The best restaurants Mozambique

Timetable

At the restaurant, the services are usually between noon and 2pm, then from 6:30/7pm until 9pm. Some bars-restaurants serve late at night in Maputo but it is really a rarity! Remember to choose your table around 6 pm, the time to prepare yourself, to get there and to dine on time because it is often impossible to get in after 8:30 pm. To eat on the run, there is no real time in the local market canteens during the day.

Budget & Tips

Where you will find the best prices to eat: small local restaurants, like Kwetu or Graciana in Maputo, but also behind the market stalls in the center of the villages, where it is possible to have lunch on the spot, like in Inhambane and Tofo. Cosy and trendy tables exist everywhere, with well-prepared dishes, a delight.

What costs extra

Although there is no set rule, a tip of between 10 and 50 Mtn is usually left after a meal. In parking lots, the "car guard" is given about 10 Mtn.

The local way

The piri-piri! It is THE local pepper. Be careful, it can be very spicy, be careful on the doses. It is always brought on the tables, whatever your order, do not confuse it with your salad dressing!

Matapa is the local dish that you will find on absolutely every restaurant menu. The cassava leaf is prepared with coconut, and often served plain or with shrimp.

To be avoided

Tap water and ice cubes are avoided, but restaurants in hotels or in the upscale areas of Maputo use safe filtered water for all their preparations.