Eat & Drink 190

Surinamese cooking blends Creole, Hindustani, Javanese, Chinese and Maroon influences. Common dishes include roti with chicken or duck, nasi and bami, pom, and moksi alesi. Javanese warungs and roti shops are found all over Paramaribo.

Larger restaurants and hotels usually take debit and credit cards, but many warungs and smaller eateries are cash only. Carry some SRD for street food and markets.

A warung is a small, often family run Javanese eatery. They serve affordable plates of saoto soup, bami, nasi and grilled meats. Some of the best food in Suriname comes from warungs rather than formal restaurants.

Yes. Hindustani and Javanese cooking offer plenty of vegetable, lentil and tofu dishes. Roti can be ordered with potato and long bean, and Chinese restaurants have vegetable options.

Lunch is usually served from around noon, and many warungs sell out by mid afternoon. Dinner places fill up in the evening, and some close on Sundays or Mondays, so it helps to call ahead.