Africa food guides
Tagines in Marrakech, koshari in Cairo, braai in Cape Town and jollof across West Africa: what to eat and where in every African country.
The food of Africa is as varied as its 54 countries: Moroccan tagines and couscous, Egyptian koshari, Ethiopian injera, West African jollof and suya, East African nyama choma and Swahili coastal curries, and the braai culture of Southern Africa. These Africa food guides explain what to eat in each country, how to read menus in Arabic, French, Portuguese and local languages, how tipping and paying work, and where to eat city by city, from Marrakech, Cairo and Cape Town to Zanzibar, Nairobi, Accra and Dakar.
Start with the most visited food destinations below, or browse every African country guide.
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Morocco food guide
The dishes to order, Arabic and French menu words, tipping in dirhams, and where to eat in seven Moroccan cities.
Egypt food guide
Koshari, ful and molokhia, Arabic menu words, service charge and baksheesh, and where to eat in seven Egyptian cities.
South Africa food guide
The dishes to order, braai and local menu terms, tipping in rand, and where to eat in six South African destinations.
All 43 Africa food guides
Algeria food guide
Couscous, chorba and garantita, Arabic and French menu words, cash and tipping, and where to eat in seven Algerian cities.
Angola food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese menu words, tipping and paying in kwanza, and where to eat in six Angolan cities and regions.
Benin food guide
The dishes to order, French and Fon menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in seven Beninese towns.
Botswana food guide
The dishes to order, Setswana menu words, tipping in pula, safari camp meals and where to eat in six Botswana destinations.
Burundi food guide
Brochettes, mukeke and ndagala, Kirundi and French menu words, cash and tipping, and where to eat in five Burundian towns.
Cameroon food guide
The dishes to order, French and English menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in six Cameroonian destinations.
Cape Verde food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese and Kriolu menu words, tipping in escudos, and where to eat on six Cape Verdean islands.
Comoros food guide
The dishes to order, Comorian, French and Arabic menu words, paying in Comorian francs, and where to eat on the three islands.
Djibouti food guide
Yemeni-style fish, skoudehkaris and laxoox, menu words in three languages, tipping and paying, and where to eat in five places.
Egypt food guide
Koshari, ful and molokhia, Arabic menu words, service charge and baksheesh, and where to eat in seven Egyptian cities.
Eritrea food guide
Zigni, shiro and macchiato, Tigrinya menu words, cash and tipping, fasting food and where to eat in five Eritrean towns.
Eswatini food guide
The dishes to order, siSwati food words, tipping in emalangeni, and where to eat in six towns and valleys of Eswatini.
Ethiopia food guide
Injera, doro wat and the coffee ceremony, Amharic menu words, tipping and fasting food, and where to eat in eight Ethiopian cities.
Gabon food guide
The dishes to order, French menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in six Gabonese destinations.
Gambia food guide
The dishes to order, local food words, tipping in dalasi, and where to eat in seven Gambian towns and regions.
Ghana food guide
The dishes to order, chop bar and street food terms, tipping in cedis, and where to eat in six Ghanaian destinations.
Guinea food guide
The dishes to order, French and local menu words, tipping in Guinean francs, and where to eat in seven Guinean towns.
Ivory Coast food guide
The dishes to order, maquis menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in seven Ivorian destinations.
Kenya food guide
The dishes to order, Swahili menu words, tipping and M-Pesa, and where to eat in seven Kenyan destinations, from Nairobi to Lamu.
Lesotho food guide
The dishes to order, Sesotho food words, tipping in maloti, and where to eat in six towns and mountain areas of Lesotho.
Liberia food guide
The dishes to order, cookshop food words, paying in Liberian and US dollars, and where to eat in six Liberian towns.
Madagascar food guide
The dishes to order, Malagasy and French menu words, tipping in ariary, and where to eat in seven towns and regions of Madagascar.
Malawi food guide
The dishes to order, Chichewa food words, tipping in kwacha, and where to eat in six Malawi towns and lakeshore destinations.
