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Zambi

Av 10 de Novembro 8, Maputo, Mozambique
843392624
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Ranked #1 of 45 restaurants in Maputo
Cuisines: Seafood
Good for: Child-friendly, Romantic, Groups, Business, Local cuisine, Entertaining clients
Dining options: Lunch Spot, Dinner, Reservations, After-hours
Restaurant details
Good for: Child-friendly, Romantic, Groups, Business, Local cuisine, Entertaining clients
Dining options: Lunch Spot, Dinner, Reservations, After-hours
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Seville
Senior Contributor
39 reviews 39 reviews
21 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 17 cities Reviews in 17 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013 NEW

Been there in a group diner and had the chence to try several dishes. The startes were nice and liked the garlic bred. Main corse I had picanha. Could be more salty but it was a nice piece of meat! Loved the deserts!

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Maputo, Mozambique
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7 reviews 7 reviews
7 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

Zambi has been a landmark for a long period in Maputo. It's almost like a historic restaurant. Nowadays the food is quite amazing and the service is great. The seafood is quite fresh and the calamari are probably the best I ever tasted in town. I don't like the way they fry the chips at Zambi (I am more fond... More

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Geneva, Switzerland
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24 reviews 24 reviews
9 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

Excellent fresh seafood, especially the steamed crab and langoustine tails are absolutely out of this world. Creative, well presented, fantastic combinations of tastes. Can't leave Mozambique without having eaten there! Perfect both for lunch and for dinner. Great service. You pay the price, but it's very much worth it.

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Boulder, Colorado
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

Fantastic food in a lovely hotel. Large inside, and a large patio outside when its warm enough. Real breathe of fresh air. Great fish and one of few places that serves it steamed! The down side is all the drinkers and rubbish on the street outside but not much the restaurant can do about that.

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Durban, South Africa
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2013

Prawns were good, not great. Excellent portion size. Some dishes were quite pricey. No wifi available at the time. Overall, a lovely place that I would visit again.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2013

Delicious clams with fresh garlic bread. Perfect combination for a Saturday sunset evening at Zambi. I do recommend to try other seafood dishes and the deserts. Good wine is also available. Note, is not a everyday restaurant type, but very good for the day(s) you will be there. Excellent to be either with family and/or friends.

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cape town
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14 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 March 2013

Quality, service and price wise a very good experience. The steamed crab was simply the best, fresh fish dishes and prawn curry fantastic. It's very hard to find good places in maputo in terms of quality, service and price wise. This one therefore we will visit again when we are over there !

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 March 2013 via mobile

A must resturant to visit while in Maputo. Beautiful food and excellent service, a nice change from the plastic chair taverna style resturants around the city. We could have been eating in a world class resturant in Europe. Not cheap but worth every cent

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Australia
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19 reviews 19 reviews
7 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 March 2013

Went there last year and found the quality and service not as good. Also told new orders so may take time to settle in Coming back in a few weeks time so prepared to give it a retry

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15 reviews 15 reviews
4 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 February 2013

This restaurant is well rated on trip advisor so when we were in Maputo we thought we would check it out. We had lunch here and although it was expensive(by Africian standards) the food was well presented and tasty. The staff were professional and the service excellent. The venue itself is one street off the waterfront and we sat outside... More

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