Our menu
Prices in FCFA, service included. Dishes marked “Spicy” can be made milder on request. Any allergies? Just tell us when you order.
Ata (or akara) — 1 500 FCFA
Crispy black-eyed bean fritters, spicy tomato sauce.
Aloko — 1 500 FCFA
Fried ripe plantain, fresh chilli on the side.
Grilled wagasi — 2 500 FCFA
Mild Fulani cheese, pan-fried until golden, with tomato and onion sauce.
Beef skewers — 2 500 FCFA
Spiced marinated beef, grilled over a wood fire.
To start
To share while you wait, or to nibble with a cold drink.
Our specialities
The dishes that made the restaurant’s name.
Foufou & leaf sauce — 4 500 FCFA
Hand-pounded yam, gboma sauce with local spinach, meat and smoked fish.
Pâte & okra sauce — 3 500 FCFA
White maize dough with okra sauce, smoked fish and dried shrimp.
Grilled fish — 6 500 FCFA
Whole grilled sea bream, moyo sauce (tomato, onion, chilli), with akassa or attiéké.
Grilled chicken & aloko — 5 000 FCFA
Half a free-range chicken, marinated and grilled, with fried plantain. Ivorian recipe
Amiwo with chicken — 4 000 FCFA
Red maize dough cooked with tomato and spices, grilled chicken.
Atassi — 3 500 FCFA
Rice and beans cooked together, fried fish, spicy tomato sauce and gari.
Ablo & fried fish — 4 000 FCFA
Steamed rice-flour buns, fried fish, crushed chilli.
Gboma dessi & pâte — 3 000 FCFA
Local spinach sauce with tomato and chilli, no meat, served with maize dough.
Everyday Beninese dishes
What people in Benin eat every day, cooked the home way.
Desserts and drinks
House juices made every morning, local beers and something sweet to finish.
Cassava-coconut cake — 2 000 FCFA
Grated cassava and coconut, baked, served warm.
Yovo doko — 1 500 FCFA
Little sweet doughnuts, crisp outside and soft inside.
Fresh fruit salad — 2 000 FCFA
Sugarloaf pineapple, mango and papaya, depending on the season.
House bissap — 1 000 FCFA
Iced hibiscus flower infusion with mint and ginger.
House ginger juice — 1 000 FCFA
Freshly pressed ginger, lime, lightly sweetened.
Tchoukoutou — 1 000 FCFA
Traditional millet beer, light and slightly sour.
La Béninoise — 1 000 FCFA
Local lager, 65 cl bottle.
Mineral water — 500 FCFA
50 cl bottle.
The lunch deal
Tuesday to Friday, 11:30 am to 3 pm.
Dish of the day + house drink — 4 000 FCFA
A traditional dish that changes every day, served with a house bissap or ginger juice.
- Served in under 20 minutes
- A different dish every day
- House bissap or ginger juice included