The best restaurants Ivory Coast

It is impossible to miss this massive architecture on the main road of Grand-Lahou, with its upstairs room and its bright green and yellow colours. This maquis, open at almost any time of the day, is one of the unmissable meeting points for Lahoussians of all ages. Local specialities such as fish or braised chicken and sauces are eaten there, and as is often the case in the maquis, one should not be in too much of a hurry and die of hunger on arrival. A nice stop to soak up the local atmosphere of the city.

The restaurant of the Iris Mont Korhogo hotel is one of the best for lunch or dinner in Korhogo. It has an air-conditioned room and a few tables outside under the corridor, below the pool where there are other tables and a pizza oven. On the menu, local specialties, two on the slate each day (leaf sauce, eggplant sauce, kedjénou) and meats or pasta. The braised chicken with ginger is particularly good, affordable and hearty. For breakfast, you can try the local millet porridge, which is both delicious and exotic.

The Palm Rock Beach Hotel is a favourite meeting place for locals who come here to relax after work, enjoy a good (cabbage) crust with friends, or have a lighter snack while sipping a good beer during lively billiard games. Here you can enjoy German beers (the only place where you can drink Paulaner) and delicious sauerkraut whose ingredients are directly imported from Germany; the musical program is varied and of excellent quality.

The Zion Hotel is one of the best restaurants in Assinie, and to make matters worse, you can enjoy its two magnificent square green pools, if you have lunch there. In the kitchen, quality is paramount: fruits and vegetables from sustainable agriculture, grilled fish (sole, sea bass), crayfish, squid and lobsters caught locally, organic and farm chicken from Aboisso... The compositions are divine, from the delicate tuna tartar to the grouper brochettes. We have lunch with pleasure on the teak terrace overlooking the lagoon with a reggae sound background.

Hotel Les Jardins d'Ivoire has a fantastic restaurant, simply the best in San Pedro and beyond, one of the finest restaurants in the Ivory Coast. Fresh seasonal produce and quality ingredients, innovative and subtle flavours, classics of Italian gastronomy and original and creative proposals with local ingredients... in short: a must. Depending on your tastes and preferences, don't hesitate to ask Stefano, the owner, for advice and guidance. The setting is idyllic by the sea.

You are at the right address to devour beautiful plates of local specialties on the lagoon side, especially fresh fish. The setting is enchanting - with a nice zouglou soundtrack in the evening - especially the pretty swimming pool of the resort surrounded by vegetation, open to the customers of the restaurant. The dishes in sauce are worked, we liked the hyper-professional service of the waiters, the dishes of the day on the slate and the original accompaniments like the sweet potato gratin, the generosity of the dishes and its outside terrace facing the swimming pool.