Restaurant & Bar
Cooked here, bought this morning
Our kitchen runs on what came back from the market. Guests eat with us, and so does anyone else who turns up.
The kitchen
Gambian food, done properly
There is a version of West African food made for tourists, softened and served with chips. We don’t cook that. What comes out of our kitchen is what the staff eat at home: benachin cooked down in one pot, domoda rich with groundnut, fish grilled whole over charcoal.
If something is too much, say so and we’ll adjust it. If you want it the way we’d eat it, say that too.
Tell us about allergies and dietary requirements when you book rather than on arrival. We shop each morning, so with notice we can work around almost anything.
Opening hours
- Breakfast
- 7.00am – 10.30am
- Lunch
- 12.00pm – 3.00pm
- Dinner
- 6.30pm – 10.00pm
- Bar
- 12.00pm – late
Non-residents welcome. For dinner at short notice it’s worth calling ahead.
Menu
What we're serving
Prices in US dollars. The menu shifts with what's good that week.
Breakfast
Served 7am to 10.30am, on the terrace if the morning is good.
- Tropical Fruit Plate$5
Mango, papaya, pineapple and banana, whatever is best that week.
Vegan - Eggs, Any Way$6
Fried, scrambled or omelette, with bread from the bakery down the road.
Vegetarian - Moringa Smoothie$4.50
Moringa from the garden, banana, mango and lime.
Vegan - Full Gambian Breakfast$9
Eggs, beans, grilled tomato, bread and coffee or attaya tea.
From the Kitchen
Lunch from midday, dinner from 6.30pm. Most of it comes off the grill or out of one big pot.
- Benachin$11
The original one-pot rice — fish or chicken cooked down with tomato, cassava and carrot. What Jollof came from.
- Domoda$12
Groundnut stew, slow-cooked with beef or chicken, served over rice. The national dish, and rightly so.
- Yassa Chicken$12
Chicken marinated in lemon and onion, grilled, then simmered in the marinade.
- Superkanja$11
Okra stew with fish and palm oil, over rice. Rich, and not for the timid.
- Grilled Catch of the Day$14
Whatever came in at Tanji that morning, grilled whole with lemon and chilli, with fried plantain.
- Afra$13
Charcoal-grilled lamb with onion, mustard and bread. The bar's best friend.
- Vegetable Domoda$9
The groundnut stew, done with sweet potato, pumpkin and okra.
Vegan
The Bar
Open from midday until late, by the pool.
- JulBrew$3
The local lager. Cold, and the correct answer most afternoons.
- Wonjo$2.50
Hibiscus, chilled, with ginger and lime. Non-alcoholic.
Vegan - Baobab Juice$2.50
Sharp, creamy and unlike anything else. Non-alcoholic.
Vegan - Attaya$2
Green tea, poured high, three rounds. Takes as long as it takes.
Vegan - Sunset Punch$6
Rum, mango, lime and a little ginger.
