Drinking and dancing is as much a part of Kampala culture as religion. Beer is available all day every day, and you are almost never out of sight of somewhere to get alcohol. All the local beers are great Nile Special, Pil, Bell Beer, Club Beer, Tusker Beer, watch out for ESB, “Extra Strong Brew” which will floor you, and for the committed drinker there is Uganda Waragi, a local gin distilled from bananas.It is the best gin in East Africa and has a good aroma.
Ugandan music is mixture of happy-pop and happy-reggae and is so relentlessly happy. Music in pubs and clubs is generally a mix of Ugandan and R&B, and dancing is mandatory. Among the most popular singers are: Jose chameleon, Bobi wine, Regga dee, Bebe cool, Julinna Kanyomozi, Iryn Namuburu, Angela Kalule and among the gospel singers are: Fiona Wamala cousin of mine and one of the very first gospel singers in Kampala following her father's footstep Elly Wamala who was one the greatest music icon Uganda has ever experienced grooming other most popular legend such as Philly Lutaaya musicians. Fiona has been in the music industry for long though now she is based in UK London, Wilson Bugembe and Judith Babirye inspiration singers who are adored by many gospel listeners.
Drinking establishments fall into three categories: Pubs proper (including the places where most of the Europeans and Americans usually hang out); African/Asian-style clubby-pubs, hybrids with dance floors and pool tables; and clubs proper, which are like European nightclubs but with Ugandans being in the majority, they are great!!
Pubs Bubbles O’Leary’s: Located on Acacia Avenue is a authentic-feeling Irish pub. This bar is a must. It seems to have become the new 'Just Kicking', with large gatherings; especially at the weekend. They do a good range of pub food, music and an even better mix of people.No matter what you do in Kampala, Bubbles is the place to go! from cold beers, a friendly chat or a game of rugby on the box! you cannot beat this place! DJs every weekend with a 5,000/- cover charge. Great place!!
KasumbaSquare: Located on Northern Bypass and Busega Round about. The place has many pubs and clubbing over the weekend. It is a place when you want to have a good atmosphere while chilling out. It is more family oriented drinking place and get together joints.
Fatboyz: Located in Kisementi is slightly less muzungu-orientated and has great live music and comfy chairs, although it can get short on space. It’s a really nice place just to hang out before or after eating out.
Kyoto Restaurant: It on Shomoni Road just up from the golf course is the place to go on Friday night and they have good Music. Staff are very welcoming. It is usually one of the places guaranteed to be part of a Kampala pub crawl. kyoto like Bubbles has a cover charge on the weekends.
Mateo’s Located on Kampala Road is a cocktail bar, rather expensive but the cocktails are good. Some nights it teems with people getting ready to go to Rouge (see below). There are loads of tables outside, good for chilling out. A good place for pre-club drinks.
Wagadugu:Opposite the pubs and restaurants in Kisementi is a refreshing change from those places; here you hardly see a white face. Beer is also much cheaper and there is a balcony where you can sit and look over Kisementi.
Sabrina’s Pub: Located on Bombo Road, and is a very large pub with a huge stage that has live music several nights a week. There are two bars, serving cheap beer and food, and one pool table. The music tends to be a bit intrusive, given that there is no real dance floor.Sabrina Pub is one of the first pubs located in city center to built on high standards. And the pub is compared to those you find in big cities like Toronto, London or New-York.
Garden City Shopping Centre: Has several great places to have a drink and eat pub food: it’s high up, meaning it is airy and cool, good when the day has been hot. They show football on several televisions. There is a beautiful view of the city below. Good atmosphere and classic.
City Bar: Boasts one of Uganda’s snooker tables which is immaculately maintained (unlike the thousands of decrepit pool tables in Uganda), so if you’re into snooker give this a look. It’s expensive, though, at 5.000/= ($2) an hour. Apart from that, the pub is nice to sit in, resembling a larger pub in central London. Is definitely a place fr all the sharks out there.
Clubby pubs:
Kabalagala/Kansanga: Kabalagala is teeming with little bars and pubs in addition to these ones, so don’t feel confined! They’re all good places to go and have a drink and a boogie all night long.
Al’s bar: Found in Kansanga is legendary. Open 24/7 for drinking, dancing and all manner of debauchery, this is where those Kampala revelers who survive until the small hours generally end up. It generally doesn’t kick off until at least 2am, though, so plan to get there at the end of the night. Loads of hookers of all types. It is also swarming with ‘women of the night’ (hookers, more or less) who are there to find muzungus, and they can be very forward in their approach..
