The quintessential Ivorian dining experience is a meal at a maquis, a small open-air restaurant. Seating is at low wooden tables set on a floor of sand, and the ambience is set with the best music in the country. The fare at a maquis usually consists of fish (poisson) or chicken (poulet) braised slowly over embers, served with tomato and onion and/or attieke (mashed cassava mixed with a little palm oil). A good variety of cuisines from north and West Africa are available in Abidjan including Moroccan and Senegalese. Standard western fare including fast food and French snacks and savouries is always available. A visit to the suburb of Marcory to savour the street food there is mandatory. The Petit Marche in Marcory is also good to linger over a late-afternoon drink.
There is lively nightlife in the district of Treichville, especially around the train station. Do remember however that almost no part of the city is safe to walk in after dark.
Shopping
The Ivory Coast has some very lively local markets (called marches) and Abidjan is no exception. These are great places to pick up examples of the famed Ivorian handicrafts including wax prints, Ghanaian kente cloth, indigo fabric and woven cloth, wooden statuettes, bead necklaces, pottery and basketware. Abidjan also has large western-style shopping centers.
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