Paris is a city of gastronomy and good food, but it is also a very international capital: it is the perfect mix for original culinary adventures. The cooks of the top 5 African restaurants in Paris will make you travel and discover meals you won’t forget!

Top 5 African restaurants in Paris

5.) A la banane ivoirienne (10 rue de la Forge Royale 75011 Paris)


 

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This top 5 African restaurants in Paris list starts with A La Banane Ivoirienne! When you get out of La Banane Ivoirienne, you’re always full! This little restaurant serves meals from Ivory Coast for an average cost of 19€. The atmosphere is warm and the music is great. Perfect place to try Banana beer in Paris!

4.) Afrik’N’Fusion (330 rue des Pyrenées, 75020 or 70 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud 75011 or 28 avenue de Saint Ouen 75018)

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The Top 5 African restaurants in Paris list even features a West African fast food chain! The simplest traditional dishes are served there and you can have lunch for about 9€. The restaurants are simple and modern and they happen to also offer a takeaway option! Something you can’t miss on their menu is their starters called «pastels». These are delicious fried salty pieces of dough, stuffed with fish or meat. They have already opened three restaurants in Paris, and their African flavored meals are conquering the whole capital!

3.) Godjo (8 Rue de l’Ecole Polytechnique 75005)

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It would not be a real top 5 African restaurant article without this Ethiopian restaurant, located in the Latin Quarter right next to the Pantheon. The Godjo has been a famous address for the lovers of African food for a decade now! For an average bill of 16€, you can travel to East Africa thanks to a warm atmosphere and meals which are for the most part not eaten elsewhere in the world. The best thing to do is to go there with friends: you will be served one huge plate and everyone will eat from it!

2.) Shebelé (207 rue La Fayette, 75010)

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Number 2 in our Top 5 African restaurants is Shebelé, another Ethiopian restaurant in the area of Gare de l’Est, right in front of the metro Louis Blanc! You will be able to eat there for an average cost of 20€ and enjoy typical East African meals. The plates and the elements of decoration inside the restaurant are artistic items from Ethiopia which give an authentic atmosphere to the place. After you have lunch or dinner there, don’t hesitate to take a walk by the Canal Saint-Martin!

1.) O’Maki (65 rue Letort 75018)

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The number 1 of this top 5 African restaurants liat takes us back to West Africa! At O’Maki, you can have big plates of grilled meat but also Thieboudiene – the Senegalese national meal, or pastels if you just feel like snacking! On average you will pay 20€. The name of the restaurant is inspired from the West African’s «maquis» where group of friends spend the whole afternoon playing cards and chatting: this atmosphere is recreated right next to Porte de Clignancourt and the customers usually find the music so good, that they end up dancing after there dinner!

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