Mauritania food guide
Thieboudienne, camel and mint tea, Arabic and French menu words, cash and tipping, and where to eat in five Mauritanian places.
Mauritius food guide
The dishes to order, French and Creole menu words, tipping in rupees, and where to eat in six Mauritian destinations.
Morocco food guide
The dishes to order, Arabic and French menu words, tipping in dirhams, and where to eat in seven Moroccan cities.
Mozambique food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese menu words, tipping in meticais, and where to eat in six Mozambique towns and beach destinations.
Namibia food guide
The dishes to order, game meat and German bakery terms, tipping in Namibian dollars, and where to eat in six Namibian destinations.
Nigeria food guide
The dishes to order, buka and suya spot words, tipping in naira, and where to eat in seven Nigerian cities.
Republic of the Congo food guide
The dishes to order, French and Lingala menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in six Congolese destinations.
Réunion food guide
The dishes to order, French and Creole menu words, tipping and paying in euros, and where to eat in six parts of Réunion.
Rwanda food guide
The dishes to order, menu words in Kinyarwanda, French and English, tipping and paying, and where to eat in six Rwandan destinations.
São Tomé and Príncipe food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese menu words, paying in dobras or euros, and where to eat on São Tomé and Príncipe.
Senegal food guide
The dishes to order, French and Wolof menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in six Senegalese destinations.
Seychelles food guide
The dishes to order, Creole and French menu words, tipping in rupees, and where to eat on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue.
Sierra Leone food guide
The dishes to order, cookery and Krio food words, tipping in leones, and where to eat in six Sierra Leone destinations.
South Africa food guide
The dishes to order, braai and local menu terms, tipping in rand, and where to eat in six South African destinations.
Tanzania food guide
The dishes to order, Swahili menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Tanzanian destinations, Zanzibar included.
Togo food guide
The dishes to order, French and Ewe menu words, tipping in CFA francs, and where to eat in seven Togolese towns.
Tunisia food guide
The dishes to order, Arabic and French menu words, tipping in dinars, and where to eat in seven Tunisian destinations.
Uganda food guide
Matooke, luwombo and the rolex, local menu terms, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Ugandan towns and cities.
Zambia food guide
The dishes to order, nshima and relish words, tipping in kwacha, safari camp meals and where to eat in six Zambian destinations.
Zimbabwe food guide
The dishes to order, Shona and Ndebele menu words, tipping and paying in US dollars, and where to eat in six Zimbabwe destinations.
Where to eat in Africa, city by city
Every city and island with its own section in our Africa food guides.
- Algeria food guide
- Algiers Oran Tlemcen Constantine Annaba Béjaïa Ghardaïa
- Angola food guide
- Luanda Benguela Lobito Lubango Namibe Huambo
- Benin food guide
- Cotonou Porto-Novo Ouidah Grand-Popo Ganvié Abomey Parakou
- Botswana food guide
- Gaborone Maun The Okavango Delta Kasane and Chobe Makgadikgadi and the Kalahari Francistown
- Burundi food guide
- Bujumbura Gitega Rumonge Ngozi Kayanza
- Cameroon food guide
- Douala Yaoundé Kribi Limbe Buea The West Region
- Cape Verde food guide
