Bois d'Ébène
A Cameroonian dance-and-music restaurant on Avenue Mgr Vogt in central Yaoundé, where you eat grilled skewers and fish to live music; specialties include monitor lizard soup.
Located at 5 Avenue Mgr Vogt in Elig-Essono, between the Bank of Central African States and a Total gas station. It is a restaurant and dance venue with live music. The menu centers on Cameroonian dishes, with some European options. Signature dishes include meat or shrimp skewers with fried plantain, grilled fish, and unusual game preparations such as monitor lizard soup. Ndolè is also available. Bands perform in the evening and the mood is lively. Reviews commonly mention slow service, so patience is needed. Prices are a little higher than the local average, and it stays open late.
Opening hours
Daily from 11:00; open until late on weekends (hours vary by source)
Nearby sights
- Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Cathedral
- National Museum of Cameroon
- Yaoundé Municipal Lake
- Reunification Monument
- Mokolo Market
- Basilica of Mary Queen of the Apostles
- Mvog-Betsi Zoo
- Benedictine Museum of Mont Fébé