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Victoria Falls Restaurants GuideEating out for many people while on holiday is a very important factor. Especially for those of you who might be visiting Zimbabwe for the first time and want to experience some local dishes and entertainment.
The hotel you are staying at, will of course have its own restaurant, but if you are staying there for more than a couple of days you might want to venture further a field. It's also possible that the onsite restaurant is not to your liking. So it's worth knowing what else is out there. Since there are so many hotels and lodges in Victoria Falls there is a wide
variety restaurants to choose from and some of them are truly world class. There are also a few Victoria Falls restaurants dotted around town offering a variety of different foods. It is easy enough to catch a taxi from where you are staying to one of the other restaurants.
Combined dinner and activity options include a sunset and dinner cruise, which is very popular, as the name suggests, enjoy a Zambezi River sunset cruise but instead of coming in just after sunset, stay out on the cruise boat and get treated to a 3 course dinner - a splendid alternative to dining in a Victoria Falls restaurant. There is also the option of doing what's called a night drive and bush dinner where you go on an evening game drive and then enjoy a specially prepared meal under the stars. If you are interested in either of these, please send us a booking enquiry form. For groups upwards of 6 people we can arrange a private dining experience at beautiful bespoke locations under the stars. These exclusive dinners are very popular for something just a bit different. Please contact us if you are interested in arranging one of these.
Below is a full list of the Victoria Falls restaurants, they are listed alphabetically by the hotel / lodge name. Restaurants not at a hotel are included in the "Around Town" heading. See our map for locations of the various hotels and Victoria Falls restaurants.
Below are our favourite Victoria Falls restaurants in order of preference. We are confident that you will have good food and a nice experience at any of these.
Breakfast: Mostly likely at your hotel as you will have paid for bed and breakfast. Lunch: Lookout Cafe, Shearwater
Cafe, Three Monkeys, Rainforest Cafe. High Tea:
Stanley Terrace.
Dinner
fine dining: Cassia Restaurant (ex-Palm restaurant), Makuwa Kuwa, Livingstone room. Dinner
casual dining: Three Monkeys, Shearwater Cafe, Jungle Junction, Dusty Roads
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Victoria Falls Restaurants are listed alphabetically below; around
town and at the various Hotels and Lodges
Around Town -Victoria Falls Restaurants
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Chicken Inn / Pizza Inn / Creamy Inn Menu:
Pizza, burgers, ice-creams etc
Style: Take way or casual seating in the food-court Entertainment:
None Description: Well known Zimbabwean fast food chain of restaurants Average
price PP: US$ $5 -$15 Recommendation: Best in town for this type
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Dusty Road Experience
Menu: Lunch and dinner
Style: Informal traditional dining - al fresco Entertainment:
None. Description: Located right in the oldest township of Victoria Falls is the Dusty Road Township Experience - a unique traditional dining experience and food is cooked the Zimbabwean way, on open fires and in cast iron pots and ovens, giving you an authentic, wholesome and tasty food experience. As local vendors sell their wares, enticing smells waft from the charcoal fires and your eyes are treated to bright and inventive creations recycled from the region with a heavy dose of African humour and ingenuity. This initiative aims to improve the livelihoods of the families in this town through exposure to visitors and the transcendental gift of human interaction over a delicious meal.
Average
price PP: US$30 - $40 Recommendation: Yes. A very different dining experience.
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Ellie Cafe Menu: Breakfast, Lunch, Light meals, delicious home baked cakes and pastries
Style: Cafe – Tropical Garden Courtyard - Informal Entertainment:
None. Description: Set in the sunny tropical gardens at Elephant's Walk Shopping and Artist Village, you can watch artists work while you enjoy fresh and unique homemade goodness or just relax under the palm trees and sample
delicious flame grilled combos with gourmet coffee and teas. This is the place where the locals meet!
