Africa’s most expensive countries for eating out in 2025

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🔟 Botswana

• Restaurant Price Index: 24.9

• 2025 Rank: 10th (up from 11th in 2024; score was 22.5)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Traditional: Seswaa, bogobe, morogo, oxtail, mopane worms

  • Main meal of the day is lunch

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Sanitas Restaurant (Gaborone): Garden setting, wood-fired pizzas

  • Rodizio Brazilian Restaurant (Gaborone): Grilled meats, rodizio style

  • Barbara’s Bistro (Francistown): Tomahawk steak, lamb shank

  • Lodge eateries (Maun): Mix of local/tourist offerings

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9️⃣ Kenya

• Restaurant Price Index: 25.0

• 2025 Rank: 9th (up from 19th in 2024; score was 18.3)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Ugali, sukuma wiki, nyama choma, samaki wa nazi, chapati

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Mawimbi (Nairobi): Refined East African seafood

  • EZO (Nairobi): Neo-Japanese cuisine

  • Tamarind Brasserie (Karen): Kenyan & continental

  • Char Choma (Mombasa): Beachfront grilled seafood

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8️⃣ Namibia

• Restaurant Price Index: 28.9

• 2025 Rank: 8th (down from 6th; 2024 score: 27.4)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Game meats, mahangu, potjiekos, German-inspired fare

• Popular Restaurants:

  • The Tug (Swakopmund): Namibian seafood, mopane wood cooking

  • Droombos (Windhoek): Farm-to-table, herbs grown on-site

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7️⃣ South Africa

• Restaurant Price Index: 29.3

• 2025 Rank: 7th (down from 4th; 2024 score: 28.7)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Bobotie, braai, boerewors, chakalaka, bunny chow

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Ons Huisie (Cape Town): West Coast seafood

  • Karibu (V&A Waterfront): Braai, venison, seafood

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6️⃣ Mauritius

• Restaurant Price Index: 29.9

• 2025 Rank: 6th (up from 7th; 2024 score: 27.1)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Dholl puri, fish vindaye, bol renversé, gateaux piments

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Le Château de Bel Ombre: Gourmet colonial-style dining

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5️⃣ Ghana

• Restaurant Price Index: 30.1

• 2025 Rank: 5th (up from 10th; 2024 score: 22.9)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Fufu, waakye, peanut soup, grilled tilapia

• Popular Restaurants:

  • La Chaumiere (Accra): French-Mediterranean

  • The Venue (East Legon): West African/European fusion

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4️⃣ Ivory Coast

• Restaurant Price Index: 32.2

• 2025 Rank: 4th (up from 5th; 2024 score: 27.5)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Attiéké, kédjénou, garba, poisson braisé

• Popular Restaurants:

  • The Rooftop (Abidjan): High-rise dining, local-global menu

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3️⃣ Zimbabwe

• Restaurant Price Index: 33.2

• 2025 Rank: 3rd (up from 8th; 2024 score: 26.1)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Sadza, peanut sauces, oxtail, grilled meats

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Victoria 22 (Harare): Fine dining

  • Alo Alo (Harare): Oxtail, butter chicken, a la carte specials

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2️⃣ Mozambique

• Restaurant Price Index: 37.1

• 2025 Rank: 2nd (up from 3rd; 2024 score: 37.6)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Matata, Frango à Zambeziana, piri-piri prawns

• Popular Restaurants:

  • Cais 66 (Maputo): Casual, seafood-focused

  • SALT (Maputo): Upscale, refined dishes

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1️⃣ Cameroon

• Restaurant Price Index: 42.2

• 2025 Rank: 1st (maintains top spot)

• Cuisine Highlights:

  • Ndolé, ekwang, poulet DG, jollof rice, egusi

• Popular Restaurants:

  • La Pizzeria (Douala): Wood-fired Italian

  • Boukarou Lounge (Yaoundé): Local fusion, live music

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