What to Expect
Zindoga Waterfalls in Mbare West runs on a vendor model rather than a standard menu: diners buy meat from nearby butcheries and pay the grill operators to braai it. Shamiso (2023) explained the setup, noting the “guys by the grill” are fast and will add sadza, salads and sauces at a cheap price, though there is little in the way of toilets or other services, calling it more “vendor type of service”. Elizabeth (2025) called it simply “a good place, especially for braaid chicken”.
The open-air setting and music are as much the draw as the food. Nyaradzai (2024) called a night there the highlight of a Harare trip, describing “carefree lovely music” and a braai enjoyed with friends and family until closing, service running about $1 per plate of meat brought in. Martha said the visit feels fantastic every time and plans to keep returning.
Quotes are from Google reviews, credited by first name and month.
What Diners Say
from 110 Google reviews
★★★★☆
Great goch goch/braaid meat. You have to buy your meat from a butcher (or bring your own meat) then pay the guys by the grill to braii it for you. They are fast and will provide sadza, salads and sauces at a cheap price.
★★★★★
My highlight of my trip to Harare. Visited this open braaii area, the environment was superb, carefree lovely music and quite loud. Had a lovely braaii with my friends & uncle . Meat can be bought from a line of butcheries & be given to the guys here to braaii for you.
★★★★★
It's just a good place, especially for braaid chicken... (vanochiti chizizi).
★★★★★
I will visit again and again thank you I feel fantastic there
