with a menu that covers steaks, ribs and seafood. It’s the sort of place that…
Botswana
Reasonable pan-Indian cooking in simple surrounds adds a little variety to the Francistown eating scene. Although it also does Chinese dishes, it's far…
Botswana
One of the best supermarkets in the whole southern Kalahari region. It's in the main town, 3km off the highway.
Botswana
The fact that we include this place should be read as a statement about the lack of choice in Ghanzi more than as a recommendation of quality. Wilted…
