Critics'Pick

Zamzam Kitchen

Friendly,low-key setting for comforting flavours.

Edziban serves West African snacks and stews.
Critics'Pick

Edziban

Lively stews and pounded carbs.

Jollof rice with meat at The African Calabash.
Critics'Pick

The African Calabash

Soulful,supremely comforting family-run spot.

Akwaaba serves West African cuisine.
Critics'Pick

Akwaaba

Jubilant celebration of Ghanaian food.

Malewa City pop-up restaurant in Balaclava.

‘A true find’:This pop-up is the kind of place that makes Melbourne worth celebrating

Warehouse cafe Glass Merchants turns into Congolese restaurant,Malewa City,three nights a week.

  • Dani Valent
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Peasants Paradice’s Zimbabwean-born chef and owner,Dwight Alexander.
14.5/20

Run to Paradice – or at least this spirited Northbridge dining room

Could this be one of the city’s best-kept-secret cooks? His bold,confident,unique cooking suggests his is a name to watch closely.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Go-to dish:Beyaynetu vegan platter on injera.
13.5/20

‘Doubly exceptional’:Why this humble Ethiopian restaurant’s injera is twice as nice

Sinq’s sisters cook Ethiopian dishes you can find in dozens of Melbourne dining rooms,but with uncommon deftness and detail,and a warm,generous spirit.

  • Dani Valent
Assorted dishes,includign fufu (top left),at Little Lagos in Sydney.

‘Fufu has gone ballistic’:Five West African eateries (and their signature dishes) to try

There’s a Sydney import bringing goat curry to Fitzroy,a vibrant bar and bistro putting Ghanaian spirits in your cocktails,and more.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Fried plantain at African Calabash restaurant in Footscray.

‘Golden,starchy goodness’:These are hot chips,but not as you might know them

Friendly family restaurant African Calabash is a taste of West Africa in Melbourne’s west.

  • Dani Valent
Jollof rice with beef and fried plantain.

La Gout Afrique is a brilliant little gem in a suburban corner milk bar

What do you buy from a milk bar? Cheezels,dishwashing liquid and emergency Tim Tams. What about jollof rice,fried plantain and fufu?

  • Dani Valent