Le Lieu Unique — Restaurant in Cotonou

This is a nice and really "Le Lieu Unique" place to be and eat. And with the nice upstairs area, open from three sides, it is also airy and thus nice to sit on a warmer evening. Well designed and maintained and clean. Staff is very friendly and kind. They helped me out with selecting my béninois dish (travelled quite a bit in Africa, but I learned about Benin for the first time this year). The dish was delicious: mutton in sauce arachide and fufu. But they have also a big choice of other kind of dishes: for every ones taste is something to find! They have life music in the weekend too! At the same place they have a stylish bakery (bake their own bread, pastries, Baguettes, also for the restaurant). There I took my breakfast the next morning, cool place to be. Similar concept of African contemporary style I would say. Nice pastry and bread, all displayed in an attractive way. Again nice staff, good coffee and I had a nice croissant and pain au chocolat ! Certainly, in the same street there are a few other places to eat, but they tend a bit more towards bars, or are the local maquis, all good I presume. But while this place has music, you can still really relax and have a conversation: "The Unique Place" to be in this...

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