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RESTAURANTS
IN NAIROBI
Nairobi is the capital City of Kenya and like any developing city there
are plenty of eating places around! However so, you must not eat at any
restaurant though to avoid stomach upset or uncomfortabilities. Nairobi
carries chains of Restaurants and take away joints at every corner of
the city but a few restaurants are below recommended from past experience.
NAIROBI
CARNIVORE RESTAURANT
Carnivore is a game and beef-eating restaurant in Nairobi that also serves
Vegetarians on request. The Restaurant specialize on Game meat and the
Majority of the game includes Zebra, Crocodile, Hartebeest, Dik Dik, Antelope,
Ostrich, Giraffe, among others.
The restaurant is one of the world's voted best restaurants and actually
the leading restaurant in Kenya. With its Best Experience of Beef eating
and with an "ëat as much as you can" motto, Carnivore offers
a wide restaurant styles from haute cuisine’s to honest down to
earth good food, and vegetarian. For years now it has been complimented
for its incredible range of exotic game and beef meat, quite a unique
experience in a very great atmosphere, and the one of a kind in Kenya.
Many time referred to as the best Africas greatest eating experience,
Carnivore has earned Kenya credits for as long for a quite good number
of years, but the recent research even congured this by being voted as
among the greatest eating place in the world!! Congrats to this Kenyan
Restaurant which belongs to the Tamarinds group of Restaurant!!
History
Carnivore Restaurant was started in Kenya way back in 1980, by the Tamarind
group. Hosting nearly over 2 million customers from all over the world
with a credit from each one, this also has been cheered up by celebrities
from the last 21 years of experience and service. For those great years
of operation Carnivore has enhanced Kenya with its experience a lot, uplifting
the Kenyan Tourism as a tourist Destination, and leaving behind this beautiful
saying "if you have not been to Carnivore, you have not been to Kenya!!
How
to Get there.
Carnivore Restaurant is nicely located off the Langata Road past the Wilson
Airport and to the interiors past the Newly Uchumi Supermarket. There
are sings so it is very easy to locate the restaurant, using the directions
and the sign posts on the roads.
There are also Public services and shuttle buses plying this route but
they leave you at the main road entry ,just at Uchumi Supermarket, where
you can get a taxi if not so late. Otherwise take a taxi from town or
your point to carnivore straight. There are many taxis at Carnivore too,
so incase you want to have a late night, you always have a choice of taking
one outside the restaurant at your convenient time.
Eating
Times
Dinner
At Carnivore Restaurant Dinner starts at 7pm and despite the
abundance of space, and many a time the restaurant can get very, very
busy! If so then, there is usually a second lot booking which starts at
10pm after the first lots are out. It is not necessary that they leave
right after dinner because of the cool atmosphere there, and the many
bars just to the surroundings all belonging to restaurant will give waiting
or after dinner space to guests while your drinks can be served from here
as well. The Simba Disco just within gives an advantage of daring the
night out if so wish.
Lunch
The carnivore restaurant offers lunch daily as from 12:30 PM and goes
on till 3pm. The same routine is applied whereby you can make booking
for your particular times within this given times. To be on the safe side,
make a reservation before to avoid Overbooking or delays, you can do this
through your Travel Agent or Directly. If need more, and pictures please
see this link http://www.africaonline.co.ke/carnivore/.For a great Eating
Experience, Carnivore is the place! http://www.africaonline.co.ke/carnivore/
Blue
Nile Ethiopian Restaurant located at the Argwings Kodhek's road
and the best to get there is to get a number 46 Nissan matatu and alight
just infront of the hotel.
Antonios Restaurant behind the Holy family basilica -
offers best food and cuisine , there is breakfast, and its open on Sundays!-
serves Mexican foods. |
TAMARIND
RESTAURANT
Tamarind is one of the leading sea-food restaurants in Mombasa. The restaurant
is the best and with fresh live seafoods from the Indian Ocean. This restaurant
remains the catch on the Island, and the hospitality is of great value,
with a wide variety of Sea foods, exotic European, Eastern, and Swahili,
recipes. Tamarind has maintained its class for its true experience as
a Sea food restaurant on the coast. The Magic experience is overwhelming
as you dine in the open air with all the ocean scents and the night exposure
of the outside just in a glance with the moon and the stars above you!.
