The best restaurants Port-Gentil

Now run by Christina, Club SOGARA's bar-restaurant has declined in quality and numbers since the departure of David, a Franco-Gabonese who had put together a versatile team. On the edge of a pristine beach, it still offers an enchanting setting for a drink with your feet in the sand. Unfortunately, when it comes to food, the menu is often lacking. The menu changes regularly, combining African and European cuisine. Good wood-fired pizzas. Children's playground, tennis courts and petanque area.

Run since 1994 by a Folly, a Togolese close to retirement, this small restaurant, about 30 minutes from Port-Gentil, offers grilled chicken, lobster to order and fresh fish caught the same day. Delicious shrimp fritters as an aperitif. The restaurant serves excellent home cooking with generous portions at reasonable prices. Unfortunately, the outdoor terrace does not overlook the sea, which is only a stone's throw away. However, after a good meal, you'll be able to relax on the beach. Friendly and courteous welcome.

Ideal for tasting low-priced bush meat and other skewers skewers. With a view of the canal, as its name indicates.

Located in a private house, with swimming pool, Buccaneer offers a cuisine with original flavours. The service is fast and impeccable, the place welcoming. According to some, this is one of Port Gentil's best tables.

With a bar on the ground floor and a restaurant upstairs, Retro is one of the city's good restaurants, serving European cuisine and pizzas. You can eat à la carte or from the menu. The choice is quite varied. For example, you can enjoy mussels and chips, a good cuckoo or a delicious tournedos Rossini. There are also a few bushmeats on the menu, depending on the availability, such as wild boar or boa. You can also come and have a drink as an aperitif, accompanied by some tapas. The welcome is warm and the atmosphere friendly.

Port-Gentil's oldest café, as evidenced by its colonial architecture and ultra-colorful woodwork, celebrated its centenary in 2024! People come here for a good cup of coffee with the Port-Gentil news, or for a bite to eat. It serves family-style European and African cuisine, including antelope à l'odika and calamari, as well as pizzas and grilled meats whose reputation is well established. You can dine in the large air-conditioned dining room or on the roadside terrace. Mostly female service, pleasant overall.

Cuban cuisine and good atmosphere. Ideal for a drink on the terrace.

If you are a fan of hot neighbourhoods, you can go to Bouaké, but preferably with a Gabonese! It is used for drinking and.

Restaurant serving French and Gabonese cuisine. On the seafront, Massena Beach has a room facing the harbour, overlooking a small beach with a few forgotten boats. Here, you can play billiards with friends, or enjoy pizzas, hamburgers or prime rib on the terrace. On the other side, Le Massena is set in an enclosed air-conditioned room. It serves more elaborate dishes such as lobster grilled in cognac or calamari sautéed in garlic. Even if it's not as popular as it used to be, it's still a pleasant address.

Around a beautiful swimming pool, the bar-restaurant offers a pleasant setting to eat, sitting on the terrace or in the air-conditioned room. You can taste good European, African and sometimes Asian dishes. The place is animated by several musical events which attract a large number of customers. The atmosphere is more peaceful on Sundays by the pool where hamburgers and beers are the order of the day. You can also come and drink delicious freshly squeezed fruit juices, homemade cocktails or even homemade rum. A good address!

Not far from Port-Gentil, this "feet in the water" restaurant lives up to its reputation as the best in the area. In an enchanting setting, prepare to delight your taste buds with delicious carpaccios, freshly caught braised fish or meats well prepared by an experienced Gabonese chef. Generous, well-presented plates. Beautiful panoramic terrace overlooking the ocean, where you can sip a good house cocktail. A very nice address!

Surely one of the best restaurants in Port-Gentil! Fausto, a well-traveled Portuguese chef, is at the helm of this gastronomic restaurant that will delight the taste buds of fine gourmets. On the menu? Revisited tapas and Portuguese dishes concocted with top-quality produce. Tender and melt-in-your-mouth, the meats are imported directly from South Africa and Australia, while the fish is fresh from the sea. To accompany these tasty dishes, let yourself be tempted by a wine from Spain, Italy or Argentina. Fabulous!

Laure and Alex, former owners of Le Bistrot, have built this bar-restaurant on the edge of the Marina with their own hands. With its central bar and wooden tables by the water, the result is superb, and you'll feel truly on vacation here, whether you're sipping coffee in the afternoon or enjoying house cocktails in the evening. From tapas to daily specials, the cuisine here is simple but high quality, including the famous beef coupe-coupé. Here, locals and expatriates rub shoulders in a happy, friendly atmosphere, especially on concert nights.

This stilted restaurant, round like an African hut, is accessed via a pontoon preceded by a pleasant garden. But the most fabulous part of Colins is undoubtedly its terrace overlooking the marina, where you can see the fish leaping merrily about with a view of the sea. We come to the Colins for a drink - with a fine cocktail menu - which is easily preceded or extended by lunch or dinner. Not great cuisine, but everything on the menu is simple and good. Also delicious crêpes.

A little café by the water or, almost better, a little shawarma, an excellent address for these Lebanese sandwiches with meat or chicken. Ultra-fresh, tasty, probably the best in town. The establishment also serves burgers, sandwiches and other Lebanese specialties and local dishes, all equally well prepared. This sheltered terrace is frequented by Gabonese families and long-settled expatriates. Enjoy the fresh air and, in season, watch the humpback whales off the coast.

Attended by a mixed clientele, the restaurant is renowned for its simple dishes, cooked with fresh produce. Between suggestions and daily specials, there is little choice on the slate, but you will soon find what you are looking for. The speciality of the house? The Mémène prawns, grilled and served with a tomato sauce based on fresh cream. The whole thing is served with rice, chips, fried potatoes or alloko. You can lick your fingers, even if you regret the quantity for the price paid. You can sit on the terrace or in the air-conditioned room.