Local beer - Turbo King is a darker beer, regular lagers are Primus (which some feel is the best local beer, brewed by the local Heineken brewery) and Skol. European Mutzig comes in smaller bottles! A bit more expensive, and slightly harder to find as it is brewed in Lubumbashi by Simba Breweries, is Tembo, a tasty amber ale preferred by locals and expats alike. Tembo garners the highest ranking for a DRC beer on ratebeer.com. Lots of expensive French and South African wine available in restaurants and supermarkets. Portuguese plonk goes for as low as $3 a bottle at grocery stores catering to expats (Peloustore, Express, etc.).
Kinshasa becomes alive most nights when residents head to Matonge, a place filled with dancing bars, restaurants and night clubs. Lately Bandal and Bonmarche are the more popular "quartiers" to visit the local bars and "discotheques". Go to a local nightclub and learn how to dance Congolese rhythms. Get ready to shake your booty! For those that prefer to stay in Gombe, the following offer good possibilities:
Bar L'Entr'Act The Memling's main bar. Classy setting. Business during the day, try their wild Congolese tea infused with lemongrass, a must. Cozy lounge in the evening with jazz, blues, soul music in the background. Happy hour from 6pm-8pm on fridays and saturdays, where they do BOGO nights for draft beers and kwilu rhum cocktails and world music
Ibiza Bar Jazz bar for live music. Dancing starts around midnight. Small, smokey atmosphere, a really proper old-fashioned jazz bar.
Chez Ntemba. A hopping place after midnight.
Mambo
Standing - small western-style bar and disco.
VIP Bar - larger western-style disco - mirror and disco-ball on the ceiling�! On the main boulevard close to 3615
3615 vibey but sleazy nightclub on the boulevard. Banned to UN personnel because it is full of prostitutes.
Savanana on the boulevard in the Gecamines/Sozacom building, the highest building in Kinshasa, close to the central station. Definitely an interesting experience for those that dare confront the local girls.
Bar of Sultani Hotel – The style bar of the Sultani Hotel has been changed and is now providing a comfortable feeling and (jazz) partys every Friday, live music, no ticket to pay. Prices for drinks start at about 8 USD for cocktails.
Bar La Piscine (Hotel Memling), Ave de la Rep du Tchad (off the blvd du 30 Juin), ☎ 0815557700. 12.00pm-10.30pm. The Memling Hotel's pool bar, nice food, has a upper terrace, a little oasis overlooking the pool with semi-private little gazebo's - great little romantic hangout! The pool bar & charcoal grill definitely serves the best burger and bbq in town. Safari BBQ in dry season. Does BOGO nights/Happy Hour on fridays and saturdays for draft beers and kwilu rhum cocktails from 5 to 7pm. Live Jazz on wednesday evenings. Enclosed, guarded parking on the hotel property �
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