It is a sister restaurant to Carnivore of Nairobi and time has taken its
course since the official opening of the Tamarind Restaurant on the Mombasa
Coast, whereby it is either Carnivore, or Tamarind!
Location.
Tamarind Restaurant is perfectly located in the lavishly posh area of
Nyali on a cliff top overlooking the Indian
Ocean and the old Mombasa Harbor. In Nairobi Tamarind Exists and is located
along the Harambee Avenue.
How to get there.
Transport is quite uniquely arranged to and from this exotic Restaurant
whereby they pick and drop the clients on an inclusive rate. Otherwise
if self driving it can be arranged too. Most of the tourists opt for the
inclusive rate, but if taking extra time after dinner may be dropped at
the Bora Bora then they always take a taxi back to their hotels at their
convenient times. Bookings: Tourist or individuals can book through their
respective travel agents or directly with Tamarind Restaurant.
Eating times
Dinner and lunch are the 2 offered specialties and with this you can have
a lot to tell about the Restaurant!
Dinner and starts at 7 PM and goes on till 11:30. Lunch starts at 12:30
PM and goes on till 3 PM, make sure you do your reservation to avoid overbooking.
Tamarind, is the best recommended Sea food Place in Mombasa!
TRATORIA
RESTAURANT
Tratoria is an Italian Restaurant in the Heart of Nairobi City. Located
at Wabera Street behind Steers the restaurant mainly offers a daily special
each day and specializes in Italian Cuisine's. However so Tratoria restaurant
offers a wide variety of other special al Carte menu and water mouthing
delicious meals every day. Specializing in Seafood's and other menu, Tratoria
serves Fish, Calamari, Crabs, Oysters, Lobster, and also charcoal grills.
Every Tuesdays and Friday the Restaurant presents a perfect sea food specialties
to reach the demand, and to keep to its standards.
The restaurant opens daily (7 days a Week) from 7am with a continental
Breakfast, and remains open throughout out for lunch and Dinner till 12
PM.
Tratoria offers a considerable rate for transfers to interested clients
on request, for pick up/drop-off on a unique van fully equipped with a
radio call facility to keep the clients away from the outside hustling.
Dinner is served on a light music background and sometime there is entertainment
especially on special occasions.
History.
Tratoria Restaurant was opened way back in 1981 and under Italian management.
It has managed to come up to this point for its good services and delicious
meals all being possible by the co-operation & good supervision of
the management and the staff. The restaurant caters for all its own pastries
and is most recommended for its nice cooling ice-creams. Within town,
Tratoria is the place!
KENGELES
RESTAURANT.
These are a chain of restaurants within the city and provide tourist as
well as local people with both cuisine’s at a very unique standard!
Not one will complain of their stomach, and thus keeping the restaurants
name in the top recommendations. One of the city center Kengeles Restaurant
is situated at the famous Koinange Street just within the city centre
at the Kenol house Building and right opposite the Standard Bank. The
menu is A la Cater and stays open till late,(midnight). Other Kengeles
Restaurants are found around the Nyayo Stadium, Opposit Yaya Centre Lavington,
and more.
Other
restaurants include:
The Horseman - which is located at Karen shopping center
and serves all kind of food and pastas and grills
Ibis Grill -located at the Norfolk Hotel, and has a class
of its own serving all kinds of al carte menu. It is really specious and
at the right atmosphere!
The Mandharil this is located at the Serena Hotel and
a tourist class restaurant. The standards matches the
prices here!
The Tamarind Restaurant: This is one of the Tamarinds
groups of restaurants and like its sister restaurant in Mombasa is the
leading in coast serves sea foods. .( se Mombasa restaurants-Kenya coast)
The restaurant is around and Behind the Kenya Cinema.( se Mombasa restaurants-Kenya
coast) Their specialties is Seafoods.
The Handi (The Mall, Wetlands) - Nawab Tandoori (Muthaiga
Shopping Center) - Out of the way, but also pretty good.
ShoGun (Argwings Kodhek Rd, Westlands) - Japanese for
the Japanese with California rolls thrown in.
Chopsticks (Westlands) - Good sloppy Chinese
China Plate (Chancery House) - Standard but good.
Nandos
Restaurant: are also another group of Restaurants and take away,
and within the city center opposite the Hilton along the Maui Avenue street.
Other Nandos in town include along Moi Avenue, and Wetlands Nandos, Gong
Road Nandos, Lavington etc.
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