Capital Pub: Located in Kabalagala and is a giant pub/club with several bars, 8 pool tables, a huge vaulted ceiling and nooks and crannies everywhere. On certain nights, notably Mondays, it heaves with people, including its fair share of prostitutes, some of whom are a sight classier and more difficult to spot than in Al’s Bar. In my mates’ words, though, “it rocks!” and is almost a guaranteed good night out. As with Al’s bar, it doesn’t get going until late, so leave it until about 1am before getting there.
Half London Pub: Located in Kansanga the name half London originated back in 1980s when it was the only decent place to be and people nicknamed it that name it is more sedate than the last two, with a bar, some pool tables and a small dance floor. The music pumps out loud, but somehow it never gets going as much as Capital or Al’s bar.
Hunters Pub: Found in Kansanga, Sunday is a must-see for anyone who likes Reggae but be careful as it is a bit dodgy. The entire Rasta crowd of Kampala congregates in a happy drunk delirium and dances all night to pumping Reggae. If this is your cup of tea, go see it and enjoy.
Central city Area the middle of Kampala is full of places—here are just the few that we found.
Jokers On Buganda Road is a large house containing several bars, many eating/drinking areas and a stage. It hosted a big Reggae party for Bob Marley’s birthday recently which was so good that I went several times afterwards, but it never got quite as kicking again. If there’s another concert there, though, definitely give it a look.
TLC: Located on George Street near the Central Police Station is a large place with several dance floors and chill-out areas, expensive pool tables, good food and drinks. It even has a swimming pool, although no-one seems to know how you get to swim in it. It gets very popular indeed. The crowd is a mix of European and African, as is the music.
Steak Out: It is on Buganda Road is a genius. It’s a club/pub with a steakhouse attached, so you can eat bits of dead cow while drinking your favorite beer. There is no dance floor but past about 12 mid night the place start to rock.
Club Obbligato: Located on the Port Bell Road near the big clubs charges for entry most nights, bizarrely, which is probably why it’s usually dead, although this ensures there are no prostitutes. But it has live music of often very good quality, and you can catch big-name artists there, especially Afrigo band, Uganda’s best African band, on Friday and Saturday nights.
Rock Garden: Part of the Speke Hotel, has a well-deserved reputation for seediness, even though it is fairly up-market and expensive. It has a dance floor and a circular bar with a large eating area outside, pool tables, and lots of televisions showing sport. A muzungu (white) male visitor will find himself draped with women in under 5 minutes.While some may like this it can get to be too much for some it may be hilariously funny, depending on how you handle it! Serves food until late in the night.
Clubs proper: On most nights there is a cover charge at these places, although the less popular nights are sometimes free. Cover charge is usually between 3,000/= and 7,000/= ($2-5), with the upstairs sections a little more expensive at 10,000/= to 15,000/= ($5-8).
Club Silk: Is a medium-sized club with two floors and several bars. You pay extra to get upstairs (“Silk Royale”) which seems to be a matter of status (or the extra choice) rather than of quality, since everyone I’ve met prefers the music downstairs and the drinks are the same. Perhaps you pay to get away from the lurid, psychedelic artwork on the walls downstairs. Campus night on Tuesday is great; the DJs downstairs are awesome, drinks are cheap and the crowd is young students. The first Friday of every month, which is a trance and techno night playing old European stuff, enormously popular and the place is packed to the gunwales.
Club Ange Noir: This is one of the best clubs in Kampala as ever know and it has been going strong since mid 1980s the proprietor happens to be a friend of mine and dedicated business man who has put Kampala as one of the greatest night spot cities in Africa. The club is bigger, attracts more muzungus, and is where all the big names that come to Kampala go out (like Shaggy). I prefer the music and DJs at Silk, but with Ange Noir it’s the whole experience that counts. The big nights are Wednesday (Ladies go free downstairs and half price upstairs), Thursday (Campus night), and Saturday when the big names in east Africa perform, and on these nights you can hardly move for people. Like Silk you pay extra to go upstairs (“Ange Mystique”) but this time it’s really worth it, because Ange Mystique is an absolute warren of different rooms, bars and dance floors, each playing something different.
