The best restaurants Senegal

If Senegalese cuisine is famous for its fish, we must not forget that it has also made grilled meat one of its specialties. And since grilled meat is Argentinean (and more generally South American), the Parrilla's cuisine is excellent, with wood-fired cooking. The drinks, including a nice selection of wines, are recommended according to the meat chosen. The setting is also very pleasant, with an elegant room equipped with a beautiful marble counter. Meat lovers, this address is for you!

Apart from the Gîte d'Etape restaurant, it is one of the only acceptable places to eat in Richard-Toll. Located near the gas station, the establishment is suitable for an express stopover before continuing on the road or to enjoy a more relaxed meal in the air-conditioned room. Chawarmas, pizzas, hamburgers, but also hearty Senegalese and European dishes are served here at all hours of the day and until late at night. The place is also very clean and the service is efficient and generally fast.

This unpretentious restaurant is named after the grandmother of Mamadou Sarr, a jovial Senegalese who runs the establishment with his wife Ajdi. Here, the dishes change every day according to the products of the market. The cuisine is local and generous, mainly based on fish. Seafood can be ordered. You will be able to sit on the terrace or in an airy room. It also happens that this former entertainer, nicknamed by his relatives Joe Barry, sets a crazy atmosphere. A moment not to be missed!

This restaurant, with its feet in the sand, offers good plates but some of them are quite expensive. We enjoy the setting, under the straw hut, and sometimes a very cheesy atmosphere. A man-band comes there to sing covers sometimes. Seafood platter for two with lobsters to order. The cheapest rooms are very decent, clean, air-conditioned, with a small terrace facing the ocean, but often full. Remember to book.

This large straw hut in the centre of the village is pleasant for dinner in the evening, and offers honest classic dishes (grilled fish, monkfish kebabs...), as well as European dishes of no interest. We like to go there in the evenings, to do some dance steps for dessert and meet the local people. Behind the restaurant, there are about ten rooms, some of which are air-conditioned, with basic comfort, in a setting without any particular charm. However, they can be an address of passage for small budgets.

One of the most popular pub-restaurants in Dakar with a mixed local clientele. On the one hand, the restaurant which offers a rich and varied menu, between tapas, African specialties, vegetarian dishes and grills. On the other hand, a small, friendly pub, often crowded, with a well-stocked menu of beers, strong alcohols and various cocktails. Both areas are equipped with large screens for the transmission of football matches, where the atmosphere is in full swing. There are also concerts by local artists and lively theme evenings.

To change the thiéboudienne, this restaurant invites you to a culinary journey between Japan and Peru, with a revisited nikkei cuisine. In this modern setting with a subdued atmosphere, you can sit at a table or on a comfortable bench. The choice is difficult: pokes, ceviches, soups, tacos, spring rolls... Not to mention the wide variety of sushi presented. The menu is also well supplied with house cocktails and wines. The service is professional. However, the wait can be a little long on the spot. Delivery possible in all Dakar.

Here is a very simple restaurant, prized by locals and expatriates alike for its generous dishes of the day, between fresh fish and braised meats. The interior is not very pleasant, but the backyard is very pleasant for lunch, it is shaded and protected from the noise of the city. It is also the only place where you can taste warthog, tender and generally well spiced. Notice to the amateurs! The atmosphere here is typical, convivial, especially in the evening when you can easily make friends with the Senegalese.

Agnès welcomes you in this restaurant a little hidden, but very nice where many locals meet. You can listen to music from all over the place while tasting meat grilled on a wood fire in a garden with trees. Don't miss to taste the house specialty: grilled chicken. A real delight. You can also play billiards while your meat is cooked on the barbecue made in Senegal. As a little extra, you can also smoke chicha, and acoustic concerts are organized some evenings of the week. A good address!

A small corner of freshness in the city center! Several straw huts are scattered in a pleasant garden with trees, where it is good to have lunch. During the week, local specialties are offered as the dish of the day. The menu offers a variety of choices, from garlic shrimp to stuffed pigeon, beef or monkfish brochettes. The food is good and generously served. There is a warm and friendly atmosphere here, especially during concert nights and soccer games.

