Le Manara

Le Manara Restaurant is Nouakchott's largest and most extensive food shop. It is located northeast of the city center, making it inconvenient for short-term visitors. Groups gather in the pleasant back patio courtyard for a meal and hookah. Le Manara Restaurant has a fairly large menu, with above-average pizzas. The city's largest and prettiest grocery, featuring an upstairs café where regulars go for coffee, pastries, and to watch football games on television.

Despite the name, this is a good-value restaurant serving chicken and shwarma with fries and a small salad. A few street-front benches provide a great site for people- and, more typically, vehicle-watching if you can bear the sun. Known for its well-prepared seafood which you can hand-pick from a tank (lobster runs around UM6000) in a sunny, slightly tattered dining room. Live music Friday nights adds a lovely, if rare for Nouakchott, soundtrack to your meal. Above-average seafood and more-standard meat and chicken dishes; are located inside the Italian-owned Hotel Mauritania.

Address: Route des Ambassades, Nouakchott Mauritania

Tel: 222 43 80 80 80

Hours: 12:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Google Rating: 4.0/5.0