Restaurants in Asmara

 

The restaurants offer good value for money and all offer fast, efficient and friendly service. Italian cuisine and traditional Eritrean food complement each other. Eritreans tend to eat early. therefore there is a good chance most options on the menu will be 'finished' if you choose for a late diner. You can show your appreciation for the cook's work with the Tigrinya word tu'um (delicious).

On this page we show a selection of popular restaurants in Asmara and some menu listings as an example. The major hotels also offer a selection of both traditional and international cuisine. Exploring Asmara you may find unexpected value for money by entering some of the small restaurants popular by the Eritreans. You will be treated as a special guest.

 

Cherhi Recreation Center, build in 1983, resembles an air traffic control
tower. This restaurant has the best view in town. It is situated on a hill
north of the covered market. Where Asmara stretches out in all directions.
Cozy Bar and Restaurant with local and foreign dishes. Tel +2911 115054.

 

 

Restaurant The Mask Place - opposite to the Bistro Alba.

The Mask Place
Appetizer
Hommos	NFA 79
Baba ghannouj	NFA 89
Tabouleh	NFA 79
Salads
Tossed green salad	NFA 90
Chef salad	NFA 110
Patatoe salad	NFA 95
Grill Special (served with french fries)
Mask burger	NFA 148
Original burger	NFA 145
Cheese burger	NFA 150
Fish burger	NFA 185
Grilled fish	NFA 250
Fish kebab	NFA 250
Steak Sandwich	NFA 185
Mask Special
Shewarma sandwich	NFA 155
Habiyaki	NFA 165
hewarma combination plate	NFA 185
Tuna salad sandwich	NFA 135
Ham & cheese sandwich	NFA 125
Fish nuggets & french fries	NFA 225
Penne alla arrabiata	NFA 120
Roast beef sandwich	NFA 155
Side order
French fries	NFA 95
Hot drinks
Coffee	NFA 14
Tea	NFA 12
Cappuccino	NFA 18
Macchiato	NFA 14
Cold drinks
Imported soft drinks	NFA 40
Fresh orange juice	NFA 45
Asmara beer	NFA 120
Carbonated mineral water	NFA 15
All prices quoted in February 2017 when 1 US$ = 15 Nakfa Prices and exchange rates may be subject to change.

 

 

China Star Restaurant Knowledge Street (close to the Nyala Hotel).
Serves buffet lunch every Thursday at noon 190 Nakfa (February 2017)
+ 5% tax. Take away service. Outside catering. Telephone +2911 125853.

Buffet lunch at China Star Restaurant Knowledge Street.

 

 

Castello (Italian) Restaurant - Gejeret.    

 

    

Sembel Huts (near the Sembel Residential Complex), offers conference
and seminar rooms, restaurant and disco, live music, both traditional and
 international and midnight barbeque two times a week (Friday/Saturday).

 

 

There are countless little restaurants in Asmara like the Sudan Res-
taurant opposite to the Khartoum Hotel (100m from Cinema Impero).

 

 

Mai Sirwa Recreation Center and Restaurant 2km off the Road to Keren.

 

 

Hamasien Restaurant - Street No 176-21 # 19/21 Asmara Eritrea
Hamasien Restaurant menu	Nakfa
National dishes	150 - 275
Soup	100 - 175
Vegetables and salads	100 - 175
Fried Chips	175
Pasta's	125 - 200
Meat dishes	150 - 300
Omelettes	150 - 180
Fish dishes	200 - 300
Pasta or rice with second dish	200 - 300
Sandwiches	125 - 175
Pizza's	175 - 225
Juices	30 - 100
Soft drinks	10 - 20
Hot drinks	10 - 15
Wines small / local	70 - 200
Deserts	40
Hamasien Restaurant Street no 176/21 House 19/21 - PO Box 2475 Asmara Eritrea Tel 122981 Mob 07 111760 Goitom Gebregziabiher (manager)
All prices quoted in February 2017 when 1 US$ = 15 Nakfa Prices and exchange rates may be subject to change.

 

 

 

Ararat Restaurant opened its doors in 2011. The restaurant focuses on customer friendly efficiency and today's quality standards. It is a very modern and clean restaurant located on the Asmara Ring Road, not far from Bahti Meskerem Square.
Breakfast	Nakfa
Kitcha fitfit	70 - 85
Omelet with meat or tuna or ham	75
Foul	45 - 60
Frittata	50
Sandwich
Ararat special sandwich	110
Ham or cheeseburger	95 - 105
Roasted beef burger	130
Sandwiches	50 -130
French fries	80
Pizza's
Medium - large	240 - 260
Family pizza (as customers choice)	300
Appetizer
Salads	50 - 60
Soup	50 - 60
Main course
Spaghetti or macheroni	115 - 130
Lasagna or tagliatelle	170
Tibsi filetto (with bread)	190
Gored gored	190
Second dish
Fillet steak with red wine	210
Fish or shrimp	200 - 230
Red snapper chily sauce	240
Traditional food
Tibsi	190
Kitfo	230
Traditional Mixed Vegetable	130
Shiro	110
Deserts
Macedonia	70
Sliced papaya	65
Drinks
Fruit juices	35 - 70
Hot drinks (tea, coffee, milk)	8 - 25
Soft drinks or water	12 - 40
Alcoholic drinks (local)	10
Alcoholic drinks (imported)	100 - 140
Wines (local)	200
Wines (imported)	700 - 950
Ararat Restaurant Pizza - Grill - Catering Sahel Street (Mai Timket) PO Box 12207 Asmara - Eritrea   Tel +2911 111947 Mob +2917 122243 Fax +2911 201645 E-mail

10% sales tax included - All prices quoted in February 2017 when 1 US$ = 15 Nakfa
Prices and exchange rates may be subject to change.

 

 

For those of you that prefer to see and choose the food you prefer, the Pyramid Buffet Restaurant is opened all day long, for breakfast, lunch and diner (pasta, pizza, rice, injera, bread, meat, fish, sauce and salads).

The Pyramid restaurant is located  next to the Red Sea Trading Corporation (BDHO Avenue) 

Pyramid Buffet Restaurants Asmara Eritrea
Tel +2911 114366
PO Box 6727
Asmara Eritrea

• five kind of buffet 170 - 360 NFA

• Pizza's 200 - 275 NFA

• Sandwich 80-150 NFA

• Fruit juices 18-25 NFA

• Fruit salad 30 NFA

• Hot drinks 6-13 NFA

10% sales tax included - All prices quoted in February 2017 when 1 US$ = 15 Nakfa
Prices and exchange rates may be subject to change.

 Spaghetti & Pizza House - Harnet Avenue Asmara Eritrea.

10% sales tax included - All prices quoted in February 2017 when 1 US$ = 15 Nakfa
Prices and exchange rates may be subject to change.