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Best Restaurants in Africa (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

174 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Africa

  1. Akemi Revolving Restaurant Revolving rooftop restaurant, City CentreA revolving restaurant and bar high above Ohio Street in the city centre, known for its views, weekday lunch buffet, Sunday brunch and Friday live music.
  2. Al Fassia Guéliz Traditional Moroccan, GuélizA long-established Guéliz restaurant run by an all-female team, serving traditional Moroccan cooking such as pigeon pastilla, tagines and a spread of cooked salads.
  3. Buka Ghanaian and West African, OsuA long-running Osu restaurant cooking traditional Ghanaian and wider West African dishes, from light soup and fufu to jollof and kelewele, in a two-level dining room.

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2. Al Fassia Guéliz

Traditional Moroccan$$$Guéliz

A long-established Guéliz restaurant run by an all-female team, serving traditional Moroccan cooking such as pigeon pastilla, tagines and a spread of cooked salads.

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3. Buka

Ghanaian and West African$$Osu

A long-running Osu restaurant cooking traditional Ghanaian and wider West African dishes, from light soup and fufu to jollof and kelewele, in a two-level dining room.

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4. Carnivore

Nyama choma and grilled meat feast$$$Lang'ata

Nairobi's famous meat restaurant on Lang'ata Road, open since 1980, where waiters carve meats roasted on Maasai swords at your table until you lower your flag.

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5. Choose Kigali

Fine dining and art gallery$$$$Kiyovu

A fine dining restaurant inside a hillside art gallery in Kiyovu, with a daily-changing eight-course tasting menu, an a la carte terrace and rotating exhibitions.

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6. Dar El Jeld

Traditional Tunisian$$$Medina

A long-established restaurant in an eighteenth-century medina mansion near the Kasbah, serving classic Tunisian dishes in a candlelit tiled courtyard.

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8. FYN

Modern African fine dining$$$$City Centre

Peter Tempelhoff's FYN serves seasonal modern African tasting menus shaped by Japanese culinary thinking, from a fifth-floor dining room on Parliament Street.

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9. Gayza Restaurant

French and Moroccan fine dining$$$$Zerbtana, Fes el-Bali

The fine-dining restaurant of Riad Fès, where a long-serving Fassi chef and a Meilleur Ouvrier de France create French and Moroccan menus.

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10. Joe’s Beerhouse

Namibian and German pub restaurant$$Eros

Windhoek's best-known pub restaurant since 1991, serving game dishes, steaks, kapana and German classics amid a huge collection of Namibian memorabilia.

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11. Khufu’s

Contemporary Egyptian$$$$Giza Plateau

Chef Mostafa Seif's contemporary Egyptian restaurant inside the Giza archaeological site, named the best restaurant in the Middle East and North Africa in 2026.

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12. Le Lagon 1

Seafood restaurant on stilts$$$$Dakar Plateau

Seafood restaurant built on stilts over the sea in 1956, with views of Gorée and a nautical dining room, still run by the founding Calendini family.

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13. Marble

Contemporary South African wood-fire grill$$$$Rosebank

Marble on the Keyes Art Mile in Rosebank is chef David Higgs's live-fire restaurant, cooking steak, seafood, vegetables and bread over a large wood-fired grill.

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14. Marks at the Park

Japanese and Pan-Asian fine dining$$$$Wuse 2

Japanese and Pan-Asian fine dining in Twenty One Park, Wuse 2, known for sushi, robata grilling, signature cocktails and private dining rooms for celebrations.

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15. NOK by Alara

Contemporary African$$$$Victoria Island

Opened in 2015 in the garden of Reni Folawiyo's Alara concept store, NOK serves contemporary dishes from across Africa and its diaspora in an art-filled setting.

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16. Rick’s Café

International and Moroccan restaurant and piano bar$$$Ancienne Médina

A restaurant and piano bar opened in 2004 in a 1930 mansion against the medina walls, recreating the bar from the film Casablanca, with international and Moroccan dishes.

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