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The Carnivore Restaurant Nairobi Menu/Carnivore Restaurant Menu
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Events at Carnivore Nairobi/Carnivore Events Today
If you would like to know about upcoming events at Carnivore Nairobi or what is going on there today, check out their Facebook page.
Major Carnivore Events I’ve Attended in The Past & Carnivore Club Nairobi
I’ve had the pleasure of watching the likes of Sean Paul, Youssou N’dour, Mbilia Bel, Angelique Kidjo, and Ismaël Lô at the Carnivore Showgrounds.
The Sunday Soul club nights, which take place every Sunday at Carnivore, where DJs play real old school music spanning about half a century, has been legendary for Nairobi party-goers for decades.
Carnivore Restaurant Nairobi Website
You can find the website for Carnivore Nairobi here.
Carnvore Nairobi Valentine Menu 2026
Passionate Start
Carrot & miso soup, sesame oil
Fantasy Love
Crab-stuffed calamari, pickled beet &
butternut, avocado, romesco sauce
Taste Love
Tomato, lime and mint sorbet
Kiss As You Can Imagine
Fresh green salad, cucumber and herbs
Avocado, cherry tomato and mango salad
Beetroot, French beans and sweet corn
Kachumbari
Free World
Meaty beef ribs
Rump steak of beef
Leg of lamb
Lamb ribs
Crocodile
Ostrich fillet
Chicken yakitori
Chicken piri piri
Whole roast turkey
Barbeque spare ribs
Barbeque sausages (pork & beef)
Honey-basted chicken wings
Tilapia fillet
Grilled quail
Carnivore signature sauces
Yours Truly
Starches & Vegetables
Chapati
Herbed roast potatoes
Roast seasonal vegetables
Sautéed local greens
Ugali
Soothing Sundowner
Raspberry & rose flower panna cotta, cream
cheese roussette with a flow of menthol
mango cream
Lullaby Night
Freshly brewed Kenyan coffee, tea with petit
four and biscotti
Price per person: 5,700 Ksh
Carnivore Nairobi Menu 1995
Around 1995 at Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi, the menu was centered on its signature all‑you‑can‑eat “Beast of a Feast” style meat service, and would have included a much broader range of meats than what you see there today because game meats were still legal and widely featured at that time.
The basic structure of the dining experience was already established: a starter course was served (typically soup with bread), followed by a continuous procession of grilled meats brought to your table and carved onto sizzling cast‑iron plates until you signalled you were done by lowering a white flag. Dessert and Kenyan coffee finished the meal.
Meat selections in the mid‑1990s likely included many exotic game meats, alongside traditional domestic ones. Carnivore was especially famous for these options before the game‑meat ban in Kenya took effect in 2004. Back then, the meats served spanned both familiar and wild varieties such as:
- Game meats: zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, impala, buffalo, ostrich, and possibly other antelope species (all barbecued on charcoal and carved tableside).
- Domestic meats: beef (rump steak, ribs), pork (leg, spare ribs, sausages), lamb (leg, chops), and various chicken cuts (wings, yakitori, livers/gizzards).
- Other exotic cuts: crocodile and perhaps camel were part of the rotation depending on availability.
- Sides and accompaniments: assorted salads, vegetable side dishes, rice and roast potatoes, a range of sauces to complement different meats, and warm brown bread.
- Desserts: simple sweets such as fruit desserts or ice cream, followed by Kenyan coffee to close the meal.
The presentation itself was a big part of the menu experience: meats of all types were skewered on long Maasai‑style swords and grilled over a massive charcoal pit dominating the restaurant entrance.
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