Special local artisan baked goods available. Average
price PP: US$9 - $15 Recommendation: Yes - breakfast and
lunch, great atmosphere to have a meal in between your shopping.
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Little Monkey Menu: Breakfast and
Lunch
Style: Small corner take-away, informal Entertainment:
None Description: Little sister to The Three Monkeys
Restaurant, Little Monkey is a very small takeaway serving healthy meals
and snacks, including sushi. Average
price PP: US$5 - $10 Recommendation: Yes - good quality
and delicious food on the go. You can call ahead too. Write review
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Lookout Cafe Menu: Breakfast
(weekends only), Lunch, snacks and cocktails, Dinner
Style: Informal cafe Entertainment:
None. Description: Lookout Cafe is perched high on the edge of
a gorge with one of the best views in Victoria Falls, overlooking the
Batoka Gorge and Zambezi river below. This
large cafe is next to the Wild Horizons
highwire activities. Its great for lunches, coffee, sundowners
and dinners. Average
price PP: US$13 - $20 Recommendation: Yes 100% - an
absolute must for every visitor to Victoria Falls, build it into your
itinerary. It has to rank amongst the best restaurant views in the
world! Food is great and reasonably priced and service is quick and
friendly. Write review |
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Mama Africa Restaurant Menu:
Traditional dishes of hotpots and stews + standard grill menu
Style: Casual family dining Entertainment: Live music
most nights from local Mama Africa band - jazz, reggae and pop Description:
Victoria Falls restaurant situated in the Trading Post complex close to
the town centre. Popular with the young crowd and for those wanting to
savour a bit of local atmosphere. Very casual dining with traditional
African style decor. Average
price PP: Lunch $10 - Dinner $15 Recommendation: Ok for casual lunch and dinner with live entertainment,
but not our favourite. Write review |
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Nam Took Thai Restaurant Menu:
An extensive Asian fusion menu consisting of authentic Thai, Chinese and
Indian/Pakistani recipes.
Style: Casual upstairs dining within Elephants Walk Shopping Mall. Dine in or take away. Entertainment:
Can be arranged for special functions only. Description: A
colourful open restaurant with friendly and reliable staff. Nam Took has
an extensive menu with plenty of starters and mains to choose from. You
can absolutely make every visit a fresh one by choosing something new
every time. It is situated upstairs in the
Elephant's Walk Shopping Mall.
It has very colourful but simple Chinese and Thai infused decor. The
restaurant is good for a family outing, a birthday lunch or
dinner. Average
price PP: US$8 - $15 Recommendation: Expensive for what it
is and food we think a bit bland - not one of our favourites anymore. Write review |
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Nando's Restaurant Victoria Falls Menu:
Portuguese-style flame grilled chicken, burgers, wraps, pitas, and a
variety of flavourful sides.
Style: Casual fast-food. Dine in or take away. Entertainment:
None. Description: Nando's is known for their spicy flame
grilled dishes. A fast-food local favourite, the restaurant has a warm
family-friendly atmosphere with dishes for everyone from very hungry
adults to kiddies meals, as well as unique refreshing beverages. Average
price PP: US$3 - $15 Recommendation: If you're looking for
something different and slightly healthier on the fast-food front,
Nando's may be what you need. Write review |
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Pariah State Menu:
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Style: Informal bar and grill Entertainment: None. Description: A rustic treehouse-looking restaurant snugly fit within the town
centre, offering a variety of delicious grilled food, pizza's, and unique dishes.
riverside cafe-style canteen and bar offering delicious food and an
great place for the whole family or group of friends, away from the
town. Average
price PP: US$5 - $30 Recommendation: Coming soon... Write review |
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Rainforest Cafe Menu: Light
meals, homemade cakes
Style: Casual Entertainment: Sometimes an informative
and entertaining talk about David Livingstone during lunch Description: The Rainforest Restaurant is located just
inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls National Park allowing
visitors to enjoy a light meal and a cold drink before or after having
walked around the Victoria Falls Park. Average
price PP: US$ $12 -$15 Recommendation: Yes - the food is
really good, probably some of the best in town. Prices have crept up a
bit but still represents good value. Write review |
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Reynardo's Victoria Falls Menu:
Breakfast, lunch and pizzas.
