Destination Uganda has an array of fine-dining uptown Restaurants that operate at different business scales especially in the Kampala Capital. These Restaurant chains are owned by both local and international entrepreneurs who treat their clients to nothing else but absolutely finger licking dishes as they offer several multifaceted food varieties offering both local and international cuisines to their vast clientelle base that comprise mostly the urban corporates, uptown youth, slay queens, slay kings, slay Jajas, Celebrities, among other groups of society members as they serve an array of menus 24/7 right from; Breakfast, brunch, luncheons, and dinner for both local and International cuisines.
Are you feeling hungry at any time of the course of the day, feel free to step in at any of their straddled locations and branches and have that hunger quenched down as you enjoy from delicious mouth-watering foods to suit your satisfaction.
Do you have a client for a person to person meeting, business meetings, dinner date or family day out engagements? Drive by the nearest food chains and plunge into real food experiences at perfection.
Pre-pandemic, these have been some of the most flocked Restaurants with vast numbers of daily clientele in and out 24/7 throughout the year due to their up the mark food preparation skills and experience plus state-of-the-art-dining experiences.
This Week, we list you down some of the best fine dining Restaurant food zones / facilities in the Capital Kampala although some have branches Upcountry so as to extend and attract customer potential.
01. Pearl of Africa Restaurant at Kampala Serena Hotel
Offering exquisite fine-dining in the heart of Kampala like never before, the Pearl of Africa Restaurant and Champagne bar offers beyond luxury and value for money – an intuitive fusion of menu preferences featuring international, local and regional cuisines altogether. Varied in style, this unique restaurant offers elegant niche seating, a more relaxed outdoor terrace where fountains play, its own exclusive private dining room (to seat 12), and an intimate yet relaxed central dining room, which centres on a raised piano dais, where a resident pianist plays nightly.
Pearl of Africa Restaurant at Kampala Serena Hotel feted Uganda’s “Best Fine Dining Restaurant” at the Inaugural Kampala Restaurant Awards.
Widely known for its exceptional food and service, the restaurant features cuisine that explores the British, Asian and Swahili influences set against a modern backdrop of black granite with opalescent marble to create a timeless ‘’silver screen’ milieu for world-class cuisine.
02. Café Javas
With several branches strewn all over the City, this Mandela Group Coffee zone and food chain proves to be a fine dining coffee spot to many city urban dwellers, corporates, celebrities, businessmen and women, slay queens and slay kings, swag mamas, swag papas, wanna-bees, among many more urban clientele base that is allured to uptown dine-out lifestyles and preferences.
Café Javas offers the most contemporary signature coffee and food taste in the Ugandan capital Kampala with Menus and Combos that range from; Big on Breakfast, Generous big meals, decadent desserts and perfect drinks including cocktails.
03. Seven Seas Restaurants at Kampala Sheraton Hotel
Looking forward to wetting your tongue and taste buds with some sea food experiences? Worry not, the Kampala Sheraton hotel’s Seven seas restaurant just got you covered with their monthly sea food and Sushi fine dining experience where seafood devotees are treated to the best unique and exquisite sea food varieties from; India, Mombasa, United States of America among other Countries every last Saturday of the month starting 4pm. Although, a limited list of sea foods is served daily besides the biggest monthly seas food day.
Here Sea food lovers get to enjoy from an assortment of mouth-watering culinary seafood starters and Salads of: Octopus salad, mixed olives, Garden salad, sliced tomatoes, perch ceviche, mixed pepper salad, Russian tuna salad, sliced cucumber, salmoke poke, poached shrimps, poached calamari, salmon gravlax, mixed lettuce, shrimp tian, sliced carrots, tuna tataki, potato and onion salad, avocado guacamole, eggs with salmon mousse together with Sushi varieties like; Nigiri, pickle ginger, maki rolls, soy sauce, sashimi, wasabi, urumaki and mango mayo together with seafood bisque soup plus desserts of choice including; a seasonal fruit salad with vanilla ice cream or baked pineapple, royal with lemon sauce before diving into the actual seafood and Sushi hot buffet menu of; Grilled tilapia, grilled salmon steak, seafood pasta, lobster thermidor, pan fried nile perch, grilled prawns, fried rice, grilled snapper, grilled lobster tails, ratatouille vegetables, grilled baby calamari, buttered shrimps, Mediterranean potato with spinach together with chillies; tomato chilli sauce, lemon caper sauce, garlic lemon sauce and pepper shrimp sauce.
04. Fang Fang Restaurant
Popularly known for preparing the best Chinese cuisines, Fang Fang restaurant is more of an upscale Chinese fining dining spot that treats its guests to all kinds of mouth-watering culinary dishes representing all the provinces of China in Uganda.
