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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Senegal in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Senegal
These four Dakar rooms are Pizzammore in Yoff, with a wine list, Restaurant New Africa in Sicap Sacré Coeur 3, with a standard wine program, Seoul in Mermoz Sacre-coeur, with a minimal wine program, and Restaurant le Bazoff in Grand Dakar, a bar with cocktails.
In Yoff, Pizzammore is an authentic Italian pizzeria with an extensive wine list. Italian owners make wood-fired pizzas from 100-hour matured dough, and the format is a la carte. The restaurant holds a 50 Top Pizza World Best Pizza #100 (2025) award, and the property includes a garden terrace.
In Sicap Sacré Coeur 3, Restaurant New Africa serves Senegalese and international fusion with a standard wine program and a beer program. The room follows an a la carte format and adds nightly themed entertainment, including Noche Latina on Fridays and karaoke on Saturdays.
In Mermoz Sacre-coeur, Seoul serves Senegalese grill cooking with a minimal wine program and an a la carte format. The wood-fired barbecue includes pigeon, goat, lamb hearts, and spicy kani tempered by foufou. The restaurant takes its name from the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
In Grand Dakar, in Dakar, Restaurant le Bazoff is a bar. It serves a blend of Senegalese and African cuisine with cocktails. Citywide, this is the one bar in our guide for Dakar.
Casa Teranga, Huitres De Sokone, and Dibiterie Le Mboté 1 are in Pointe des Almadies, Les Almadies, and Médina.
In Pointe des Almadies, Casa Teranga is Senegal's first zero-waste vegan restaurant, serving Afro-Italian vegan cooking with a minimal wine program and zero-proof drinks. The menu is a la carte. Teranga, the Wolof concept of hospitality, is the culinary framework.
In Les Almadies, Huitres De Sokone focuses on fresh Senegalese seafood and oysters with a minimal wine program. Fresh oysters from Sokone are served beachside at Pointe des Almadies. The restaurant links Dakar to the Sokone estuary in the Saloum Delta, and the format is a la carte.
In Médina, Dibiterie Le Mboté 1 is one of Dakar's most popular dibiteries, specialising in dibi, the local grilled street meat. A roasting fire is visible on entry. The format is communal and a la carte, and the cooking is charcoal-grilled meat.
Tama Lodge in Petit Costa, Hôtel BOMA Lifestyle Dakar in Ngor Almadies, and Pullman Dakar Teranga in Plateau are Michelin Selected. Hôtel Royam in Saly and Pullman Dakar Teranga hold World Luxury Hotel Awards.
In Petit Costa, Tama Lodge is a beachfront lodge in the city of Mbour, on Plage des Cocotiers along the Petite Côte. The hotel holds Michelin Selected (2025). It uses local materials and crafts for an original design based on Senegalese construction.
In Saly, Hôtel Royam has bungalow-style rooms in tropical gardens and direct access to a private beach. It holds the WLHA Continent Winner (2025) for Luxury Beach Hotel and the WLHA Regional Winner (2025) for Luxury Boutique Resort. The hotel is in Saly Portudal.
In Plateau, Pullman Dakar Teranga looks over the ocean from Dakar's business district, and the hotel has a private beach, an outdoor pool, and a spa. Awards include Michelin Selected, Michelin Guide New Hotels New Hotel, and World Luxury Hotel Awards as country winner and regional winner.
In Ngor Almadies, in Dakar, Hôtel BOMA Lifestyle Dakar carries Michelin Selected recognition dated 2025. Its bungalows stand in a lush urban garden oasis at this boutique hotel, and the design brings modern elements together with African touches in the bungalows.
Siki Rio in Saint-Louis serves Senegalese specialties and Spanish tapas, and La Louise, Restaurant Traiteur in Saint-Louis serves Senegalese African cuisine. La Kassa in John Paul II Plaza serves Senegalese dishes, and La Taverne Du Pêcheur in Communauté Rurale de Ngueniene serves fish on the Petite Côte.
In Saint-Louis, Siki Rio is a restaurant that serves Senegalese-Spanish fusion tapas in a hotel setting, with Senegalese specialties and Spanish tapas on the menu. The restaurant offers a la carte service and small plates, and it has a standard wine program.
In Saint-Louis, La Louise, Restaurant Traiteur is a traiteur, selling prepared food for home or for the table, with catering that includes seminars and events. It works for a quick lunch and for a longer meal. It serves Senegalese African cuisine, the wine program is minimal, and service is a la carte.
