The best restaurants Lomé

Nem 24 presents a fast food concept with an Asian label. On the menu, a large choice of Vietnamese dishes, prepared with quality ingredients. With drinks including some beers as well as a pleasant space to sit down. Of course, we will not miss the shrimp soup or the egg rolls as a starter, before being tempted by fried noodles with chicken or grilled fish. The portions are generous for perfectly acceptable prices. In addition, the staff offers a fast and efficient service.

Beluga is one of the most chic restaurants in Lomé. The muffled atmosphere and the subdued lights give a warm spirit to the main room. You can also opt for the outdoor terrace. The chef, of Belgian origin, proposes a delicious gastronomic and Togolese cuisine. On weekend evenings, an orchestra plays at the end of the bar. The menu changes every quarter, to vary the pleasures, but it is possible to order your favorite dishes. At the foot of the Beluga is the pastry shop and delicatessen, Saveurs du Monde.

Perhaps the best pizzas in Lomé, prepared on site by Gabriele, an Italian pizza maker who knows Africa well. They are made with natural leaven, which gives a thick but soft dough. Here, you can order pizzas by the slice, which allows you to taste all the flavors and also to share in the conviviality. You can also taste products imported from Italy, such as cold cuts or good wines. Depending on the chef's wishes, lasagna and gnocchi can also be on the menu. A little taste of Italy in the heart of Lomé.

For a change from Togolese specialties, this modern restaurant offers a culinary journey to Italy. On the menu? Wood-fired pizzas, lasagna and gratins, but also grilled chicken and fish. Everything is homemade, even the bread for the salads and hamburgers, with top quality products. You can even personalize your pizza by choosing your favorite ingredients. You won't be disappointed! The terrace is pleasant to sit on, but for more intimacy, opt for the air-conditioned room upstairs. Delicious homemade desserts.

It is one of the best butcher's shops in Lomé, offering a wide choice of fresh and quality meats. At the end of the day, it becomes a restaurant-grill, authentic and pleasant, where you can eat in a friendly atmosphere. You can choose your meats in the window and ask to have them grilled on the plancha, in front of your eyes. All kinds of accompaniments are offered: aloko, kolico, salads, fries or vegetable platter. Also very good homemade hamburgers. To accompany your meats, don't hesitate to ask for the wine suggestions.

Both at the service and behind the stove, Oumy, a courageous Algerian woman, welcomes you in her restaurant, in an intimate setting, with a Maghrebian decoration. Here, everything is homemade: bricks, couscous, tajines, brochettes and lentils with olives. The ingredients are fresh and of quality, the dishes tasty and copious. Also generous salads. The menu is simple but Oumy can adapt to all your desires by ordering in advance. As is the Maghrebian tradition, mint tea is offered during the meal. Efficient service.

Part café, part bar, part restaurant, Le Caliendi is a popular spot for locals and expats alike for its cozy, intimate atmosphere. The small room is tastefully decorated in a modernized African décor that is very pleasing to the eye. On the menu, you can find African and Asian specialties at low prices. You can eat very good thiéboudiennes (Senegalese speciality), maybe even the best in Togo! For a lighter meal, the egg rolls and Chinese ravioli are also very good. Delicious house cocktails and flavored sodabis.

A family atmosphere reigns in this small traditional maquis where one eats on large tables of tasty local dishes concocted by Gnamba, an excellent cook. Among other African specialties, you can order fufu with the homemade sauce you want, guinea fowl, goat, beef or fish. Here, we eat the African way, that is to say with our hands that we can wash at the entrance thanks to a very efficient home-made system. If you are not comfortable eating, do not hesitate to ask for a spoon!

The restaurant with its retro decor is spacious but not very bright. Here, businessmen and workers meet to have lunch with hearty dishes at very reasonable prices. The menu includes all the classic dishes, such as chicken, guinea fowl and fish, which you can accompany with allokos, yam fries or rice. Behind his restaurant, Constant also rents out four clean air-conditioned rooms, which are suitable for overnight stays.

What could be better than being comfortably seated on a quiet and airy terrace to enjoy African or European specialties, cooked with organic products? That's what this lounge restaurant, opened in early 2017, offers. For example, you can order fish paupiettes, marengo chicken with Creole rice or braised rabbit with mustard. In the evening, light effects brighten up the terrace, for a more intimate atmosphere. Events are regularly organized in a friendly atmosphere. To be discovered!

Le Phénicien is a snack bar, bakery, quality restaurant and skybar all in one. The first floor opens onto a fast-food restaurant serving chawarmas, burgers and Lebanese specialties. The space is shared with a patisserie where you can indulge in a variety of sweet temptations. The second floor houses a chic purple restaurant. Here, you can choose between Lebanese, Italian and French specialties. As for the top floor, you'll be spoilt for choice on the panoramic terrace overlooking the waterfront.

Here is a very good table where your taste buds will be moved by refined dishes, cooked with quality products. You will have the choice between a European and African cuisine that will not leave you indifferent by its pronounced flavors. We recommend the beef steak with port and duchess potatoes, or the roasted duck breast with carrot purée. For those with a small appetite, there are also sandwiches, salads and grilled meats on the menu. All accompanied by a delicious house cocktail, what more could you ask for?

Both maquis and restaurant, you will have the choice to sit down in this establishment appreciated by the locals. The maquis is located in a large courtyard, where a few tables are scattered under the shade of terraces. Here you can get your strength back with salads, grilled meats and local specialties such as corn dough with peanut or ademé sauce. The air-conditioned restaurant is located at the back of the maquis. Here, you can choose between African, Asian and European specialties. Good welcome.

We eat the best lost bread from the square! The cook manager will be attentive to the wishes of your taste buds. Varied cuisine.

The establishment offers a breath of fresh air in the capital, with its wooded area around a pretty miniature golf course where it is good to have fun. Between two games, a few benches invite you to a well-deserved rest, with a delicious house cocktail in hand. Dinner is served under a covered terrace, a little higher up. The menu offers a wide choice of dishes, from beef brochettes to sole meunière, including chicken djenkoumé. Very good pizzas, including the Togolese, the boss's favorite! Good welcome and attentive staff.

This is a maquis well known to locals and expatriates in Lomé for the quality of its dishes, especially the braised fish, which everyone loves. The tables are scattered in a large open space, in the shade of the trees. The atmosphere is authentic and friendly. The menu also includes salads, spaghetti and Togolese specialties, including various pastas and sauces. The service is sometimes a little slow, but in this green setting, the wait is not unpleasant. On the other hand, the welcome is warm.