Faraja Restaurant — Restaurant in Unguja

This is the best restaurant in Jambiani, the owner/chef (Suley) and ALL its friends are really cool people. I stayed for a month and visited this place everyday, this guy well deserved my tips.

The food is tasty, huge portions at local prices and great variety: from seafood to chicken and european stuff like pasta.

If he don't have seafood or chicken, just ask him and he will tell his friend to bring it for you in a few hours.

Maybe you need to wait 30 minutes because he cooks everything from scratch, even juice is made from fresh fruit!! But he'll give you snacks for free (amazing corn chips) before the food is ready.

About the vibe, it's amazing because of the lighting (at night), the comfy chairs and the sand on the floor. Plus I loved they always play some deep-house, lowfi-hiphop and reggae tunes on the radio.

Long story short, if you are looking for a local restaurant run by young people for young people, you won't be disappointed....

This place is a hidden gem if ever you could find one. I don’t know how frequently the staff change there (I wouldn’t think much at all) but the two chefs they have on that I’ve had the pleasure of trying have been unbelievable. Not only is it wonderful to experience such quality culinary creations in a humble setting, these guys go out of their way to share their gifts and humour and wonderful blends of the freshest fruit juices from right there on the island. You seriously could never...

Great food, freshly prepared with a local taste - we went for the chicken. Takes a bit of time as freshly cooked, may be worth placing an order a while before - we ended up packing the food and eating back at the hotel because of a cranky baby! Would have loved to eat at the restaurant with the traditional setting. Very well priced and friendly staff. Would love to try other stuff off the...