Everyone knows Cathy and his restaurant in Kafountine. We eat it well, and without breaking its tirelire. Chawarmas, hamburger, Senegalese dishes.

Located in the city centre, the establishment specialises in fast-food restaurants. The shawarmas are good and the Mexican tacos are well stocked. The chickens roasting in front of the establishment immediately whet your appetite as you pass by. While waiting for your meal, you can let yourself be tempted by a game of pool. There is also another fast-food restaurant, Sam's Prestige, located on Avenue Lamine Gueye. One comes there especially for its quality concerts, organized in its showroom. Festive atmosphere guaranteed!

Fast-food à la dakaroise, this establishment very quickly seduced young Saint-Louisians by its low prices and the diversity of its services. The choice is very varied: pizzas, savoury pancakes, sandwiches, meat plates, salads, egg rolls, tacos, tortillas... In the evening, the establishment offers all-you-can-eat grills for meat lovers. Upstairs there are two games rooms with billiards, video games and television. The place also has a pastry shop and tea room and it is pleasant to sit down to enjoy a cake or a good home-made ice cream.

It's like being at home at Dasso! This kind woman, very sympathetic, prepares for you in her open kitchen good small dishes based on fresh and local products. You will be able to taste, among other things, Senegalese specialities, vegetarian egg rolls, fresh salads or delicious brochettes. The room is certainly not very big, and the dishes being cooked at the minute, the service is sometimes a little long. A little tip: order, pay in advance and come back a little later to taste your dish. You will be satisfied!

Souley Gueye, who is also the owner of the Hotel Virage le Prestige, is a fine example for his generation, having migrated to Italy for several years and returned to invest in his country. He opened this local restaurant in 2013 and, through his hard work, has developed his activities in the event industry and now in the hotel business. Here, you can eat good hamburgers, pizzas and Senegalese specialties, which are copious. The place does not exude any particular charm, but if you don't know where to eat, it will do the trick.

After strolling through the handicraft market, you will be able to eat in this traditional hut, held by Rosyta and Georgette, two very charming sisters. You will have the choice between grilled fish, chicken skewers or pizzas. The sisters also make very good spring rolls and fatayas, to be tasted without fail. Generous dishes and homemade local juices. In the evening, it is pleasant to sit outside to enjoy the calm and freshness. Perhaps you will have the pleasure to meet the king of Tamba's griots, who sometimes enliven the restaurant.

Located near the town hall, this restaurant is an ideal stop for lunch before continuing on to Matam. Installed on the terrace or in the ventilated room, you will be able to taste a copious family cooking, based on Senegalese specialities. If you are in a hurry, we can also quickly prepare for you well stocked home-made hamburgers or shawarma. Absa, the owner, who is a very pleasant Senegalese, also has a great sense of welcome, since a delicious fresh bissap juice is offered to each customer of her restaurant.

Sushi lovers, you've come to the right place! With your feet in the sand or comfortably installed in a sofa, facing the ocean, you will enjoy these Japanese specialties made with fresh products in an exceptional setting. You can order them by the piece or treat yourself with one of the combos menus. Organic salads, wood-fired pizzas and fish brochettes are also available for those who have other desires. The place is also very pleasant as an aperitif, when the sun sets on the horizon.

In a refined décor with clean lines, the Casino du Port restaurant will stimulate your taste buds with its local and international specialities, concocted with quality products. The menu will leave you the choice between several explosions of flavours, with suggestions that are more and more creative every day. The copious Wednesday and Saturday evening buffets will allow you to taste several refined dishes until you are completely satisfied. There are also delicious home-made desserts and ice creams. A real culinary journey!

A veritable institution in Almadies, this place is always busy, day and night. Europeans and Senegalese come here for tea, ice cream and hearty dishes. Pizzas, fish kebabs, monkfish from Dakar, homemade ravioli... The varied menu gives free rein to your desires. Not to mention the wine cellar with its many references, including French and Moroccan wines. Cigar aficionados will also find what they're looking for, with famous brands such as Romeo and Juliet and Montecristo. Nonchalant service.

