Best Restaurants in Asmara
Five essential tables, ranked by occasion.
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Asmara’s Top 5
Albergo Italia
Albergo Italia is one of the oldest restaurants in Asmara and an institution when it comes to fine dining, opened during the Italian colonial period and maintaining its reputation for classic Italian cuisine. The charmin...
Roma Restaurant
Roma Restaurant takes pride in offering a slice of Italy in the heart of Asmara — a fine dining establishment that excels at creating an atmosphere that is both elegant and genuinely Italian. The combination of the...
Casa degli Italiani
Casa degli Italiani takes guests on a culinary journey back to the golden era of Italian cuisine in Asmara, serving traditional Italian dishes crafted using age-old recipes and the freshest ingredients, with an ambiance ...
Ghibabo Restaurant and Pizzeria
Ghibabo Restaurant and Pizzeria is described as a magic place and a great restaurant in Asmara with live music and colorful lights, and is among the best in the capital. Guests return willingly due to friendship with the...
Silver Star Restaurant
Silver Star Restaurant offers Italian and African cuisine with great ambiance and cool art throughout. The combination of the culinary traditions and the artistic environment makes it one of Asmara’s most stylistic...
Spaghetti and Pizza House
The Spaghetti and Pizza House serves surprisingly satisfying food, with pizzas that are very good — probably the best in Asmara. The combination of the Italian name, the simple format, and the quality of the pizza ...
Dining in Asmara — The Essential Guide
The Most Italian City in Africa at Table
Asmara is one of the most extraordinary cities in Africa: the capital of Eritrea, a UNESCO World Heritage City for its remarkable Art Deco, Futurist, and Rationalist architecture that the Italian colonial period (1890–1941) built and that the subsequent decades of isolation have preserved in a state of remarkable intactness. The Cinema Impero, the Fiat Tagliero Building, and the Opera House constitute an architectural legacy that has few parallels in the world.
The culinary legacy is equally extraordinary: the Italian colonial period embedded a food culture in Eritrea that has been maintained and adapted over eight decades of independence and isolation. The pasta and pizza that Asmara’s Italian restaurants serve reflect not a tourist approximation but a genuine culinary tradition that the Eritrean kitchen has been practising since the 1930s — making Asmara the most authentically Italian dining destination in Africa.