Hungry after 11 pm? Where to eat late in Yaoundé and Douala

It is 11 pm. The match has just ended, or the rehearsal, or the shift. Your stomach is growling, the fridge is empty, and the question comes: what is still open?

Good news: the city does not sleep as early as you think. Here are the places in the NiceThings catalogue that say they serve late, with their closing time.

Yaoundé

Until 1 am

Gramland, in Nlongkak, and O’Good Food, in Mvan (American and Lebanese food), say they close at 1 am. Seven Hills, in Elig-Essono (Lebanese, Turkish, burgers), stays open until 12:30 am.

Until midnight

L’Hybride, in Bastos, and Karoka BBQ, in Essos, for grills (closed on Sundays).

Until 11 or 11:30 pm

Cosy Pool, in Bastos, until 11:30 pm (French food). Then, until 11 pm: Kaïs in Nlongkak, Chez Marcelo in Santa Barbara (Italian), Tchoko’s Food in Essos (closed on Tuesdays), Universal in Biyem-Assi, Alpha Foods in Mokolo, and, over in Simbock, Chicken Dex and Raphaëlo (pizzas and ice cream), both checked on site by our team and closed on Sundays.

Open late in Yaoundé

Gramland

Restaurant · Nlongkak

O'good Food

American, Lebanese · Mvan

Seven Hills

Lebanese, Turkish · Elig-Essono

L'Hybride

Restaurant · Bastos

Karoka BBQ service

Burgers, African · Essos

Cosy Pool

French · Bastos

Kaïs

Fast food · Nlongkak

Chez Marcelo

Italian · Santa Barbara

Tchoko's Food

Restaurant · Essos

restaurant Universal

Fast food · Biyem-Assi

Alpha Foods

Restaurant · Mokolo

Chicken Dex

Chicken · simbock

Raphaëlo pizza et glacier

Cameroonian, Pizza · entrée simbock

The city doesn’t sleep that early

Douala

The Sky Lounge and Restaurant, in Akwa, says it serves until 3 am: the latest on the list. Also in Akwa, Eden Food closes at midnight, like Friend Foods in Bonamoussadi (closed on Mondays) and Chepele, “Man with the Pot”, in Logbessou, whose story we told you. L’Ovalie, in Bonadouma, stays open until 11:30 pm (closed on Sundays); Nors Seafood, in Makepe II, and Makala Party, in Bonewonda, until 11 pm.

Open late in Douala

The Sky Lounge and Restaurant

Steakhouse, Burgers · Akwa

Eden Food

Local cuisine, International · Akwa

Friend Foods

Restaurant · Bonamoussadi

Chepele « Man with the Pot »

African, Barbecue · Logbessou

2,500–4,000 FCFA

L'Ovalie

Fish, Burgers · Bonadouma

Nors Seafood Restaurant

Seafood, Breakfast · Makepe II Bonamoussadi

Makala party

Fast food · Bonewonda

And the street?

At night, the city also eats outside: soya smoking on the embers, grilled fish at the junction. Those spots move and do not always have a name. We talk about them in our article on soya; and if you know one that is there every night, add it to NiceThings.

Your midnight spot

• What is your midnight dish? Soya, grilled fish, shawarma, omelette-spaghetti? Tell us in the comments.
• Know a late-night place that is missing here? Write its name and area in the comments: we will look for it.
• Is an opening time wrong? Say so on the place’s page, under “Right now”: everyone will see it.

Hours: OpenStreetMap and checks by the NiceThings team. Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BACHELOR45 (opening photo, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Edouard TAMBA tamba (CC0).