Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream - Rwanda in 2024

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Timetable

It is not uncommon for bars to offer a happy hour from 4pm to 8pm for theafterwork of workers. These convivial moments can last until 11pm or 1am on weekdays and until dawn on Fridays and Saturdays, depending on the atmosphere and the number of people. In Kigali, on weekends, the brunch has become a common practice, Rwandans (among the urban middle class) like to get together with friends for an "early lunch", whether in certain restaurants (The Hut, Heaven, Shokola, Casa Keza, Choma'd, Pili-Pili...) or in coffee shops.

Budget & Tips

The price of draft beer varies between 1,000 Frw (local) and 2,500 Frw (imported).

Age restrictions

The legal age for buying and consuming alcohol is 18. The authorities have also strengthened the fight against drinking and driving. The multiplication of controls and breathalyzer tests have pushed the establishments to adapt. Prudent drivers" offer to drive customers home from bars and restaurants. This service has been set up by many owners.

What's very local

In the evening, many Rwandans meet in open-air bars (Rwandan, Congolese, Kenyan...) and enjoy goat kebabs on the go, accompanied by the inevitable Primus, Amstel or Skol. In Kigali,car-free zones have been created in Remera, Nyamirambo, Biryogo... A string of kiosks and street bars follow one another, with their more or less improvised terraces. You can eat there for cheap, and the walk is worth the detour, if only to soak up the local atmosphere; a beer here, a skewer there, and you start again from one end of the street to the other.

Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Rwanda

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Practical information : Take a break Rwanda

Timetable

Budget & Tips

Age restrictions

What's very local