The best Fusion and international cuisine restaurants Tanzania

Passion Boutique Hotel lives up to its name with spectacular and passionately hearty plates. For starters, the delicious guacamole is served with crunchy cassava chips. What about the grilled octopus with garlic and lime, coconut rice and spicy tomato and onion kachumbari salad, or the pasta with moringa pesto, the energizing African plant? Many vegetarian options. As an appetizer facing the beach just ahead, the restaurant offers a plethora of creative cocktails and mocktails.

This is the best restaurant in Mtende, for its extraordinary setting and the quality of its finely prepared dishes. The restaurant is perched on a terrace in the canopy of a huge baobab tree. The kitchens are open non-stop, so come for lunch or dinner before or after your visit to Mtende beach. On the menu, in addition to gargantuan and delicious lobsters (served with avocado chutney or eggplant sauce): marinated and grilled whole fish, the famous jumbo prawns (tiger prawns), burgers, delicious fresh juices (baobab juice)..

This restaurant now has a new setting outside the city. Everything is peaceful, conducive to the intimacy of a nice dinner. Banquettes around widely spaced tables shaded by artistic wooden canopies face a thick flowery garden, with the view of Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru in the background. The menu is gargantuan, with a choice of shawarmas and wood-fired pizzas, including a margherita for four that is a metre in diameter (!). A nice little souvenir shop completes the decor.

There are few interesting local restaurants in Pangani, with visitors eating in their own lodges or in those nearby. The best restaurant in the area, at the Mkoma Bay Hotel, is set on a cliff top with an open terrace offering a breathtaking view of the bay. The restaurant offers a full dinner each evening with a choice of three dishes (fish, meat, vegetarian) of African and European inspiration, beautifully and subtly cooked, varying according to the inspiration of a local chef. A meeting place for gourmets and romantics.

The Upendo hotel's boho chic bar-restaurant features a wooden deck, sofas and cushions on the sand, where you can sip a cocktail right across from The Rocks. The plates are incredible: it's hard to choose between vegan bowls, sushi, salads (seared tuna crisp with pepper, green papaya and cashew nuts), gourmet burger, tapas (crab samosas and tamarind chutney), octopus is incredibly tender, mahi mahi with saffron risotto, truffle, dates poached in port and almonds... Excellent and very popular Sunday brunch with DJ.

This is undoubtedly the best restaurant in Moshi, as much for its setting as for its dishes. The BruBru Lodge, recently opened in a new design, is also a popular restaurant with locals and expatriates alike, offering delicious food and a romantic candlelit ambience in the evenings. The setting is really cosy, both inside, on the terrace and in the garden, with your feet up on the lawn under the trees. The à la carte menu features refined, organic fusion dishes, with just a handful of regularly changing offerings.

This is an arty, designer café in the trendy Masaki district. It marries exotic wood furniture with a beautiful floor, while white walls and picture windows overlooking the vegetation add brightness to the place. Cosy gray and blue velvet sofas complete this magnificent setting. On the menu: coffees, juices, breakfasts, burgers, salads... But also original hot bowls, buddha bowls, and a creative children's menu. We loved the Bambara bowl (millet, avocado, walnuts, shallots, red pickles, mange-coco and lemon sauce).

The Zanzistar restaurant is renowned in Jambiani for its refined, original cuisine and the warm welcome of its manager, Peter. The setting is most pleasant, amidst the lodge's beautiful vegetation, under subdued lights in the evening. Starters include a delicious tuna-mango-avocado tartare, chicken tikka with tomato and peanut sauce, served with manioc and coconut sauce, grilled fish with sesame seeds, lime and coconut, and perfectly seared and spicy tuna tataki. Lunch on the beach, dinner at the hotel in the village.

This chic little address is nestled in the courtyard of the new Sharazad Wonders Boutique, a luxury hotel with an equally refined table. A beautifully furnished patio courtyard keeps things fresh for lunch and dinner. A la carte dishes are created with local and seasonal ingredients, all at a low price. A daily menu offers variations according to the chef's mood. A very green menu, light and urban cuisine, a change from Swahili specialties.

