The best restaurants serving African food in Edinburgh and Lothian

Lovely, friendly cafe with the most amazing fresh, nutritious and tasty food. Definitely worth a visit. Having never tried East African food before, the staff were very patient in helping me choose and the food came out very quickly, piping hot and delicious.

The staff, food, and atmosphere were fantastic! I especially appreciated the delicious vegan options. Everything was top-notch, and I’ll definitely be coming back next time I’m in Edinburgh. Thank you for catering to different dietary needs!

Got the ckn wrap 5£ and ckn was strongly marinated, the saltiness really works well in the wrap. Other than that it's got lettuce and not much else, but the wrap itself was super crispy, excellent bite as well. Second visit: Dhan Halla, Bamia Bill Foron The lamb dish with tomato base was quite flat and very salty The veggie dish with cubed lamb was pretty good. Pita bread was ok A little pricey tho Third visit: Got the wrap again with feta, aubergine and ckn add on and only 1pound more The skin is rlly not well toasted, the ckn breast is quite dry but overall it's fine

I went for dinner with a friend and was really looking forward to the meal (the reviews seemed great and so did the website and menu). We booked a slot for a la carte menu without realising that if we would like go for the “sharing experience” we should have booked a different time slot (perhaps if this could be better clarified in the website it would have been useful). We were immediately told that changing the slot was not possible as we didn’t have time. We felt rushed during our meal, and although we were finished our main courses within our 1h30 slot, we were not asked for desserts and we were just asked to finish our drinks in the hall because the table was booked for other people…so we felt rushed to pay…Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy the food as I hoped, as I was stressed with the time pressure…

Delicious food fusing Spanish tapas with South African favourites and Scottish indulgence. Each dish is a decent size (2-3 per person will fill you up) and there are South African and Spanish wine and beers. Friendly servers in a cosy, warm space. Indaba is now our go-to place for taking guests out for dinner.

Excellent food, very large portions. There are several vegetarian options, we love their spicy sauce. Everything was on point. We hope to return soon!

Good food. Very long wait for it though!