The best restaurants Mauritania

In the shade of the terrace, with your feet almost in the water, bissap, ginger or bouye juice will refresh you. Augustin, with his smile and his good mood, will advise you on the dishes of the day, elaborated according to the arrival. Braised thiof monkfish skewers, calamari or grilled shrimps... The choice is yours! Save your appetite for the chocolate fondant, and know that we have tested it! In Jeune Afrique, the novelist Beyrouk explains that this is where he wrote Le Tambour des larmes and Je suis seul (Elyzad Editions, 2018). Inspiring!

Located two hundred meters from the Olympic stadium, this restaurant, whose walls are decorated with photographs taken from all over the country, has a menu as rich as varied. You will be able to choose between near, middle and far eastern specialties, meat dishes or dishes of Italian origin. Seafood (shrimp, squid...) and fish (curry, grouper, sea bream...) nevertheless take the lion's share of this voluminous menu. Overall, the cuisine is of good quality and the staff is smiling.

Moroccan specialities served with great pomp and circumstance, couscous for great evenings! The setting is very spacious (we even serve pizzas), the terrace and courtyard are very pleasant and very clean. Fresh fish every day. For dessert, ask for pastries! Excellent ginger juice, "that pulls". A good address with a warm welcome, and recommended by lovers of good food.

At La Palmeraie, where dates are not a big deal, you will be able to enjoy pizzas, burgers, sushi

Delicious burgers, and not fakes! There is something for everyone: chicken, cheese (the famous double cheese)and tutti quanti. Also salads, pizzas, paninis, shawarmas and hot and cold drinks. All served in a cute air-conditioned interior or on the terrace. The two owners, Lina (LI) and Nadia (NA) are adorable and diligent. It's clean and it feels good! A little set back from the road, this small establishment is located near the headquarters of the Société Générale, in the heart of the Abou Jaafar "market".

If during your stay, you get tired of Mauritanian cuisine, here is an address that will charm you: you will find the "real" pizza, in the rules of the art, except that the mozzarella, not found in Mauritania, is replaced by good gouda! Antoine, a Frenchman from the south of the country, is devilishly warm, and chatting with him is as tasty as his margheritas. Pizzas to take away (you park in front of the place, honk your horn, and a waitress comes to take your order) or to eat on the spot.

A Lebanese restaurant with big portraits of Che and Castro, that's original! In any case, customers flock to order a Lebanese salad, shawarma, chicken or kebabs. Rotana Café is a lively restaurant, where you can have a look at the kitchen, where the service is as friendly as it is efficient, and where home delivery is offered. If it seems a bit out of the way, it is nevertheless located in a very busy area, so don't hesitate to ask a cab to take you there.

Former boss of the Mediterranean, the warm Nicole Graziani, a Corsican living in the country since 2002, leads with an iron hand this restaurant where fish and meat will delight the demanding taste buds. What will you have on your plate? A sole meunière? Camel in sauce? (Exquisite) profiteroles? It's hard to say because the menu is always changing. The only thing you can be sure of is the succulence of the dishes. You can enjoy your dinner in the cozy room with subdued lighting or in the tree-lined patio.

Opened in 2014, this café-restaurant is run by a Lebanese woman born in Nouakchott. Known for its sandwiches, made with Spanish bread, you will also find all kinds of Lebanese specialties, but not only. Its wide opening hours make it the ideal place for anyone who is caught by a small unexpected hunger: from breakfast to late night snack, the NKC Ice Café welcomes you continuously, from morning to night. With a younger crowd, this place is very lively on Saturday and Sunday nights.

The terrace of Pizza Lina is easily seen from the street leading to the stadium. The hotel has been open for twenty years and the expats embassies like to come here for lunch. The owner has created a new room within walking distance of the pizzeria that will make you discover with pleasure and which lends itself well with a small dinner for two, or more. This new space transforms every thursday and friday in dancing bar.

Restaurant of good Moroccan specialities, tagines, couscous, keftas. There are two rooms, one for lunch and one for dinner. The decoration is Moroccan, red and gold with large armchairs to sit comfortably.

You can't miss this restaurant specializing in grills of all kinds, so its bright red light is visible. The meat is excellent, the smile is sincere, the presentation of the dishes is pleasant. Only a small problem, the accompaniment of dishes, if diversified, is also served cold with regard to French fries and rice. We said cold, not lukewarm. Shame, probably we came a bad day. Méchoui, grilled steak, skewers and lamb ribs are offered at 1 000 OM.

Restaurant with Italian specialities, pizza, lasagna, ravioli, but also fish and seafood. Alberta boss is Italian-Somali, does it not have special interest we will tell you, but you have already met you, a Italian-Somali? So!

In the district of the French Embassy, after the Pizza Lina. The restaurant De will surprise you with its tables and chairs, in the Moroccan style. Interesting and relatively original cuisine in a nice setting. Very good pick of shrimp shrimp for 1 900 OM. Suzette Crêpes at 1 000 OM.

Opened in April 2003, this restaurant offers sénégalo-Mediterranean cuisine, normal when you know that Pierre is Toulon and Aminta, Mauritanian. Excellent bouillabaisse at 4 200 OM every day, carpaccio, gambas, courbine, lasagna and gnocchis are offered à la carte, but also yassa chicken, thiéboudienne and camel fire, each dish oscillating between 3 000 and 5 000 OM a complete menu with input, flat and dessert is also available between 4 000 and 3 600 OM a complete menu with the day and theme of the evening. The ice and coffee are of excellent quality. 1 100 OM chocolate, 1 050 OM lemon cream and Suzette crêpes to 1 000 OM, than happiness! Warm welcome. As you have understood, it is an excellent address.

Same price and category as the previous one.

Small typical restaurant frequented by locals and passing travellers. Really good and really cheap.

Based in the islet K, the Iloca 10002 is indeed a good creperie, there is no photo! At its head, we find the dashing Sébastien, boss of the Triskell, originally from... Burgundy, as you may have guessed. Under a canopy of colorful canvases, you will be able to taste a crepe and sip a thirst-quenching drink. The menu also includes a tempting selection of galettes, including one with foie gras, apples and onions, but also, for the hungriest, hearty dishes such as baked half-chicken or cheeseburger. Enjoy your meal!