Style: Small open-air cafe in the quiet residential area. Entertainment:
None. Description: Cafe with casual outdoor seating, pizzeria, good coffee and a takeaway menu as well as a container bar that serves cold craft beers, gin and wine. Average
price PP: US$4 - $15 Recommendation: Yes -
for breakfast and lunch. Write review |
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Shearwater Cafe Menu:
Their menu is a fusion of European, Mediterranean, and local
cuisine.
Style: Modern cafe style restaurant with indoor and outside
seating. Entertainment: Live music by quality musicians from
Zimbabwe every night. Absolutely great atmosphere. Description: Shearwater Cafe is located
right in town, on the corner of the main streets, just where a busy cafe
should be - great location! Food is top quality, good selection of
drinks, including cocktails. Average
price PP: US$12 - $15 Recommendation: Yes -
for lunch and dinner, some of the best food in town. The live
entertainment is great and having at least one meal here during your
stay is a must. Only downfall is the slow service, be patient! Write review |
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Shoestrings Cafe Menu:
They have a breakfast menu, a light meal menu, a main meal menu, pizza and a small dessert menu.
Style: Casual and very laid back. Entertainment:
They occasionally have functions to bring in people. It has a public bar with lots of loud music in the evenings. Description:
Formally Garden of Eat'n, Shoestrings Cafe
is located within the garden area at Shoestrings Backpackers Lodge on 12
West drive. Guests are free to have a seat in any part of the garden and
enjoy their food in the sun or shade. There are sofa seats by the bar,
where you can watch TV, garden seats by the pool in the sun, and wood
bench seating under the trees. Average
price PP: US$8 - $15 Recommendation: Yes. Their pizzas are very popular. Write review |
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The Eatery Menu: Lunch and dinner
Style: Semi formal, Al fresco, river-side Entertainment:
None Description: The Eatery Dining Experiences are a way of enjoying a tasty 3-course meal at lunch or dinner time in a stunning atmosphere on the banks of the Zambezi River – the only such location in Victoria Falls. Average
price PP: US$35 - $40 (drinks not included) Recommendation: Yes - dining experience by Pure Africa who have a great track record for their catered cruises. Write review |
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The River Brewing Co Menu: Lunch and dinner
Style: Informal bar, brewery, restaurant Entertainment:
Occasional guest musicians, weekend sports Description:
Refurbished in one of the oldest buildings right in the centre of town, the brewery
resonates of a steel brewery yet has an inviting atmosphere. Average
price PP: US$12 - $15 Recommendation: Yes - an exceptional
brewery serving first class craft beer freshly brewed behind the bar. Write review |
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The Three Monkeys Menu:
Lunches, dinners, drinks, snacks and coffees
Style: Informal, semi-open restaurant Entertainment:
Occasional live entertainment. Description: This restaurant and cocktail bar is partly a beautifully restored 1935 Railway carriage from the Rhodesian times, and partly a covered wood deck perfect for the summer days.
It is located near the Victoria Falls Station and Elephant's Walk
shopping mall. Average
price PP: US$12 - $20 Recommendation: Yes - great for dinners and
lunches with friends, and can be used to host events such as parties Write review |
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Zambezi House Menu:
Breakfast (weekends only), lunch and dinner
Style: Informal bar and canteen Entertainment:
Occasional guest musicians. Description: A funky modern
riverside cafe-style canteen and bar offering delicious food and an
great place for the whole family or group of friends, away from the
town. Average
price PP: US$6 - $13 Recommendation: Yes - the
ambience is inviting and there is indoor and outdoor seating, plus
plenty of space for children to run around. Write review |
These Victoria Falls Restaurants are located at the various hotels
A Zambezi Hotel
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Amulonga Restaurant Menu: Buffet and
a’ la Carte menus including numerous dishes with a touch of Zimbabwean
Cultural Cuisine.