Kyondo Club: This is quite a new pub on Ettebbe road it has been running almost three years now, I was privileged to be one of the first customers to visit the Club when it had just been opened. It is really a classic club, blue tinted glasses and plasma big screen in every corner it competes with Silk and Club Ange Noir and has high end customers of higher status like the two clubs mentioned
Volts Club: It is on Entebbe Road, good music and lighting and one of the best nightclubs in Kampala but unfortunately a bit out of the city centre. It is usually packed, has great theme nights and a lot of fun. Sway
Bar and Club: Is another new and hot club in Kampala. Fully Air conditioned, amazing sound, 2 fully stocked bars, foam machines, great DJs exclusive VIP area, 400 capacity, All night Kitchen, Comfortable seating, 6 plasma screens.This clubs opened around July 2008 and happened to be there on the first day when it started operating. It is very classic one.
Rouge: Located on Kampala Road is a new and fancy place, like a trendy London Bar, it attracts Kampala’s Yuppies. The interior and the atmosphere are very stylish (even the toilets are stylish, which is very rare in Kampala). There is a big chill-out area and a small dance floor. The music is good and is not too loud, so you can dance but still have a good chat. The drinks shelf is very well stocked wit a wide variety. It’s in the centre of the city, so it’s within a walk or a cheap taxi ride from almost anywhere including the restaurants.
Hotels with bars:
Sheraton Hotel slightly up the hill from the centre of town has its own “Rhino bar” which is great on Friday and Saturday nights, when it teems with people heading out later to Ange Noir and other places
Live music: You’d be raving mad to miss the National Theatre on a Monday night, which is a giant (and gaining every week in popularity) jam session in a courtyard outside where anyone with the courage can play music alongside Uganda’s top artists (and some brave but awful ones). The atmosphere has to be experienced to be believed, a tipsy malaise of happiness and appreciation of good music. On the last Monday of every month there is an even bigger festival with several thousand people, and you’re almost guaranteed to see some big Ugandan names there.
:The foreign exchange rate of today April 13, 2012 is 1$ = 2520 Ugx
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Friday, 6 April 2012
Kampala transformed City
Kampala city has been transformed since the current regime of President Yoweri Museveni. Kampala city is one of the the best cities in Africa to live in because of the stability and peace despite the opposition parties current demonstrations.
Kampala has grown from butcher chambers of Idd Amin and Milton Obote to a modern city and this was witnessed in the common wealth meeting of 2007 when the Queen Elizabeth opened the summit of common wealth countries. I was so happy to see my prime minister Stephen Happer in attendance and I am so proud of Canada the county which has kept and accepted me as a home. Toronto will always be my home and Kampala will always be remembered as my birth city.
http://youtu.be/tUagWdXyhsc
Kampala still has some more challenges such as the constant power outage despite this week's announcement about the increment in power supply from Bujagali dam. On the hand hand, Kampala has one of the most beautiful mosque on the continent of Africa built by the late President of Libya Gadaffi who is still admired in Kampala despite his recent political trouble causing his death.
Kampala has grown from seven hills to more than twenty hills. Kampala city use English as official and commercial language though advantage of knowing Luganda and Swahiri goes a long way.Most of the people you find in Kampala are polite, humble and well mannered though they are not time conscious neither bother to worry for tomorrow. The city dwellers live day to day without planning for tomorrow as they consider that tomorrow is always another day.
Kampala has an Iron lady called Jenifer Musisi who is so dedicated and hard working managing Director of Kampala, taking most of her decisions in the best interest of Kampala city dwellers, such as the recent move she did to avoid the transport strike by Utoda who where going to paralyze the city but prompt decision she took by allowing the easy bus company to operate to ease transport burden and fares. This move excited the city dwellers and travelers who now cherish her as God given angel to the city
Kampala city transformation is an on going basis, to attract tourist, business people and holiday makers.
The current exchange rate of 1$ = 2520 UGX
Kampala has grown from butcher chambers of Idd Amin and Milton Obote to a modern city and this was witnessed in the common wealth meeting of 2007 when the Queen Elizabeth opened the summit of common wealth countries. I was so happy to see my prime minister Stephen Happer in attendance and I am so proud of Canada the county which has kept and accepted me as a home. Toronto will always be my home and Kampala will always be remembered as my birth city.
http://youtu.be/tUagWdXyhsc
Kampala still has some more challenges such as the constant power outage despite this week's announcement about the increment in power supply from Bujagali dam. On the hand hand, Kampala has one of the most beautiful mosque on the continent of Africa built by the late President of Libya Gadaffi who is still admired in Kampala despite his recent political trouble causing his death.
Kampala has grown from seven hills to more than twenty hills. Kampala city use English as official and commercial language though advantage of knowing Luganda and Swahiri goes a long way.Most of the people you find in Kampala are polite, humble and well mannered though they are not time conscious neither bother to worry for tomorrow. The city dwellers live day to day without planning for tomorrow as they consider that tomorrow is always another day.
