Banjul Division, Gambia Food Guide: 6 British food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Fajara
Find out what British restaurants to try in Fajara. Fajara is a coastal suburb of Bakau in the Gambia.
6. Neneh's Bar & Restaurant
Intimate bar and restaurant specialising in English and Traditional Gambian dishes. Open from breakfast till bedtime every day. Join us for a delisious meal, bar snack or a cold drink and a big Gamian welcome
Reviewed By 1sttimers011
We ate twice at this restaurant, first time just a snack at lunchtime which was fine, but after that it went downhill rapidly! We were not the only people who had to wait an hour for our food, and the chef even came out on one occasion ranting and raving and shouting at customers saying that he couldn't perform miracles, at which point the owner got up and left the restaurant. No apology, nothing!! When the food did eventually arrive, it was of poor quality. There were many other disgruntled customers.The English owner and his wife showed no interest whatsoever in the customers and was quite happy to sit and enjoy his drink. In fact he completely ignored customers, and couldn't even say thank you or goodbye to them as they were leaving. How rude! This probably explains why on many occasions the restaurant was empty whilst all the others were full. You reap what you sow!Can assure you the owner never knowingly walks away from problems. I really don't recall this incident. If it was around the 6th my wife was admitted to hospital so I was in and out. The chef from that time is no longer with us because he had "anger issues" we discovered.
5. Friends Bar & Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Friends Bar & Restaurant is next to African Village Hotel opposite NAWEC in the heart of Bakau and just a short drive to the Golf Course at Fajara. Live music every Monday, Free WiFi (Nov - Apr), Pizza and Take away available Friends Bar & Restaurant was
Reviewed By LPHDK
Nice service from friendly people, so in that way they live up to the name. We ate there twice. First time for lunch and it took perhaps 30-40 minutes to get the food and there were hardly anyone else. Next time we ordered take out and it took them 1h15m to make it! And then when we opened to food it was the wrong order! No chicken curry but chicken cordon bleau. Well, at least it tasted all right, because there was NO chance, that we would wait for them to correct the order! About 33 % of the price of the restaurant in the hotel.At night it is very noisy.Thank you for your review, I apologise for the length of time it took for order to be completed and sometimes mistakes can happen, even thou you didnât want your order changed please let the staff know as they are more then happy to assist. Your review will be shown to the staff so they can look at want went wrong that day and where improvements can be made. We hope to see you again.
4. Cabana's beach bar & restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 138 reviews
Cabana's Beach Bar & Restaurant is the perfect setting for a day on the beach with excellent food, free sunbeds and free wifi. In the evening it is the perfect location for your a la carte dinner whilst watching the beautiful sunset
Reviewed By Leonid A
This place offers free sunbeds when buying food and drinks. Excellent fresh cooked meal, in my opinion the best Iâve eaten in the Gambia. Cold draft beer on the +35C sunny beach is magnificent experience! Excellent and very friendly beach and food service! All intrusive sellers are banned by the guards and this is especially important in the Gambia tourist areas. Excellent ocean view, unbelievably beautiful at sunset. Three times a week they have live music, not loud, not disturbing (as opposite to many other places featuring loud drums), so you can still relax while they are playing. The only minus is that property is relatively small, so most of the time beach is crowded, most of âgood placesâ are being reserved by that bunch of oldies spending there every day so you have not a chance to get a good place no matter how early you come there. We were visiting this place many times a week and were always happy with food and service.Thank you for your feedback. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time with us. It's our first year running Cabana's so all feedback is very useful. We will ensure that the beach is more accessible to everybody next year and beds will be allocated on a first come first served basis which is fair for everybody.We hope to see you again very soon.
3. GTS Bar & Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 457 reviews
At GTS our aim is to ensure customer satisfaction every time. We serve from 8 am and close 4 am every day. Our services include breakfast lunch dinner and snack menus. Always ask your waitress for the daily specials. Our bar serves till 4 am with a DJ pla
Reviewed By Famrave
Probably the closest you will come to local food - they serve Domada, Benechin, Yassa - all given a European twist and served very well - also the Captain Fish with lime sauce is equally good - service is very friendly and good if not busy. The only downside - very loud live music comprising 90% drumming starts at about 9-ish - this may be attractive to some - but not if you have unimpaired hearing!!!
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2. Calypso Bar and Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 587 reviews
Reviewed By roystonevs
We ate at the Calypso four times and also visited for the live music on Sunday afternoon. If you are a guest at the Ocean Bay Hotel next door you will consider yourselves extremely fortunate to have such a fantastic restaurant on your doorstep. The food was delightful and the staff just lovely. Go once and I bet you'll go again.
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1. Ningki Nangka Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 405 reviews
We are closed for refurbishment but will be fully open during October ready to welcome everyone. Lafi and the team
Reviewed By claire178
We came here last friday. Its coming to the end of the season so it wasnt very busy but food was nice.My partner had some fish and i had vegetable stir fry which wad the only vegan option on the menu but i was pleased to have found something as i wasnt sure what the choices would be in gambia!!They had a power cut but this added to the gambian experience, it didnt last long and we had finished our meal but rhey brought over their phone with torch on it so we had some light.Would go back as its easy from kombo beach.
