This week, we list you down some of the most popular fast food restaurants and takeaway positioned selling points especially in the capital Kampala under our Guide2Uganda culinary tourism slot. While here, you can quickly dive into generous portions of fast food combos on the go or during rush hours just in case your limited on time to have a meal at their venues, or want to grab a quick bite, snack or swiftly prepared food in minutes that won’t take you long and not to interrupt your next business engagement or any other relevant program in the course of your day breakdown schedule.
Here, tasty foods and snacks are prepared by experienced chefs. Also to take note – some of these fast food centres have operated in Uganda for decades, although some rarely deal directly in local cuisines, and incase your looking for entirely local culinary, then you will have to seek elsewhere to quench your crave. Due to Covid-19, these fast food selling points have amplified their door to door food delivery service so as to extend services closer to the reach of their customers.
01. Krustys Krab Fast Food by Enzo
One of Uganda’s oldest and fast food effective food truck to storm the streets of Kampala along Kimathi Avenue. Krustys Fast Food by Enzo will treat to nothing else but finger licking tasty fast meals with a selection of Tacos, wraps, burgers, Burritos, kebabs, Samosas, chapati, among many more plus a variety of disposable cupped black tea, African tea, cappuccino, chocolate drinks, milkshakes et, drinks and beverages to accompany the bites. As well, if you’re not limited to time, you can dine-in.
Krusty Krab Food truck is a mobile restaurant giving Kampalites the most affordable tasty fast foods in the central business district of Kampala.
This restaurant has an array of offers right from throughout the week which cater for single meals and group meals.
The low-priced food at the Krusty Krab Food truck is an El Chapo burger which is sold at only 5,000/- while on Wednesday, three burgers go for as low as Shs10,000.
02. Piato Restaurant
On our #2 fast foods slot, we unveil you the Lumumba avenue based Piato restaurant all intended to give you that utmost love for food. While here, you got to loosen up your mood and fasten your taste buds to allow intercontinental cuisines take you places.
Piato Restaurant will indulge you into a sumptuous breakfast in France and Belgium as well as a lunch in Uganda with starters in Cyprus, a dinner in Mexico, Cocktails in Maldives, Dessert with the Kangaroos in Australia and give you that incredibly love at first bite and fine dining that is good for your soul just in case you’re not in hurry, or else they can pack for you so that you enjoy fast meals at your own convenience either at home, office or in your car.
Also, enjoy from an assortment of variety popular dishes & offers right from breakfast, starters, continental chicken, salads plus diversities of goats meat prepared in different modern styles, fish varieties, beef, indian corner, classic chateau of meat, pastas, pizza, desserts, side snacks, pastries plus a selection of both Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic beverages next to the French Embassy and enjoy from Piato’s great food and good feng shui to calm your culinary experience just about in the heart of Kampala city.
03. Chillie’s Fast Food and Takeaway
With spread wings and over 8 unique ‘quick-bite’ eateries for foodists to cherry-pick from the 7 locations around most Kampala suburbs, Chillies Fast food and takeaway will suit your fast food crave at almost every corner of your location with branches in Ntinda, Bukoto, Kampala Road, Luthuli rise, Kimathi avenue and Kisementi along sturrock road plus door to door food deliveries around the city.
Chillies Fast Food and Takeaway is home to Kampala’s unsurpassed restaurants. Are you searching for where to get that quick food or eat-out? This is one of the best venues as they feature flavours from all around the World plus a whole lot of options to suit every foodist budget.
While here, you’ll satiate your hunger and crave with a hot cup of cappuccino, plunge into a sumptuous break, lunch or a more leisurely experience as there’s something for everyone whether on the go or while dinning at their outlets.
Chillies’ boasts of freshly and well prepared fast foods that offer foodists not just that unique fast food taste but also great value for money with an incomparable breakfast combo prepared every Friday. With absolutely wonderful fast food preparation to presentation level thus pleasing, you can also get to have a taste of their charcoal grilled chicken and fruit salad while you enjoy a free complimentary in-house WiFi for those that wish to hang around.
One unique aspect that gives Chillies a distinction from other fast food zones, is the blend of fast foods to local culinary cuisines including ‘’Mpombo’’ as these comprise Chicken “luwombo”, beef, ground Nut Luwombo , which are all delicious with a nice aroma that they get from being prepared and served from the young banana leaves .. It is indeed lovely local food.
04. Taste Budz
With almost five food outlets strewn across the city, Taste Budz boasts of preparing and serving the finest popular fast food combos across their premises of; Bukoto and Acacia mall among others.