Kampala has an Iron lady called Jenifer Musisi who is so dedicated and hard working managing Director of Kampala, taking most of her decisions in the best interest of Kampala city dwellers, such as the recent move she did to avoid the transport strike by Utoda who where going to paralyze the city but prompt decision she took by allowing the easy bus company to operate to ease transport burden and fares. This move excited the city dwellers and travelers who now cherish her as God given angel to the city
Kampala city transformation is an on going basis, to attract tourist, business people and holiday makers.
The current exchange rate of 1$ = 2520 UGX
Monday, 26 March 2012
Kampala City the Pearl of Africa: Restaurants Around Kampala City
Kampala City the Pearl of Africa: Restaurants Around Kampala City
Kampala city has fine restaurants and Kony is no longer nearby to cause a negative impact on tourism industry which is one of the source of revenue in Ugandan economy
Kampala city has fine restaurants and Kony is no longer nearby to cause a negative impact on tourism industry which is one of the source of revenue in Ugandan economy
Restaurants Around Kampala City
Kampala has been in lime light by all kinds of social media when the video of #Kony 2012 came to my knowledge after one of my colleague specializing in Marketing and social media posted it on Humber group face book page around start of this month of March 2012.
On the other hand Kampala is one of the safest cities in African, let me hope that Kony #2012 video will not cause a negative impact on a country which relies on tourism industry to survive.
Below are some of restaurants around the Kampala city which are worth a visit, tipping is an optional because it not part of the culture as it is in fine restaurants in Canada.
http://youtu.be/JzLSYgxvLqw
Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino
located at plot 75 First Street Kampala, opened a year ago, this is place you can go for gambling,clubbing, good food, nice Indian restaurant blended with African culture.You must be fully loaded with cash to be in this fabulous hotel.
Kasumba Square:
Located on Northern bypass in Busega, has several restaurants but I prefer roast pork at Busega inn and nice cold drinks. The sitting area could be just relaxing and the atmosphere is great. Weekend are great when there is Karaoke. www.jkasumbas.com
Le Chateau:
Part of the Quality Cuts compound near the US Embassy on Gabba Road. The food is simply great fantastic. Waiting time not too bad and the food is Belgian and Continental. The patisserie next door has great baked goods, the baguette could be improved at bit. The patisserie has the best pastries, though the coffee can be great or simply not it depends
Cafe Roma:
Locate near Hotel International in Muyenga about 30 minutes drive from the city center the food is great!a bit on pricey side, closed on Mondays. Pork Roast on Sundays, great food, good tasting and the pizza is excellent. Nice setting, a gathering point for many Italian ex-pats in the area. I have had fish here with risotto, a pork dish that was nice and a reasonable minestrone.
Hotel International:
Located on tank hill Muyenga, the name is a sort of misnomer when it comes to the food. Indian menu items are ok, the rice is always nicely done. There are continental and Ugandan menu which has the consistent Ugandan food. The steak can be good or great, order it without Royco so you can taste the flavor of the great Ugandan beef, pepper steak is okay. The prices on the menu do not include the extra 18% vat tax. The garden is the best place to eat your meal, even at night, enjoy the view, it is fantastic, and makes up for the negatives.
Indian Summer:
The food is medium in quality if you know Indian food.The staff is great and you do not have to wait too long, except on weekends. If you do not want to drive to downtown and you are in Muyenga this could be a place for you just down from Reste Corner.
Palm Cafe Pizzeria & Bar:
Located in Muyega close to Reste Corner. Offer nice pizzas compared to price and they are fire wood oven pizza, crispy crust, great toppings, best price around. Reminds me of Pizza from pizza hut in Toronto though too much cheese.
Coconut Shack:
A friendly owner and nice cold drinks,though the staff sometimes lack good customer care. There is nothing special due to the competitors around. Do not expect too much from their service but could be a good place to try.
Beijing Restaurant:
Located at Reste Corner in Muyenga.I have been there for about three times. The fried rice is great. Vegetable dishes are nice. Meat on every occasion the 50 chew kind. Waiters lack prompt customer service.
Miami Club:
A mixture of many things. A quiet Chinese restaurant if you go into the garden section, Management lacks customer service skills such as greeting customers or to ask how the food was. The vegetable fried rice lacks is hit and miss, sometimes great other times never.On the other hand, best waiting staff in town.
