African Kitchen

The interior design is very lovely. I had fun chatting with the lady at the front when I had concerns about the ingredients for the egusi soup. She took her time to expain what they use. It was my first time trying and it was delicious. The turkey wing was just over the top amazing.

This was about the 6th or 7th time I've ordered here since this restaurant opened. The first time I ordered Egusi Soup, and the food was so delicious! I thought the portion size was decent for the price and it came in a bigger container size. I have even taken a picture of the container size pictured. Well, the next time I ordered, I was surprised to get food in the smaller container which is the standard size they now package their food in. I was disappointed with the small portion, but the taste made up for my disappointment. Over the next few orders its been inconsistent, sometimes food is too salty or too oilygreasy, the meat at times can be very tough to chew through, especially the tripe and cow foot meat which I end up throwing. Today I ordered fried rice with egusi through Skip the dishes. The egusi stew tasted good although very greasy. The top layer was just oil, after I poured it out, I had little egusi stew left, and the rice was very disappointing, it was clearly not fresh at all! The taste was lacklustre and not flavorful at all. I ended up throwing out the rice because it did not smell nice. That's $7.99 plus tax of my money gone just for the rice! I definitely won't be ordering the fried rice again. At this point, I think I've given them enough tries. I give them 2 stars coz the egusi stew generally tastes good, though the portions are small, but they have missed the mark when it comes to consistency for me.

I really wanted to like this but I have to say the Jollof rice was a fail. It tasted like rice and stew stirred together, the chicken was also half cooked. 3 stars because the assorted meat was great.

Wow! Great food, great staff and nice area to sit! We had the fried rice and the joloff rice with chicken. Joloff rice was hands down a winner! The chicken was fried, juicy and tender! We will be going back for another meal!

The food is delicious, the servings really aren’t bad and the prices are good. It reminds me of food from home. The lady at the cash was so nice and gave me an extra serving of pepper sauce. I wish I got her name. Will definitely order from here again and again. Tip: If possible, order at the restaurant instead of Uber eats or skip. It lets you meet the people behind the business, who are super friendly.

People are raving about this place and I don't know why. We went there Saturday night. They seemed stunned to see us. No one else was there, but they seemed to have a lot of takeout business, judging by the bags they were preparing and the Uber Eats delivery people picking up food. A surly teenager brought us menus. We sat. There was a TV playing a hallmark tv special above our heads. Loudly. The surly teenager's mom was at one of the tables and had to tell the kid to bring me a bottle opener for my non-alcoholic beer. Did we want our food there? Yes. Was that our first mistake? I got a deep fried turkey leg. Literally. A turkey leg, dropped in a deep fryer, taken out, served to us. Next to it, flavorless cooked yam. My wife's soup, slightly better. But everything was bland or barely edible. Our food was served to us in takeout containers with plastic forks and knives. You cannot eat a deep fried turkey leg with a plastic fork. Nor can you eat soup with a plastic fork. We asked for a spoon and got one. It was also plastic. After a few bites, my wife and I gave up. We said we'd take the rest to go and got a plastic bag. The meal, one of the blandest I've ever had, came to 60 bucks. We left, with our takeout meals. Walking down the street, I spotted a garbage can and threw the whole thing in the trash. Is this a cultural thing? Are people longing for traditional Nigerian food, and this is what they expect to get? I genuinely do not know. But it was one of the weirdest and worst meals I've had in a long time.

The menu is basically a choice of very small portions of average food buried in a mountain of dry, day-old spiced rice, all of which is reheated in a microwave and served with plastic utensils. Sadly there is no love of food or joy of cooking to be found here, just a takeout counter charging as much as possible for as little as possible, and not even a smile is offered for the high price.

Haven’t had Nigerian food before, but the food was quite good. The seasoning for the Jollof rice was great. The staff was really friendly as well.

Its nice to finally have a Nigerian food restaurant in Ottawa! And yes, the food was goooood! The above was my Ist review when African Kitchen opened, since then I have ordered 6times and it has all been disappointing. Portion sizes was reduced. Food quality also decreased. The last egusi I bought tasted and smelt spoiled. I have given enough chances to see if it was just a day gone wrong but after 5 tries, it is safe to say not again, which is so sad.

Cashier was unhelpful, and I'm mad I paid 21$ for them to hand me microwaved food in a small container. Taste is kind of bland, and the meat is tough.

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