The Best Mombasa Restaurants will Definitely Leave You TONGUE-TIEDMombasa restaurants are as countless as the sand grains on the city's beaches but only a handful will leave you TONGUE-TIED - Tamarind, Tamarind Dhow and Yul's. I was tempted to boldface this whole page but then again that would have left me little room to maneuver when I came to telling you about another Kenyan restaurant that is rated among the world's top 50! Anyhow, suffice it to say that these offer the very best culinary delights in Mombasa and am sure you will find I have NOT oversold them.
TamarindThe Tamarind is way up there in the Premier League of Kenya's (not just Mombasa's) restaurants. This restaurant – whose menu is a blend of the finest French, Asian and African cuisine – will offer you imaginative bitings (I had roasted coconut and am still speechless). These are guaranteed to whet your appetite, so that you can sufficiently dig into some of the most mouth-watering seafood on earth.Try their Prawns Piri Piri, Chilli Crab, Lobster Tamarind and Seafood Platter that have earned the restaurant worldwide rave reviews.
A vegetarian menu is also available. You won’t only leave gastronomically pleased, the personal service, original presentation and uncanny attention to detail will blow you away. But it isn't just the food that will endear you to this Mombasa restaurant. Its high arches and al fresco terrace perched on a cliff overlooking the picturesque Old Harbor are bound to create a memorable ambience, one that you will be toasting to long after you have left Kenya:-)
At about Ksh4,000-6,000 a plate, the Tamarind is pricey (but worth every cent or pence or name it ...) so deepen all your pockets beforehand. Also remember to go there hungry so that you can do justice to their food. Because the restaurant is pretty busy all year round, bookings are advisable.
Tamarind DhowThe Tamarind Dhow is Kenya's most expensive and possibly most thrilling dining experience. It is also part of the Tamarind Group that owns the Tamarind Restaurant reviewed above.
Two handcrafted originally ocean going dhows, "Nawalilkher" and "Babulkher" were completely overhauled and converted into floating restaurants. The 2-hour lunch cruise sets sail from the Tamarind Restaurant jetty at 1pm while the 4-hour dinner cruise departs at 6.30pm. The latter sails leisurely towards Fort Jesus and then up Tudor creek where it moors. Then the rhythms of an on board band serenade you and other diners as you tuck into your delicious four-course meal. Sounds like music to your ears and food for your soul? Book your Kenya safari right away so that you can check out this top Mombasa restaurant for yourself. Booking for this dhow escapade is a MUST.
Yul'sLocated next to the Bamburi Beach Hotel, this seaside restaurant with an understandably odd name (it belongs to Yul:-) offers tasty salads and scrumptious seafood and charcoal-grilled Angus-steaks.
You will gnash at them for getting you hungrier as the aroma from the open kitchen periodically wafts to your table but will forgive them the instance your appealing and yummy food arrives. Their all-natural homemade Italian ice cream – presented in 60 different flavors – is plain sinful and is probably the reason you will be sneaking back there throughout your stay in Mombasa. Another unrelated attraction of Yul's is its motodrom racecourse. So, if your 5-11 year olds cause tantrums when its time to leave, don't say I didn't warn you.
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