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A Nyore host in a patterned shirt carries a tray of fresh welcome juices.

Nyakaguruka · near Mbarara · south-western Uganda

[email protected]WhatsApp +256 783 356142Uganda +256 701 608157Uganda +256 791 738746UK +44 7595 499299

19:30 The menu

What’s cooking.

Home-grown coffee, fresh juices and food made to order, from local matoke to pizza. Prices are in Ugandan shillings.

Please choose your food and let us know when you are ready to order. Feel free to ask if you would like anything personalised, and where possible we will prepare your meal accordingly.

All the main dishes may be served with chips, sauté potatoes, mashed or boiled, parsley or rosemary potatoes, rice or chapati. Children's meals (under 5) are half price.

Watch out for the (V) sign for vegetarian options.

  1. Hot beverages
  2. Breakfast
  3. Freshly squeezed juice
  4. Iced teas
  5. Sandwiches
  6. Starters and light snacks
  7. Salads
  8. Beef and burgers
  9. Pork
  10. Chicken
  11. Fish
  12. Goat
  13. Vegetarian
  14. Pizza
  15. Pasta
  16. African and Ugandan dishes
  17. Desserts
  18. Water, soft drinks and beer
  19. Wines and spirits
  20. Health booster drinks

Hot beverages

  • Hillside Coffee12,000

    Our own home-grown or local, home-roasted beans. Brewed coffee served with hot or cold milk on the side.

  • English Tea10,000

    A pot of black tea with a choice of hot or cold milk on the side.

  • African Coffee13,000

    Coffee made with our local milk, boiled and mixed with hot water, served steaming hot.

  • African Tea12,000

    Can be spiced to your request with ginger, lemon grass or tea masala.

  • Hot Chocolate12,000

    Served with steaming milk.

  • Black tea or coffee10,000
  • Herbal teasV10,000

    Lemon grass, mint, rosemary, bay leaf, cinnamon or green tea.

  • Dawa tea15,000

Breakfast

  • Eggs (2)12,000

    Cooked to your liking: scrambled or fried, with onion if you like.

  • Omelette15,000

    Choose from onion, tomato, mushroom, green pepper and cheese.

  • Toast (2)6,000
  • Cheese on toast12,000
  • Cereal with milk10,000

    Your choice of cereal.

  • English Breakfast35,000

    2 sausages, eggs, tomato, bacon, baked beans and fried potatoes, with toast and tea or coffee.

  • Petit Breakfast25,000

    1 sausage, an egg (please choose), fried potatoes and baked beans, with toast.

  • Eggs (2) on toast20,000

    With tea or coffee.

  • Breakfast extras10,000

    Sausages, bacon, eggs or baked beans.

  • Fruit platterV13,000

    Seasonal fruits: pineapple, mango, passion fruit and more.

Freshly squeezed juice

Made to order from seasonal fruit.

  • Pawpaw and pineappleV12,000
  • WatermelonV12,000
  • Passion fruitV12,000
  • Pineapple and lemonV12,000
  • MangoV14,000
  • Fruit cocktailV15,000

    A mix of two or more fruits.

Iced teas

Made with local tea leaves and topped with fresh mint. Choose a dash of ginger root, rosemary, lemon or lemon grass.

  • Lemon iced teaV12,000
  • Fresh hibiscus flower teaV12,000

    Lowers blood pressure, they say!

  • Ginger iced teaV12,000
  • Iced coffee12,000

Sandwiches

Served with chips. Please say toasted or fresh bread, brown or white. We can make any sandwich to your liking from the ingredients here: deduct 5,000 if you do not want chips.

  • Bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT)25,000
  • Egg sandwich20,000
  • Cheese sandwich25,000
  • Chicken mayonnaise30,000
  • Cheese and mustard toastie20,000
  • Tomato and salad sandwichV20,000

Starters and light snacks

  • Veg spring rolls or samosasV13,000

    Served with a salad garnish.

  • Meat spring rolls or samosas15,000
  • Garlic bread12,000
  • Cream of mushroom or clear soup12,000
  • Tomato soup12,000

    Cream or clear.

  • Vegetable soup or pumpkin soup10,000
  • Chicken soup20,000
  • Chicken wings25,000

Salads

Salads may be personalised: please ask.

