''Queens'' Restaurant and other Tanzania Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: Mercury's

Mercury's in Stone town is named after Freddy Mercury, the flamboyant singer of the rock-group Queen. He was born in Stone Town as Farok Bulsara. In Mercury's you can find pictures of him and Queen and buy T-shirts.

Mercury's is a lovely place at the beach of Stone Town. Several times we spent our lunchbreak here, because of the cool seabreeze in the roofed open-air bar in combination with the perfect view at the beach, the blue ocean and the tiny islands just in front of the coast.

Favorite Dish: I especially liked the salads. So there is a salad ''Freddy's choice'', told te be his favourite

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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Zanzibar, Stone Town
Directions: North end of the Mizingani Road near the Big Tree

Restaurant Name: Africa House

In Zanzibar town everybody is gathering at the big terrace of Africa House in the late afternoon to enjoy the wonderful sunsets of Africa. It's a good place for drinks, longdrinks and cocktails.

Nowadays the building and terrace are restored and rather fancy. But it was allready for decades the favourite place to be for expats, tourists and Tanzanians of the mainland. In former times you had to bring the chairs to the terrace yourselves.

Favorite Dish: I went to the Africa House for a drink or meeting friends. Only once we took dinner at the terrace at the 2th floor. It was rather expensive and not of great value.

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Stone Town, Shangani area
Directions: Entrance at the junction of the Kenyatta Road and Suicide Alley. You can also climb the stairs from the Shangani Street.