Places+to+eat

Most people would like to eat in their hotels, though they have their extensive variety and mouth-watering dishes, some prefer to go out to eat their meals. Here are some of the best places to eat...and drink

1. **Olympic Restaurant** - One of the best seafood restaurants in town! Olympic restaurant is a very swahili style restaurant with swahili dishes and their specialites include the Grilled White Snapper with coconut rice, Seafood platter and their breakfast special... Fruit pancakes! A stomach filling lunch or dinner can cost you under $10, depending on the size of the order. Very cheap considering how good the food is!



2. **Bathawabu Restaurant -** Bathawabu Restaurant has gained its reputation through its delicious breakfast meals and its snack worth any time of the day! The snacks are very cultural, these include: Mahambri (A puffed up sweet bread), Sticky rice, fritters stuffed with spicy vegetables and/or khima (minced meat). Typical Kenyan tea or coffee is served at its highest quality. Definately a place worth stopping by. All these snacks and more will cost you under $10, depending on the size of the order. A very cheap restaurant for great food!




 * 3.** **Seafront Restaurant -** Seafront Restaurant is very similar to the Olympic restaurant. Although its smaller, cosier and cheaper to its other competitors. There is a wide variety of seafood here, including fish curries to fish salads to pili-pili prawns! The service is very quick for your food! All those scrumptious meals will cost you between $8-$10, depending on the size of your orders.



**4. Hapa Hapa Restaurant -** Hapa Hapa Restaurant specialise in fresh juices and milkshakes. They also make main meals like typical "Nyama Choma" (Barbeque) but customers are attracted more to their drinks! The Passion Lime juice is simply extravagant, as well as the Avocado Milkshake! The juices and the milkshakes really complement very well alongside a good breakfast. Hapa Hapa, also cook some lovely Italian dishes but the quality and service varies on how busy the restaurant is. Typical Swahili games are in the restaurant for people to play while sipping some delicious tea, these games include Chess and Bao. All this food will cost you under $10, depending on the size of your order.



**5. Fruits and Cold Drinks -** Fruits and cold drinks is a place simply to chill out while spoiling your sweet tooth. Set in a nice neighbourhood, hidden behind a corner near the Riyadha Mosque more inland of Lamu Town, is a great shop for Ice Creams and drinks. Famous specialties include the Avocado Ice cream and their famous Passion juice! A great place to relax after a tiring day of sight-seeing and rewarding yourself! All this food should cost you under $4, depending on the size of your order.