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The Taste Nai Restaurant storefront at 689 Place Mall on Langata Road, Karen, the monogram etched across the window glass

Contemporary Kenyan Dining · 689 Place Mall, Karen

Nairobi, on a plate.

One standard of excellence for every person, every shift, every guest.

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The Taste Nai monogram mounted on the dining room wall at 689 Place Mall, Karen
The mark, at home on the wall.

Our name is a place. So is our mark.

Nairobi is not a backdrop here. It is the whole idea. Look closely at the monogram and you will find the city and the table folded into two letters.

The spoon
The stem of the T is cut away as a spoon: the table, held at the centre of everything we do.
The tower
The N rises on the silhouette of the KICC, the shape every Nairobian knows by heart.

Karibu. You are among your own.

Excellence is a system, not a mood.

Every guest is met the same way, on every shift. These are the four things you can hold us to.

Welcomed, not processed

You are greeted and seated within moments of the door, by name when we know it.

Water before you ask

Still or sparkling arrives in the first minutes, with a note of anything you cannot eat.

Checked at the pass

No plate reaches you without a second pair of eyes on it. That is the rule, not the aim.

A farewell that means it

We walk you to the door. If something fell short, we would rather hear it than not.

A member of the Taste Nai floor team attending to guests in the dining room
Someone on the floor, watching the room rather than the clock.
Guests waiting at the Taste Nai counter beside the order collection point
The counter, where collection orders change hands.

The standard travels with the order.

A meal that leaves the building is still ours. It is packed to arrive the way it left the pass.

  • Hot and cold packed apart, never in one bag
  • Anything liquid double-sealed before it moves
  • Sealed kraft bags, folded and marked
  • Handed to your rider upright, checked against the ticket
Branded Taste Nai kraft bags, boxes and cups packed on the counter
Bags, boxes and cups, packed for the journey.
A Taste Nai takeaway order handed to a waiting delivery rider
Handed over upright, checked against the ticket.

We would rather know you than score you.

Guest

Everyone who walks in

  • Your birthday remembered
  • Priority on booking

Nairobian

Our most regular company

  • A seat at the chef's table
  • Known by name at the host desk
  • First word on every new menu

Regular

When we start expecting you

  • A starter on the house
  • Invitations to member evenings
A laid table at Taste Nai with branded napkin and menu card, the Nairobi skyline beyond the window
A table held for the people who keep coming back.

In the middle of it all.

Taste Nai Restaurant entrance signage at street level, 689 Place Mall on Langata Road, Karen
The entrance at 689 Place Mall, on Langata Road.
Pavement seating under branded Taste Nai umbrellas outside the restaurant
Pavement seating, for when Nairobi behaves.
Address
689 Place Mall
Langata Road, Karen
Nairobi, Kenya
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Hours
Monday – Saturday 11:00 – 22:00 Sunday 12:00 – 21:00
Reach us
+254 701 216636 info@tastenai.co.ke