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
Food & drink · Centrum
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.
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Best for
- riverside dining
- local specialities
- historic setting
Roline's de Waag occupies De Waag, the old weigh house at Waterkant 5, where the riverside boulevard begins. The building is the draw: it is one of the landmarks of the Waterkant frontage inside the UNESCO-inscribed inner city, and the terrace looks out over the Suriname River.
The kitchen serves Surinamese dishes alongside international and grill items. Directory listings describe it as a lunch and dinner restaurant.
Two caveats. First, De Waag has housed several restaurants over the years, and the current tenancy appears to be recent — if you have an older recommendation for this address, it may not be for this operation. Second, we could not confirm opening hours from any source we could read: the restaurant's listings on the platforms that carry them refuse automated checks. Ring ahead. Details re-checked 21 August 2026.
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Walking the historic inner city of Paramaribo
A half-day route through the thirty hectares UNESCO inscribed in 2002 — fort, square, palace, park, cathedral, and the synagogue and mosque that share a street.
Updated 21 August 2026
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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.
Sources and verification
Last verified
Information on this page is sourced from Petit Fute, Who's Who in Suriname Business, Restaurant Week Suriname, TripAdvisor.
- Petit Fute · address · read 21 August 2026
- Roline's de Waag, Centrum, Paramaribo — Who's Who in Suriname Business · existence · read 21 August 2026
- Restaurant Week Suriname · existence · read 21 August 2026
- TripAdvisor · hours · read 21 August 2026