Willy Beach Restaurant
Willy Beach
An affordable beachfront seafood spot at the southern end of Papa Remo Beach (Lovers' Bay) in Watamu, where you can eat seafood platters and lobster with your feet in the sand, plus Kenyan home dishes such as ugali.
Willy Beach is at the southern end of Papa Remo Beach (Lovers' Bay) in Watamu. It is a budget-friendly seafood spot often recommended to visitors. Its main items are seafood platters, grilled lobster, fresh prawns, crab and octopus. It also serves squid salad, coconut curry, and local home dishes such as pilau and beef stew with ugali and kachumbari (tomato and onion salad). The pineapple vodka cocktail is worth trying. Main courses cost about USD 10-15, cheaper than resort restaurants on the beach. The setting is casual and reservations are usually not needed. You can walk from Watamu town or take a tuk-tuk.
Opening hours
Daily 8:30-22:00
Nearby sights
- Bio-Ken Snake Farm
- Watamu Marine National Park
- Watamu Beach & Turtle Bay
- Local Ocean Conservation (Watamu Turtle Watch)
- Gede Ruins
- Mida Creek
- Malindi Marine National Park
- Vasco da Gama Pillar