This is a very nice place where locals and expatriates come to refresh themselves with delicious smoothies, some of which are made with coconut milk, cocktails made with fresh fruits or simply have a coffee with good pastries. At lunchtime, you can also eat hearty salads such as quinoa or Thai salad with crunchy vermicelli. Sandwiches, toast, pasta, pizzas and hearty hot dishes are also available. Fast service and attentive staff. Good value for money.

The establishment is very popular for its seaside setting, facing the Magdalen Islands. The menu offers a wide range of dishes, from fish to pizzas, tapas, hamburgers and fresh salads. Also daily specials. On the other side of the restaurant, the bar serves good house cocktails, with or without alcohol, digestives and champagne. You can also smoke chicha here. Benches face the sea, perfect for an aperitif when the sun declines on the horizon. The staff is attentive, the service more or less fast.

Odette is a pleasant person, smiling and above all a very good cook! She has opened this unpretentious and well-kept restaurant with courage. She offers Senegalese specialities, shrimps with garlic, bush meat, grilled chicken, among other delicious dishes. The plates are generous and the dishes are renowned throughout the neighbourhood for their tasty flavours. Try not to arrive too late, as there may not be much left on the menu. We highly recommend if you're in the area!

Your taste buds will be delighted in this chic gourmet restaurant specialising in Afro-Creole cuisine. With family or friends, you will revel in refined dishes in a cosy and hushed atmosphere. The menu, quite extensive, presents dishes from West Africa, Central Africa and the Caribbean, such as shrimps in coconut milk, ndolé, a Cameroonian speciality or grilled meat with African spices. International cuisine is also in the spotlight: try their delicious gizzards in the Cape vineyards, a real treat!

This small restaurant, on the roadside, is a good stop for lunch. The menu changes every day depending on the products bought at the market or the fish from the fishermen. If you are lucky, you can try grilled warthog, a white meat similar to pork. The establishment also has a few clean huts, with private bathroom, scattered in a green garden. There is also a surfing school for surf enthusiasts.

Opposite the MKA Excellence petrol station, this unpretentious restaurant is located on the first floor of the building next to the city's cybercafé. Several tables are arranged there as in the canteen. The tables at the back, near the window, where you can look out over the green fields. The Senegalese dishes, prepared by the women of the village, are certainly spicy, but delicious and at low prices. You can accompany them with local juices such as bissap and bouye juice. The welcome is also very charming, and one feels immediately welcome.

Adjacent to the hotel, the restaurant offers simple but quality cuisine. You will be able to eat there quickly by ordering pizzas, omelettes, hamburgers and salads or enjoy Senegalese cuisine quietly in the air-conditioned room or on the terrace overlooking the sunless street. The place is also pleasant at breakfast where you can accompany your coffee with delicious pastries made on the spot. The establishment mainly welcomes business customers, the wifi is very good.

It is a small green paradise, with a lovely swimming pool in the centre, run by a warm and welcoming French couple, Pierre Sirère, former France Bleu columnist, and his wife, Nathalie. The menu changes every day, and one can enjoy succulent French-influenced dishes, cooked with market produce. Since its opening, the restaurant has gained many loyal customers, and even if it is the first time you have eaten there, you immediately feel welcomed like a friend. Play and reading area for children.

A restaurant renowned among expatriates, which offers a varied cuisine of French inspiration. Sautéed shrimps, monkfish brochettes, grilled chicken, beef tongue, frog legs... the dishes are equally delicious. In fact, it is the only place in Saly where you can revel in a beef tartare, without worrying whether you are going to be sick or not. The setting is also nice, in a pleasant garden isolated from the noise of cars and the welcome of the boss Olivier, pleasant. We warmly recommend it!

