Eat

Les batons ("BANT-YII")

Mythical place in Dakar to eat meat skewers with an epise from Niger made from corn. Atypical place if you are a lover of good meat. The food is very tasty there.

Address: 7 Av. Jean Jaures

Directions Suggest a nearby place

Listing from Wikivoyage: Dakar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

Close by

Eat
Chez Elias
Fast food very popular with menu at the top. Simple welcoming place. Quality food and fast service. Best Shawarma.
Buy
Marche Sandaga
Madness. A decrepit concrete structure that has, despite appearance, three levels of activity: meat and vegetable stalls on the main floor, fish in the basement dungeon and restaurant stalls on the roof. You will need to brave the crumpled stairs and step around guys cleaning dead chicken to make it up. Around the market building a sprawling network of stalls offer everything from copied music CDs, Manchester United shirts, electronic gadgets and Islamic books. The hawkers can be very aggressive. The place is infamous for pickpockets, so take only the amount of money you need and keep it in a safe place.
See
Musée des Forces Armées Senegalaise
Senegalese Armed Forces Museum
Patriotic museum showcasing the history of Senegal and its military, including how Senegalese soldiers fought bravely under the French flag.
Eat
Hotel Restaurant Farid
Drink a gigantic Arrak (made from anis) as an aperitif and then order the 20 Mezze.