MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant — Restaurant in Victoria Falls Municipality

Where do I begin? We made a reservation over WhatsApp 2 days prior to our visit. This was confirmed by the restaurant. Unfortunately this seems to have been completely ignored as we arrived and were told there was no reservation.

So we sat for 2 hours waiting for a table, enjoying the view of the watering hole. No animals in sight but a very nice sunset and setting. Drank some pretty awful red wine (the only red on the menu) at the bar as we waited for them to call us upstairs.

Then they finally bring us upstairs to the restaurant and the place is half empty. Which was a bit annoying as we were sitting for 2 hours for no good reason. Anyway we let it slide but then our table was full of ants. We were trapped at the ant table because as soon as we sat down the singing band started (which I must admit was very good). As the singers moved from table to table singing their songs, it became clear that we would be trapped forever at the ant table without an opportunity to order food. This went on for 15 minutes.

Finally my wife lost her patience and asked if we were invisible. They then started to pay attention to us, moved us to a nice table (then asked us to move to a less nice table, then once again back to the nice table) and kindly informed us that there were no bread rolls left (we had no expectation of bread rolls but it was good to know that we were once again missing out on something).

Our waiter Wonder was the saving grace. Slight mistake on the drink orders but he made up for this with his friendly demeanor.

Food was decent but not worth the headache. Beautiful venue that could be 5 star but needs some better management and...

We had a confirmed booking for dinner at 18.00 and arrived 10 minutes early only to find out the dinner doesn’t begin before 19.00. This was no problem due to the view which we enjoyed along with some drinks. While the staff were kind enough to give us a complementary snacks while waiting which was actually quite good. However, once we sat for dinner, we ordered soft drinks and asked for the wine card. This never arrived. Therefore, we ate starters without drinks. Once the main came, we still hadn’t received drinks nor the wine card and we tried asking again. Luckily, it came this time. The main menu was really poor quality! This was by far the most expensive meal and most disappointing one in Zimbabwe… My friends pork ribs was 80% gummy fat and the rest was far from impressive. All this could definitely be excused as minor unlucky errors and would not justify leaving a bad review for everyone to see in my eyes. But what made me write this review was when we were done, we kindly asked if the reception could call us a taxi. The receptions answer was no and that we could try to ask 8 other quest if we could join theirs. So, basically we were left out in nowhere on ourselves. Luckily my friend has data on his phone and where able to get a hold of a taxi company. Otherwise we would have been stranded in an empty place with the only option to walk home which is very dangerous here with the wild animals. The view and complimentary bread was nice tho.

100% would not...

We went there for the lunch time Vulture restaurant feeding that happens daily at 1300. Led by the excellently spoken Zulu, who narrated and taught us about the conservation efforts of the restaurant in terms of the vulture population. It was a sight to behold as the vultures, eagles’ circles and nested in trees in anticipation of the feeding time. Watching Zulu place the meat in the clearing and then the birds attack the bones and meat was a sight to behold. Being so close to the action and learning about the impact of humans, poachers, farmers, electrical poles on the population and behavior of the vultures was enlightening. Well worth the experience, if not for the experience of seeing a feeding, then for learning more about vultures and their important role in balancing the ecosystem in their roles as the cleaners of the wild and as...