On the waterfront, this place is ideal for an aperitif at sunset! You can also enjoy fresh fish, zebu fillet, grilled chicken and also lobster (on order). On Sunday lunchtime, depending on arrival, it is possible to enjoy fried mussels, oysters or sea urchins. A real treat! The staff is all the more friendly and available. Sometimes, concerts by local groups liven up the restaurant, to the delight of the customers. An address to discover!

This establishment bears its name well and the card alone makes you want to sit down. Grouper tartar with vanilla oil, mango and ginger, frog's legs, ravioli with raw ham and ricotta cheese, lamb rolled with spices... The choice will be difficult between these appetizing dishes. Also delicious pizzas. The bosses, Alexandre and Emmanuelle, are also concerned about the smallest detail, the presentation of the dishes and the impeccable service. A pretty patio planted with trees allows a pleasant tasting in the open air. Good value for money.

Taken over in 2014 by Joseph Diouf, the "king of barbecues", this restaurant offers a pleasant setting to enjoy good grilled meat or fish over a wood fire, seated in a pretty flowered garden. The menu is presented on a blackboard and changes regularly, depending on the products on the market. Concerts regularly animate the place, especially on weekends. Although the establishment is somewhat touristy and lacks authenticity, one nevertheless appreciates its tasty dishes, its festive atmosphere and the welcome of the staff.

Since 2005, Albert has been welcoming you with a smile in this small restaurant which has built up a good reputation with locals and tourists alike. In a typical setting, by the roadside, you can enjoy delicious local or European cuisine in a friendly and good mood. Sometimes, at certain times of the day, a griot even invites himself with the kora in his hand, to the delight of the guests. Here you will be able to taste the Warang liqueur, made in a traditional way. Efficient and fast service. Excellent value for money.

Bamba, the former chef at Le Caïman in Sokone, has opened this small, unpretentious family-run gargote. A few tables are laid here and there on the vacant lot, where you can enjoy the life of the neighborhood. In the evening, don't forget your mosquito repellent! Bamba catches the day's fish himself, carefully prepared by his wife and daughters. The dishes are generously served and delicious - albeit a little spicy - and the prices are very low. A plate of grilled chicken or beef is just as tasty. Simple, friendly service.

L'Archibar is a trendy place where tourists, businessmen and Dakar locals mingle. The chef offers a varied, generous and gourmet cuisine: market suggestions, a grill for meat lovers and Midi Express for those in a hurry. We recommend the beef carpaccio and goat's cheese tartine. A good match! L'Archibar offers happy hours, live music evenings, karaoke on Thursdays and match broadcasts on giant screens. Well-stocked cocktail menu, the most famous being the Panama City: vodka, lemon juice and passion sorbet...

Nestled at the top of a golden sand dune, this pleasant gargote boasts a lovely panoramic view over the lagoon. It takes just a few minutes by boat to get there, enough time to admire a few pelicans. Malick welcomes you like a friend in a peaceful, relaxing setting. Enjoy hearty plates of oysters, sea urchins, shrimps sautéed in garlic, braised fish or monkfish kebabs, before indulging in a siesta on the deckchairs or hammocks. A little Eden between lagoon and ocean!

Paul-Henry Chahmerian, a chef from Lyon now based on the island of Ngor, heads up this French gourmet restaurant. It didn't take long for the establishment to forge a reputation for its tasty, delicate French-Senegalese cuisine. Try the frogs' legs in persillade or the warthog terrine with bacon, before attacking the beef tournedos grilled in red wine or the duck parmentier with parmesan. A real treat for the taste buds. Save room for homemade desserts.

Paco's is a convivial place where you can enjoy good fish and seafood. Set on the fishermen's beach, his gargote has been there since 2007, despite the storm that damaged it in 2020. Paco always welcomes you with a smile, ready to barbecue crabs, sole, sea bream, red carp or even lobster. The menu changes according to the catch of the day, as he buys directly from the fishermen on the beach. Simple, tasty cuisine in the heart of authentic Senegal.

