The best restaurants Tana – Antananarivo

Under the medlar trees in the garden or in the ancestral colonial house, an eclectic cuisine awaits you in this pleasant restaurant. The house specialty is zebu in all its forms; grilled meat, brochettes, carpaccio, and the real steak tartare cut with a knife; but also vegetarian cuisine with organic vegetables and eggs produced by the garden, traditional Malagasy dishes, healthy soups, all at affordable prices. The bar offers a nice collection of home-arranged rums, with a varied musical atmosphere, but without the watts!

The terrace is one of the most beautiful in Tana, overlooking the royal hill and its historic buildings. The dining room exudes the atmosphere of a chic bistro with attentive service, under the leadership of Dominique, always on hand to welcome businessmen and travelers passing through. The kitchen plays with a wide range of flavors: pressé de fois gras mi-cuit à la vanille et sa gelée d'abricot relevée au poivre sauvage, meringue glacée praliné aux écorces d'orange confites..

An address always appreciated for its service (efficient and diligent) and the rather constant quality of the cuisine, of Creole and Malagasy inspiration. It's very good and rich. Superb appetizer sauces that also serve during meals. In entry, Foie gras makes the case perfectly for two. You can then taste the roussette bat (meat and game are better choices than seafood in any case, but we recommend the wet crab clips), the massalé cabri is rich. A good choice of vegetarian dishes. Small room next to private meetings or a meeting between friends. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

This warm restaurant, located in the calm of a large flowered courtyard, has the particularity of being adjacent to a spa (the Vaniala Natural Spa & Shop), a way to combine the pleasures of taste with a moment of well-being. After or before a treatment, for breakfast or afternoon tea, or just for lunch or dinner in a pleasant and zen setting, you can enjoy a healthy cuisine with an emphasis on dietetic and vegetarian dishes. Also tasty traditional Malagasy dishes at very honest prices.

Here you will find a brasserie atmosphere in an elevated decor: a large, hushed room, a parquet floor, exhibitions of artists' paintings, a view of the gardens of the Louvre Hotel and on the other side of the lively Antanimena district. An international cuisine, the possibility also to consume all day in snack mode at the bar and tea room. Classical music concerts, but also thematic buffets on Sundays with the possibility for children to participate in the chef's workshops, an initiative that families love!

Rodrigue offers a solid French cuisine in his small room in a few tables: charcuteries plate, snails, endives in Auvergne, beef coast, black boudin, homemade cassoulet, conflict and duck magret… The whole is road. 

Home specialities: Vanilla duck, sanitary of homemade sausages, chicken curry, massalé curry. Dishes of the day. Also some comfortable rooms are not too expensive. A warm and family atmosphere.

Beautiful house, chic and elegant, with a cosy atmosphere. Traditional French cuisine, Perigord specialties and a good cellar. Extensive menu with more than 90 dishes. The half-cooked tuna tournedos, the Rossini salad or the duck breast with honey and ginger are absolutely sublime. Prices are a bit high but we appreciate the large panoramic terrace on the top floor (wood-fired pizzas) and the lounge bar (on the first floor) with giant screens. Nice selection of wines. Live jazz on Friday and Saturday, and well prepared cocktails.

Literally overlooking the city of Tana, the restaurant of the Niaouly hotel proposes a daily fresh cuisine cooked on the spot. Traditional Malagasy dishes, zebu cooked with all kinds of sauces, but also soups and finely worked seafood: you will be spoilt for choice. The very friendly team is also in charge of the hotel's rooms (at affordable rates) and can also organize excursions in Mada. A good address!

One comes to Toko Telo for the Malagasy specialties and one wishes to stay there for its pleasant and airy atmosphere with its pretty view on the heights of Tana. Specialties of zebus, fish, seafood, and chicken or pork with Malagasy sauce. Let yourself be tempted by the fried silkworms. As for sweets, the 100% homemade ice creams are to die for! In addition, the reception of the owner Landy is very friendly. The name comes from the Malagasy proverb meaning "you need three feet to succeed in cooking". We strongly recommend it!

Farid Allali Zidane offers a new culinary experience in the heart of Isoraka, inspired by southern Mediterranean, northern and Indian cuisines. From the bar, you can see the chefs at work in the glassed-in kitchen. Briques, tajines, chorba soup, chawarmas... everything is made with fresh, selected ingredients. The dishes are enhanced by local spices. Meticulously decorated, with an original wine cellar and an intimate upstairs dining room for dinner with friends or lovers. Without batting an eyelid, the best couscous of our trip to Madagascar!

