MAWA'S American Restaurant @ Maristes — Restaurant in Dakar

Update: We’ve been back a few times, and Mawa has listened to every piece of advice given, improving each visit. They’ve just added a slew more options for dinner, but I’m still in love with breakfast. The fancy cakes never disappoint and the funnel cakes are decadent. . This is actually our second time here. The first time didn't go so well, but this second trip was definitely an improvement. This time around we had the shrimp and grits, as well as the french toast breakfast platter. I must say the french toast was delicious, but the shrimp and grits stole the show. We also had waffles which was also good, they remind me of funnel cakes, so I never need syrup. Just FYI if you like your syrup thick and not thin, you may want to bring some with you. There are flies outside, but no more than anywhere else and thankfully when our drink fell due to a shaky table, they replaced them for us. We will be back to continue to try the menu. The only thing I wish they had...

We had to wait for more than one hour after making a simple order, despite having called before coming and confirming that the restaurant can have us. We mentioned that we have two babies. Then after ordering three simple dishes on the menu they took over 90 minutes. We actually still didn’t get our food. I’m sure the reply from the restaurant would be “we had so many tables, it was an unusual Sunday” - well, you know what? Scroll down and see that similar reviews were made with similar apologies. I used to work in a restaurant and if people would come when we were too full, we would just warn them it is going to take almost two hours to get their food. Especially if they come with babies who are in need of eating and napping in regular hours. What a horrible experience - we are...

First impressions, really good, nice quiet neighbourhood, sitting outside though was annoying initially, with flies and mosquitoes, but the staff is very attentive and observant. Saw us shooing flies and scratching on mosquitoes bites, there was a fan set up for the flies and a mosquito repellent under the table. Waiting time on the food was about 10mins give or take. Totally scrumptious!! But the fight with flies intensified realllly intensified, you need to have a fan over you at all time (not on rotation) but for the sake of other customers we couldn't request that of course. The flies were the only let down, due to which we had to rush our eating, which I really didn't like. Overall, its a must visit with grrrrreat tasting breakfast and...