In John Paul II Plaza, La Kassa serves Senegalese dishes in Ziguinchor, including mafe with beef and yam. Ziguinchor is the gateway to Casamance, where palm oil, fresh river fish, and cashew groves are part of the regional cooking. The wine program is minimal and the format is a la carte.
In Communauté Rurale de Ngueniene, La Taverne Du Pêcheur is a restaurant on a stretch of coastal Senegal where the Atlantic informs nearly every plate. The name points to fish sourced close, prepared in the direct style of this part of the Petite Côte.
Dakar has the strongest wine scene in our guide. Pizzammore in Yoff has an extensive wine list, and Restaurant New Africa in Sicap Sacré Coeur 3 has a standard wine program and a beer program. Other Dakar restaurants in the guide carry minimal wine programs, including Seoul in Mermoz Sacre-coeur.
Senegal has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Pullman Dakar Teranga in Plateau, Hôtel BOMA Lifestyle Dakar in Ngor Almadies, Radisson Hotel Dakar Diamniadio in Diamniadio, and Tama Lodge in Petit Costa hold Michelin Selected recognition for 2025.
Yoff and Sicap Sacré Coeur 3 are the Dakar neighbourhoods with an or standard wine program in our guide. In Yoff, Pizzammore has the wine program and an extensive wine list. In Sicap Sacré Coeur 3, Restaurant New Africa has the standard wine program and a beer program.
No venue in Senegal in our guide holds a Wine Spectator award. Michelin Selected for 2025 covers Pullman Dakar Teranga in Plateau, Hôtel BOMA Lifestyle Dakar in Ngor Almadies, Radisson Hotel Dakar Diamniadio in Diamniadio, and Tama Lodge in Petit Costa. World Luxury Hotel Awards cover Pullman Dakar Teranga, as country and regional winner, and Hôtel Royam in Saly, as continent and regional winner. Pizzammore in Yoff holds a 50 Top Pizza World Best Pizza award, a pizza award.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Senegal
Selected entries from the current guide for Senegal.
Dakar, Senegal
In Yoff, one of Dakar's most characterful coastal neighbourhoods, Pizzammore imports the discipline of Neapolitan pizza-making to Senegal's capital. Chef Gabriele Colombo's wood-fired approach and Italian pantry sourcing place the restaurant among the more consistent Italian addresses in the city, complemented by a garden terrace and a focused selection of wines and beers.
Dakar, Senegal
At the far western tip of Dakar's Almadies peninsula, Casa Teranga occupies a position that few restaurants in West Africa can claim, both geographically and culturally. The name itself signals intent: teranga, the Wolof concept of hospitality, is less a marketing choice than a culinary framework. For visitors working through Dakar's dining scene, this is a reference point worth understanding.
Dakar, Senegal
Chez Kiki serves Casual African Island Fare in Dakar, with waterfront views and a historic building setting that fits breakfast, lunch, or dinner in a casual, conversational room.
Dakar, Senegal
Among Dakar's dibiteries, Le Mboté 1 on Rue 6 represents the city's most direct expression of charcoal-grilled meat culture: no reservation system, no printed menu, no intermediary between the grill and the plate. The format is communal, the cooking is fast, and the address has built a neighbourhood reputation on consistency rather than spectacle. For visitors wanting Dakar as locals eat it, this is where that argument starts.
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar's oyster culture has deep roots in the coastal wetlands south of the city, and Huitres De Sokone connects the capital's tables to one of West Africa's most productive shellfish zones. The Sokone estuary, part of the Saloum Delta, supplies oysters that local vendors and restaurants have traded for generations. For visitors tracing Senegal's seafood traditions, this is a reference point worth understanding.
Ziguinchor, Senegal
La Kassa sits in Ziguinchor, the southern Senegalese city that serves as the gateway to Casamance, a region where palm oil, fresh river fish, and cashew groves define what ends up on the plate. Dining here means engaging with ingredients that travel a short distance from source to table, in a city where Casamance culinary traditions remain largely intact and largely local.
Saint Louis, Senegal
La Louise, Restaurant Traiteur occupies a particular corner of Saint-Louis's dining scene where the traiteur tradition, prepared food sold for home or table, meets the city's deep Atlantic and Saharan larder. The format suits both a quick lunch and a longer sit-down meal, placing it in a bracket that serves local life as much as passing visitors. Saint-Louis, Senegal's first French colonial capital, carries enough culinary weight to make that context matter.
Communaute Rurale De Ngueniene, Senegal
La Taverne Du Pêcheur sits in the Communaute Rurale de Ngueniene, a stretch of coastal Senegal where the Atlantic informs nearly every plate. The name signals the premise: fish, sourced close, prepared with the directness that defines this part of the Petite Côte. For travelers moving through a region still largely off the international dining circuit, it represents a point of local orientation worth understanding.
