Managua - Post Report Question and Answers
What typical restaurants, food delivery services, and/or takeout options are popular among expatriates?
Thai is the hardest to find. That said, food should not stop you from coming here... Vegan options, excellent beef, fresh seafood and produce! - Sep 2023
Nica cuisine is simple and tasty. There is good Peruvian, Mexican, Spanish, seafood, and steakhouses. There is adequate Chinese and Japanese. Not much Indian or Thai. A number of fast food places and American chains (think McDonalds and Hooters). Hugo (and a couple of others I haven't tried) will deliver all kinds of food and sundries from about 100 restaurants and stores. - Dec 2021
Lots of good restaurants, especially for meat eaters, but there are also vegetarian and vegan options. I have not found a great Asian restaurant. There is good Peruvian and Italian. I prefer the restaurants in Granada. There is a fantastic Middle Eastern place called Pita Pita owned by an Israeli and also, the Garden Cafe. Managua has many fast food restaurants and chains: McDonalds, Carls Jr., Pizza Hut, Hard Rock Cafe, Hooters. - Apr 2018
There are a couple of nice, clean McDonald's with play areas. Prices are about the same as in the US. Tip Top is a local chain specializing in chicken. It's kid friendly and also has a play area. Very reasonable prices. - Mar 2012
McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Domino's, one chinese delivery place, yes we do have delivery here. Cost is cheaper than the US. - Mar 2011
Most of the fast food chains are here. McDonalds, Domino Pizza, Burger King, Quiznos and a few others. A combo meal at Burger King is approximately 5 US dollars. There is a local Nica fast food chain for fried chicken called Tip-Top; the chicken is good. One also can find a nice restaurant chain called RostiPollo which offers excellent rotisserie chicken and a large menu with a wide variety of chicken dishes and salads. Eskimo has an excellent restaurant and snack bar attached to their ice cream factory. There are several decent restaurants offering Mexican/Central American fare -- steaks, fajitas, tacos, tortillas, fried beans and similar food. - Apr 2009
McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and their local KFC - Tip-top. Restaurants are so-so, nothing to write home about. - Mar 2008
Decent restaurants but few that will rank with Zagat! - Feb 2008