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: Nightly
traditional spectacular shows, starting with a Kudu horn - "Dinner Gong"
Description: Amulonga meaning "by the river" is the only
Victoria Falls restaurant on the banks of the Zambezi with breathtaking views of the
River. Open air thatched restaurant Average
price PP: Dinner US$25 $30 / Lunch $8 to $15 Recommendation:
Lovely location but food poor
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Elephant Hills Hotel
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Kasibi Terrace Restaurant Menu: A la carte menu
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: Live traditional entertainment
at dinner, guests are treated to a memorable African explosion of
talent every night Description: This Victoria Falls
restaurants signature dish is
oxtail Average
price PP: US$25 - $29 Recommendation: No Write review |
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Samukele Restaurant Menu:
Buffet menu and a la carte
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: Live traditional entertainment
at dinner, guests are treated to a memorable African explosion of
talent every night Description: Overlooking the pool and golf
course this elevated dining room has glass walls to the east and west,
giving it an open air ambiance. Average
price PP: US$15 to $20 Recommendation: No Write review |
Ilala Lodge
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Cassia Restaurant (ex-Palm Restaurant) Menu:
World class a la carte menu, with a range of vegetarian dishes along
with delicious selection of game dishes
Style: Formal dining Entertainment: Live Pianist most
evenings Description: Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served
daily, to hotel guests or walk in customers. Dine outside under the
African night sky amidst the sound of the mighty waterfall which makes
for an unforgettably romantic evening (weather dependant). Outstanding
menu, Ilala has focused on making this into a top quality restaurant and
has certainly succeeded. The menu is varied and delicious especially if
you like game meat. fantastic wine list too. Average
price PP: Starters US$8 - main dishes US$20 to $25 - Pudding
$8 to $10 Recommendation: Yes 100% - for dinner this is almost
certainly the most delicious food in town - faultless! Service and
attention to detail outstanding. Write review |
Kingdom Hotel
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White Water Restaurant Menu: Buffet
offering hearty breakfasts and dinners. Selection of
creative dishes such as Mopani worms.
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: After-dinner
floor show of traditional music and dancing. Description: Main
hotel restaurant, a large open room with towering ceilings and domes
surrounded by striking water features. Average
price PP: US$35 - $39 Recommendation: No Write review |
Rainbow Hotel
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Simujinga Restaurant Menu:
Buffet dinner
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: Traditional dancing on the pool
terrace outside the restaurant. Description: This Victoria
Falls restaurant blends Western & African cuisine's to provide an
authentic Zimbabwean meal experience. Average
price PP: US$20 Recommendation: No Write review
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Cresta Sprayview Hotel
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The Terrace @ Sprayview Menu: A la
carte for lunch and dinner. Buffet for breakfast.
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: None Description:
Eat outside on the terrace overlooking the pool or there is a more
formal inside dining room. Under new management the food is tasty and
nicely presented. Average
price PP: US$25 for meals, $15 for light snacks Recommendation: Yes - good food
in a casual poolside environment Write review |
Victoria Falls Hotel
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The Livingstone Room Restaurant Menu:
Classic a la carte or 7 course degustation menu and award winning wine
list.
Style:: Formal dining Entertainment: Description:
Livingstone Room reflects the century old hotels style of grandeur and
opulence, but the dress code has been relaxed and jacket and tie no
longer necessary Average
price PP: US$ 35 -$39 Recommendation: Yes - Highly for
dinner Write review |
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Jungle Junction Restaurant Menu:
Buffet and barbeque
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment: Good evening entertainment from
energetic traditional dancers which lasts about an hour and epitomises the spirit of
Africa. A local story teller narrates the meaning behind each
dance and it's purpose to the tribe Description: Unforgettable experience with a fusion of
western and African flavours. An incredible evening buffet, with such a
variety and quantity of food Average
price PP: US$ $35 Recommendation: Yes - Dinner -
exceptional food, coupled with the traditional dancing, which is the
best of it's kind in Victoria falls, this represents a good value
evening out and in our opinion not to be missed. Write review
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The Stanley Terrace
Menu: Light meals
throughout the day. Tea, scones and sandwiches.
