Lilayi's Restaurant — Contemporary International / Zambian, Lusaka
Lilayi’s Restaurant features an on-site wine cellar with 120 wines handpicked by a sommelier, offering an elegant dining experience with a refined atmosphere that makes it the finest fine dining address in Lusaka. The lodge setting — on the edge of a small game reserve south of the capital — provides the natural backdrop that the cooking’s Southern African character deserves.
The cooking takes the Zambian and Southern African ingredient landscape seriously: the game meats of the surrounding bush, the freshwater fish of the Zambezi and its tributaries, and the organic produce that the lodge’s commitment to quality sourcing provides. The sommelier-curated cellar provides the pairing dimension that elevates the cooking to fine dining level.
The wine cellar of 120 handpicked South African bottles is Lilayi’s most celebrated feature: a collection assembled by a sommelier who knows both the wines and the food they accompany.
Lilayi’s is the restaurant around which Lusaka’s most important occasions are organised: the refined atmosphere, the sommelier-curated cellar, and the lodge setting provide the complete fine dining experience that the capital deserves.
Best Occasion: Proposal
A lodge on the edge of a game reserve, a sommelier-curated cellar of 120 wines, and an elegant dining experience: Lilayi’s provides a proposal setting of extraordinary natural and culinary quality.
Best Occasion: Impress Clients
120 sommelier-curated wines, elegant refined atmosphere, and the finest available Southern African cooking in a game lodge setting: Lilayi’s is the most powerful client dining statement in Lusaka.