This venerable local haunt serves up authentic, country-style Rwandan standards – namely meat and maize – in rustic surrounds (think stone floors, four fake tree trunks, beamed ceilings and a fireplace). Pizzas and beef fillet also grace the menu.
Chez John
Kigali
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