Best Eat Outs in Kwale






Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant: Fine Dining
Experience a dining adventure like no other at Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant, where history, nature, and fine dining converge. 2 km past Diani Shopping Mall along Diani Beach Road brings you to one of most acclaimed restaurants within Diani, in inimitable settings. The restaurant offers an enchanting ambience – with its unusual setting of an open ceiling that reveals the starlit sky, providing a rare magical fine dining experience. The cave itself comprises a series of interlinking chambers with depths of 10 metres below ground level, housing a quirky and cavernous dining space within caves dating back to 120,000 to 140,000 years.
The roof of the restaurant is open, offering a salubrious setting to wine and dine under the cosmic-enliven African night sky. Specializing in international cuisine with a focus on seafood, the restaurant sources fresh catches from the Kenyan coast and Lamu Island. Diners can enjoy dishes such as fresh oysters from Kilifi, seafood pâté featuring red snapper, prawn, and octopus, and bisque of Lamu crab. The cave’s natural architecture, combined with candlelight and lanterns, creates a warm and intimate setting. The main dining area features an open roof, where guests to dine under the stars, enhancing the unique experience ten-fold.
Due to its popularity and limited seating, reservations are recommended. Guests can book a table by contacting the restaurant via email at [check website] or by calling +254 714 456131. It’s important to note that children under the age of 6 are not permitted, and those under 12 are not allowed during the 8:30 PM to 11:00 PM seating. On a long night out in Diani, you can enjoy some dance and drinks at the Forty Thieves Bar, Taandori Bar or Shakatak Disco. The fact that Ali Barbour’s is situated within easy reach of most resorts makes it a good dine out alternative.

The best eat-outs can be subjective and depends on personal preferences, budget, and location. Ever-growing in number around Kenya, are an inviting array of eat-outs offering innovative and multi-sensory dining experience. Bringing the world to our plates, with cuisines from around the world. Others, too, have been around for many years now, offering classic cuisine with impeccable service.
Index of Fanciful Eat Outs Around Kenya
Homa Bay County - BJs Ranch, Kiambu County - Wadau Resort, Lakehouse Tigoni, Fig & Olive, Kilifi County - The Moorings, La Marina Restaurant, Kilifi Boatyard, Bushbaby Treehouse, Malaika Beach Sunbeds & Restaurant, Lo Sfizio Coffee Shop, Kwale County - Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant, Center Point Mall, Kalista Bar & Restaurant, Nomad Beach Bar, Sails at Almanara, Laikipia County - Barney's Bar and Restaurant, Soames Hotel & Jacks Bar, The Trout Tree Restaurant, Lamu County - Floating Bar & Restaurant, Bahari Restaurant, Diamond Village, Tamarind Tree Cafe, Meru County - Anabas Resort Trout & Seafood, Mombasa County - Africa Hotel, Forodhani, Kizingo BBQ, Tamarind Dhow Cruise, Instanbul Cave, Yul's Restaurant R, Pavilions, Muranga County - Kakuzi Boran Barn, Nairobi County - K'Osewe Ranalo Foods, Samaki Samaki Seafood, Thai Chi Nb, The View Movenpick, Mama Ashanti, The Ghanaman West African Cuisine Kitchen, Asmara, Si Senor, Phoenician, Tortuga Rum Bar, Fogo Gaúcho Churrascaria, Talisman, Nyandarua County - The Fairway Residence, Trans Nzoia County - Sirwo Resort Kitale

Located along the Kenyan coast, and a hub renowned for its pristine beaches, rich cultural heritage, and breathtaking landscapes, Kwale County uniquely combines two of Kenya’s unsurpassed offerings – beach and safari. Kwale County is also a melting pot of coastal traditions, modern development, farming and trade to boot.
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85 Destinations in Kwale County, arranged as one would visit these - north, south, east then south - with aid of in-depth narratives, images, maps and distance chart:
Shelly Beach, Time Out Art Camp, Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary, Kutazama Lodge, Mandhari Lodge, Kimerimeta Safari Lodge, Baraza Park, Kwale Town, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Shimba Hills Lodge, Elephant Lookout, Sheldrick Falls, Shimba Hills Organic Farm, Nyalani Dam, WWF Nursery, Tiwi Beach, Diani-Chale Marine National Reserve, Kongo Mosque, Twiga Mosque, Diani Mosque, Diani Beach Art Gallery, Diani Bikes, Center Point Mall, Diani Beach, Almasi Art Agency, Diamond Leisure Beach & Golf Resort, Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant, Kenya Kite Masters, Kite Festival, Funguo Wreck, Swahili Beach Resort, Raydon Water Sports, Colobus Conservation Trust, Sails Beach Bar & Restaurant, H2O Extreme, Nomad Beach Bar & Restaurant, Baobab Beach Resort, Lantana Galu Beach, Galu Ruins, Bora Bora Wildlife Park, Skydive Diani, Kalista Bar & Restaurant, Kaya Kinondo (Forest), Kinondo Kwetu (Resort), Chale Island, Tulia Eco Garden, Gazi Beach, Gazi Mangrove Boardwalk, Gazi Ruins, Msambweni Beach, Munje Beach, Munje Beach Villas, Munje Ruins, Munje Octopus Closure, Funzi Island, Shirazi Ruins, Fikirini Caves, Hormuz, Pongwe, Shimoni Caves, Betty's Camp, Shimoni Ruins, KWS Shimoni Cottages, Wasini Island, Wasini Ruins, Wasini Boardwalk, Charlie Claw’s, Chambocha Cemetery, Wasini Dolphin Tours, Pilli Pipa Dhow, Blue Monkey Cottages, GVI Mkwiro, Mwaozi Tumbe's Gravestone, Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park, Sii Island, Mrima Hill, Maji Moto Springs, Vumba Kuu, Vanga, Vanga Ruins, Nyika Plateau
Know More About Kwale County: Its Geography, Land-Use, Highlights, Population, Roads - including strip maps, Airports, Climate & National Monuments
What’s The Air Like In Kwale?
Kwale has monsoon type of climate marked by hot and dry weather from January to May and cooler temperatures from June to August. Average annual temperatures ranges between 24oC and 30oC.



What’s The Lay of The Land In C.02?
Kwale is widely known for its 35 km long coast, where Diani Beach sits. Inland, the coastal uplands, commonly referred to as Shimba Hills, is a sharp elevation in altitude. The land then steeply falls again into the Nyika Plateau and Tsavo.

