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Long-running sidewalk cafe and bar at Kleine Waterstraat 1 in Paramaribo's hotel district, open daily from 08:00 to 02:00, with a large covered terrace, sports screens and live music.
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Eating and drinking in Paramaribo
Javanese warungs, Creole kitchens, roti shops, cafés and riverside bars.
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Baka Foto
Restaurant at the Fort Zeelandia site on Abraham Crijnssenweg in Paramaribo, in a historic building beside the Suriname River. It has also traded as Museumrestaurant Baka Foto.
Chi Min
Long-established Chinese-Surinamese restaurant on Cornelis Jongbawstraat in central Paramaribo, with a ground-floor takeaway counter and a dining room upstairs.
De Gadri
Creole restaurant at Zeelandiaweg 1 beside Fort Zeelandia, loved for honest Surinamese home cooking in one of the city’s most atmospheric corners.
Fernandes Bakkerij
Surinamese bakery company founded in 1918 and part of the Fernandes Group, producing breads, pastries and snacks nationally and selling directly through its Warme Bakker retail shops and pastry outlets in Paramaribo.
Garden of Eden
Thai restaurant at Virolastraat 61 in Uitvlugt, open evenings from Monday to Saturday — one of the few kitchens in Paramaribo cooking a cuisine that is not Surinamese, Chinese or Indian.
Grand Roopram Roti Restaurant
Hindustani-Surinamese roti chain founded in Paramaribo in 1967, serving roti with masala and curry dishes from multiple branches across Paramaribo and Wanica, most open daily from 08:00 to 23:00.
Martin's House of Indian Food
Indian restaurant at Hajarystraat 19 in Rainville, open every day from 10:00 to 23:00, which describes itself as the only authentically Indian and halal kitchen in Suriname and carries an unusually deep vegetarian menu.
Mirosso Indisch Restaurant
Javanese-Surinamese restaurant in the Blauwgrond district of northern Paramaribo, grown from a small warung into a sit-down restaurant with both a terrace and air-conditioned indoor seating.
Sarinah
Javanese restaurant on the Verlengde Gemenelandsweg in Paramaribo, serving Javanese-Surinamese dishes, filled sandwiches and loempias throughout the day in a garden setting with a pond.
Souposo
Surinamese soup bar and fusion restaurant on Costerstraat in Paramaribo, serving a daily-changing soup of the day alongside a wider menu of Surinamese and vegetarian dishes.
Zus & Zo
Grand cafe and restaurant in a colonial-style building on Grote Combeweg near the Palmentuin in central Paramaribo, serving European, Caribbean and Surinamese dishes from breakfast through late evening, with a garden terrace.
Hard Rock Cafe Suriname
The Suriname outpost of the international chain, open since April 2023 inside the International Mall of Suriname, with live music, a Rock Shop and a kitchen that runs to 23:00 — plus a second counter in the airport departure hall.
Roline's de Waag
Restaurant and terrace in the historic De Waag weigh-house building at the start of the Waterkant riverside boulevard in central Paramaribo, serving Surinamese dishes such as pom and masala chicken alongside international and grill items.
Surinaamsch Rumhuis
Rum house, museum and tasting room on the bank of the Suriname River in Paramaribo, run by Suriname Alcoholic Beverages, offering guided tours of the distillery and museum followed by tastings of Borgoe, Black Cat and Marienburg rums.
Warung Renah
A small Javanese warung on Josephine Samson Greenstraat in Blauwgrond, the district of northern Paramaribo where the city’s Javanese-Surinamese cooking is concentrated.
Coffee Mama
Surinamese coffee company established in 2020, roasting and selling its own blend as beans and ground coffee and operating a cafe presence in Paramaribo.
U.S. Bakery
Bakery in Paramaribo selling fresh bread, Surinamese pastries, savoury snacks and celebration cakes, and taking orders by WhatsApp.