While at any of their fast food zones, you can plunge into menus of tasty pizzeria such as; beef steak pizza, meaty pizza, chicken special pizza, chicken mushroom pizza, peri peri pizza, director special pizza, chicken curry, chicken pilau, chicken biryani, chicken lollypop (8 pieces) as well as enjoy from an assortment of breakfast menu of; scrambled eggs, plain omelette, spanish omelette, spanish scrambled eggs, english breakfast plus salads; coleslaw, dressing, tropical salad, green salad, 1000 island, Italian salad plus burger combos of; beef burger, double beef burger, beef + cheese burger, double beef + double cheese burger, chicken burger , double chicken burger, chicken burger + cheese, double chicken burger + double cheese and all sandwiches that come with white bread, onion, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato as these are; vegetable sandwich, egg & beef bacon sandwich, cheese sandwich, beef salami sandwich, beef ham & cheese sandwich, chicken sandwich, chicken bbq as well as pizza specials of 7 toppings pizza, boerz pizza, beef steak pizza, vienna pizza, regina pizza, apollo pizza, beef pepperoni pizza, halwaz pizza, hash pizza, ciciliana pizza, beef sausage, super vienna, kids special, chili beef pizza, meaty pizza, 10 toppings pizza, taste budz delux pizza, taste budz house speciality pizza, 4 season beef (4 pizza in 1), vegetarian pizza, chilli vegetable pizza, vegetarian pizza, morzagia pizza, green toppings pizza, taste buds special pizza, italia pizza, paneer tikka pizza (v) among others not forgetting chicken pizza specials ,coctails, italian corner pastas, chicken grilled & fried chicken corner, indian corner, curry, pilau & biryani , snacks special , coffee, tea, and cold drinks
05. Bon Apetit
Popularly refered to as Bona by most slay queens and kings. Bona Apetit boasts of six fast food outlets in Kampala offering hodgepodge of takeaways and well prepared fast food combos of; Rice, chips, gravy, beef, chicken & fish dishes, kebab & chips, beef & rice, chaps & chips, sausages & chips, liver & rice, liver & chips, beef & pilau, fillet fish & chips plus stew and gravy as well as plain and sides of; fried eggs, plain omelette, spanish omelette, kebab, plain rice, sausage pair, chaps, chips, pilau beef, fillet fish and quarter chicken
While here, you can also get enjoy from and assortment of hot beverages’ black tea, black coffee, African tea, coffee plus cold drinks and other extras at the lowest value for price in the central business district and suburbs of the city.
Kickstart your brand new week with sumptuous Katogo breakfast takeaway, eat-in, take-out or delivery with a cup of Arabica Uganda grown coffee beans.
Dive in at any of their branches of; Ntinda, – Kisasi Rd, Bukoto Kira Rd, Acacia mall Food Court, Dewinton, Kampala Road and Kabalagala.
06. Chicken Tonight
Initially adorned mostly by Makerere University campusers while they used to throng the oldest and most popular Wandegeya fast food zone, Chicken tonight has proven a force to reckon with over the last decades when it comes to satiating the crave of now most Kampala corporates, wanna-bees, campusers, celebrities, among many more social groups and individuals at any of their now expanded food outlets besides Wandegeya and can now be accessed in Kireka, Ntinda, Nakulabye, Makindye, and Kabalagala.
Enjoy mega combos, amazing super offers and combo meals of; chips, chicken, rice, fish fillet, pilau, chapati, katogo, sausages, beef burgers, chaps, chicken burger juice, masala chips, omelette, beef, egg rolls, samosas, kebabs, liver, whole fish, white rice among other combos served all together plus snacks, coffee, tea and beverages.
07. Hot Bite
At Hot bite, you’re destined to taste and discover the secret that tags along with bites right above Makerere hill on Ham shopping mall in Wandegeya. Get to experience some nice coffee as well as a good pizza, as this fast food point has grown wings turning into a popular hangout joint for Makerere University students as well a place that amplifies simple but fascinating dinner dates.
Available are; Chapatis, katogo, sausages, beef burgers, chaps, chicken burger juice, masala chips, omelette, beef, egg rolls, samosas, kebabs, liver, whole fish, white rice among an assortment of fast food combos to the reach of market niche such as; students, passers-by, lecturers, a few corporates among many more social classes.
08. Mr Tasty
One of the most popular fast foods and takeaway brand with several outlets spread across the city serving fast foods with a premium menu and dish portfolio, Mr tasty understands the food urge and treats customers to delicious and quality food options since establishment in October 2008 thereby joining the Ugandan foods and beverages market.
