Joe's Beerhouse — Namibian / German Game, Windhoek
Joe’s Beerhouse is one of Windhoek’s most-loved restaurants, combining the best of Namibian and German cuisine with a menu featuring typical Namibian game meat such as ostrich, crocodile, springbok, and kudu. The combination of the German brewing tradition that the colonial period embedded in Namibian culture and the extraordinary game meat tradition of the Namibian bush produces a dining experience that is specifically and irreducibly Namibian.
The game meat menu at Joe’s Beerhouse is the most comprehensive available in Namibia: the ostrich fillet that is the country’s most celebrated and leanest game meat, the crocodile tail that is its most exotic, the springbok that is its most traditional, and the kudu that is its most characterful. Each is prepared with the German-influenced technique that the colonial legacy provides alongside the fire-cooking traditions that the African kitchen contributes.
The beer programme is legendary: Namibian craft beers alongside the German-influenced lagers that the Windhoek Lager tradition has been developing since 1920, presented in the convivial atmosphere that the Beerhouse name promises.
Joe’s Beerhouse is the restaurant that makes Windhoek feel like the unique cultural synthesis it is: German colonial heritage and the Namibian wild, on the same plate, in the same glass.
Best Occasion: Birthday
Ostrich, crocodile, springbok, and kudu on one menu, with Namibian craft beers in Windhoek’s most convivial restaurant: Joe’s Beerhouse provides a birthday dinner that celebrates everything extraordinary about Namibia’s food culture.
Best Occasion: Team Dinner
The most extraordinary game meat menu in Africa, Namibian craft beers, and the convivial atmosphere of Namibia’s most-loved restaurant: Joe’s Beerhouse provides the team dinner that every Windhoek visitor should experience.