You come here to eat.
The sea is already included.
Dinner. Thirty covers. Michamvi Pingwe, Zanzibar.
Where & When
Le Grand Bleu is a thirty-seat beachfront seafood restaurant in Michamvi Pingwe, Zanzibar, inside Karafuu Beach Resort & Spa. Every dinner is built around the local catch, cooked over coconut shell coals.
Open from 11:00 · Lunch 12:00–16:00 · Dinner 18:30–22:00
Arriving from outside? Notify the Karafuu gate.
"Feet in sand. Fish on grill.
Nothing else."
The Experience
We serve dinner to only 30 guests each evening. No crowds, no distractions. Our focus is entirely on the product: the freshest local catch, purchased daily from village fishermen, and cooked slowly over traditional coconut shell coals.
Hand-caught lobster, charred over coconut coals, dressed with lime, local coriander, and Piri-Piri butter.
Whole reef fish, ginger and lemongrass crust, coconut-coal charred, served with sweet plantain.
The Kitchen
Chef Jonas cooks with four ingredients, maximum. Raw fish, handled with the only blast chillers on the island. Bread baked here, flour from Dar — and we say so.
Meza Mmoja
Same kitchen. Same menu.
No other tables.
Between Lunch & Dinner · L'Ora D'Assaggio
8 seats · From 17:00
Fresh fish, exact pairings. A first taste of the evening.
A seat-capped experiential format to bridge your afternoon and evening. A doorway toward our full dinner experience, featuring select raw bites and curated pairings.
What our guests say
"Two days later, you remember
what you ate."
Not because it was spectacular. Because it was real.
Book your tableLe Grand Bleu is a seafood restaurant in Michamvi Pingwe, Zanzibar, inside Karafuu Beach Resort & Spa. It is a beach restaurant, so expect sand underfoot and the sea in view. Arriving from outside the resort? Tell the Karafuu gate you are coming to Le Grand Bleu.
The restaurant opens at 11:00. Lunch is served from 12:00 to 16:00 and dinner from 18:30 to 22:00. The Tasting Hour, a small raw fish and pairing format with 8 seats, starts at 17:00, between lunch and dinner.
Book on WhatsApp at +255 742 053 778. Dinner is limited to 30 guests each evening, so it is best to reserve ahead. Meza Mmoja, the private table for two, is reserved through the same number.
Seafood, cooked over traditional coconut shell coals. The fish and lobster are bought daily from village fishermen. Chef Jonas uses four ingredients at most per dish, and the bread is baked on site.
Meza Mmoja is a single table for two, set above the restaurant with a view over the ocean. It uses the same kitchen and the same menu as the dining room, with no other tables around. Reserve it through WhatsApp.
The Tasting Hour is an 8-seat format that starts at 17:00, between lunch and dinner. It offers a small selection of raw bites with matched pairings, as a first taste of the evening and an introduction to the full dinner.