Get to experience a vast array of mouth-watering burgers to sizzling pizza’s, cakes and desserts all served at the six national franchise outlets with popular ethnic food concepts and fine dining with a central kitchen.
Mr Tasty delivers that unrivalled quality of fast foods that satiates the people of Uganda with a wider selection of fast food combos offering a great deal of experience in serving hygienic, nutritious and quality food across diverse cultures as well as meeting the ethnic, cultural and nutritional needs of foodists in the Pearl of Africa with a multi-culinary and multi-cultural levelled ground serving over 35 meals to more than 8000 customers in Uganda.
Discover tasty and flavourful combo deals on; Chicken, fish, pizza, beef, rice, fish burgers with assorted fries which are marinated in special spices and includes 350ml Cold drink. Also, enjoy menus of; zee combo, family meal, chicken piece combo, fish burger, beef burger, chicken burger combo, zee burger with chicken combo, variety meal and double piece chicken combo.
09. The Great Indian Dhaba
The Great Indian Dhaba serves traditional multi-cuisine and multi-cultural Punjabi Dhaba food, South Indian, and Indian Street foods relying on its concept of a roadside eatery for pilgrims; it has a good furnishing and decor which accentuates the true taste of curry and all Indian dishes located right at plot 3, Wampewo Avenue in Kampala.
Enjoy from a variety of corporate lunch served with a complimentary soda or water while you enjoy combos of; chicken tikka masala with butter naan & salad, chicken biryani with raita & salad, paneer tikka masala with naan & rice, mutton biryani with raita & salad, chicken kathi roll with salad, paneer kathi roll with salad as well as Rice served with paneer tikka masala, biryani, chicken tikka masala or a Chips combo served with fish fillet with chips & salad, roasted chicken with salad & chips and whole fried fish.
Also, you can get to taste an Indian non-veg- main course of pandara butter chicken plus soups of; sweet corn soup, hot and sour soup, manchow soup, lung fung soup, clear soup, noodle soup, lemon coriander soup, cream of tomato soup, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup and dal shorba plus appetizers – vegetarian; hara bhara kebab, paneer pakoda (10 pcs), makai kebab (6pcs), achari paneer, paneer tikka dry, tandoori vegetable platter, gobi 65, mix veg pakoda, punjabi samosa, paneer afghani tikka, tandoori mushroom and tandoori gobi tikka as well as appetizers – non-vegetarian; anda pakoda, mutton sheekh kebab, fish amritsari, murgh malai tikka, fish tikka, tandoori tangri kebab, afghani chicken ,chicken tandoori – 1/2 or full tandoori and non-veg platter; main course – vegetarian, main course – non-vegetarian, south indian, street foods – chaat (hindi word for “lick”), naan, rice, chinese- veg starter, roll & roll, chips not forgetting vegetarian starters, non-vegetarian starters, sea food chinese and prawns
All these can be on a takeaway, eat-out and delivery basis.
10. The FoodHub
A food destination for each and every one dwelling around Kampala and its surroundings. This food spot boasts of being prime to some of the City’s best restaurantswith 5 unique ‘quick-bite’ eateries for visitors and foodists to pick from. Just in case you’re looking for somewhere to grab a quick meal for a takeaway option or eat out in Kampala, the FoodHub can be a great spot as it features flavours from around the world and options to suit every budget. Whether you are looking for a coffee break or a more leisurely experience, they surely have something for everyone, from golden-fried chicken, crispy Italian pizzas to delicious ice-cream among many more.
The FoodHub serves as a perfect food point for everyone ranging from business men and women, corporates, slayers to travellers and families. Here, it’s all about the individual as everyone’s preference is catered for right at Cargen House, corner of Kampala Road and Parliamentary Avenue, Kampala, Uganda.
While at FoodHub, you’re destined to plunge into a variety of food categories such as; Mr Golden’s, Wandacrust pizza, Mighty burgers, Roosta’s, and Cream supreme.
Get to enjoy the Wanda chicken, ground beef, bbq steak, Margherita, and Wanda veggie, as well as cones and scoops, creamy shakes, sauce, syrups and toppings plus wonderful waffles, supreme flurries, not forgetting beverages and sides every week Monday to Saturday.
If you’re the kind of an online shopperholic, then you can have your perfect menu food selection booked online and get it delivered at your doorstep or drive buy and have that quick takeaway or dine-in and quench your hunger and crave!
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