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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

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101. Amal Gueliz Center

Moroccan home cooking, social enterprise$Guéliz

A non-profit lunch restaurant in Guéliz where women from difficult backgrounds train as cooks, serving a seasonal Moroccan menu and couscous every Friday.

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102. Cantine DiVino

Italian restaurant and deli$$$Kololo

Italian restaurant, wine bar and deli on Mabua Road in Kololo, serving handmade pasta, steaks and platters of imported cheese and cured meats.

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103. Chaf Pozi

Shisa nyama (township braai)$$Orlando East, Soweto

Chaf Pozi is a shisa nyama at the foot of the Soweto Towers where you pick your meat, the braai masters grill it, and the bar and township music keep the mood going.

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104. Dar Roumana

Mediterranean-Moroccan$$$Fes el-Bali

A small restaurant with rooms in a traditional dar, where chef Younes Idrissi cooks a changing Mediterranean-Moroccan menu around a tiled courtyard.

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109. Mamboz Corner BBQ

Street-side barbecue$City Centre

An evening street-side barbecue at Morogoro Road and Libya Street, known for spicy charcoal-grilled chicken, nyama choma and fresh sugarcane juice with ginger.

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110. Noflaye Beach

Beach restaurant, French and Senegalese$$Les Almadies

Beach restaurant on the Corniche des Almadies with a wooden dining room and its own stretch of sand, serving French dishes, crêpes and Senegalese seafood.

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111. Pomona

Italian$$$Osu

A sleek indoor-outdoor Italian restaurant in Osu serving Neapolitan-style pizza, truffle pasta and slow-braised beef cheek, with a sister bar alongside.

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112. Riad 1930

Moroccan and Mediterranean restaurant$$$Ancienne Médina

A riad-style restaurant near the old medina with a calm inner patio and intimate lounges, serving Moroccan and Mediterranean dishes with live jazz in the evenings.

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114. Stagioni

Italian restaurant$$$$Addis Ababa

Gourmet Italian restaurant inside the Sheraton Addis, known for its antipasto bar, regional Italian dishes and city views.

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116. The Lantern Room

Egyptian and English$$Gazirat Al Awameyah, East Bank

A welcoming East Bank restaurant mixing Egyptian and English cooking, known for warm hospitality, lantern-lit rooms and puddings such as sticky toffee pudding.

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117. Tulip Bistro

Lebanese, Italian and Mediterranean$$$Wuse 2

A cosy Wuse 2 bistro on Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent blending Lebanese, Italian and Mediterranean cooking, from English breakfasts to T-bone steak, with a full bar.

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119. Yellow Chilli

Nigerian and pan-African$$$Victoria Island

Yellow Chilli is a long-running restaurant and bar serving Nigerian and pan-African dishes such as seafood okra and jollof, with branches on Victoria Island and in Ikeja GRA.

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120. Zitouni

Egyptian fine dining$$$$Garden City

The Egyptian restaurant of the Four Seasons Nile Plaza, serving refined regional dishes and buffets overlooking the Nile in Garden City.

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