Fasika Ethiopian Food:
Next to Payless Supermarket on Gabba Road. Great Ethiopian Food. Must be, since many of the guest are Ethiopian themselves. Enjoyable is the word if you like a bit of spice, which I do. They used to be a in different location but moved a few hundred yards away. Thank goodness their food quality has not moved.
Le Petit Bistro:
Gabba Road past Kansanga trading center on left. Best Steaks in town...a meat eaters delight and a favorite of ex-pats. In the evening the place is packed with folks from all over the world enjoying their carnivore treats.
Chicken Tonight:
Several locations, one in Kabalagala and one in Kansanga. Good bbq'd chicken and pilau rice with beef, very inexpensive.
Things to watch out for: East African chefs, cooks, love to use some things that may not agree with your body, or your vegetarian lifestyle. If you are ordering food ask if they are using Aromat or Royco in their cooking. Both of these have a high concentration of MSG. If you are allergic to MSG, request that no Aromat or Royco is used on your food.
Foreign exchange of today March 26, 2012, $1 = 2490UGX
On the other hand Kampala is one of the safest cities in African, let me hope that Kony #2012 video will not cause a negative impact on a country which relies on tourism industry to survive.
Below are some of restaurants around the Kampala city which are worth a visit, tipping is an optional because it not part of the culture as it is in fine restaurants in Canada.
http://youtu.be/JzLSYgxvLqw
Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino
located at plot 75 First Street Kampala, opened a year ago, this is place you can go for gambling,clubbing, good food, nice Indian restaurant blended with African culture.You must be fully loaded with cash to be in this fabulous hotel.
Kasumba Square:
Located on Northern bypass in Busega, has several restaurants but I prefer roast pork at Busega inn and nice cold drinks. The sitting area could be just relaxing and the atmosphere is great. Weekend are great when there is Karaoke. www.jkasumbas.com
Le Chateau:
Part of the Quality Cuts compound near the US Embassy on Gabba Road. The food is simply great fantastic. Waiting time not too bad and the food is Belgian and Continental. The patisserie next door has great baked goods, the baguette could be improved at bit. The patisserie has the best pastries, though the coffee can be great or simply not it depends
Cafe Roma:
Locate near Hotel International in Muyenga about 30 minutes drive from the city center the food is great!a bit on pricey side, closed on Mondays. Pork Roast on Sundays, great food, good tasting and the pizza is excellent. Nice setting, a gathering point for many Italian ex-pats in the area. I have had fish here with risotto, a pork dish that was nice and a reasonable minestrone.
Hotel International:
Located on tank hill Muyenga, the name is a sort of misnomer when it comes to the food. Indian menu items are ok, the rice is always nicely done. There are continental and Ugandan menu which has the consistent Ugandan food. The steak can be good or great, order it without Royco so you can taste the flavor of the great Ugandan beef, pepper steak is okay. The prices on the menu do not include the extra 18% vat tax. The garden is the best place to eat your meal, even at night, enjoy the view, it is fantastic, and makes up for the negatives.
Indian Summer:
The food is medium in quality if you know Indian food.The staff is great and you do not have to wait too long, except on weekends. If you do not want to drive to downtown and you are in Muyenga this could be a place for you just down from Reste Corner.
Palm Cafe Pizzeria & Bar:
Located in Muyega close to Reste Corner. Offer nice pizzas compared to price and they are fire wood oven pizza, crispy crust, great toppings, best price around. Reminds me of Pizza from pizza hut in Toronto though too much cheese.
Coconut Shack:
A friendly owner and nice cold drinks,though the staff sometimes lack good customer care. There is nothing special due to the competitors around. Do not expect too much from their service but could be a good place to try.
Beijing Restaurant:
Located at Reste Corner in Muyenga.I have been there for about three times. The fried rice is great. Vegetable dishes are nice. Meat on every occasion the 50 chew kind. Waiters lack prompt customer service.
Miami Club:
A mixture of many things. A quiet Chinese restaurant if you go into the garden section, Management lacks customer service skills such as greeting customers or to ask how the food was. The vegetable fried rice lacks is hit and miss, sometimes great other times never.On the other hand, best waiting staff in town.
Fasika Ethiopian Food:
Next to Payless Supermarket on Gabba Road. Great Ethiopian Food. Must be, since many of the guest are Ethiopian themselves. Enjoyable is the word if you like a bit of spice, which I do. They used to be a in different location but moved a few hundred yards away. Thank goodness their food quality has not moved.
Le Petit Bistro:
Gabba Road past Kansanga trading center on left. Best Steaks in town...a meat eaters delight and a favorite of ex-pats. In the evening the place is packed with folks from all over the world enjoying their carnivore treats.
