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Best Restaurants in Cotonou

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Best Restaurants in Cotonou

Believe me when I say that the restaurants in Cotonou are just awesome with mouthwatering dishes. what is the Best Restaurant in Cotonou? you might ask, Cotonou city is home to melting pots of cuisines. Here are some of these best restaurants in Cotonou you will love!

Cotonou city is home to melting pots of cuisines and one can dine very well without breaking a bank. There is an amazing array of classic and rustic restaurants in Cotonou ranging from Asian to European and typical African.

One nice thing about these restaurants is their extensive menu which have Vegan options and covers a lot of continental dishes.

Who doesn’t like spending quality time with friends and family, great food and no dishes to clean up. All you might want to do after a long day is to have a sumptuous meal and just relax from the day’s work without having to worry about the stress of cooking. I wouldn’t worry about delivery either if I were you because you have the best food delivery service FOOD VIOLA just a click away. Place an order and your food will be with you in no time.

Now let’s introduce some of these best restaurants in Cotonou to you in no particular order!

SHAMIANA

Have you been to a restaurant where the manager takes your orders!

The spices and flavors are so unique and awesome and their menu goes well beyond Indian food.

Here are some favorites; masala, butter chicken, Chili Paneer, and the sizzlers are the best! Just know this, whatever dish you order on the menu will definitely be delicious, definitely. Most dishes are spicy, so you’ll be asked to customize the spiciness on a scale of 1 – 10

The service is friendly and quick and if you have no idea what to eat, they’ll help pick your dish. The restaurant is super clean with a gracious manager.

It is located at Haie Vive. Open every day from 11:30 am – 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm.

FESTIVAL DES GLASSES

This is a fast food where you go for a well-flavored bowl of ice cream, a delicious snack, or a take out. The place is air-conditioned and the reception is warming. It is the only restaurant in Cotonou that is always open every day and throughout the night, from 7 am till midnight.

They serve the best sandwiches, pizza, burgers, and a lot more. So, if you’re tired and hungry after a long day and want to have a late snack, Festival des Glass has you covered. Festival des Glass has many branches but the main branch is at.

Le-Vezuvio

This restaurant major mainly in Italian dishes here in Cotonou. So to all our Italians out there, you have nothing to worry about missing your favorite meals, because you will find everything here. The restaurant is opened from Monday to Saturday, morning from 11 am to 3:00 pm and evening from 7 pm to 11:00 pm.

Le Café de la Fondation Zinsou

The Zinsou Foundation cafe has an enchanting setting, making all its clients feel welcome and comfortable. There delicious pastries like croissants, meat pies, and the likes, there’s also ice cream of all flavor and smoothies as well. It is open every day from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.

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Chez Mamman Benin

This is a rustic and typical Beninese restaurant. I can’t emphasize enough how insanely delicious the food served here is. The aroma will fill you up even before the food gets to your table. They have a nice selection of dishes like jollof rice, fried or sauced fish and meat, Blokoto, Atchieke, aloko, very tasty giant snails and so much more.

Fried or grilled fish or turkey served with Akassa and juicy vegetable sauce is a worth try. The food portion is amazingly huge and so reasonably priced.

The Beninese community comes here regularly for lunch and dinner and the place could be a little bustling sometimes, but hey it’s comfy and neat and you’ll be too busy with your food to even notice a thing.

They also have a buffet from which you can choose and each dish is priced separately. It is open every day from 11:00 am to midnight

SOWETO

Nigerian homesick foodies, get in here! This restaurant is here to soothe your culinary needs. The soups are freshly cooked and filled with assorted and juicy meat and fish. They offer varieties of native Nigerian soups like vegetable, oha, Egusi, bitterleaf, and served with either fufu, eba or pounded yam.

There are also non-native food choices like jollof or fried rice, beans, yam. You can have well-seasoned fried meat and plantain over delicious jollof or fried rice.

Well, pounded yam served with rich and tasty Egusi soup has always been one of our signatures.

It is conducive and neat and located at PK 10

LA CABANE DU PECHEUR

This is a great beachside restaurant that offers you a priceless view of the ocean while savoring your delicious meal. This restaurant proposes amazing seafood dishes; fish, lobster, shrimp… Either fresh, sauced, or barbecued like tartare of fresh tuna fish with plantain, fried shrimp with vegetables or any delicious fish soup with well-seasoned fried bread and fresh cheese.

The atmosphere is so relaxing and diners take their time and lay down on long chairs on a calm beach after their meals.

LA CABANE DU PECHEUR is located at Fidjrosse and open every day except on Mondays between the hours of 12 noon and 11 pm.

LIVING STONE

This is a very popular restaurant, more or less a bar and pizzeria, that has existed for decades. They serve Mainly continental dishes. The cuisine is always consistent and they make very delicious pizza. it’s a very good place to have a beer and hang out with friends.

Start with a nice cocktail drink or wine while awaiting your meal. You should try the large BBQ prawn or the seafood pizza if you are a see foodie; the calzone is quite tasty too.

The beer is always cold and the food service is excellent. Living Stone restaurant is next door to their neat and very cozy hotel

It is located in Haie Vive, Lot 17, and is a great expat hang out. If you want to have a nice meal and make friends from all around the world, this is where you should go.

MAQUIS DU PORT

This two-storey red-painted building overlooking the port of Cotonou is an envelopment of well-flavored and spiced variety of dishes. Traditional Beninese cuisine soups like Gbekoui and Gboman , Amiwo are also on the menu.

