Eat · Harnet Avenue & Cinema Impero
Café-restaurant on Harnet Avenue (field-verify)
Sit-down Italian-Eritrean lunch on the avenue; go before 13:00 and ask about prices before you order.
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Price
unknown
Hours
unknown
Walk in
before 12:00
easiest window
Seating
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booking: true
28″ bags
Painful
Harnet Avenue & Cinema Impero
Rules in force · 7Do not photograph military sites, government buildings, b…
- Eritrea ↗A visa must usually be arranged before travel; check with the nearest Eritrean embassy for your passport. Arrival without prior arrangements is generally not possible.
- Eritrea ↗Foreign visitors need a travel permit to leave Asmara, issued by the tourism authorities in Asmara; allow a working day or more.
- Eritrea ↗Book a travel-clinic visit several weeks ahead; ask about malaria prevention for lowland areas and whether a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required for your route.
- Asmara area ↗Travel permits are needed outside Asmara: ask your hotel or agent to apply on your first working day and allow a day or more.
- Asmara ↗Do not photograph military sites, government buildings, bridges, infrastructure or officials. Ask before photographing people.
- Asmara ↗Foreign visitors need a travel permit from the tourism authorities to leave Asmara; the city centre itself does not need one. Ask your hotel or agent to arrange permits on your first working day.
- Asmara ↗Bring enough cash in US dollars or euros for the whole trip, keep every exchange receipt, and change money only at official exchange offices or banks.
Map & directions
Directions
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Walk-in windows
before 12:00: high12:00–13:30: riskyafter 13:30: risky
A walk-in lunch is only planned as primary when your arrival lands outside the “impossible” window.
Facts
- Reservations
- true — Ask your hotel to call ahead; there is no online booking to rely on.
- Capabilities
- food · toilet
- Diet
- vegetarian: some · gluten free: unknown · halal: some
- Getting there
- Harnet Avenue, near Cinema Impero · ~3 min walk
Cons
- Menus and hours change; carry cash.
- Fasting days (Wednesday and Friday) shift the menu to vegetarian.
Nearby
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.
- Sleep areaHarnet Avenue (city centre)40 m · 1 min walk
- ClusterHarnet Avenue & Cinema Impero180 m · 3 min walk
- ClusterCathedral & Great Mosque quarter530 m · 9 min walk
- ClusterMedeber market600 m · 10 min walk
- Sleep areaMedeber side (west of centre)790 m · 13 min walk
- ClusterFiat Tagliero & south Asmara910 m · 15 min walk
Used as a seated rest node in Asmara in 4 days.
Sources
- secondaryWikivoyage — Asmara