A pleasant little bar-restaurant run by a Frenchman, Johan. Indoors, in the cool of the sun, or on the small terrace overlooking a residence with swimming pool, you can enjoy tasty international cuisine. From pizzas and fresh pasta to grilled entrecôte and calamari à la persillade, the menu is simple but varied, with a few suggestions of the day thrown in for good measure. A good choice of wines à la carte and home-made desserts. As the name suggests, the staff are very attentive. Worth a try!

A few tables are scattered around a large tree-lined courtyard, where it's pleasant to sit down for lunch. In the evening, you can dine in a spacious dining room, where evening events are held on weekends. There's no à la carte menu here, just what's available on the market. Fish, shrimp and chicken are often found on the plates, but it's not unusual to have bushmeat such as porcupine or antelope with the meal. The dishes are hearty and the prices very low!

One of the first dibiteries in the country, says. Many Dakarois come to eat here, to the most influential.

Excellent meat is served at Joe Bass, who has the art of receiving. You can choose your meat before you see it, well roasted, on your plate. The frame, a large airy courtyard, is charming. An excellent address that has its followers.

This good value-for-money ratio is often complete, thinking about booking in advance.

Finio serves meat, fish, shrimp and lobster over a wood fire, among other fresh and well-cooked dishes. You can also enjoy delicious mangrove oysters or a plate of smoked piglet, which is very popular with guests. It is also a hotel with basic and a bit old-fashioned rooms and huts, but practical if you want to stay a few days in the area. We sometimes regret the nonchalant service, but the place is peaceful away from the road, the food excellent. A good address.

Even if you don't spend the night at the lodge, you will be able to have a pleasant lunch break, by the river and facing Mauritania. The menu reveals a wide choice of very appetizing Senegalese and European dishes. The products are carefully chosen, the staff attentive and the decoration applied. We strongly recommend the green pepper tournedos, melting exquisitely in the mouth, with its homemade fries. A nice stopover!

This is one of the best tables in town! The restaurant of the hotel La Résidence is in the image of the city: mixed, colourful, tasty. A la carte everything is good, with a special mention for the zebu pavé with pepper, a la carte since 1954! In addition to the à la carte, every day the restaurant offers a different menu. Sometimes you can listen to a jazz concert at the bar next door, while sipping a homemade cocktail. A house of quality for a very reasonable price.

Probably the best table on the island! The cuisine is simple, tasty and cheap, with freshly grilled fish, shrimps and lobsters. The panorama is splendid, at the water's edge, lulled by the sound of the waves. You can also stay in clean rooms and studios, some of which are old, but which offer a direct view of the ocean. The establishment also offers the rental of canoes and kayaks, fishing rods, masks, flippers and snorkels. More than friendly welcome. An address not to be missed!

This cozy café in the center of Dakar is a favorite with teleworkers, thanks to the quality of its wifi and its warm, peaceful atmosphere. You can enjoy a hearty breakfast (pastries, fried eggs, pancakes...), a quick bite of salads, burritos, pizzas and toast, or a more hearty dish of the day during the week, sometimes local, European or Asian. A few à la carte dishes, such as shrimps à la Provençale, sautéed prawns or fillet of beef. Wide choice of hot drinks. Pleasant, impeccable service.

Oysters, sea urchins, shrimps, mussels... Seafood lovers will be delighted at this makeshift restaurant on the edge of the lagoon. The courageous women of Guéréo have organized themselves to serve the day's catch on long, shaded wooden tables. In a jovial, authentic atmosphere, you sit down wherever there's room, next to locals or expatriates with whom you might meet. No drinks are sold on site, so remember to bring your own!

Just hearing the name makes you want to settle down in this bar-restaurant in a relaxing setting overlooking the beautiful beach of Saly Princesse. The menu will tantalize your taste buds with its elaborate European dishes and refined suggestions. Fish lovers won't want to miss the restaurant's famous sole meunière with lemon butter, while carnivores will love the duck breast with truffled honey. A fine wine list. The terrace is more pleasant than the noisy interior. Deckchairs on the beach.