Must-see restaurants in Western Kenya

  • Green Garden Restaurant

    Kisumu

    Surrounded by colourful murals and potted palms, the Green Garden is an oasis of culinary delight set in an Italian-themed courtyard. As you would expect,…

  • Sunjeel Palace

    Eldoret

    This formal, dark and spicy Indian restaurant serves superb, real-deal curries. Portion sizes are decent and if you mop up all the gravy with a freshly…

  • Iroko Boulevard Restaurant

    Western Kenya

    It’s got style, it’s got glamour, it’s got big-city aspirations and it’s totally unexpected in Kitale. With cheap dishes and an old Morris car hanging…

  • Rex Restaurant

    Masai Mara

    Just 400m from the Sekenani Gate, this casual roadside shack has a few tables out the back where they serve up breakfasts, home-baked bread, vegetables…

  • Will’s Pub & Restaurant

    Eldoret

    Looks and feels like an English pub, with similarly heavyweight food – steak and fried breakfasts – but it also produces a few African dishes of the ugali…

  • The Laughing Buddha

    Kisumu

    The Laughing Buddha has a limited menu (made even more so by the fact that half the items probably won't be available) of pastas, pizzas and chips in…

  • Litny’s Restaurant

    Western Kenya

    Along with New Sunshine Hotel, this is regarded as one of the better restaurants in town, though in truth the fried chicken and chips here were no…

  • Seasons Hotel

    Masai Mara

    The Seasons Hotel has a good restaurant serving a lunch buffet (popular with passing tour buses) as well as spicy beef, chicken stew and a few vegetarian…

  • Tuskys Supermarket

    Masai Mara

    A large, well-stocked supermarket in Oltalet Mall on the way through town. Good for supplies or for takeaway meals from the deli and bakery.

  • Tuskys

    Western Kenya

    Kakamega's best supermarket has plenty of supplies as well as ready-made foods (including yummy samosas) in the deli and bakery.