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L'Art de Chantou · Kisimenti, Remera, Kigali

The full culinary spectrum of African cuisine.

Where heritage lives, memories gather, and food becomes art.

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Friday 11 September · 8 sittings left at dinner

A request, not a confirmed table — we reply to confirm.Large party? +250 788 364 065

Welcome to L'Art de Chantou

The full culinary spectrum of African cuisine.

Some people speak through words. Chantou speaks through food.

At the heart of L'Art de Chantou is Chantal Mwananwe, a chef whose kitchen is her canvas and whose food is her language. Through every dish, she brings together the richness, diversity and soul of African cuisine.

But this is more than a restaurant. It lives within her mother’s home — a house filled with the warmth of family and generations of memories, where food was never simply something placed on a table, but a way of bringing people together.

Come for the food. Stay for the feeling. Leave with a memory.
Chantal Mwananwe · Chef & founder
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Today's hot dishes

What the kitchen is cooking, adjusted to this morning's deliveries.

Our special menu

Written each morning after the market. Prices include taxes; tell us about allergies when you book.

Small plates. Order two between you, or three if you are hungry.

  • Isombe velouté

    RWF 6,500

    Cassava leaf cooked down for four hours, smoked catfish, a spoon of crème fraîche.

  • Beetroot and ikivuguto

    RWF 5,800

    Roasted in salt, dressed with fermented milk, toasted sorghum on top.

  • Brochette de chèvre

    RWF 7,200

    Goat over charcoal, the way it is done on the street, with a mustard we make here.

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The rooms

The main dining room, the covered terrace, and a private room that can be taken on its own.

Tuesday – Sunday

11:00 – 22:30

Midday

11:00 – 15:30

Evening

16:00 – 21:30

Monday

Closed

A vast and beautiful spectrum

African cuisine is not confined to one place, one tradition or one flavour. Three ways of looking at it.

  • The philosophy

    Food as language, food as art

    Chantou's kitchen is her canvas. Every dish is thoughtfully created and made with love — food that is as beautiful to experience as it is to share.

    Made with love, every plate

  • The inspiration

    Family, heritage, memory

    A house where siblings gathered, children grew, and nieces and nephews filled the rooms with laughter and stories. Food was never simply something placed on a table.

    A home that understood togetherness

  • The culinary approach

    A vast and beautiful spectrum

    African cuisine is not confined to one place, one tradition or one flavour. It is shaped by different cultures, memories, ingredients and experiences — interpreted through Chantou's hands.

    One continent, many kitchens

The terrace at L'Art de Chantou, set for an event
Private dining & events

A house that opens to a wider table.

There is a private room, and the whole venue can be taken. Every event is quoted after a conversation — the menu is designed with you rather than chosen from a list.

  • Private dinners and celebrations

    Birthdays, milestones and group dining, in the private room or the full house.

  • Corporate and client dining

    Business dinners and team gatherings, with a set menu built around the evening.

  • Venue hire

    The whole of L'Art de Chantou, closed for your event.

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What booking here means

Four promises the reservation system actually keeps.

  • A request, then a reply

    Sending the form does not hold a table. We check the book and come back to confirm — usually within two hours of opening.

  • Allergies reach the kitchen

    Tell us on the form and it goes to the pass, not just to the diary. Dietary needs are cooked for, not worked around.

  • Deposit from 7 guests

    Parties of 6 or fewer pay nothing. Above that, 20% secures the table and is refundable up to 48 hours before.

  • Held 15 minutes

    Running late? Your table waits 15 minutes past the sitting, and +250 788 364 065 reaches us directly.

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