Skewerz — Restaurant in Dar es-Salaam

Went for dinner in Skewers. It is a local food place but the price of their food is at least 50% higher than normal. So I thought I would get better. However ! When ordering, the waitress tried 4 times to convince me to take the buffet. I ordered a beer but the waitress told me beer is not available. Arabics owning this place? Fine for them they dont want to drink in public, but I am Christian and I can decide for myself what I want and what I like. I ordered steak, after a while, the owner she came to me and told me there is no steak anymore. So I took prawns with garlic sauce and chips. My girlfriend had chicken. The chicken was not grilled enough. Still very moist, I see this as a risk of getting dangerously sick. Chicken surely has to be grilled in a better way. My garlic sauce tasted like it came out of a package from supermarket. This cannot convince me. The chips were soft as all Tanzanian places. Need improvement. The lady of the house came to have a talk and was very kind. But other staff people were walking around asking all the tables if all was fine ... Except our table. It seemed, they only want Arabic's and Indians, as I was the only white person in the whole place. Paid double price for bad service and doubtful food. When leaving, the guard asked me money. No thanks. If you are not Arabic or Indian, I dont recommend this place. Other local places around are cheaper and...

I have arranged a family event there. Although it was confirmed on the very morning of the night of the event on a weekend, the arrangement was fabulous. Food was superior and pricing also was reasonable.

The food I went for was barbeque buffet. It comprised of salads of not less than six types as far as I remember. This was in addition to hot appetizers and side dishes such as chips, masala chips, noodles, fried rice.

Then came the main courses. Started with barbeque liver, chicken kebabs, mutton mishkaki, chicken sekela (barbeque chicken), chicken lollipop, nundu (barbeque fat), drinks.

Staff was friendly. We stayed beyond closing hours but no single word from management of staff at all.

I would really recommend this place for...

Skewerz was a nice restaurant with a great ambiance. I ordered a meat buffet, which was 22500 tsh. The servers carry the platters of barbeque items and bring them to customers at their tables. You can choose as many skewers as you like. The meat skewers come more frequently than the veges. I loved the pineapple and paneer skewer and would highly recommend them. The nandu skewer was good among the meat ones. I was not a fan of the kebobs, and beef and mutton chops were a little tough/chewy. The seafood skewers were a bit dry. I did not enjoy the rice or noodles much, but the naan was good. They also have a variety of dessert option, but I had no room to try them. I also did not try the salad bar. The service was friendly...