Dining in your villa
Enjoy your meals in the privacy of your villa, with dishes prepared specially for you.
Dining at Xanadu
Exquisite, and unique.
Social foraging in our restaurant, nestled away in your private villa, embracing the romantic beach or carried away to a remote island: the story is yours to be told.
Ganda · Fine dining experience
The heart of Xanadu, around the main pool.
Ganda, our restaurant and bar, is a central focal point of the property. Around the main pool, guests enjoy a shady lunch or a romantic candlelight dinner under our giant makuti roof.
Special requests for dietary requirements and celebrations are discussed and catered for — flexibility, individuality and exclusivity are part of Xanadu’s cuisine. Selected non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, local beers and a range of house wines are included; cocktails, premium wines and spirits are available at an extra charge.
Our dining concept
Clean, fresh and healthy, with the best flavours of Zanzibar.
Our skilled kitchen team delivers world-class du jour menus, freshly prepared, combining well-established culinary practice with the freshest produce available.
Our multinational team of international and local chefs — Tanzanian, South African and Kenyan — combine their skills and influences with the freshest, locally sourced ingredients for a tailor-made dining experience.
Food & ingredient philosophy
Homegrown, organic, and fresh.
How better to ensure good, fresh and healthy meals than by growing our own produce? No insecticides are introduced, and local skills and love of the land grow tomatoes, basil, rocket, pumpkin, mint and parsley, to name but a few.
Special moments tailored for you
Our offers for your indulgence.
Candlelight dinner
In a selection of romantic settings: fresh seafood, delicious vegetables and other delicacies in modern international cuisine — your evening under the stars, prepared individually according to your wishes.
Detox yourself
Freshly picked coconut, madafu — the water of a young coconut — or homemade ginger and spice tea, to invigorate body and mind.
Romantic picnic
On the beach, or as part of an excursion to a beautiful sandbank: the choice is yours.
8 chefs · local and international
Our heroes for your bespoke cuisine.
Head Chef
Trained in Pretoria, South Africa, where she studied classic French cuisine and perfected her techniques in kitchens around South Africa. She worked greatly with pastry and is confident in every section of the kitchen. Her kitchen focuses on organic farm-to-table — and she loves classic French cuisine.
Senior Sous Chef
Trained in Kenya in food production, then worked in intercontinental hotels, mastering Indian, Swahili, French and Italian cuisines. His speciality: Swahili-French fusion.
Sous Chef
Trained in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where she studied French cuisine extensively, before working in boutique hotels and restaurants in the winelands. Her speciality: Asian-African fusion.
Junior Sous Chef
Trained in the north of Zanzibar, with a focus on Indian cuisine and seafood. Well versed in intercontinental cuisine, and especially Zanzibar fusion: island-grown ingredients and Swahili techniques for world-class cuisine.
All-inclusive dining
A table, wherever you wish.
All meals and snacks, soft drinks, local beers, spirits and house wines are included in your stay, from 2 pm on arrival day until 11 am on departure day.
