Port-Gentil Travel Guide

This is a beach pub which serves brochettes to the brave. The Castel is cold and the best price in the Industrial side of town. You can have a table in the sand with the ocean twenty feet away or you can sit under the roof.

Favorite Dish: I have never eaten here, only drank the beer! However, I am told by many who do that the brochettes are quite good!

The ambience is very nice with the waves splashing twenty feet away and the ocean as scenery. The food is in the mid-range of restaurant quality found in Port Gentil. The pricing is also mid-range. The service is good, the waitresses are friendly, and I like eating on the open air patio. The kitchen is timely and usually dependable for a good tasting meal.

Favorite Dish: I love the "brochette poulet" with a Castel or a Djino.

The Copacabaña mostly occupies a breeze way between two houses down a bumpy side street somewhere in Port Gentil.

The kitchen seems to be in one house, while the bar and additional seating are in the second... Not much for decor as one should expect from any local dining experience in West Africa, but the food is fresh and well prepared in the local style.

Favorite Dish: Grilled gambas with pili-pili sauce, washed down with a "vino collapso", which is a wine for lying down and avoiding altogether.

The gambas here were the largest prawns I had ever seen, much less eaten... The Copa prepared them to perfection, paying close attention not to over grill them, thus drying them out. And the pili-pili sauce was just right too, not so hot as to overpower the taste of the gambas...