Food & Beverages

While you can find fully stocked grocery sections in most if not all supermarkets, one can always head over to the farmers’ market for more options. Groceries are much cheaper at the open air markets.

Meat

Cote d’Ivoire is known for its daring bush meat cuisine, you should be aware of the meat you are consuming and where it comes from. There aren’t a lot of butcheries in Abidjan but there are a couple of chains of butcheries that sell meat in all municipalities.

• Le Blason

This is a brand name under Group Industry & Distribution (GID) that’s active in the meat industry in Cote d’Ivoire since 1960. Products includeMeat (Sausages, Ham, salted & smoked meat etc.), Poultry.

Address: Marcory Zone 3 - Rue des Foreurs

Tel: +225 21 35 23 45 / +225 21 35 74 45

Opening schedule: Monday: 14:00-17:00 & Tuesday – Friday: 09:00–13:00 & Saturday 09:00- 18:00

• Le Terroir

It’s a chain of butcheries found in different neighborhoods. Meat, delicatessen, Yoghourt etc

-Address: Zone 4 rue du 7 decembre, near Perusia pharmacy.

Tel: +225 20 00 76 97

-Address: Riviera 3, near carrefour lycée Blaise Pascal, boulevard Assouan.

Tel: +225 20 00 77 61

-Address: Riviera Palmeraie

Tel: +225 20 00 77 46

-Address: Attoban route

Tel: +225 20 00 77 15

-Address: Rue des Jardins, Cocody Deux Plateaux

Tel: +225 22 00 16 46

-Address: Cocody Mermoz

Tel: +225 22 00 16 45

Opening schedule: Monday – Saturday 07:00–19:00

Poultry

• Coq Ivoire

Chain of shops that specializes in poultry products (chicken, meat, eggs etc). You can find them all over Abidjan.

Facebook: Coqivoire

Cocody

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Angré)

Address: Angre Cité Blanche - After PétroIvoire Petrol Station, opposite pharmacie Bel Horizon.

Tel: +225 22 52 43 22

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Vallon)

Address: Deux Plateaux vallon Rue des jardins, same side as Pako

Tel: +225 22 41 34 47

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Riviera Anono)

Address: Riviera 2, Anono - Opposite Chawarma Rifat, Carrefour Alpha.

Tel: +225 22 43 82 76

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Riviera Palmeraie)

Address: Riviera Palmeraie - Route des Rosiers opposite Foursquare Church.

Tel: +225 22 49 24 44

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Riviera 3)

Address: Riviera 3 - On the Road to the American and French Schools, before Pharmacie Sainte Agathe.

Tel: +225 22 47 55 45

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Cocody Centre)

Address: Cocody Center - At the Allocodrome of Cocody.

Tel: +225 22 48 80 90

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Djibi)

Address: Djibi - 500m after Pharmacie Ste Marthe and the Bus Stop 81/82.

Tel: +225 22 50 65 77

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Cocody Les Perles)

Address: Deux Plateaux - After carrefour Duncan, near restaurant Las Palmas.

Tel: +225 22 42 43 49

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Riviera Faya)

Address: Riviera Palmeraie - After Carrefour Faya on the road to Bingerville.

Tel: +225 22 47 65 29

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Rivera Attoban)

Address: Riviera Attoban - Not far from the Cipharm.

Tel: +225 22 42 70 32

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Cocody Marché)

Address: Cocody Deux plateaux Market.

Tel: +225 22 45 70 91

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Lycée Technique)

Address: Cocody - Near College la corniche, opposite Nestlé.

Marcory

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Marcory Mille Maquis)

Address: Mille Maquis - Near mille maquis in Marcory.

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Biétry)

Address: Bietry - Rue du canal opposite Pharmacie Perusia and the superette Eco Plus.

Tel: +225 21 25 83 30

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Marcory Remblais)

Address: Remblais, near Western Union, crossroads of Pharmacie du Kahira, on the left.

Tel: +225 21 56 34 09

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Marcory Vatican)

Address: Marcory - Opposite Pharmacie du petit marché.

Tel: +225 21 28 33 71

-Coq Ivoire (EFC Marcory résidentiel)

Address: Marcory Résidentiel SIB - Near Total Petrol Station

Fish

Due to its proximity to the sea, fish and sea food is quite affordable in Abidjan. Apart from the major supermarkets, here is a list of a few places where you could buy fish.

