Restaurants and snack bars in São Tomé
Eating is an important part of travelling. After all, you have to eat 3 times a day where ever you are in the world. It can change your whole impression of a dull place, if the food is excellent - and vice versa!

In our humble opinion, the Santomean cuisine is definitely worthwhile, although you could need some hints to find it !

Not because food is scarce, nor restaurants - but it is not common to use signs to inform that 'here is a restaurant'! You shouldn't either expect people to know the street names - but the names of the restaurants are frequently used - so here's our list of a combination of references, that should help you to get there!
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Restaurant,
Bar Bigodes
Praia Francesa
Tel : 223944
Food : Local, Brazilian and Portuguese dishes
Temperature: Sea side. May be windy during gravana. Esplanade overlooking Lagarto Bay.
Services: Playground for smaller children.		 Restaurant
Os Dois Pinheiros
Campo do Milho
Tel : 221743/915825 (Hortência)
Food: Portuguese and African
Remarks: Only upon reservation, thematic menus on Fridays, bring mosquito repellent, outdoors, garden party style.		 Esplanade Jasmin
Casa da Cultura
Tel : Dona Antónia 914321
Food : Local
Temperature: Very pleasant decoration. Outdoor and AC inside.
Remarks : Outdoor coffee bar. Sandwiches, pizzas and hamburgers. Hot meals take a while
 Grill restaurant
O Pirata
Estrada de Pantufo
Tel : 907400 (Hamilton)
Food : Modern Santomean cuisine
Remarks : Smart decoration. Sea side. Mosquitoes at night !Thematic evenings. Special curtained 'chat rooms'.

 
 

 
Grill restaurant
O Avião
Sao Tomé airport
Tel : No
Food : Local, traditional. Usually 3-4 standard dishes.
Remarks : Private environment, interesting setting under the old airplane.		 Restaurant
Tia Nanda
next to the airport
Food: Local, particularly grilled fish and meal
temperature: Indoor with sea view		 Restaurant
Filomar
Praia Lagarto
Tel : 221908
Food : Local and traditional
Temperature: Fans indoors, breezy outdoors.
Remarks : Local traditional and Cape-verdian dishes, nice view over Lagarto Bay, waiters may be very slow, reservations recommended for typical dishes 		Grill restaurant
Sombra da Coleira
Rua Ex João de Deus
Tel : 221836
Food : Local and Portuguese, particularly grilled meat.
Temperature : Outdoors, under a cola nut tree. Pleasant breeze in the afternoon.
Remarks : Beware, if the grill is not lit when you arrive - it could mean that your food will take hours!




Grill restaurant
Paraiso dos grelhados
(the blue container)
Av. do Marginal, Praia Brasil
Tel : 224469/911232
Food : Local, grilled fish.
Temperature: Outdoors. Mosquitoes at night. No toilets.

Try the con-con with breadfruit, chilli, oil and lime. Prepare to eat with your fingers. Wet wipes are a good idea.Closed on Mondays.
 Café,
Café e Companhia
Praça de Solidariedade e Amizade entre os Povos
Tel : 226622
Food : Snacks and light meals. Filled crêpes.
Temperature: Indoors. May be very hot during summertime.
Events : 'Happy hour' on Thursdays nights from 18h30 with local snacks. 
Services: Wireless internet connection, piloló atómico, occasional exhibitions of films, videoclips etc.		 Restaurant
Snack bar Papa-figo
Avenida Kwame N'kruma
Tel : Dona Antónia 904322
Food : Lebanese and Santomean meals and snacks. Pizzas.
Remarks : About the only 'fast food' place in town.		 Dona Teté
Av. do Marginal, in front of the Náutico
Tel : 904353
Food : Local, grilled fish.
Temperature: Private. Outdoors. Mosquitoes at night. Famous for the con-con with breadfruit, chilli, oil and lime.
Remarks : Closed on Sundays.