Food is always freshly cooked which might take a while, so it’s advisable to call and place your order an hour before your arrival. You should try the fish dishes, they are the best.

As the name indicates, it is located very close to the port, opposite “DIRECTION GENERAL LOTERIE NATIONAL DU BENIN”.

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Le Basilic

This restaurant specializes in grills. You can have grilled chicken, rabbit and fish accompanied by delicious African dishes. It is opened every day from 09:00 pm to 03:00 am.

HAI KING

Located in the center of the lively city of Cotonou, the Chinese legacy is very much alive in this restaurant. They have varieties of options for soups, It is located in Haie vive, with an upstairs and downstairs seating. The two-storey cozy diner proposes a good list of Chinese dishes The prices are modest and food is served fast.

We recommend ordering some steaming hot and spicy pepper soup.

Mc Bouffe

Mc Bouffe is situated in the center of the city. Offers various menus like hamburger, pizza, French fries, shawarma, Kebab, European dishes and also numerous flavors of ice-creams. It is opened every day from 10:00 am to 2:00 am.

LA CABANE DU PECHEUR

This is a great beachside restaurant that offers you the priceless view of the ocean while savoring your delicious meal. This restaurant proposes amazing seafood dishes; fish, lobster, shrimp… Either fresh, sauced or barbecued like tartare of fresh tuna fish with plantain, fried shrimp with vegetables or any delicious fish soup with well-seasoned fried bread and fresh cheese.

The atmosphere is so relaxing and diners take their time and lay down on long chairs on a calm beach after their meals.

LA CABANE DU PECHEUR is located at Fidjrosse and opens every day except on Mondays between the hours of 12 noon and 11 pm.

Marquis La Residence

This restaurant serves fishes and meats braised. They also make excellent roasted chickens. It is open every day from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and in the evening from 06:30 pm to 11:00 pm.

BANGKOK TERRASSE

This fine restaurant operated by a Thai family proposes an array of savory Asian cuisine. A mixture of Thai and Chinese dishes.

If you’d like to venture out on an Asian menu, you might want to begin with a mixed starter and then order some succulent coconut chicken and pineapple rice or better still, try out the tasty chicken Tom Yum soup. Do not worry vegans, the menu has a full page of vegetarian options and the staff is friendly and always ready to help you pick the best dishes.

You can choose to have your meal at the terrace with a nice water feature and authentic Thai artwork or at the diner with an exotic ambiance.

The place is a little hidden from the main roads of and open at 12 noon – 2:30 pm and re-opens by 7 pm till 10:00 pm.

Jardins D Edelweiss

This restaurant proposes European and African specialties. You can enjoy your meals in the garden or under the palm trees and enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature. The restaurant is opened from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am till 11:00 pm.

LE PRIVE RESTAURANT COTONOU

The best French cuisine in Benin Republic. This is an exceptional restaurant. The service, the food, and cleanliness; everything on point, which is not always the case in most restaurants.

Hearty portions of classic and carefully prepared dishes are served on red checked table cloths.

The suckling chicken and curry sauce with hot and fresh bread rolls is a signature; moist and rich with a crispy skin that crackles with every bite

If you ever come to Cotonou, this should be the first restaurant you go to.

LE PRIVE RESTAURANT is open on Mon- Fri from 12-3 pm then by 7-11 pm and on Saturdays by 7-11 pm and is located at Ganhi, close to ‘NOTRE DAME’ Church.

The Best online food delivery and catering service in Benin Republic

Online delivery is revolutionizing the food restaurant industry in Benin Republic. Food delivery used to require a phone call, which took up time. Now, your mobile phone allows you to order food directly to your homes or offices, from the best Restaurants in Cotonou with the click of just a button.

Using Food Viola, you can search for restaurants by cuisine or location, quickly order food from the menu of Restaurants in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Featuring a wide range of cuisines from Indian to Italian. We also, bring you food from a rich selection of local Beninese and Nigerian restaurants in Cotonou, your favorite restaurant or one closest to you.

We feature easy ordering (including a quick reordering of your favorites), with options to track your delivery, pick up your food or schedule your deliveries for the most convenient time.

Customers can browse by Menu or Restaurants in Cotonou and have their meals delivered at work or home; they can also arrange to have their meals ready for pickup.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The system is set up to better satisfy the needs of waiting customers and help restaurants in Cotonou more efficiently manage waitlists and Reservations.

First, get to the front page of FOOD VIOLA by clicking here, type in your favorite restaurant as well as the location, and click ‘Search’. If your favorite Restaurant is listed on the website, it should immediately appear in the search results and you can then proceed to view the Menu.

Alternatively, to see all available restaurants, click on the ‘Restaurants’ button on the main page and all our restaurants will be listed for you. You could explore through each restaurant menu and see which meal satisfies your cravings.

YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN COTONOU NOT LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE?

If your favorite restaurant in Cotonou is not listed among our restaurants; there is an option for you to request to add them to our list. Your request will be reviewed and added to the list if dimmed fit.

Registering as a member gives you the opportunity to get over 40% off on your monthly order and win amazing prices as well as receive first-class treatment on your order. Your membership will be renewed each month with a subscription fee

Restaurants in Cotonou can also add themselves to the list by signing up as a Restaurant owner.

Our online food-delivery platform is expanding choice and convenience, allowing customers to order from a wider array of restaurants in Cotonou with a single tap of your mobile phone. SIGN UP AS A MEMBER TODAY

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