CHARLIE CLAW'S ORIGINAL WASINI ISLAND RESTAURANT

Our main restaurant overlooks the Indian Ocean toward the distant mountains of Tanzania. Diners sit at long wooden tables, feet dangling on the sandy floor under a gigantic palm tiled roof.

The dive-base restaurant with a romantic veranda & an intimate, cool upstairs, is set on a cliff overlooking the Wasini Channel.

The atmosphere at the restaurants is caring and friendly, and the bars offer a full range of drinks and thirst quenching reasonably priced cocktails. Nestling in nooks and crannies within the surrounding gardens & on the beach down at the water's edge there are traditional Swahili beds, driftwood chairs and tables; for a quiet time to sit and contemplate or snooze the hours away. There is a small shop selling locally produced crafts & weavers working on their loom.

For our fresh menus we harvest whatever is available daily from the sea. Local fishermen, all of whom use sustainable traditional fishing methods, deliver their fish and crab daily to the restaurant.

Our famous crab, whole, and steamed in ginger is served in giant bowls or individually on wooden platters. Totally fresh we keep our crab in holding tanks until ordered. All produce served is bought, wherever possible, from the local community.

Our menus are traditional Swahili - the long history of trading dhows that visited the Kenya Coast and plying the whole of the Indian Ocean has resulted in tasty, spicy dishes. Here is a typical menu:

CHARLIE CLAW'S STANDARD LUNCH MENU

Marinated fish & coconut bitings
fish chunks marinated in lime juice & curry spice
fried coconut marinated in lime juice and soy sauce
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whole crab steamed in ginger
enormous and brought to the tables piping hot
or
swahili vegetable soup
spicy with a touch of coconut
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bar-b-qued whole fish
or
bar-b-qued chicken
or
Swahili vegetable curry
Served with
Coconut rice, chappati Swahili sauce
with sweet coconut milk traditional bread spicy tomoatoes & tamarind
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tropical fruit platter
a selection of unusual fruits in season
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arabic coffee and sim sim
ginger spiced coffee with balls of sugared sesame seeds