• The fish market (port de peche) at the port of Abidjan​

• Poissonnerie de la rue des Jardins

Fresh fish, shrimp

Address: Cocody Deux Plateaux - Opposite l’Automatic restaurant

Tel:  +225 07 91 34 67

• Poissonnerie Océan, Chez Keita

Tel: +225 47 89 82 45

•  Mini Poissonnerie

Address: Marcory Rue de la paix opposite Baptiste Church

Tel: +225 21 26 63 85 / +225 07 08 53 74

•  Poissonnerie Ibrahim

Address: Bietry near Leader price

Tel: +225 47 72 99 97

•  Poissonnerie la Maree Bleue

Address: Bietry Rue du Canal

Tel: +225 21 25 67 49 / +225 08 80 86 60

Fruits & Vegetables

You can find a wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables at the supermarkets but there is more

variety at the open air market where the price is more affordable. Popular readymade fruit juices

such as bissap are sold at the markets.

Supermarkets

There are a number of supermarkets and hypermarkets in shopping malls around Abidjan. You

can buy a variety of items from small electrical appliances, groceries, clothes etc. In 2015,

Carrefour (a leading chain of supermarkets in France) opened its store in Abidjan.

Abidjan North

• Sococe

Address: Cocody Deux Plateaux - Boulevard des Martyrs

Tel: +225 22 41 92 03 / +225 22 41 92 06 / +225 22 41 92 30

• Cap Sud

Address: Marcory Zone 4 - Boulevard VGE

Tel: +225 21 35 41 38 / +225 21 25 34 56

• Casino

A chain of supermarkets owned by Group Casino from France.

-Address: Marcory Zone 4 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie - Prima Center

Tel: +225 21 25 21 49

-Address: Riviera 3 Boulevard Mitterrand Cap Nord 

Tel: +225 22 47 27 90

• Carrefour

A French group of retail shops.

Playce Marcory & Playce Palmeraie

•  Hayat

You can find many organic goods as well as soya yogurts, soya milk, agave nectar and

many other vegan options.

Address: Deux Plateaux Rue des Jardins

Tel: +225 22 41 39 06

• Bon Prix

This is a chain of smaller supermarkets and mini- marts that are scattered all around the

city, there are about 50 stores targeting low or middle class people. You can either buy in

wholesale or retail.

Address: Marcory Boulevard de Marseille

• Cash Center

- Cocody Deux Plateaux Rue des Jardins +225 22 41 39 06

-Riviera Golf Near the embassy of United States  +225 22 43 29 02

-Plateau, Boulevard de la Republique, +225 20 32 99 61

-Marcory Zone 4, boulevards de Marseille

•  Jour de marché

-Address: Near Palm club, Road Lycee technique Cocody

Tel: +225 22 44 07 33

-Address: Cocody Riviera 3 - The roundabout at Orca

Tel: +225 22 47 39 54

-Address: Marcory residentiel

Tel: +225 21 26 99 29

• Leader Price

This is a French discount store chain of the Group Casino

-Address: Riviera 3 - Boulevard Mitterrand

Tel: +225 49 11 19 01

-Address: Marcory Zone 4  Boulevard VGE

-Address: Marcory Zone 4 Rue du 7 decembre

Tel: +225 21 24 01 51

• Socoprix

This is a very reasonably priced supermarket especially for groceries.

-Address:  Marcory Zone 3 Rue des Brasseurs

Tel: +225 21 24 36 63

• Socobin

Address: Marcory Zone 4 - Boulevard Marseille

Tel: 225 21 75 91 60

Open air markets

Each municipality has its open air market where you can find various goods and is probably the

best place to get your groceries among other things. There is a lot of hustle and bustle and it’s

noisier than when shopping in the supermarkets.

• Adjame

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Located in Adjame Boulevard Nangui Abrogoua you can find fresh products straight

from the farm: Huge snails (delicacy in Cote d’Ivoire) grains, dry fish, live chicken,

spices etc. Other than food, one can also find fabrics at a cheaper price that in the shops.

There also exists the black market where you can find electronic equipment both new and

second hand, shoes, jewelry.

•  Cocody Danga

Marche de Cocody on rue Washington. You can find artisan, shoe makers and tailors.

• Riviera

-Marche d’Anono located after the roundabout of Riviera 2 on the route to U.S embassy

-9 (neuf) Kilo market on boulevard Mitterand, roundabout of Orca Deco, Riviera 3

Mostly for fruits and vegetables.

•  Treichville

Open air market on rue 12 

Diplomatic Free Shops

- Here is a list of the few diplomatic stores in Abidjan, where authorised international staff can purchase tax-free items:

• IDFS- International Diplomatic Free Shop 

Tax-free shopping for diplomats, you need a nominative card to shop 

-Address: Cocody Deux Plateaux Vallons Rue des Jardins

Tel: +225 07 07 55 45 / +225 22 52 23 26

Email: idfsinfo@yahoo.fr

Opening hours: Mondays-Saturdays 9:00-19:00, Sundays and public holidays 9:00-13:00

• DIFS- DIPLOMATIC INTERNATIONAL FREE SHOP 

-Address: Rue du Canal-Zone 4 Marcory

Tel: +225 21 25 90 90