Papa-Figo — Restaurant in São Tomé

Papafigo used to be good, but always with a long waiting time. On this holiday, we ate there for the last time. 70€ for 2 people (starter, main dish, dessert, wine), which is a lot for São Tomé. After starting by ordering 2 caipirinhas, we never received them, even after reminding them of them after around 40 minutes. Then we ordered a bottle of white wine and a big water. The wine came, the water didn't. They didn't have a lot of the food on the menu, which has happened too many times in the last years. The first starters took around 25 minutes to arrive, and the others came after about 40 minutes. Then we waited a very long time for the main courses. They arrived, but two of the side dishes never made it, even after several reminders. Everything is very chaotic, and the fuller the restaurant is, the worse it gets. This last time they started the evening by not having any local beer at all, and not much cold water. Just empty fridges. We always came when it was quite empty (around 18.30/19h), so the later you arrive, the longer you wait. We will not come back. We found another little heaven with very friendly staff and food to die for (and it arrives very fast): Vilma Casa de Petisco 💛 Don't waste your time waiting in...

My favourite place that I've eaten in Sao Tome city - so nice that I've even returned to eat there again and will probably go again before I leave. The interior is nicely decorated, creating a comfy and cozy atmosphere. The waiters I had on both occassions were friendly and polite. As for the food - be careful because the portions are huge. The star dish for me was a seasoned rice pot with fish. It was massive, enough for four servings, but I finished the lot. Everything else was also tasty. By Sao Tome standards, it isn't cheap. But I don't mind paying a slight premium for a good experience with reliably good food. Pleasingly, on both occassions, a little amuse-bouche was brought out while waiting for the starters. Both times, the resturant was quite full but there was no real delay to the orders - I think. I received my starter within 10 minutes on...

In short: AVOID. Really bad food, only white tourist restaurant. Much better places close by.

Just around the corner the restaurant Carambola is indefinitely better with freshly prepared, tasty food and absolutely recommended.

The service, however, is very good and the location is nice, but food is the most important criteria and this is terrible.

In Papa-Figo they served the worst food we have had in 3 weeks in STP. Served cold, not freshly prepared. The service is very good, people are proper waiters. The atmosphere is nice, though there were construction works directly next to the tables (with buzzsaws?!) while we ate. Lots of flying insects while eating, landing on the food and people while eating. Cannot recommend at all, not even if you are a tourist and close by as there are...