  • Greek Salad20,000

    Cucumber, tomato, feta cheese, onion and olives.

  • Baked Avocado Fare20,000

    Local avocado, halved and stuffed with fried bacon, finely chopped fish fillet or chicken, tomato and mayonnaise, topped with cheese and finished under the grill.

  • Garden SaladV18,000

    A selection of our garden salads, including cucumber, tomato, onion, avocado and carrots.

  • Hillside Special Salad22,000

    Sautéed oyster mushrooms layered with avocado, shredded cabbage, carrot, onion and mayo on a bed of lettuce with a slice of lemon. Choose mushroom, chicken or fish.

Beef and burgers

  • Homemade beef or chicken burger30,000

    With chips.

  • Vegetable burgerV25,000
  • Beef steak45,000

    Fillet steak cooked to your liking, served with a sauce of your choice.

  • Extra sauce4,000

    Brown sauce, mushroom sauce, tomato and onion sauce or pepper sauce. Extra sauces are charged unless they come with a meal.

  • Fried liver25,000

    Cooked in onions and spices.

  • Beef curry33,000

    Cubes of beef fried with Indian curry spices.

  • Beef stew35,000
  • Beef stir-fry40,000

    Strips of beef stir-fried with garlic, ginger and soy sauce, Chinese style.

Pork

  • Pork steak40,000

    Marinated with white pepper, garlic, ginger, seasoning and soy sauce.

  • Grilled Pork Hillside special45,000

    Fried pork steak marinated with onion, tomato and spices, topped with a pineapple ring and crispy bacon. Served with rice or chips.

  • Sweet and sour pork35,000

    Chinese style, served with rice or chips.

  • Pork muchomo30,000

    Pork pan-fried with local spices.

Chicken

  • Chicken curry or chicken sauté35,000

    With mushrooms or a sauce of your choice.

  • Chicken with rosemary35,000
  • Stuffed chicken40,000

    Stuffed with spinach and cheese and wrapped in bacon.

  • Thai green or red curry40,000

    Chicken or fish cooked in coconut milk with green curry paste, ginger, garlic, lemon grass and Thai basil.

  • Sweet and sour chicken35,000

    Boneless chicken cooked with pineapple, soy sauce and Chinese five spice.

  • Meat platter special to share120,000

    Goat, chicken, beef and pork (3 meats per serving), served with salad and chips.

Fish

  • Whole fried fish45,000 / 65,000

    Seasoned with mild spices (lemon, garlic, soy and pepper), deep fried or grilled and topped with sautéed vegetables.

  • Fish fillet33,000

    Tilapia or Nile perch, the fish of the day. Lightly seasoned with garlic and lemon, served with a salad garnish.

  • Fish fingers33,000

    Fish fillet coated in egg, flour and breadcrumbs, deep fried.

  • Fish masala35,000

    Fillet cooked in a masala sauce with Indian spices.

Goat

  • Goat muchomo or goat curry45,000

    Served with rice, matoke or chips.

Vegetarian

  • Hillside grilled potato specialV35,000

    Sautéed vegetables topped with mashed potato and finished with melted grated cheese.

  • Vegetable pasta bakeV30,000

    Topped with cheese.

  • Mixed vegetable curryV30,000

    Served with potatoes, chapati, rice, pasta or sweet potatoes.

Pizza

All our pizzas are home-made. Choose your toppings (mushrooms, tomato, onion, green pepper, chicken, chillies, olives) and your spice, hot or mild.

  • Hillside special pizza40,000

    Chicken, onion and mushroom, topped with bacon and cheese.

  • Pizza with olivesV32,000

    Mixed vegetables (tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, green peppers) with black olives, topped with cheese.

  • Vegetable pizzaV30,000

    Mixed vegetables topped with cheese.

  • Pineapple pizzaV30,000
  • Margarita pizzaV30,000

    Tomato and cheese.

Pasta

  • Chicken and bacon pasta bake35,000
  • Macaroni cheeseV30,000
  • Spaghetti Bolognese32,000

    Spaghetti with minced meat cooked in onion and tomato with herbs.

