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Eating out
Inzora Rooftop Café is great for breakfast or light snacks, all vegetarian with vegan options. Have a morning coffee or a sundowner on the rooftop. Walk up to KG 5 Ave and turn right.
15 locals recommend
Inzora Rooftop Café
13 KG 5 AveInzora Rooftop Café is great for breakfast or light snacks, all vegetarian with vegan options. Have a morning coffee or a sundowner on the rooftop. Walk up to KG 5 Ave and turn right.
Kigali Heights is a small shopping mall with amazing gelato and several chain restaurant options. Located right next to Kigali Convention Center.
21 locals recommend
Kigali Heights
KG 7 AvenueKigali Heights is a small shopping mall with amazing gelato and several chain restaurant options. Located right next to Kigali Convention Center.
Habesha serves traditional Ethiopian food. We love the mixed vegetarian platter. Take a right at Kigali Convention Center, follow the road and then the signs.
Habesha Ethiopian Restaurant
10 KG 617 StHabesha serves traditional Ethiopian food. We love the mixed vegetarian platter. Take a right at Kigali Convention Center, follow the road and then the signs.
Poivre Noir offers a changing menu of French/Belgian dishes. Great for a multi-course dinner or a burger (beef or mushroom). Head over to Kimihurura’s cobblestone street and take the fourth left.
20 locals recommend
Poivre Noir
KG 670 StreetPoivre Noir offers a changing menu of French/Belgian dishes. Great for a multi-course dinner or a burger (beef or mushroom). Head over to Kimihurura’s cobblestone street and take the fourth left.
Repub Lounge is another good option in Kimihurura. Nice place to hang out, have a drink and try some African dishes. Located next to Papyrus, on the second left off the cobblestone road.
28 locals recommend
Repub Lounge
16 KG 674 StRepub Lounge is another good option in Kimihurura. Nice place to hang out, have a drink and try some African dishes. Located next to Papyrus, on the second left off the cobblestone road.
Vuba Vuba (vubavuba.rw) and Rush Foods (rushbusinesses.com/rush-foods) deliver from many different restaurants.
Vuba Vuba
KN 5 RoadVuba Vuba (vubavuba.rw) and Rush Foods (rushbusinesses.com/rush-foods) deliver from many different restaurants.
Working out
WAKA (wakaglobal.com) is Kigali’s nicest gym and offers day membership and punch cards. Located on the ground floor of Papyrus, on the second left off the cobblestone road.
WAKA Kimi
18 KG 674 StWAKA (wakaglobal.com) is Kigali’s nicest gym and offers day membership and punch cards. Located on the ground floor of Papyrus, on the second left off the cobblestone road.
Ituze Center offers yoga and mindfulness classes on donation basis. Head toward Kigali Convention Center and take a left across from Meze Fresh.
Ituze Mindfulness & Yoga Centre
Ituze Center offers yoga and mindfulness classes on donation basis. Head toward Kigali Convention Center and take a left across from Meze Fresh.
Hospital
King Faisal Hospital
Groceries
Simba Supermarket
KG 541 StreetThe closest supermarket is Simba (in Kigali Heights).
Sawa Citi Supermarket
KN 5 RoadBrood at Sawa Citi (near Gisimenti) has nice bread.
For a good wine selection, try Wines & More (on the left side of the main road on the way to Kigali Heights).
Wines & More
KG 543 StreetFor a good wine selection, try Wines & More (on the left side of the main road on the way to Kigali Heights).
City advice
Getting around
Taxis
Yegocabs is a metered taxi service with a toll free number. Call 9191 from your phone to request a car.
There is no Uber in Kigali, but we now have Volkswagen Move (move.rw), which works in a similar way. The app still crashes a lot, but you will be rewarded with a nice car if you succeed.
Motorcycle taxis (“motos”) are everywhere in Kigali and can be flagged down in the street. With Yegomoto (yegomoto.com), your rides are metered.