Yaounde - Post Report Question and Answers
What typical restaurants, food delivery services, and/or takeout options are popular among expatriates?
There are many restaurants to choose from and a range of prices. The cheaper street type food is very cheap, there are mid-range restaurants that serve pizza and many international dishes, and then there are high-range restaurants like 'The Famous' that are places to go for a treat. The mall has many different restaurants and a coffee shop. - Feb 2023
There's a handful of regular restaurants around the Embassy that people really like. Good food. The Pizzeria, Quare Non (French), M-Square, and others. - Feb 2022
Restaurants are the one thing Yaounde has going for it. I have had pizza delivered; there is one pizzeria owned by an Italian woman and her brother that we like. You can find Chinese, Turkish, Burgers (we all like the Burger Bar), and of course local food. My family (including three kids) all enjoy eating out here. - Jan 2020
There are a selection of restaurants offering pizzas which you can take out, too. - Jun 2018
There are several solid restaurants with various cuisines. Looking at the current rankings on Trip Advisor gives you a good idea of what is available, although there are several others as well. Most are in the Bastos area and readily accessible from the embassy and housing. There isn't fast food in the American sense, but there are a few restaurants that provide a Cameroonian version, and there are a few places that have good pizzas, too. - Apr 2017
Cafe de Yaounde is an excellent restaurant that serves a variety of dishes (French, Italian, and American). There is a good Vietnamese restaurant close to Select Bakery and La Salsa has really good homemade pizza. The outdoor grill/lounge at the Hilton serves wood-fired pizza, chicken tika that is quiet good. The Hilton also has a great Saturday brunch and a 2 for 1 happy hour everyday in the rooftop lounge. - Apr 2014
Not so much fast food. Cafe Yaounde, an Italian restaurant, has great food. La Salsa is another popular one. There are restaurants scattered about. Some have live music, so that's a plus. If you like to eat in, a lot of people hire amazing cooks. - Jan 2014
Pizza Roma and the Cafe upstairs are decent. There is a rotiserre chicken place a block away on Bastos. La Boulangerie Calafatas is the best bakery and has some decent quick pastries for lunch. I would stay away from Dolce Vita... hygiene does not appear to be their area of interest. - May 2012
Fast food? Ha. There are plenty of restaurants - $20 for a nice meal roughly. - Sep 2011
Fast food restaurants do not exist here, but there are a good number of pizza places, coffee shops, Oriental, and other restaurants available. All are expensive though. A milkshake at the coffee house down the street is about $7 and a meal for our family of 6 at the Chinese buffet is over $200. - Mar 2010
Fast food as Americans know it does not exist, but there is Cameroonian roasted beef, called Soya, roasted fish on the streets, brochettes everywhere and great rottiserie chicken on every corner. Excellent French and European food available (though be prepared to drop 100$ for two if you want to have wine with dinner) also a wide variety of asian restaurants available, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Indian. Pattiseries are everywhere. - Jan 2010
Euro Marche provides great italian dishes in minutes. There are several roadside vendors who make rotisserie chicken, and a few restaurants who make US style fast food. The best restaurants are the sit-down style and they provide a wide array of ethnic dishes. They can get pricey though. - Nov 2008
Can get delivery pizza, take out rotisserie chicken, and many restaurants do deliver. - Sep 2008
No fast food. - Jun 2008
No fast food. It's a fun prank to tell someone that they're opening up a McDonald's finally...There are about 5-7 restaurants (Italian, French, Chinese) that expats regularly frequent, but in the city there are many places to eat, if you choose to be adventurous. - Jun 2008
