Rabat
It opened back in 1955, and this Moroccan restaurant, with attached bar (strictly for men), has managed to retain its clients and traditional decor over…
Must-see restaurants in Africa
Dakhla
This waterfront cafe commands stupendous views across the narrow Dakhla Bay. The bougainvillea-kissed pavilions are a great escape from Dakhla's dusty…
Casablanca
Attentive service and luxurious surrounds are the hallmarks of this pricey restaurant in the Hyatt Regency. You'll dine on a low couch and look your best…
Madagascar
Perched on a hill overlooking the national park, Varibolo scores equally high on location and taste. The food is simple – grilled chicken, romazava (beef…
Asilah
Spanish-style seafood dishes are the speciality at this popular marine-themed restaurant a couple of streets back from the beach. Expect staples such as…
Nosy Be
The glorious location of this hotel restaurant is hard to beat – on a wooden deck overlooking the sea. Perhaps that's why its name is a play on 'bateau…
Rabat
Down-to-earth Moroccan dishes are the speciality at this friendly restaurant near the Rabat Ville train station. The menu is dominated by brochettes …
Madagascar
A small, neighbourhood cafe-bar offering local rum and a quick menu (burgers, omelettes, zebu steaks, salads etc). It's frequented by backpackers, French…
Cairo
In France, Paul is just a roadside place to pick up a croissant and coffee, but in the Middle East it serves as a more upscale bistro. Cairo isn’t big on…
Mirleft
Mint tea, coffee and omelettes combine with up close and personal views of Aftas Beach at this fun spot with a funky beach-shack ambience. Colourful…
Victoria
This cheerful cafe-bar overlooking the main drag is an excellent venue to enjoy breakfast (muesli!) and read the newspapers, or to take a lunchtime break…
Cape Town
At the market next to Khayelitsha Station, ask around to find this shack serving tasty and excellent traditional chow. Clifford will pour water over your…
Brazzaville
The menu at this popular restaurant is something of a formality – nearly everyone comes for the speciality, poulet satanique, juicy cuts of barbecued…
Kenya
The food here is great value and only a few shillings more than the town’s cheap eateries. Steaks come with a soup starter, mounds of veggies and starch …
Algiers
Up by the concrete Sacré Coeur Cathedral, high up rue Didouche Mourad, this local no-frills place serves what its name says: couscous, along with chorba …
Pretoria
This well-established eatery is still going strong, with patrons enjoying its old-fashioned decor and an excellent menu that transgresses all culinary…
Cape Town
This neighbourhood eatery in a small shopping plaza specialises in wood-fired steaks, burgers and milkshakes. It attracts everyone from students to…
Sunshine Coast
Although in a charmless building, Guido’s decks are perfect for a sundowner, with stunning views up the river and along the beach. It does wood-fired…
CTN – Akagera National Park Community Centre
Rwanda
Very few visitors have heard about this easy-to-miss canteen at the staff quarters (look for the small building behind the basketball court), which is…
Kalahari Gateway Hotel Bar-Restaurant
Northern Cape
Although the conveyor belt rarely gets switched on, this Kalahari sushi bar continues to draw curious gourmands. As well as the familiar fishy options …
Winelands
Based in a 19th-century toll house on Mitchell's Pass, this place makes for a fun lunch stop. The small and quirky menu is filled with traditional treats…
Cap Bon
Next to Les Grottes, La Daurade has a delightful seaside setting and unsurprisingly stellar seafood (though stray elsewhere on the menu at your own risk)…
Nosy Be
On the top floor, Restaurant Manava is an unexpected gem. The fare is simple but incredibly tasty, including grilled meat or fish with seasonal vegetables…
Limpopo
Sit back and 'chillate' at this friendly bar-restaurant. With an enormous round bar and a postmodern dining room, it's as trendy as fine dining gets in…
Johannesburg
Pastelaria Princesa is an authentic Portuguese bakery/cafe: On an average day you'll hear as many customers speaking Portuguese as English and the menu is…
Lesotho
Occupying a Basotho-hat–style building, this 1st-floor Indian restaurant is a favourite among businessmen and politicians. One of Lesotho’s few Indian…
Luxor
This comfortable rooftop restaurant serves a set menu with Egyptian specialities, such as molokhiyya (stewed leaf soup) and mahshi kurumb (stuffed cabbage…
Cairo
If you’re just passing through Cairo Gateway bus station and need a meal, take a short walk to Hamada for exceptionally good kushari (mix of noodles, rice…
Northern Madagascar
Timo and Stéphanie have a miniscule veranda with just four tables on which to serve their delicious food. Fish, prawns and lobster come with garlic butter…
Malabo
English-speaking Nina owns this large, brightly lit restaurant with the obligatory red Chinese lanterns. There's a wide Cantonese menu: you can dine…
Republic of Congo
Generally considered the best restaurant in Ouesso, this charming place near the police station is in a side street off the main road. There's a brightly…
Brazzaville
About as French as you can get, including a strutting chef who regularly inspects the tables to ensure everyone is appreciating the food as fully as…
Luxor
A rather charming and intimate cafe-restaurant set in a building dating back to the early 20th century, with high-ceilinged salons that still cling on to…
Togo
The downstairs maquis (an informal, street-side eatery) with its enormous grill and informal atmosphere does a brisk trade with the town's moto-taxis…
Eastern Cape
This wonderfully incongruous Americana-inspired diner dominates the village centre. The menu mixes South African and American classics; dishes of varying…
Rabat
Cheap, cheerful and marginally more classy than the string of other places along this perpetually busy road, this basic restaurant does a steady line in…
Johannesburg
This cooler-than-cool little braai stand offers some of the cheapest food in trendy Maboneng, attracting both penny-pinching locals and thrifty visitors…
Hurghada
In a town where international food rules, it's nice to see a restaurant taking a stand for Egyptian cuisine. The Nubian Cafe does flavoursome tagens …
Cameroon
Atmospheric and upmarket, the Saga offers an interesting mix of African dishes with some local classics, such as ndole (a dish made with bitter leaves…
Douz
In happier times, this was a popular haunt for tourists, who were entertained over dinner with a floor show in an over-sized Berber tent. Those days may…
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