About Us

The Sahel is a largely semi-arid belt of barren, sandy and rock-strewn land, the Sahel marks the physical and cultural transition between the continent’s more fertile tropical regions to the south and its desert in the north.

At Sahel Restaurant & Lounge "SAHEL", our leitmotiv is the quality of the food and service. Our menu represents the traditional culinary African and Caribbean cuisines with some Cameroonian-influenced alternatives.

SAHEL is situated in the heart of downtown Lowell (City of Lowell, MA) in a 3,500 square feet of newly renovated space just about a mile away from the main campus of UMass Lowell. Sahel is open everyday from 11am to 10pm.

SAHEL offers a 200 seats fine dining restaurant upstairs with 75 seats lounge area in the basement lower level. SAHEL focus primarily on Afro-Caribbean menu with a touch of French and Cameroonian influence. The menu contains traditional favorites such as Ndole, Egusi Soup, Jerk Chicken, amongst others. These traditional dishes are prepared by recognized chefs. The consistency in delivery the same quality of food and services is the pride of the management.

SAHEL`S  front of the house staff members are hired to communicate the menu and specials and enhance your overall dining experience. Our staff goes through extensive training, ensuring high quality customer service. 

In addition to in-house dining, the restaurant will offer a full and complete take-out and catering services as well.  The owners will offer the merger of West African and Caribbean cuisine, brought to patrons courtesy of the culinary expertise of their chefs.  

Emile Christian Kamadeu, a Dracut resident, master mind and co-founder of the restaurant, was born in Douala, Cameroon. Restauranting is also in his family; his mother once owned a restaurant in Douala called “Le Bouillon Vert (The Green Soup)” where customers could eat many local dishes but more importantly, the customers were very attracted by the “Green Soup” that was the family’s secret recipe and signature dish. Emile and his partners are planning on introducing “Le Bouillon Vert” to their clientele.  

In addition to being a co-founder of Sahel Restaurant & Lounge, he is also the co-founder of Itech Diffusion, LLC), an IT Consulting company and ITD-LiveTV an IPTV provider startup (Streaming of African Televisions in the US, Europe & Canada).