Great Zimbabwe Guide reviewed it in Mar 2026
An Italian-leaning garden café on Enterprise Road with small art and décor shops on site. She had a beef wrap. It suits adult lunches better, as there is no dedicated children's play area.
Read the full review →Kicking It With Mimi reviewed it in Jun 2019Older review
A regular's account of garden lunches, with praise for the fresh pasta and a generous beef tagliata, and a nod to the flat corkage fee for your own wine. Service was slow, and desserts had sold out.
Read the full review →Summaries are ours. Follow the links for each writer's full review.
What to Expect
Aroma Caffè in Chisipite is an Italian restaurant, and reviewers keep coming back for the ravioli. Ray (July 2024) wrote that the ravioli with tomato sauce was “so fresh and flavorful you won't find better even in Italy,” and Sanguita (December 2022) always orders it “with napolitana and sage and butter sauce.” Aldo (January 2022) called it “the only restaurant in Harare which truly serves Italian dishes cooked divinely.”
The café shares a complex with several small shops, and Denice (November 2023) listed “pottery, an small art gallery, a pet shop, among others” alongside a courtyard with picnic tables and umbrellas. Denice, in the same November 2023 review, noted “a small playground and plenty of space and grass to run around,” making it a stop families with kids return to.
Service draws consistent praise, credited to specific people. Angela (March 2023) thanked “Walter, your amazing wife and great staff,” and Patrick (October 2021), a regular “for years,” recommended the chicken and beef wraps. Aroma Caffè opens Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30 and Saturday mornings.
Quotes are from Google reviews, credited by first name and month.
The Menu
Menu photos
From photos of the printed menu posted on Google Maps (Oct 2022 to Jan 2026). Prices are in US dollars. Only part of the menu was photographed. Some of the photos are more than two years old, so some prices may have changed. Prices change, so confirm when you order.
What Diners Say
from 387 Google reviews
★★★★★
Outstanding Cafe with top notch food, service and ambiance. Ravioli with tomato sauce is superb—so fresh and flavorful you won’t find better even in Italy. Panna Cotta is exquisite.
★★★★★
Great place! The complex where it’s located has several little shop to walk around and plenty of parking, so nice for a morning out exploring. There is pottery, an small art gallery, a pet shop, among others.
★★★★★
I love this serene Italian restaurant, always great ravioli which is my standard order as a vegetarian.....this is with napolitana and sage and butter sauce, they were kind enough to do half half for those of us who can't commit to just one!
★★★★★
Always excellent world class food brilliant chef and service! We always book a table as place well supported. My smoked salmon with Penne world class and very reasonably priced at $20. Our absolutely favourite restaurant! Thanks Walter, your amazing wife and great staff!
★★★★★
Worth a trip: the only restaurant in Harare which truly serves Italian dishes cooked divinely and as well as (if not better) than the ones you can savor in Italy.
