Tasty chicken biryani with tamarind juice. If your looking for authentic swahili food, cheap and no fuss, this is your spot! And i mean no fuss! Alot of the locals have their lunch here- Big portions too! Always come back, coz i miss that thick yummy coastal dish.
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
KES 1–500
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Awesome food in King-size portion and best Tamarind ukwaju juice I have had in a long time
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Brunch
Price per person
KES 500–1,000
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Fish and Coconut Rice
Excellent Swahili food! Definitely a top spot in Diani. I went multiple times and the service was quite hit or miss. Sometimes it was slow and others it was much faster. No consistency in this aspect.
That said, I always returned. The food is incredibly worth the wait, always hot, and the portions are extremely generous. Great value
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
KES 500–1,000
Food: 5
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Beef Biryani
Coastal food is the best kind of food in Kenya hands down any day. And this place tries its hand at it. I would not give them five star compliment but at least I would thank them for trying. A for effort. Sadly swahili food has difficulty to transfer from home to mass production. All a restaurant can do is try and here is the best effort. I loved the chicken bitiyina I had here. I will do it again.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 2
Recommended dishes
Chicken Biriani
Service was terrible and it took forever for our table to be cleaned so we had to stare at dead flies and dirty dishes for 30 minutes. But you know what they say about not very clean spaces producing great tastes(or maybe not). When the food finally came, it was great....at least the pilau was....don't order the biriani please, not good at all. They have good fish too!
Was recommended as a place to try for local cuisine. It was busy so seems like many people do like it but it was just not memorable. The more typical dishes like pilau/biryani seem to be okay but the others, even simple chips, fried chicken, samosa... went unfinished. Leave alone the masala chicken 🤢
If you are looking for an informal, authentic place to try local food this is a good choice. Can't say I was blown away by the food, but it was good and inexpensive, and overall was an experience worth having.
Tip: the tamarind juice is delicious, but the ice cubes are made with unfiltered water.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
KES 500–1,000
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
The atmosphere & service could be better but the food was good. I'd recommend to anyone looking for a taste of Swahili dishes. Don't forget to order their tamarind juice - it gives everything.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
KES 500–1,000
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Recommended dishes
Chicken Pilau
There food is very delicious, but they really have to work on there service its very very poor!!! 2% /100% very slow and the tables were very dirty we waited for almost 20minutes for a waiter to attend to us,its a no go zone for me
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
KES 500–1,000
Food: 4
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 2
Recommended dishes
Chicken Biriani
If you're going to Diani, you have to come and eat here before you try any other place. Local food, perfectly prepared and seasoned, truely amazing. The coconut fish is a dream, you can taste that it's a fresh catch of today, and the seasoning has a spicy touch that goes perfect with the rice. The white masala chai is on the same quality level.
The tables are sometimes not cleaned away properly when guests leave, just get a waiter to clean it up for you properly. You're here for the food, not for the setting of the table.
The restaurant is often very full of local people.
