Where to eat in Paramaribo: Javanese, Creole, roti and Chinese
Four everyday kitchens share one small city. This is what we have been able to verify about where to eat in each of them — and where the gaps are.
Updated 21 August 2026
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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.
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Fernandes Bakkerij was founded in 1918 by Isaac Fernandes and his son Jule, and is now the dominant bakery brand in Suriname. Its head office and production site is at Prof. W.J. Kernkampweg 52-54 in Paramaribo, on +597 463200.
For a visitor, the relevant part is not the plant but the Warme Bakker retail shops and pastry outlets, where Surinamese bakery items are sold over the counter. This is where you meet the everyday baked side of the country's food — the same range you will see stacked on supermarket shelves and served at breakfast in hotels.
The gap in this entry is a real one: the company's contact page lists the Kernkampweg address, which is the factory, but not the addresses or opening hours of the individual shops. Do not turn up at Kernkampweg expecting a cafe. Details re-checked 21 August 2026.
Four everyday kitchens share one small city. This is what we have been able to verify about where to eat in each of them — and where the gaps are.
Updated 21 August 2026
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.
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.
Long-established Chinese-Surinamese restaurant on Cornelis Jongbawstraat in central Paramaribo, with a ground-floor takeaway counter and a dining room upstairs.
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Information on this page is sourced from Fernandes Bakkerij N.V..