Chicken Tonight:
Several locations, one in Kabalagala and one in Kansanga. Good bbq'd chicken and pilau rice with beef, very inexpensive.
Things to watch out for: East African chefs, cooks, love to use some things that may not agree with your body, or your vegetarian lifestyle. If you are ordering food ask if they are using Aromat or Royco in their cooking. Both of these have a high concentration of MSG. If you are allergic to MSG, request that no Aromat or Royco is used on your food.
Foreign exchange of today March 26, 2012, $1 = 2490UGX
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Kampala City the Pearl of Africa: Restaurants in Kampala City
Kampala City the Pearl of Africa: Restaurants in Kampala City
Check out blog about restaurants in Kampala
Check out blog about restaurants in Kampala
Restaurants in Kampala City
There are so many good restaurants in Kampala city but the idea about blogging restaurants in Kampala came to my mind after my professor in marketing and social media was giving us an insight. This came like golden opportunity because I have visited so many restaurants in Kampala which I want to share with the public:
Khana Khazana :
One of the best resturant in Kampala Uganda where you can have very delicious indiain food. Clean and excellent enviroment. I recommend to every one if have chance to visit Kampala, must visit Khana Khazana.
Kisement restaurants
Located in Kololo are and this is my favorite place, I cannot miss going there when I am in Kampala. it is outdoor place with food court yard, the atmosphere is great!
Nando's Restaurant:
Located on Kampala Road. The food comes reasonably fast - a pleasant surprise if you've just come in from the countryside, where almost everything except street snacks can take an hour or more. The bakery is excellent.
1000 Cups of Coffee:
A great place to taste some of the varieties of coffee that are grown in Uganda. Amazingly, most Ugandans prefer tea, not coffee, and in restaurants your coffee will often be the instant kind. So this place is a real refuge for real coffee for people such as myself. Located on Buganda Road across from Daisy Arcade. If you need a break in the day, this is the place as I have found. President Museveni has been to 1000 Cups of Coffee, I do not know if he is a coffee connoisseur but I saw a film where came with his entourage.
http://youtu.be/JOyjp66sXvE
Cafe Pap:
Great coffee, well-prepared dishes, a wonderful selection of desserts. You can sit inside or outside on Parliament avenue. This is refuge for those seeking internet access with their laptops. The presentation of the food is quite nice, service wait time is reasonable. You get free internet access by spending a small amount of money. Great place to have lunch, I have enjoyed lunch on several occasion and once breakfast. The hamburgers for someone who has lived in the USA for many years, they are great here. Read an article I wrote about Cafe Pap.
Domino's Pizza:
A sort of copy cat of Domino's Pizza in Canada. The best place to visit for pizza, they offer many variety of pizza. Lets be fair, it is good pizza, value for your money and one of the best pizzas in town. Living in Toronto city spoiled me since there is more pizza restaurants in every corner so wide variety of choice compared to Kampala
Ekitoobero Restaurant:
Desiring to taste Ugandan dishes such matoke, posho, g-nut sauce. This informal restaurant is the place to visit. You will enjoy the taste Kampala for yourself. Nice place and good reputation.
Haandi Restaurant:
My favorite Indian Restaurant in Kampala. The Chicken Palak is to die for, or to live for. Service has always been very efficient. The restaurant has an open Kitchen, a rarity in Kampala behind glass and it is spotless. The quality of food is consistent and simply delicious. Located on Commercial Plaza off of Kampala Road. They take credit cards here.
Fang Fang Chinese Restaurant:
Fang Fang is an awesome looking Chinese restaurant located in the Communication House in the business district of Kampala. The decorations are very nice, food is good and service is flawless. But the best thing by far, is the location. Go there in the evening and watch the pulsating life of the city from the terrace while enjoying a nice dinner. The restaurant at Hotel Fang Fang is also as delightful but a somewhat smaller, but there is the garden. Main Restaurant is in Communication House on Colville Street and the Hotel is located on Sseziba Road.
Garden City Mall Food court:
A great variety of restaurants are available here. The prices are a bit higher since I guess tenants are paying a higher rent due to location. You can always watch a movie at the cinema before or after. I love this place so much because it reminds me the lovely set up of shopping malls in Toronto. I cannot miss to go around this place to do my shopping or find a nice restaurant to sit down quitely and enjoy the breeze of Kampala.It is one of the favorite place to hang around when am in down town Kampala city. It is fabulous and clean place with high end customers and the atmosphere is great! The video below shows you garden City Mall
Kampala Casino:
Located on Kimathi Avenue.I have eaten lunch there and it was mediocre, a buffet that was so so, warm and not hot. I faintly remember some hotdogs mixed with beans.The presentation is not always the best but friendly staff and efficient.