Do you feel like having a Chinese food experience in the Pearl of Africa, this restaurant got you sorted right at the Communications house on Colville Street Nakasero.
05. Kati Kati Africa Restaurant
Are you craving for some Tandoori Chicken, Paneer Tikka masala, Jeera rice, Vegetable biryani, Chicken chapati, keema chapati, Cheese naan, among many other foods? Kati Kati Africa Restaurant got you covered!
This multi-cuisine restaurant and leisure centre has all you need for a fine dining area. With picturesque setting in the lush gardens, tastefully decorated interiors in a variety of styles to suit your particular moods.
Kati Kati offers a choice of four restaurants offering authentic Indian, Continental, African and Fast Food and two well stocked bars. The venue also offers a perfect place for business meetings, conferences, parties and relaxation.
06. Capital Kitchen Restaurant
Have you ever experienced live buffets? If not, try out Capital Kitchen restaurant. This Middle East restaurant offers a variety of unique world foods and beverages to Kampalites in an urban contemporary dining format right in the heart of the City at Thobani centre building on Kampala road.
Capital Kitchen restaurant serves upto five different cuisines from all over the world right from; Continental, Pan Asian, Mediterranean, North Indian to local Ugandan cuisine, you can satiate your hunger cravings at this establishment while enjoying scenic views of Kampala city skylight from the rooftop.
The restaurant has a spacious seating area, fully stocked open bar serving all sorts of beverages, Alcoholic and Non Alcoholic drinks.
07. The Lawns
Looking forward to having another great feel of modern day delicacies? Lawns restaurant has all you need in the heart of Kololo at Acacia avenue. While at this venue, you’ll experience a blend of urban landscape plus Golf course views than any other restaurant in Kampala city. Get to enjoy fine dining at the wooden decks at different levels fitted in the tropical lush green gardens surrounded with a beautiful ambiance while you enjoy their international and local cuisines or game meat specialties.
The Lawns restaurant also boasts of having; a secured ample car park space, Kids play area, Barbeque gardens with sitting capacity of 80-100 people, dining Area with sitting capacity of 120 people, deck Area overlooking water feature & Golf course, with sitting capacity of 60 people, Terrace Area with sitting capacity of 400 people, for banquet function, Conference / Meeting Room suitable to accommodate upto 30 people and Access from two different roads – Acacia avenue & Lower Kololo terrace.
08. Nanjing restaurant and Motel Kololo
Situated in the posh Kampala area along Impala avenue in Kololo. Nanjing offers yet another taste of Chinese delicacies in the Capital Kampala. Right from serving daily continental breakfast, brunch and dinner, guests can enjoy an assortment of fine foods, beverages, cocktails among others while browsing on the free complimentary WiFi along the premises.
Nanjing restaurant serves a menu of both Ugandan and Continental dishes. Their Chinese menu and culinary dishes represent various branches of Chinese cuisine where one can get to experience the reality of Chinese splendid food culture.
09. Mediterraneo
Sophiscated dining at the luxurious Mediterraneo Restaurant situated at Villa Kololo along John Babiha, Acacia avenue. While here, you’ll get to dive into superb cuisines in Kampala’s posh Kololo restaurant while enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the city.
Mediterraneo restaurant treats guests to Cuisines of; Italian, Pizza, Mediterranean and European with special varieties of Vegetarian and vegan options serving right from brunch, lunch, dinner, and late night meals.
Villa Kololo and Mediterraneo restaurant boasts of being theleading business and most sought-after tourist first stop destination in the capital Kampala with just a 42 minutes’ drive away from Entebbe International Airport.
Guests of the Villa Kololo Mediterraneo Restaurant always enjoy splendid Italian cuisine in the delightful setting of dining upon a trendy wooden terrace surrounded with a beautiful garden that enables one treat self to the small haven in the heart of Kampala!
10. KFC
With worldwide expertise in preparing the finest finger licking chicken. KFC expanded its foot print on the African continent thereby joining the Ugandan market in December 2013. Since then, this fried chicken restaurant has proved a force to reckon on with Uganda’s foodists as they get to enjoy their favourite chicken combos.
KFC is proven the world’s largest quick service chicken restaurant franchise serving Colonel Sanders’ famous secret recipe fried chicken for over 60 years.
KFC boasts of offering the best chicken in 12 major locations of Kampala including; Drive Thru Bukoto, Forest Mall, Banda, Acacia mall, Oasis mall, Victoria mall, Village mall, Shell Makindye, Shell Kabalagala, Shell Wandegeya, Shell Rubaga, and Kampala Boulevard.
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