  • Spaghetti Carbonara35,000

    With bacon, fresh cream, white wine, peppercorns and fresh herbs.

  • Spaghetti with mixed vegetablesV25,000

    Cooked with tomatoes and fresh herbs.

African and Ugandan dishes

Please allow plenty of time, or let us know in advance, as these dishes take longer to prepare.

  • Matoke in vegetables or meat (katogo)30,000 / 35,000

    Cooked green banana.

  • Matoke in banana leaves with groundnut sauceV25,000

    Matoke traditionally steamed in banana leaves, with peanut sauce: with mushrooms, greens or plain.

  • Matoke in banana leaves with beansV25,000

    Beans cooked in onion, tomato and mild spices.

  • Matoke in banana leaves with vegetable curryVAsk us
  • Meat or fish dish with two sides35,000

    Choose two of matoke, posho, rice, cassava, sweet potato or chapati, served with seasonal vegetables.

  • ChapatiV5,000

    Hot or cold, with stew dishes or as a snack.

  • Seasonal vegetablesV5,000

    Sukuma wiki, cabbage, dodo, aubergine or eggplant. Per portion.

  • MpogolaV6,000

    Steamed whole green banana (4).

  • RiceV8,000

    Per portion.

Desserts

  • Chocolate cakeV10,000

    Topped with whipped cream. Per slice.

  • Ice creamV5,000 / 10,000
  • Banana or pineapple frittersV12,000

    Served plain, or with chocolate sauce or custard.

  • Seasonal mixed fruit with ice creamV12,000
  • Meringue rouladeV15,000

    With passion fruit and lemon coulis, rolled in lemon curd, with a choice of tropical fruit.

  • Homemade carrot cake or chocolate cakeV10,000

    Served with custard or cream. Per slice.

  • Pancakes (2)V10,000

    With lemon, chocolate, maple or banana, or simply lemon and sugar.

Water, soft drinks and beer

  • Mineral waterV3,500

    Small bottle.

  • Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Stoney or MirindaV3,500
  • Diet CokeV4,000
  • Coke ZeroV4,000
  • Tusker or Tusker Light6,000
  • Guinness6,000
  • Nile Special6,000
  • Club6,000
  • Redds6,000
  • Castle Lite6,000
  • Smirnoff Ice6,000

Wines and spirits

  • Red and white wine13,000

    A selection. Per glass.

  • Johnnie Walker Red Label7,000

    Per shot.

  • Johnnie Walker Black Label12,000

    Per shot.

  • Bond5,000

    Per shot.

  • V&A15,000

    A quarter (200 ml).

  • Bond8,000

    A quarter (200 ml).

  • Uganda Waragi28,000

    Per bottle.

  • Uganda Waragi15,000

    A quarter.

  • Aristocrat5,000

    Per shot.

  • Amarula50,000
  • Baileys10,000
  • Rum: Top Secret4,000

    Per shot.

  • Rum: Triple Coin4,000

    Per shot.

  • Rum: Gilbeys15,000

    A quarter, per bottle.

Health booster drinks

Create your own from banana, pineapple, carrot, beetroot, ginger, passion fruit, mango, watermelon, cucumber, lemon, spinach and mint, with yoghurt if you like.

  • Create your own boosterV15,000

    Choose your fruits and vegetables.

  • Mango MagicV15,000

    Mango, banana, milk, vanilla yoghurt and ice.

  • Passion MangoV15,000

    Mango, passion fruit, tropical fruit, milk, yoghurt and ice.

  • Banana HoneyV15,000

    Banana, honey, milk, yoghurt and ice. Try it with a dash of cinnamon.

  • Lemon CrushV15,000

    Freshly squeezed lemon and orange with ice and a dash of mint.

  • Watermelon CrushV15,000

    Watermelon, tropical juice and ice.

  • Tropical StormV15,000

    Mango, banana, tropical juice, coconut milk, yoghurt and ice.

  • Banana BuzzV15,000

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Please tell us about any allergies. Children’s meals (under 5) are half price.

Staying with us or just visiting, we’d love to feed you.

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Five thatched cottages on a hillside near Mbarara, with woven chairs, home-grown coffee and a view to the horizon.

Nyakaguruka, near Mbarara
South-western Uganda

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