We spent three nights in Nanyuki, in order to write a great review of Barneys Restaurant Nanyuki in the Mount Kenya region of Kenya.
Barneys has a diverse menu offering all-day breakfasts, pancakes and toasties plus burgers, chicken and chips, soup and some specials. The food at Barneys is really good and the coffee is the best in this area and outdoes many Nairobi coffee-houses. Juices and smoothies are also served. Note the food portions are mega large! They also have a small play area for the kids, plus plenty of grass for them to run around on. Nanyuki Airstrip is where the planes appear and disappear to Nairobi, Laikipia, Meru and Samburu.
Barneys also has feta & coriander samosas which are wonderful, hot drinks (teas & coffee) and a nice ambience to watch the world go by. Get there early on a Sunday morning to beat the late morning inflow and you can be recompensed with a chilled brunch.
Barneys Bistro would certainly be a handy place to arrive early to before a flight, so you can relax comfortably and not worry about missing your connection.
Whilst at Barney's Cafe the staff kindly told us about the new Lily Pond Arts Centre on the equator in Nanyuki.
The workers at Barney's were adamant that we made a trip to the gigantic art studio, as it displays cost-effective modern art from East Africa's top recent artists, away from the hustle of city life.
You can choose to either absorb the atmosphere of this serene and special African arts place, or meet the "Artists in Residence". The Art Studio houses art graduates from art faculties in Nairobi, Kenya who are on full-time, long term placements at the arts centre, manufacturing and displaying new affordable art works.
This new art gallery in Nanyuki, intends to operate as a springboard for young artists to launch their art careers, whilst permitting safari visitors to buy original artistic endeavors.
We also enjoyed a good lunch on a deck, overlooking a large lily pool.
With the great Mount Kenya Mountain as a backdrop, we also enjoyed watching the white egret, hunting the frogs in the pond!
What we found fantastic is that the equator slices clean through the middle of this Arts Centre. This means that you can view electrifying African art in both the Southern Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere!
This new Arts Centre in Nanyuki, has just installed a new equator sculpture, the Wish Globe, which is installed precisely at 0000000. Everyone writes down their wishes and then hangs them onto the "Wish Globe".
The arts centre has a unique shop stocked with hand- crafted African gifts such as beaded sandals, recycled flip flop toys, African masks, Glass chimes, Kenyan metal geckos and plenty more unusual African gift ideas. That was most of our holiday money gone!
Barneys has a diverse menu offering all-day breakfasts, pancakes and toasties plus burgers, chicken and chips, soup and some specials. The food at Barneys is really good and the coffee is the best in this area and outdoes many Nairobi coffee-houses. Juices and smoothies are also served. Note the food portions are mega large! They also have a small play area for the kids, plus plenty of grass for them to run around on. Nanyuki Airstrip is where the planes appear and disappear to Nairobi, Laikipia, Meru and Samburu.
Barneys also has feta & coriander samosas which are wonderful, hot drinks (teas & coffee) and a nice ambience to watch the world go by. Get there early on a Sunday morning to beat the late morning inflow and you can be recompensed with a chilled brunch.
Barneys Bistro would certainly be a handy place to arrive early to before a flight, so you can relax comfortably and not worry about missing your connection.
Whilst at Barney's Cafe the staff kindly told us about the new Lily Pond Arts Centre on the equator in Nanyuki.
The workers at Barney's were adamant that we made a trip to the gigantic art studio, as it displays cost-effective modern art from East Africa's top recent artists, away from the hustle of city life.
You can choose to either absorb the atmosphere of this serene and special African arts place, or meet the "Artists in Residence". The Art Studio houses art graduates from art faculties in Nairobi, Kenya who are on full-time, long term placements at the arts centre, manufacturing and displaying new affordable art works.
This new art gallery in Nanyuki, intends to operate as a springboard for young artists to launch their art careers, whilst permitting safari visitors to buy original artistic endeavors.
We also enjoyed a good lunch on a deck, overlooking a large lily pool.
With the great Mount Kenya Mountain as a backdrop, we also enjoyed watching the white egret, hunting the frogs in the pond!
What we found fantastic is that the equator slices clean through the middle of this Arts Centre. This means that you can view electrifying African art in both the Southern Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere!
This new Arts Centre in Nanyuki, has just installed a new equator sculpture, the Wish Globe, which is installed precisely at 0000000. Everyone writes down their wishes and then hangs them onto the "Wish Globe".
The arts centre has a unique shop stocked with hand- crafted African gifts such as beaded sandals, recycled flip flop toys, African masks, Glass chimes, Kenyan metal geckos and plenty more unusual African gift ideas. That was most of our holiday money gone!
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Barneys Nanyuki and the Lily Pond Arts Centre offers inspiring contemporary African art, gifts and healthy lunches. Find out today, what the Barneys Restaurant at Nanyuki Airstip offers in Nanyuki, the Mount Kenya area of Kenya.