Best Burgers in Abidjan: Cocody to Zone 4

The best burgers in Abidjan are concentrated in Cocody, especially Deux-Plateaux and Riviera, and in Zone 4, the restaurant and nightlife quarter of Marcory, south of the lagoon. The Plateau, the business district of office towers, is where to find a weekday lunch burger. Beef and chicken are the standard patties, and fried plantain is the side worth asking for.

Abidjan’s food culture lives in the maquis, the open-air eateries where grilled chicken or fish arrive with attiéké, steamed cassava semolina, and alloco, ripe plantain fried in palm or vegetable oil. Burgers in the city compete with that habit rather than replace it. The street-grill benchmark is choukouya, meat grilled with onion and chilli, and a good burger here should match its seasoning. Evenings run late, and Yopougon, the most populous commune, is known across the country for its night-time maquis.

Burgers in Abidjan: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Cocody (Deux-Plateaux, Riviera, Angré), Zone 4 in Marcory, the Plateau and Treichville.
• Where locals eat: the maquis, open-air restaurants serving grilled meat and fish.
• Side to order: alloco, fried ripe plantain.
• Street-grill benchmark: choukouya, grilled meat with onion and chilli.
• Currency: the West African CFA franc (XOF), the same currency as in Dakar.
• Getting around: woro-woros (shared taxis), gbakas (minibuses) and the boats that cross the Ébrié Lagoon.

Every guide we publish on Abidjan is dated and lists only venues, addresses, prices and ratings we could verify. Compare Abidjan with Dakar, Accra and the other cities in our burger restaurant guides.