Dakar, Senegal
On Allées Seydou Nourou Tall, one of Dakar's more storied central arteries, Le jardin de l'Amitié occupies a position in the city's mid-market dining scene where garden-style settings and Franco-Senegalese hospitality traditions converge. The name itself signals the register: friendship, leisure, and a certain unhurried generosity that defines how Dakar eats when it is not in a hurry. For visitors orienting themselves in the capital's restaurant circuit, it sits in a neighbourhood context worth understanding before you arrive.
Dakar, Senegal
Tony ate the Senegal national dish with some locals. The national dish is called ceebu jen (meaning rice with fish). The fish they used was "Senegalese grouper, scored and stuffed with a mixture of garlic, parsley, and peppers, then slow simmered in a hearty tomato broth, infused by a funkatizing goodness brought by fermented conch and salt fish, served over rice and vegetables."
Dakar, Senegal
Seoul brings Korean culinary tradition to Dakar's Plateau district, occupying a notable position in the city's growing international dining scene at 38 Rue Amadou Assane Ndoye. The restaurant sits at an intersection of West African hospitality culture and East Asian cooking discipline that has few direct parallels in Francophone West Africa. For visitors mapping Dakar's non-Senegalese dining options, it represents a meaningful reference point.
Saint Louis, Senegal
Where the River Meets the Table Saint Louis sits at the mouth of the Senegal River, a colonial-era city of ochre buildings and salt-heavy air where the Atlantic and the river push against each other in a perpetual negotiation. In this setting...
Dakar, Senegal
Simone Cafe occupies a discreet villa address on Rue 3 in Dakar, operating within the tradition of intimate neighbourhood dining that defines the city's less-visible restaurant scene. The setting is residential in scale, placing it closer to the private dining houses that have long shaped West African hospitality than to the commercial strip. For visitors tracing Dakar's food culture beyond the obvious, it represents a quieter register of the city's eating life.
Senegal
Selected entries from the current guide for Senegal.
Dakar, Senegal
Positioned on Place de l'Indépendance at the civic heart of Dakar, Pullman Dakar Teranga holds dual recognition as both a Regional Luxury Conference and Event Hotel winner and Senegal's Country Winner for Luxury Art Hotel. The property sits where formal West African urbanism meets a design sensibility that takes local artistic culture seriously, a combination that gives it a distinct position in Dakar's premium accommodation tier.
Dakar, Senegal
Hôtel BOMA Lifestyle Dakar carries a 2025 MICHELIN Selected distinction, placing it among a small cohort of recognised properties in Senegal's capital. Located along the Route de l'Aéroport in the Ngor-Almadies corridor, it positions itself as a lifestyle-oriented address in one of West Africa's most cosmopolitan hotel markets. Booking direct through the property is advisable given the area's limited supply of awarded accommodation.
Saly, Senegal
Hôtel Royam holds two international awards, Regional Winner for Luxury Boutique Resort and Continent Winner for Luxury Beach Hotel, placing it among West Africa's most recognised coastal properties. Set in Saly Portudal, Senegal's principal resort town, it operates in a category where design discipline and beach positioning carry greater weight. For travellers treating Saly as a serious destination rather than a stopover, Royam is the reference point.
Dakar, Senegal
Michelin Selected for 2025, the Radisson Hotel Dakar Diamniadio operates in a different register from the capital's Atlantic-facing hotel strip, positioning itself at the new conference and administrative hub of Diamniadio, roughly 30 kilometres east of central Dakar. The property serves a specific demand: international delegates, corporate travellers, and those who need reliable infrastructure rather than beachside ambience.
Mbour, Senegal
A MICHELIN Selected property on Mbour's Plage des Cocotiers, Tama Lodge represents the quieter, design-conscious end of Senegalese coastal hospitality. Positioned away from the high-volume resort corridors of Saly, it draws travellers who prioritise setting and atmosphere over facility count. Michelin's 2025 selection places it in a small peer group of recognised lodgings along this stretch of the Petite Côte.
Senegal
Selected entries from the current guide for Senegal.
Dakar, Senegal
Restaurant le Bazoff occupies a corner of Dakar's drinking and dining scene that rewards those willing to seek it out. Located on Rue AAB 09, it represents the kind of neighbourhood address where the draw is less about spectacle and more about what's in the glass. For travellers building an honest picture of Dakar's bar culture, it belongs on the itinerary alongside the city's more conspicuous options.
Senegal
Selected entries from the current guide for Senegal.
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