Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Food and Dining
Restaurants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Restaurants
Recommended restaurants
Addis in Dar
One of the city's best-kept secrets, this traditionally decorated, atmospheric Ethiopian restaurant serves customary East African dishes as well as a host of vegetarian options.
35 Ursino Street
Tel: 0741 266 299.
Price: $$$
Alcove
A diverse menu of Chinese and Indian food is available in attractive surrounds from this popular, central and long-running restaurant.
Samora Avenue
Tel: (022) 213 8449.
Price: $$$$
Chef's Pride
This long-standing and justifiably popular haunt has a sizeable menu offering everything from local fare to Indian, Chinese and vegetarian dishes. Portions are generous and the prices reasonable.
Chagga Street
No telephone.
Price: $$
Épi d'Or
This French-run café-cum-bakery sells cakes, pastries and a variety of breads in addition to light brunch or lunch snacks and Middle Eastern influenced food.
Samora Avenue
Tel: (022) 213 6006.
Price: $
Sawasdee
Rooftop restaurant in the New Africa Hotel (ninth floor) that has superb sea views and a changing buffet of Thai, Italian and Indian food as well as a weekend barbecue. There is a decent wine list to accompany it all.
Azikiwe Street
Tel: (022) 211 2495.
Website: www.newafricahotel.com
Price: $$$$
Nightlife
Dar es Salaam is not overly blessed with cafes or bars, but you can still find a decent watering hole within the city. The city is however, the musical center of East Africa and has a number of great nightspots that get going after 2300 and run through the night.
Bars: Decent bars include Cynics Café and Wine Bar between Ohio Street and Upanga Road, which serves snack food, juices and coffees in addition to alcoholic drinks and has live music occasionally. The Slipway Pub on the waterside at Masani Slipway is the closest to an English pub and has both food and drinks on offer. Garden Bistro on Haile Selassie Road serves Indian food and hosts live music on weekends. The Q Bar, at the guesthouse of the same name on the corner of Haile Selassie and Massani Roads, is popular with locals, expats and tourists alike, has a good-value happy hour and live bands some nights. More upmarket is the Kibo Bar at the Movenpick Royal Palm Hotel on Ohio Street.
Clubs: Nightclubs include the western-style California Dreamers on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, the perennially popular, brash Bilicanas on Simu Street and the Lions Club on Sheikilango Road, which has plenty of local character and atmosphere.
Live music: Venues include the well-established Amana Club on Uhuru Street, the lively Mango Garden on Mwinyijuma Road and next door, the Vijana Social Club.
