K'Osewe Ranalo Foods

good address for traditional Kenyan food at affordable prices, friendly staff

This place offers great atmosphere and its a good spot to eat local foods within Nairobi CBD. Were out of foods for the day like chicken stew and wet fry fish. I you want specific delicacies be there around lunch hour for this specific location.

Unless you know about this place you may not enter as it doesn't look like much from the outside. However it's a very good place to eat. It's super local and far from being a touristy place. There is no set menu so you get what's available but the fiid is very good and typical Kenyan food. Staff is very friendly and will answer all your questions about food. Wines are decent. I would recommend not showing too late otherwise most of the food options may be gone. It has a very quiet atmosphere but food is worth going there if you are looking to try local places. It reminded me of my local lunch time neighborhood restaurant in Brussels

Our guide brought us to this restaurant after a walking tour in CBD Nairobi, this was truly my first authentic Kenyan food restaurant. If you want to try the real traditional Kenyan food come to this place, as it is more of a local place they don’t have a written menu which didn’t bother me as it is part of the experience. I tried dry fish with ugali, how it works : you go upstairs sit in the table the waiter tell you the options of meat they have and side dishes and you choose.

Nicebpqlcevto sit and have a drink. Far from the mad crowd. Drinks very affordable

K'Osewe Ranalo Foods along Kimathi Street in Nairobi's CBD is the third generation of a remarkable rags-to-riches story of one William Guda Osewe. From hawking mishikakis (shish kebab) and later setting up his first eatery under a tree in the Kaloleni area of Nairobi in the early 70s to opening Ranalo Foods at the Kenya Railways Central Station, then relocating it to the former Cameo Cinema on Kenyatta Avenue, Ranalo Foods quickly became the go-to place to experience authentic African food. These days, the family run restaurant popular for serving traditional and local dishes and playing smooth tunes from the Lingala maestros of Central Africa appears to have seen better days. Thanks to a harsh COVID-19 season and the proverbial liquidity trap. Perhaps the Westlands branch is doing better. What's your experience there? Yet still the fish here slaps in a certain special way and when combined with wimbi ugali and that rediculously nutricious mrenda, while a TPOK jazz classic plays in the background, Ranalo confirms it rightful place among the great eateries to experience that truly authentic Kenyan food affair.

Athola very tasty, but no one to guide clients that its self service. I sat there almost 15minites before calling someone to ask for food, only to be told pay first then come with receipt.

My number one go to meal is always "athola " and mrenda, very sweet, and always served hot. They also have "aliya ", goat meat prepared to your liking and even matumbo. Love all my visits here so far