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Best Cheap Eats in Zanzibar for Markets, Zanzibari Food, and Cafes
Guide: Zanzibar Value: Markets, Cafes, Pilau, and Street Food
Ten affordable counters, markets, coffee rooms, and food courts for Zanzibari rice plates, vegetarian Indian cooking, evening grills, fresh juices, breakfast, and inexpensive Paje variety.
- Lukmaan RestaurantLukmaan's open-air counter beneath a Mkunazini baobab is built for pilau, biryani, grilled seafood, curries, and fast-moving Zanzibari lunch plates.
- Zanzibar Coffee HouseThis 1895 merchant house roasts Tanzanian beans downstairs and sends coffee drinkers to an antique rooftop for cakes, wraps, and Mkunazini views.
- Puzzle Coffee ShopPuzzle brings Brazilian coffee technique to a small Shangani room, with careful espresso, cheese bread, pastries, and table games for a shaded pause.
- Stone Town CafeA long-running Kenyatta Road cafe handles breakfast, fresh juices, wraps, curries, and coffee from early morning through dinner without hotel formality.
- Forodhani Gardens Night MarketAfter sunset, Forodhani's waterfront fills with independent grills selling skewers, Zanzibar pizza, cassava, sugarcane juice, and seafood at negotiable stall prices.
- Darajani MarketStone Town's main working market is strongest early for fruit, spices, bread, fish, and butcher counters, with simple snack sellers around its edges.
- Krishna Food HouseKrishna is a no-frills vegetarian Indian dining room near Forodhani, useful for thali, dal, paneer, roti, lassi, and Jain-friendly requests.
- Ma Shaa Allah CafeMa Shaa Allah runs as an unfussy local cafe for biryani, grilled chicken, seafood, chapati, juices, and filling rice plates near Mkunazini.
- Lazuli CafeTiny Lazuli makes juices and smoothies to order, backed by salads, curries, seafood, and vegetarian plates in a colorful Shangani room.
- Mapacha Street Food CourtEight independently run kiosks share a tree-shaded Paje court, covering fried chicken, pasta, burgers, pizza, vegan bowls, seafood, pastries, and a central bar.
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