Nairobi Restaurants

I love Haandi's, it's my favourite restaurant in Nairobi and many would agree that it's the best Indian restaurant there. Food is great and the cozy interior makes the restaurant a great place for a romantic candle-lit dinner. For me Haandi's is as good as the famous Bukhara in Delhi. Haandi's is more expensive than the Nairobi average but still cheaper than comparable restaurants in Europe.

Favorite Dish: Chicken Tikka - I don't know how they manage to make the chicken so tender.
(Only for carrot lovers: I adore their Gajar Halwa)

A more recent addition to the excellent Italian restaurants in Nairobi, run by Riccardo, another member of the warm-hearted Italian community. In order not to get confused with other Italian restaurants in Nairobi, they try to keep their menu a bit different. Since we lived in the neighbourhood, we used to drop in all the time. It was never a problem to make a special prosciutto sandwich for my son.

Favorite Dish: Fish with tomato sauce.

I felt like having some nice Thai food the other day and looked up into my guide book where to go. I picked up a place call Bangkok (can't be wrong).
Unfortunately there was not a single Thai dish on the menu. It's basically a chinese restaurant. It's decent chinese place and very chinese deco. To be fair to the place it is now called Bangkok Chinese Restaurant.

The place seemed a little spooky - I still believe the waiters are mind-readers as the served the food in less than 3 minutes after we ordered it. Even quicker than a microwave job ! and it looked fresh !

It can be a little pricey - we paid 3500 KSH for two with wine and apperitifs

Favorite Dish: We took the sizzling prawms and Chicken in black beans sauce. Not bad at all

Well it is pretty much like at The Carnivore i.e. as-much-as-you-can-eat with the classic Barbecue with pork, beef, lamb, chicken, and the wild animals.
The food was fine even though you could notice that the turn around is not as great as at The Carnovor so you wonder how fresh is the piece of meat in your plate. But it was fine.

The best part of the meal was the 45 minute show starting from 9:00 everyday. The Show was tribes combined with modern dances - the acrobatic dancers were spectacular.

if you are bored you can go to the Safari Cats next door - be aware they bite !

Favorite Dish: No choice there - it's the African style Barbecue

A huge wild game grill house. They prepare everything from crocodile to buck to wart hog to zebra

Favorite Dish: The pap (maize meal cooked in water with a tomtato and onion relish), crocodile, chicken, game sausages, wart hog, vodka drink (darwa)

Go there for a relaxed weekend brunch or lunch. I love the smell of freshly ground coffee. Have a coffee with a muffin or a full meal, finish it up with one of their delicious milkshakes.

Favorite Dish: Breakfast burrito.

Mandhari Restaurant is the main restaurant of the Nairobi Serena Hotel, which is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It's a one of Kenya's finest restaurants where sophisticated international cuisine is offered amidst elegant surroundings.

Favorite Dish: We had international buffet for lunch - a wide variety of freshly prepared food with everything one can think of.

The Carnivore complex, 10 mins form city centre or 10 mins from Nairobi park services is a huge complex with bars, disco and restaurants. Here you'll find Simba's restaurant that does great food.(650 shillings for 2 courses)
The Boulevard hotel does food in the city but its very expensive. I tried to blag a free breakfast as i had a friend staying there, they sussed it out and i had to cough up 610shilling($10) just for a breaky!
The pizzas in town are good and well priced.
Nairobi Park services does good food at very good prices.