Style: Casual Entertainment: None Description:
Traditional high tea is served every afternoon, with spectacular views
of The Victoria Falls Bridge and the Victoria Falls themselves. Average
price PP: US$ $30 for high tea for two people Recommendation: Yes - Highly for lunch and High
tea Write review |
Victoria Falls Rest Camp
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In-Da-Belly Restaurant Menu: Pool side bar menu
Style: Informal dining in a casual environment around the pool
bar Entertainment: Satellite TV broadcasting most Live
sporting events and wi-fi internet Description: Comfortable
restaurant in very relaxed surroundings. Very
reasonably priced and the food is okay Average
price PP: US$ $10 -$14 Recommendation: Yes - breakfast and
lunch Write review |
Victoria Falls Safari Lodge
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The Boma Restaurant Menu:
Buffet and barbeque. Delicious selection of local and international dishes
Style: Informal family dining Entertainment:
Great interactive live entertainment which includes drumming, face
painting and dancing. Description: Very popular experience which has become a
bit of a "must do" while at Victoria Falls. Superb night out Average
price PP: US$ 55 inc transfers to and from your hotel
Recommendation: Yes - for the experience, it's good fun and has a
real African flavour about it, but it's expensive and a bit touristy. Write review |
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Makuwa-kuwa Restaurant Menu: Award winning a la carte menu. Internationally styled cuisine, with a hint of
African and game dishes thrown in.
Style: Semi-formal family dining Entertainment: None Description: Spectacular view over
the floodlight waterhole, frequented by many wild animals Average
price PP: US$ $30 - $40 Recommendation: Yes - Top quality food in a
lovely setting. Write review |
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Ellie Cafe Not rated yet I totally love this little Cafe with its personal service and very thoughtful homemade food. My choice was baked camembert and it came with a little bakes …
Rainforest Restaurant Not rated yet Nozizwe, our waitron was wonderful. We had 2 Fillet Steak Rolls, 1 Zambezi Beer and a glass of Chardonnay. Total $34
Great atmosphere and best value by …
Rainforest Restaurant Not rated yet Best value for lunch in Vic Falls. Everywhere is overpriced but at Rainforest Restaurant in the Vic Falls park we got best value for money. BRIDGE SALAD …
In Da Belly restaurant is the place to be Not rated yet We had just walked around the majestic Victoria Falls, deliberately working up an appetite, and we were now hungry and needed food in our stomachs. What …
Wine List of the Year winners: 2009, 2010 Not rated yet The Wine List of The Year Award 2009 went for the second consecutive year to Miller’s Grill, also the very proud winner of Speciality Restaurant of the …
Makuwa-kuwa Restaurant Not rated yet Had an amazing breakfast there: great selection, friendly service but the setting is hard to beat: we watched elephants, warthog and kudu at the waterhole …
Ilala Lodge Not rated yet We had lunch there a couple of times and found it great value, good food and friendly efficient service.
Palm Restaurant, Ilala Lodge Not rated yet I have stayed at Ilala Lodge on two separate occasions, the latest in October 2008, when things were pretty desperate in Zim. Still our stay was absolutely …
In-Da-Belly Not rated yet We ate at this place about five times, and loved it. The rolls and the burgers are fantastic, and washed down with Golden Pilsener, the perfect way to …
Mama Africa Not rated yet We ate here one night and had a lovely evening meeting other tourists and hadn't realized we were going to have entertainment with African dancers and … Click here to write your own.
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