The restaurant at the new Neela Boutique Hotel is a culinary discovery of choice. Local ingredients are blended with exotic influences to create al fresco fusion dishes with a vegetal twist. Like the pweza please, octopus with braised chickpeas, white beans, lemon aioli and Chinese cabbage. Also on the menu: gourmet tapas to share and fine salads. Restaurant in the shady courtyard and rooftop lounge bar with city views.

The tropical garden of Aluna Beach Lodge and its restaurant are among the restful settings that one would like to enjoy for lunch or dinner, in front of the beautiful pool. We love the consistency of this address, where we are always well received, the sophisticated preparation, the flavours faithful to our expectations. For the menu is creative and tempting. Its signature dish: a tuna just seared in a crisp sesame and Zanzibar spices, served with a sweet potato mousse and grilled vegetables. Swahili specialties are also worked on.

This is the gourmet restaurant of the prestigious Park Hyatt hotel. While the rooms are reserved for wealthy happy fews , its chic restaurant is a fine address for dining out and watching the dhows in the setting sun. The setting is fantastic, on the terrace facing the sea, with white tablecloths and pretty crockery. The à la carte fusion cuisine is top-notch, with lobster king and deliciously prepared octopus: the dishes are spectacular. The restaurant's interior is equally magnificent.

The Onsea House hotel restaurant is nestled on a hillside with a breathtaking view over the hilly outskirts of Arusha. This gastronomic address, run by Axel Janssens, a friendly Flemish chef who has worked in several Michelin-starred restaurants in Belgium and France, offers French and African-inspired world cuisine every evening for a tasty cocktail unrivalled in the region. Magnificent view at sunset ("machweo" in Swahili). Axel has published a magnificent book on Tanzania(Taste of Tanzania).

The chic Sevi Boutique Hotel is an address for the privileged few. However, its restaurant is open to all, and is an excellent place to dine in Matemwe. We love the service and the dimly-lit atmosphere on the covered terrace, promontory facing the sea. For starters, the shrimp and lemongrass soup (which grows on the island) was delicious, as was the tuna tataki with potato gratin or the ginger-tomato chicken. The well-chosen South African wines, jazzy background music and appetizers were all appreciated.

Here's a new restaurant in Paje that's well worth a visit for lunch or dinner. Right on the beach, Oxygen boasts an upstairs terrace facing the sea. The à la carte menu features remarkably well-presented plates of finely prepared dishes. Tuna tartare with avocado compote, fish fillet encrusted with cashew nuts, sushi topped with mango, avocado and fine herbs are to die for, as is the lobster, prepared with great flavor. The place is also festive, ideal for a drink.

This café-restaurant of the Z Hotel is located on the first floor of a covered structure on the beach. What a view! Deckchairs under the coconut trees complete this heavenly setting. Signature tropical fruit cocktails, well balanced and chilled, as well as fruit juices are served from midday to evening, even by the hotel's pool. Surprisingly, the salads, burgers and gourmet plates are inexpensive, hearty and elegantly seasoned, like this tuna tataki, with its small salad and lime.

Moto Moto is the restaurant of the new Zula hotel in Pajé center. An enchanting, trendy setting facing the beach, with feet in the sand and a wooden terrace, with cosy banquettes colored with pretty wax cushions. Above, the hotel's plexiglass swimming pool adds a whimsical touch to the setting. Well-chosen background music invites you to enjoy a fresh juice, cocktail or glass of wine. On the food side, local cuisine concocted with fresh, natural ingredients is served, including vegetarian options and seafood specialties.

Café Blanc is a café located in the trendy Masaki district on the Msasani peninsula. It's a stylish, all-white café with an arty, designer interior and green terrace. On the menu, at any hour of the day or night, you'll find teas, a wide range of coffees (espresso, macchiato, cappuccino, etc.) and fresh fruit juices. Excellent breakfasts are served in the mornings, and at lunch and dinner, you'll find vegetable-packed green dishes: wraps, sandwiches, burgers, tartines and fine salads. A good place for a break or to work on the move, as the wifi is excellent.