This is the restaurant of the Grand Hotel Urban. Very urban-chic, it is one of the pretty settings of the capital, especially since the room, cosy and comfortable, is extended by a fabulous skybar terrace with a panoramic view. As the chain is Spanish, the menu naturally offers tasty Mediterranean cuisine (various tapas, octopus in the Galician style, broken egg with Serrano ham, paella valenciana, etc.) and a selection of local dishes (braised zebu carpaccio etc.). For a 360° view of the city, go to the rooftop bar: great!

Ideal before or after a shopping session, the restaurant is located in front of Lisy Art Gallery (the largest handicraft store in the capital). Composed of several rooms, the restaurant la Toque Enchantée offers a wide range of Malagasy specialties but also European dishes, you will eat there in particular: coconut fish, seafood cassoulet, mixed brochettes, various Malagasy dishes, egg rolls... we will also appreciate its ice cream cups, ideal to refresh ourselves when the heat of the capital is too intense.

A new address for small budgets, Bento by l'Orion has opened its doors under the Orion restaurant. Travelers and residents come here for the "bento" formula composed of a dish of their choice (with a choice of meat in sauce, seafood or fish) accompanied by rice and achards, all followed by a dessert. Chinese fondues and sushi are also available. It is possible to consume on the spot or to prefer to take away. Bento by l'Orion is therefore a good little address to treat yourself at a lower cost.

Often original dish (rabbit, rillettes, etc.) at low prices. Charcuterie plates. Cooking specialities with wood fire. A good plan, good simple.

Oysters from Fort-Dauphin, lobsters, shrimps, mussels, fish... With three arrivals per week (only by plane), this oyster restaurant-bar, like a Parisian brasserie, guarantees the impeccable freshness of its products. Bastien Warnier, the manager, takes care of the supply himself. The oysters, in particular, come from his own production site in Fort-Dauphin. The wine list is not bad either. A must for oyster lovers. For the others, the duck breasts and confits are also on the menu.

The Spoon Café offers a cuisine rich in colors and flavors. You will be offered gourmet and "healthy" salads, "poké bowls", fresh fruit juices, but also excellent signature burgers and other croque-monsieur. Special mention for the lemon pie that all the gourmands will appreciate! With a very pleasant team, the welcome is particularly friendly and the service fast. The whole in a rather cosy setting, on the terrace or inside. We recommend this good address in the district of Ivandry!

Rare in the whole of Tana, this resto-bar remains open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week! Notice to the night owls and to those who do not regulate their life on the time of the clocks and will come there to satisfy an early or late hunger, knowing all the same that from 23h to 6h of the morning it is the menu of the snacks which takes the relay on the principal menu. This last one declines some dishes of here and elsewhere, but bases its growing reputation on its burgers, made house of course with fresh products. Another asset of the place: the beautiful panorama on the city center.

In a warm and intimate setting of an old house with exposed bricks, brought up to date, you will have the pleasure of discovering a neo-bistro cuisine, where chocolate is in the spotlight. Homemade foie gras terrine with cocoa truffle and ginger, pan-fried duck breast with chocolate sauce... Cocoa is boldly integrated into home-made dishes. The surprise is there, enough to amaze your taste buds with explosive flavors in the mouth. A culinary escapade out of the ordinary. Since 2019, the chef is an ambassador of Chocolaterie Robert.

It is in the beautiful setting of the historic garden of Andohalo that the chef Henintsoa Moretti has installed her restaurant. This woman overflowing with energy and desire to share her passion travels throughout the country to find the recipes of yesteryear and revisits them. It is thus a traditional Malagasy cuisine that she and her team present to us. The plates are refined and all the dishes are really tasty. The reception is neat, the interior room pleasant and the garden a real paradise. One of our most beautiful Malagasy gastronomic experiences.

Pourquoi Pas" is a small restaurant in Tana with only a few tables, where regulars, both Malagasy and vazaha residents, meet to enjoy this beautiful French cuisine with Malagasy flavors. You can taste for example duck legs confit, wild boar stew, pan-fried zebu liver, morel mushroom steaks, smoked shark carpaccio or zebu tongue with spicy sauce... In short, the " Pourquoi Pas ! " is a real Lyon Bouchon that will delight the fine palates.

Based on a well-established concept in Brazil (churrasqueira) or Nairobi, Kenya, this restaurant offers meat at will: caramelized pork, pineapple, ribs, lamb chop, poulard, chicken gizzard, very good zebu in all its forms, crocodile, boar, snake.... Nice: you are given the flags of the nationalities present at your table, which you must "lay down" when you are no longer hungry. The whole is correct, very trendy, the service a little outdated at times. To try for the concept and if you are a carnivore first!