Swaad Restaurant — Restaurant in Dar es-Salaam

Excellent authentic Indian cuisine at very reasonable prices! I was in Dar from Jan 2006 to June 2011 and Swaad became one of my favorite places to eat out. Try the boneless Chicken 65 or Dry Fry Prawns as a starter -- ask for spicy or mild depending on your taste. (Note: most of their dishes are quite large -- even their starters. If hungry avoid Lamb Rogan Josh -- it is tasty but there is hardly much meat in it). "Meen Pollichathu" is an excellent marinated fish cooked in Banana leaves -- it's yummy! Unlike some other restaurants, most of Swaad's dishes are rather large -- typically for 4 people I would order 3 main dishes and one Chicken 65 as a starter (plus naan bread or rice). Also important to note they serve alcoholic drinks such as beer and wine -- some places in Dar do not serve any alcohol -- ask before booking to be safe. It is a clean, open-air restaurant with overhead fans -- at night wear long trousers, long sleeve shirts and mosquito repellent. Mosquitoes are not a problem most of the time but can be pesky soon after the rains. Make sure that as soon as you sit down you ask them to put some mosquito coils under/beside your table. Regarding Dar many of the "non-tourist restaurants" (such as Swaad) actually price their prawn dishes at about the same price as chicken or lamb... fresh prawns are cheap in Dar... so if you enjoy...

The service is nice but the food is not authentic , they lie about good indian food and they served us lassi. Their lassi was old yoghurt mixed with sugar and not authentic lassi. Very disgusting and disappointing in the name of...

Be Very careful when ordering online from this restaurant, they dont deliver what you order thus they dont even refund nor attend you (just like kariakoo...