Makuti Beach Restaurant — Restaurant in Zanzibar North

We found this gorgeous little restaurant on a wander down the beach to our hotel and we couldn't recommend it more. It's not a fancy restaurant and it's not luxury, but it's an amazing experience. A simple wooden shack with a beach view you simply couldn't beat. Service isn't fast, but when you've got that view and only the sound of the waves crashing against the beach to enjoy why would you be in any rush. And once the food does get to table it's worth the wait... we ordered the local vegetable curry... it was delicious and very generous portion.

The staff there were also a pleasure to meet. I lost something very valuable to me and contacted the restaurant to see if it was there. It turns out it was and they hand delivered it the hotel I was staying to get it back to me before I left Matemwe. I was (and still am) so grateful to Makuti for being so kind and for giving us a magical last...

Just the cutest little beach side pop-up restaurant. This is not a fast food restaurant but who cares when you can watch beach life passing by and listen to the chef beating the octopus into submission below. Limited menu, mostly seafood. The manager is super friendly. Price is similar to the hotel restaurants but the atmosphere is unbearable. Opening hours are uncertain but if menu is up on the...

Amazing. You must go! Local food freshly bought at fish market and cooked by local people, served in a small tower overlooking the beautiful matemwe beach. JB and his friends/colleagues are the nicest people we met in zanzibar and they can also organise boat trips, which I highly recommend (with my sister we just did the mnemba snorkelling...