Mwiko LodgeLakeside · Rwanda
Restaurant
Imeza · The Table

One menu,
cooked once a day.

A wood-clad dining room above the lake. A single long table of reclaimed mukondo.

Weekdays
08:00 — 19:30
Weekends
08:00 — 19:30
The House Philosophy

We do not have a menu.
We have a kitchen.

Chef Aimable cooks what the morning brought — the lake's catch from the fishermen of Kinoni, the kale and beans from our terraced garden, the goat from Mr. Habimana three ridges over.

There is no à la carte. There is no choice between this and that. There is only what we have, and the conviction that it is enough. Dietary needs are honoured with care; ask the host upon arrival.

Today's Table · Uyu munsi

Cooked from this morning.

Day Menu

Starters

Intangiriro

  • Pumpkin Soup & Coconut$10

  • Mwiko Garden Salad$10

Mains

Ifunguro

  • Chicken$15

    Served with sautéed potatoes, mushroom sauce and vegetables of the day

  • Fish Fillet Skewers$15

    Lemon butter sauce, served with green banana chips or rice and vegetables of the day

Vegetarian

Imboga

  • Vegetable Skewers$5

    Served with mashed potatoes and barbecue sauce

Desserts

Iherezo

  • Mwiko Fresh Fruit Salad$5

  • Vanilla Ice Cream$5

Total Experience: $60

Fun Fact · Mu Rwanda

The bean comes first.

Rwanda eats more beans per person than almost any country on earth — averaging over 60 kilograms a year. They are the spine of the Rwandan plate. Red, white, climbing, bush — every household has its preferred kind.

60kg
Beans per person, per year
2,300 m
Average growing altitude
6 hr
Slow-braised, never rushed
The Hand at the Stove

Meet Chef Aimable.

Aimable Niyonzima · Head Chef
Aimable Niyonzima · Head Chef

“I learned to cook from my grandmother in Gisenyi. She did not measure anything. She tasted the air, the salt, the fish — and then she knew.”

Trained
École Hôtelière, Kigali
Born
Gisenyi, 1989
Specialty
Slow-braised everything
Favourite ingredient
Akabanga, by the drop
Reserve a Seat · Reservation

Sit at our table.

We seat twenty-four for dinner. Reservations are courteously held for twenty minutes past the hour.

Restaurant — Mwiko Lodge, Lake Ruhondo, Burera