Mamma Mia:
Located in Speke Hotel. Specialized in Italian foods long-running Italian restaurant. The small pizzas are just about enough for a meal. There is also a genuine gelato bar here for ice-cream lovers. The gelato bar has some deliciously rich flavours from amaretto to zabaglione.
Mamba Point:
Upscale restaurant in a fantastic quiet setting with superb food, very classy Italian menu with price being in accordance. This is a restaurant to celebrate something special. I ate their once and was impressed by service, food and setting. Located on Akii Bua Road. The Italian Food is Italian and the place is simply, if you are celebrating something this is one of the places on the recommend list.
Sam's Restaurant: I have had breakfast there on several occasions and it was the best in Kampala, "wow" is the word. They serve a variety of Indian dishes, but also cater heavily to the Western palate with steaks and burgers. I have never heard anyone complaining about this place. They also have some exotic items on the menu. A touch of the carnivore restaurant in Nairobi. Located down from Kampala road past Kampala Pentecostal Church on left.
Shanghai Chinese Restaurant:
Great food, live fish are stored in a pond until eating time. Authentic Chinese dishes of all kinds and reasonably priced. I have eaten many a meal here and usually enjoyed it. Ternan Avenue location inside of Kampala Club.
Centenary Park Restaurants:
This is a fairly new development and has quite a few different restaurants to choose from. It truly has an International flavor. Located next to Jinja Road round-about.
The Chinese Restaurant:
Typical Chinese restaurant and it is good visit for a change. they provide hot towels before dinner but some times the music could be really loud and noisy.
Effendy's Restaurant:
Lovely food to satisfy most palates, a huge selection of 50 some dishes. They have a nice garden called "secret garden." A nice addition to the restaurant list in Kampala.
Kyoto Restaurant:
They prepare very good beef and the taste is very delicious. Kampala now has two Japanese restaurant to choose from, one is Wasabi located in Muyenga across from Hotel International while the other is Kyoto. I have not eaten at the Wasabi Restaurant.
Centenary Barbeque Lounge:
German Food with a fusion of African flavor and dishes - BBQ at its best. German Chef bringing you delightful dishes like Wiener Schnitzel and those other German dishes that stick to your ribs.
http://youtu.be/nl1oyaMWkfs
There are many restaurants in Kampala city business district but I picked up the above ones so next week I am going talk about restaurants which are not located in the city center but are worth a visit such as Kasumba Squar, Luwombo restaurant so please watch out for the next blog!
The exchange rate of today March 15,2012, US$1 = 1470UGX
Khana Khazana :
One of the best resturant in Kampala Uganda where you can have very delicious indiain food. Clean and excellent enviroment. I recommend to every one if have chance to visit Kampala, must visit Khana Khazana.
Kisement restaurants
Located in Kololo are and this is my favorite place, I cannot miss going there when I am in Kampala. it is outdoor place with food court yard, the atmosphere is great!
Nando's Restaurant:
Located on Kampala Road. The food comes reasonably fast - a pleasant surprise if you've just come in from the countryside, where almost everything except street snacks can take an hour or more. The bakery is excellent.
1000 Cups of Coffee:
A great place to taste some of the varieties of coffee that are grown in Uganda. Amazingly, most Ugandans prefer tea, not coffee, and in restaurants your coffee will often be the instant kind. So this place is a real refuge for real coffee for people such as myself. Located on Buganda Road across from Daisy Arcade. If you need a break in the day, this is the place as I have found. President Museveni has been to 1000 Cups of Coffee, I do not know if he is a coffee connoisseur but I saw a film where came with his entourage.
http://youtu.be/JOyjp66sXvE
Cafe Pap:
Great coffee, well-prepared dishes, a wonderful selection of desserts. You can sit inside or outside on Parliament avenue. This is refuge for those seeking internet access with their laptops. The presentation of the food is quite nice, service wait time is reasonable. You get free internet access by spending a small amount of money. Great place to have lunch, I have enjoyed lunch on several occasion and once breakfast. The hamburgers for someone who has lived in the USA for many years, they are great here. Read an article I wrote about Cafe Pap.
