Mercury's Bar — Zanzibari Seafood / Grill, Stone Town
Mercury’s Bar features fresh grilled fish that is cooked to perfection with expertly balanced spices, giving every bite an authentic taste of Zanzibar. The restaurant is named for Freddie Mercury, who was born in Stone Town in 1946, and the combination of the location, the music, and the food makes it the liveliest and most uniquely Zanzibari dining experience available in the old city.
The cooking takes the simplest approach to the island’s finest ingredient: the fresh fish from the Indian Ocean waters immediately adjacent to the town, grilled over charcoal with the spice blend that the Zanzibar tradition has been refining for a millennium. The result is the most direct possible expression of what the spice island tastes like.
The drinks programme reflects the bar’s social identity: cold Kilimanjaro beer, rum cocktails from the island’s sugarcane tradition, and the fresh fruit juices that the tropical setting makes natural.
Mercury’s Bar is the Stone Town restaurant for evenings that want the energy of the old city’s social life alongside the authenticity of its cooking: fresh fish, expertly spiced, in the birthplace of one of rock music’s greatest voices.
Best Occasion: Birthday
Freddie Mercury’s birthplace, fresh grilled fish with expertly balanced spices, and the liveliest atmosphere in Stone Town: Mercury’s Bar provides a birthday dinner of genuine cultural and culinary energy.
Best Occasion: Solo Dining
Fresh grilled fish, expertly balanced spices, and the social energy of the most lively bar-restaurant in Stone Town: Mercury’s Bar is one of the most naturally animated solo dining experiences in Zanzibar.