Arusha Coffee Lodge Grill Room — Contemporary East African, Arusha
Arusha Coffee Lodge’s Grill Room is a star in the local fine-dining scene, set within the Lodge’s coffee plantation estate and featuring an eclectic and modern à la carte menu with dishes that reflect both the European fine dining tradition and the specific East African ingredients that surround the property.
The cooking takes full advantage of the coffee plantation setting: the Kilimanjaro-grown Arabica that provides the Lodge’s most famous product appears in unexpected savoury applications alongside the menu’s primary focus on grilled meats and fresh curries. The grilled steaks prepared with Swahili spices — the cumin, coriander, and cardamom of the Indian Ocean trade route — represent the cooking’s most distinctively East African expression.
The wine programme draws on South African producers alongside the international selections that a luxury lodge dining room demands. The coffee programme, drawing on the estate’s own Kilimanjaro Arabica, is exceptional.
Arusha Coffee Lodge Grill Room is the restaurant for visitors to the Lodge who want the combination of luxury estate setting, fine dining quality, and the specific East African character that the coffee plantation context uniquely provides.
Best Occasion: Impress Clients
A coffee plantation estate, a fine dining Grill Room, and an eclectic modern menu with Swahili spices: the Arusha Coffee Lodge Grill Room provides client dining in Tanzania of genuine luxury hotel quality.
Best Occasion: Birthday
The coffee plantation setting, the Grill Room quality, and the eclectic East African menu make the Arusha Coffee Lodge Grill Room an excellent birthday venue for those who want the full luxury lodge experience.