Domino's Pizza:
A sort of copy cat of Domino's Pizza in Canada. The best place to visit for pizza, they offer many variety of pizza. Lets be fair, it is good pizza, value for your money and one of the best pizzas in town. Living in Toronto city spoiled me since there is more pizza restaurants in every corner so wide variety of choice compared to Kampala
Ekitoobero Restaurant:
Desiring to taste Ugandan dishes such matoke, posho, g-nut sauce. This informal restaurant is the place to visit. You will enjoy the taste Kampala for yourself. Nice place and good reputation.
Haandi Restaurant:
My favorite Indian Restaurant in Kampala. The Chicken Palak is to die for, or to live for. Service has always been very efficient. The restaurant has an open Kitchen, a rarity in Kampala behind glass and it is spotless. The quality of food is consistent and simply delicious. Located on Commercial Plaza off of Kampala Road. They take credit cards here.
Fang Fang Chinese Restaurant:
Fang Fang is an awesome looking Chinese restaurant located in the Communication House in the business district of Kampala. The decorations are very nice, food is good and service is flawless. But the best thing by far, is the location. Go there in the evening and watch the pulsating life of the city from the terrace while enjoying a nice dinner. The restaurant at Hotel Fang Fang is also as delightful but a somewhat smaller, but there is the garden. Main Restaurant is in Communication House on Colville Street and the Hotel is located on Sseziba Road.
Garden City Mall Food court:
A great variety of restaurants are available here. The prices are a bit higher since I guess tenants are paying a higher rent due to location. You can always watch a movie at the cinema before or after. I love this place so much because it reminds me the lovely set up of shopping malls in Toronto. I cannot miss to go around this place to do my shopping or find a nice restaurant to sit down quitely and enjoy the breeze of Kampala.It is one of the favorite place to hang around when am in down town Kampala city. It is fabulous and clean place with high end customers and the atmosphere is great! The video below shows you garden City Mall
Kampala Casino:
Located on Kimathi Avenue.I have eaten lunch there and it was mediocre, a buffet that was so so, warm and not hot. I faintly remember some hotdogs mixed with beans.The presentation is not always the best but friendly staff and efficient.
Mamma Mia:
Located in Speke Hotel. Specialized in Italian foods long-running Italian restaurant. The small pizzas are just about enough for a meal. There is also a genuine gelato bar here for ice-cream lovers. The gelato bar has some deliciously rich flavours from amaretto to zabaglione.
Mamba Point:
Upscale restaurant in a fantastic quiet setting with superb food, very classy Italian menu with price being in accordance. This is a restaurant to celebrate something special. I ate their once and was impressed by service, food and setting. Located on Akii Bua Road. The Italian Food is Italian and the place is simply, if you are celebrating something this is one of the places on the recommend list.
Sam's Restaurant: I have had breakfast there on several occasions and it was the best in Kampala, "wow" is the word. They serve a variety of Indian dishes, but also cater heavily to the Western palate with steaks and burgers. I have never heard anyone complaining about this place. They also have some exotic items on the menu. A touch of the carnivore restaurant in Nairobi. Located down from Kampala road past Kampala Pentecostal Church on left.
Shanghai Chinese Restaurant:
Great food, live fish are stored in a pond until eating time. Authentic Chinese dishes of all kinds and reasonably priced. I have eaten many a meal here and usually enjoyed it. Ternan Avenue location inside of Kampala Club.
Centenary Park Restaurants:
This is a fairly new development and has quite a few different restaurants to choose from. It truly has an International flavor. Located next to Jinja Road round-about.
The Chinese Restaurant:
Typical Chinese restaurant and it is good visit for a change. they provide hot towels before dinner but some times the music could be really loud and noisy.
Effendy's Restaurant:
Lovely food to satisfy most palates, a huge selection of 50 some dishes. They have a nice garden called "secret garden." A nice addition to the restaurant list in Kampala.
Kyoto Restaurant:
They prepare very good beef and the taste is very delicious. Kampala now has two Japanese restaurant to choose from, one is Wasabi located in Muyenga across from Hotel International while the other is Kyoto. I have not eaten at the Wasabi Restaurant.
Centenary Barbeque Lounge:
German Food with a fusion of African flavor and dishes - BBQ at its best. German Chef bringing you delightful dishes like Wiener Schnitzel and those other German dishes that stick to your ribs.
http://youtu.be/nl1oyaMWkfs
There are many restaurants in Kampala city business district but I picked up the above ones so next week I am going talk about restaurants which are not located in the city center but are worth a visit such as Kasumba Squar, Luwombo restaurant so please watch out for the next blog!
The exchange rate of today March 15,2012, US$1 = 1470UGX
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