Gaborone
This classy but casual place is one of our favourite haunts in Gabs. The lunch specials change regularly, but usually include Thai chicken curry, chicken…
Must-see restaurants in Botswana
Botswana
Located in the town's eastern outskirts in the sports club, this leafy spot is a fabulous choice. Barbara, the German owner, is a charismatic host and…
Caravela Portuguese Restaurant
Gaborone
One of Gabs' most popular expat haunts, Caravela serves up assured Mediterranean cooking in a pretty garden setting. It's close to the city centre, but in…
Gaborone
In the garden area out the back of Botswanacraft, this tranquil spot serves up imaginative African cooking (including guinea-fowl pot), with other local…
Botswana
An oasis of sophistication at the northern end of Francistown, Thorn Tree (no relation to Lonely Planet’s famous online bulletin board) does burgers,…
Gaborone
Inhabiting a corner of Gabs' best plant nursery and close to the dam, this lovely and relaxed outdoor spot is popular with families. The food ranges from…
Gaborone
This long-standing South African–run Gabs institution is deservedly popular with expats, tourists and locals alike. Though there’s something on the menu…
Gaborone
With a name like this, there’s no mystery about the menu, with Gaborone’s finest cuts of Botswana beef served in upmarket surrounds. It’s inside the Grand…
Gaborone
Indulge your inner carnivore. Part of a chain of Brazilian meat houses/samba parties, Rodizio’s is where waiters walk around with skewers of meat, and you…
Botswana
The dining room at the Kalahari Arms is Ghanzi’s only real sit-down restaurant, and you won’t exactly be spoiled for choice. The menu has all the usual…
Gaborone
This place is a vague cross between an American sports bar and a British pub, with a menu that begins with breakfast and moves on to steaks, curries and…
Botswana
This place, upstairs in the Village Mall, serves up the town’s best flame-grilled steaks, but it also does fish and chips; watch out for the daily…
Gaborone
The buffet at the Grand Palm Resort serves up fairly unexciting cooking, but the salads are above average and the roasts are always a highlight. It's next…
Botswana
The restaurant connected to the petrol station and motel of the same name is a fairly simple place serving up uninspiring but filling meals such as…
Botswana
You’ve seen it before – an American-themed steakhouse in the heart of Africa with a menu that covers steaks, ribs and seafood. It’s the sort of place that…
Botswana
Reasonable pan-Indian cooking in simple surrounds adds a little variety to the Francistown eating scene. Although it also does Chinese dishes, it's far…
Botswana
One of the best supermarkets in the whole southern Kalahari region. It's in the main town, 3km off the highway.
Botswana
The fact that we include this place should be read as a statement about the lack of choice in Ghanzi more than as a recommendation of quality. Wilted…
Botswana
For a quick bite, these pies make a nice if unexciting break from the fast food that dominates things along the main road through the centre of town.
Botswana
Ghanzi's best-stocked supermarket, Spar is in the heart of town, across from Gantsi Craft and the Kalahari Arms Hotel.