- Santiago São Vicente Sal Boa Vista Santo Antão Fogo
- Comoros food guide
- Moroni Mitsamiouli and the north coast Mutsamudu Domoni and rural Anjouan Mohéli
- Djibouti food guide
- Djibouti City Moucha Island Tadjourah Ali Sabieh Lac Abbé
- Egypt food guide
- Cairo Alexandria Luxor Aswan Hurghada Sharm El Sheikh Dahab
- Eritrea food guide
- Asmara Massawa Keren Mendefera Adi Keyih
- Eswatini food guide
- Mbabane The Ezulwini Valley The Malkerns Valley Manzini The Lowveld Piggs Peak and the north
- Ethiopia food guide
- Addis Ababa Bahir Dar Gondar Lalibela Axum Mekele Harar Hawassa
- Gabon food guide
- Libreville Pointe Denis Port-Gentil Lambaréné Lopé Franceville
- Gambia food guide
- Banjul Serrekunda Kololi and the Senegambia Strip Bakau Tanji The south coast Janjanbureh
- Ghana food guide
- Accra Kumasi Cape Coast and Elmina Busua Tamale The Volta Region
- Guinea food guide
- Conakry The Îles de Los Kindia Dalaba Labé Kankan Nzérékoré
- Ivory Coast food guide
- Abidjan Grand-Bassam Assinie Yamoussoukro Bouaké San-Pédro Man
- Kenya food guide
- Nairobi Mombasa Diani Beach Lamu Malindi and Watamu Kisumu The Maasai Mara
- Lesotho food guide
- Maseru Roma and Morija Malealea Semonkong Katse and the central highlands Sani Pass and Mokhotlong
- Liberia food guide
- Monrovia Robertsport Buchanan Kakata Gbarnga Harper
- Madagascar food guide
- Antananarivo Antsirabe Fianarantsoa and Ambalavao Toliara and the southwest Nosy Be Toamasina Antsiranana
- Malawi food guide
- Lilongwe Blantyre Zomba Cape Maclear Nkhata Bay and the north Liwonde
- Mauritania food guide
- Nouakchott Nouadhibou The Banc d'Arguin Atar Chinguetti
- Mauritius food guide
- Port Louis Grand Baie Flic en Flac Mahébourg Chamarel Rodrigues
- Morocco food guide
- Marrakech Fes Casablanca Rabat Tangier Essaouira Chefchaouen
- Mozambique food guide
- Maputo Inhambane and Tofo Vilanculos and the Bazaruto Archipelago Ilha de Moçambique Beira Ponta do Ouro
- Namibia food guide
- Windhoek Swakopmund Walvis Bay Lüderitz Sossusvlei and the south Etosha and the north
- Nigeria food guide
- Lagos Abuja Ibadan Kano Port Harcourt Calabar Enugu
- Republic of the Congo food guide
- Brazzaville Pointe-Noire Loango and the Kouilou coast Dolisie Ouesso Odzala-Kokoua
- Réunion food guide
- Saint-Denis Saint-Pierre Saint-Gilles and the west coast Cilaos Salazie and Hell-Bourg The east and around the volcano
- Rwanda food guide
- Kigali Musanze Rubavu Karongi Huye Nyungwe
- São Tomé and Príncipe food guide
- São Tomé city The north coast The roças of the interior The south coast Príncipe
- Senegal food guide
- Dakar Gorée Saint-Louis The Petite Côte The Sine-Saloum Delta Casamance
- Seychelles food guide
- Victoria Beau Vallon South Mahé Praslin La Digue
- Sierra Leone food guide
- Freetown Lumley and Aberdeen The peninsula beaches The Banana Islands Bo Makeni
- South Africa food guide
- Cape Town The Cape Winelands Johannesburg Soweto Durban The Garden Route
- Tanzania food guide
- Stone Town, Zanzibar Zanzibar's beaches Dar es Salaam Arusha Moshi The Serengeti and Ngorongoro Mwanza
- Togo food guide
- Lomé Lake Togo Aného Kpalimé Atakpamé Sokodé Kara
- Tunisia food guide
- Tunis Sidi Bou Said Nabeul and Hammamet Sousse Kairouan Sfax Djerba
- Uganda food guide
- Kampala Entebbe Jinja Fort Portal Mbarara Kabale Gulu
- Zambia food guide
- Lusaka Livingstone South Luangwa The Lower Zambezi Siavonga and Lake Kariba The Copperbelt
- Zimbabwe food guide
- Harare Bulawayo Victoria Falls Hwange Kariba and Mana Pools The Eastern Highlands
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