Ndaru maintains high coffee blends and natural juice selection in the city centre

Ndaru maintains high coffee blends and natural juice selection in the city centre

BYGEORGE KAGAME

Situated in the up market part of Kigali city, the part of high rising office blocks, UN agencies, embassies, banks and crucially Minecofin offices, Ndaru coffee house is a quite restaurant and meeting place that deserves its place as one of the most enduring images of Kigali lifestyle and Rwandan coffee.

Its location, service and reputed selection of juices and coffees have earned the beautiful coffee house many reviews in and outside the country. But read as much as you can about it, theirs is always something inviting about this simply designed place. And it needs all the publicity for it’s hidden in the middle of office blocks that almost only the curios easily find it.

For the single person, if you had a long weekend out on the town, there are just a handful of places where you can find decent and affordable breakfast to cure the ills of a long night out. At Ndaru coffee house you are treated to a wide variety of choices on the menu, to name just a few, scrambled eggs, Halaal sausages, natural juices and salads of all kinds all ranging from 2500 to Frw 5000.

For the family person, the coffee house offers a good ambiance for members to interact in a close environment, the in house ‘waterfalls’ and well tuned music selection are handy if you are in need of mediation or conversation.

The service at Ndaru coffee house is very efficient and hygiene is a high priority here, and it is not just cleanliness that the owners of the coffee house emphasize. The spirit of courtesy around the coffee house is so strong that on the day I was there an official working in the bank next to the coffeehouse was willing to give me a lift home without asking.

Ndaru is renowned for serving the best traditional meals for lunch from Monday to Friday and its juices are also worth a try. A glass of fresh juice goes for only Frw 500 while buffet meals range from 1800 to Frw 2500. There are op alcoholic beverages in the coffee house.

Ndaru coffee house is located right in front of the BCR headquarters and is open from seven days a week.