Three days in Paramaribo
A workable three-day plan: the UNESCO inner city on foot, a day across the river in Commewijne, and a third day that depends on what you want from Suriname.
Updated 21 August 2026
Food & drink · Centrum
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.
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- roti
- cheap eats
- takeaway
Grand Roopram is the roti name most Surinamers will give you first. The company dates itself to 1967, with the business passing to a grandson in 1978, and it now runs nine branches in Suriname: Zwartehovenbrugstraat 23, Watermolenstraat 37, A.L. Waaldijkstraat 31, Mr. Jagernath Lachmonstraat 53, Saturnusstraat 44, Ringweg-Zuid 313, Kwattaweg 471, Indira Gandhiweg 373 and Martin Luther Kingweg 176.
For a visitor staying in or near the centre, Zwartehovenbrugstraat 23 is the practical one. Most branches open daily from 08:00 to 23:00, so this is also one of the few reliable late options in the city.
Roti here is the Hindustani-Surinamese version: a thin flatbread served with curried chicken, potato, long beans and egg, eaten with your hands. Order it as a plate and pull the bread apart rather than wrapping it.
Note that several similar domains and a separate "Roopram Roti" listing exist. The branch details above come from grandroopramroti.sr.
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Information on this page is sourced from Grand Roopram Roti.
- Grand Roopram Roti · address, established, existence, hours · read 21 August 2026