Cuisine of Ouagadougou for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Ouagadougou restaurants never cease to amaze visitors with their diversity, interesting menus, and friendly staff. Guests of this wonderful city will surely enjoy their time spent in Maquis Aboussouan, a popular maquis (a traditional open-air restaurant). This is a great place to get yourself familiar with the local cuisine. Experienced travelers particularly recommend such dishes as poulet kedejenou (a specially cooked chicken together with tomatoes and peppers), attieke (a dish made of cassava), and many other Ivorian and Burkinabe delicacies. Located in a charming courtyard, this upscale restaurant is always filled with local people, so it is a great venue to enjoy the authentic atmosphere of the city.

Travelers ready for something unique and unusual are cordially welcome at Chez Haregua. This is a restaurant that specializes in Ethiopian cuisine. In addition to lovely design and super friendly staff, the dining venue offers many interesting and rare dishes. Visitors are advised to try alicha doro – chicken with turmeric that is served together with traditional injera bread.

Tourists in search of a lovely and intimate place to dine might fall in love with Espace Gondwana. This restaurant has four dining rooms with relaxing, sensational look and numerous elements of the traditional design including authentic furniture and gorgeous masks. The food served at Espace Gonwana is no less amazing. The menu is impressive and contains many local delicacies, such as grilled meat, frog legs, numerous fish dishes, and salads. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The next restaurant in the review, Le Verdoyant, is not very popular with local people, but it is always filled with expats who live in Ouagadougou for a long time. This restaurant serves fine international cuisine. Hearty pasta, pizza cooked on wood-fire, and a range of desserts – this restaurant has everything we know and love. The restaurant has an indoor hall and a charming outdoor terrace. The latter is recommended only for lunches or early dinners as mosquitos are quite annoying and ferocious in the evening.

When describing European cuisine restaurants in Ouagadougou, it would be a mistake to fail to mention Kfete. This fabulous restaurant specializes in French cuisine and has reached true proficiency in this area. It is hard to find a better spot for lunch than this charming and cozy restaurant. Fish and meat brochettes, a modern take on paillote, and, of course, don’t forget to choose from a long list of desserts. Travelers who are not hungry can simply order a cup of fragrant coffee and a bun. Kfete is not the only French cuisine restaurant in Ouagadougou. L’Eau Vive is a very unusual restaurant where one can also find French staples. This dining venue is run by an order of nuns. The experience is, indeed, heavenly when you enter this comfortable air-conditioned restaurant from the outside heat. Fans of eating outdoor can always choose to stay on the terrace located in a lovely garden at the back of the restaurant. Every night at 9:30 pm nuns sing Ave Maria for the delight of guests.

Tourists who want to try authentic food that locals like and eat every day, perhaps, it is hard to find a better place than Marina Market. This market is famous for its stalls that offer virtually all kinds of food that one can find in Ouagadougou. Fish and seafood, local fast-food and desserts – colorful and fragrant food looks fantastic and appealing. If you do not feel ready to try the local street food, consider browsing groceries sold at the market. One can also take many memorable shots at this wonderful place.