Indabo Café Kiyovu

Indabo Café is a relaxed café in Kiyovu that is also a plant and ceramics shop, so you eat surrounded by greenery and handmade pots, many of them for sale. It sits on KN 54 Street opposite the Stipp Hotel, and has a second branch in Kimihurura at 11 KG 670 Street, close to Poivre Noir.

The menu covers breakfast through to early evening drinks. Indagare lists salads, sandwiches and grain bowls, and the café also serves cocktails, which makes it a useful stop at almost any time of day. Living in Kigali, a local guide site, recommends the breakfast burrito and African tea, the spiced milky tea that is common across East Africa.

The outdoor seating is the main draw on a sunny morning, and the setting suits a slow breakfast, a working session or a catch-up with friends. It is a good choice if you are staying in one of the Kiyovu hotels and want somewhere for breakfast outside the hotel restaurant, or if you are travelling with someone who wants something lighter than the grills and buffets common elsewhere.

Opening hours are not published in the sources we checked, so call ahead on +250 788 724 292 or check the café's Instagram account, @indabocafe, before making a special trip. If you plan to buy a plant or ceramic piece, remember that bringing plants or soil into many countries is restricted, so ceramics are the more practical souvenir.

The two branches give you some flexibility: the Kiyovu café is the original choice for a leafy, residential setting near the centre, while the Kimihurura branch on KG 670 Street sits among the restaurants and bars of that hill, convenient for a late breakfast before an afternoon of sightseeing on that side of the city.

Kiyovu is a quiet residential area a few minutes from the city centre, with tree-lined streets that are pleasant to walk in the morning. The Hôtel des Mille Collines and Heaven Boutique Hotel are in the same part of the city, and Choose Kigali's gallery is close by if you want to look at art after breakfast. The Kimihurura branch is the better choice if you are combining coffee with the Kigali Convention Centre or the parliament museum.