Must-see restaurants in Lesotho

  • Sky Restaurant

    Lesotho

    Maseru's best new restaurant sits atop the Mpilo Boutique Hotel, dishing out Basotho favourites such as cured venison carpaccio, whole local trout and…

  • No.7 Restaurant

    Lesotho

    Attached to the NGO Kick4Life and its hotel, No.7 pumps its profits back into Kick4Life’s charitable work and the team includes young locals training for…

  • Sky Restaurant

    Lesotho

    Africa's highest restaurant (3010m) overlooks the slopes at Afriski Mountain Resort and reflects the resort's international sheen with its stylish wood…

  • Maliba Lodge

    Lesotho

    Maliba Lodge's excellent restaurant serves dishes such as braised oxtail, oven-baked trout and Madagascan peppered beef fillet. Advance booking is advised…

  • Rendezvous

    Lesotho

    The chandeliers and cloth napkins are the only signs of pretence in the wholly down-to-earth restaurant at Lancer's Inn hotel, popular with aid workers…

  • Primi Piatti

    Lesotho

    From the mouth-watering Italian food to the enthusiastic service to the delicious craft cocktails, the stars align at this outpost of the Cape Town–based…

  • Piri Piri

    Lesotho

    This restaurant does Portuguese, Mozambican and South African dishes, including steaks, seafood, feijoada (a traditional Portuguese stew) and piri-piri…

  • Blue Mountain Inn

    Lesotho

    Hotel restaurant serving salads, steaks, burgers, good pizzas and more elaborate dishes, such as chicken with peppers in white-wine sauce.

  • Regal Restaurant

    Lesotho

    Occupying a Basotho-hat–style building, this 1st-floor Indian restaurant is a favourite among businessmen and politicians. One of Lesotho’s few Indian…

  • Ouh La La

    Lesotho

    Locals and expats mix easily in this streetside garden cafe, which takes its Gallic theme from the adjoining Alliance Française cultural centre. The light…

  • Renaissance Café

    Lesotho

    Pioneer Mall's only independent eatery is a no-frills affair, offering meal deals every day and dishes from breakfasts and sandwiches to stir-fries and…

  • Cafe Jardin

    Lesotho

    The small courtyard tearoom at the Morija Museum & Archives serves dishes such as pizza, and chicken and chips. It's busy on weekends.

  • Karabo Fast Food

    Lesotho

    For a quick, decent takeaway meal, this place serves up surprisingly tasty chicken, rice, beets and mashed potatoes. It's next to the Puma gas station in…

  • Kaycees

    Lesotho

    Kaycees, off Roma’s main drag, is a popular hangout serving fast food (namely chicken, sausage and fries) and cans of Maluti lager to happy students.

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