Restaurant
1. Akemi Revolving Restaurant
A 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.
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2. Emerson on Hurumzi Rooftop Tea House
Set-menu dinners of Persian, Omani and East African dishes on one of Stone Town's highest rooftops, with cushion seating, sunset views and live music.
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3. Emerson Spice Rooftop Tea House
Single-seating rooftop restaurant at the Emerson Spice hotel, serving a sundowner at 18:00 followed by a multi-course Swahili seafood tasting menu.
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4. Mediterraneo Restaurant
An open-air Mediterranean restaurant by the ocean in Kawe, north of the centre, serving wood-oven pizzas, homemade pasta and seafood, with a lounge bar for sunsets.
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5. 6 Degrees South
Waterfront restaurant and rooftop bar in Shangani known for open-flame grilled steaks, seafood and Zanzibari dishes, with sunset cocktails upstairs.
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6. Jahazi Restaurant at Serena
The Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel's signature seafood restaurant, named after the Swahili dhow, serving Indian Ocean catch in an Arabic-influenced dining room.
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7. Lukmaan Restaurant
Busy, inexpensive Swahili canteen near the old slave market, where you choose biryani, pilau, curries and grilled fish at the counter and share tables with locals.
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8. The Waterfront at the Slipway
A waterside restaurant and bar at the Slipway on the Msasani Peninsula, serving seafood, pizzas and grills under thatched umbrellas with sunset views over Msasani Bay.
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9. Addis in Dar
A long-standing Ethiopian restaurant on Ursino Street in Regent Estate, serving stews on injera, plenty of vegetarian dishes, Ethiopian coffee and tej honey wine.
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10. Cape Town Fish Market Zanzibar
Waterfront seafood restaurant beside Forodhani Gardens, combining South African and Japanese cooking with sashimi, fish and chips and a South African wine list.
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11. Mamboz Corner BBQ
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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12. Terrace Seafood Restaurant at Zanzibar Serena
Candlelit rooftop seafood restaurant at the Zanzibar Serena Hotel, open for dinner only, with views across the bay from its terrace and balcony.
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13. Bandari Grill
The round-the-clock grill restaurant of the Four Points by Sheraton New Africa, with harbour views and a menu of seafood, Swahili and Indian dishes and mishkaki.
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14. The Dining Room at Park Hyatt Zanzibar
Park Hyatt Zanzibar's main restaurant, styled like a traditional Omani colonial home and cooking seafood and local produce with clove, cinnamon and cardamom.
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