I tried the egusi soup, it was a bit salty.. I also tried the peanut butter soup with chicken and the chicken was pretty tough. The fufu was amazing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Olayinka Adedeji
Tasty African experience.
Tatiana Eunice
I’ve been a few times. My boyfriend and I loved the food. We got the chicken pepper soup with fufu, the egusi with beef and pepper soup with the chicken again our second time. My boyfriend has been back a few times without me. Unfortunately his last time being there Thursday 11/6 he got food poisoning. So we won’t be returning customers anymore. Also the service is ok. First time we came it was a male serving. Second time we came with our kids (group of 5) the lady serving seemed to be annoyed with our bigger group.
Very good west African food. The fufu, wache, and soups are on point and their chick is to die for. The suya is not great. Only three stars because they’re often out of key dishes, and you’re left having whatever else they’ve got in stock.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Isaac UDUIMOH
Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Groom
I had the fufu and spinach stew with beef. It was really good and had a ton of flavor
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Whitney C
Visited a few weeks ago with friends. Service was extremely slow and staff very unprofessional. We were told to sit and someone will be with us the lady proceeded to grab her lunch and sit down and eat while we waiting for someone for about 15 mins. We tried to order drinks we were told they aren’t making any of that we can only get shots. We had questions about the menu no one ever came to check on us we had to stop someone when they were bringing out another tables food. I ordered the pepper goat soup not spicy, no flavor. My friend ordered the chicken pepper soup. The soup had a chicken carcass in it no meat at all. When we asked about it we were told “this is African chicken”. I’ve been to Africa before and never seen a chicken with no meat on it. My other friend ordered turkey tails with Jollof rice. No flavor the rice smelled horrible. If this is your representation of Ghana or “Africa” you need to rethink and train your staff properly.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alexis Dee
I asked if the Buffalo jollof rice was spicy and was told that it was not, but when I received it it was definitely spicy. It did taste good however it was just very spicy. The chicken is really good and flavorful though. Also, the egusi was extremely spicy too.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Buffalo Jolof Rice Chicken
Makayla McLeod
Not sure about the other food, but I door dashed egusi soup from here and unfortunately would not recommend. I’m not sure if authentic ingredients are inaccessible, but it lacked the depth of flavor that African cuisine is know for. It was missing many key ingredients and tasted like spinach and collard greens with a little vinegar. I was very disappointed. Only thing that I appreciated was the portion size.
If you're looking for good West African food (Ghana and Nigeria, for example), this is a great place. For many of the dishes, you're choosing your starches (fried rice, beans & rice, fried plantains or yams, fufu) and then a protein (fish, chicken, beef, or beans). Everything we had was great, and the servings were huge! I had heard that it might take a while to get our food, but ours came out to the table in a very reasonable amount of time.
Everything was well seasoned and well cooked. The fried plantains that I had were perfect; just a bit crisp on the outside, but creamy inside. Nothing that anyone in our party had was super spicy (granted, we're all Buffalonians), but some of the sauces were a bit warm, and all were flavorful.
They do have alcoholic drinks, but we just had soft drinks. These were in a refrigerated display, and you can just take what you want, and they'll charge you when you pay. I was really happy to find two kinds of ginger beer and Goya Malto!
Given what I had heard, the staff will help you with learning how to eat the soup and fufu without cutlery, but we didn't run into that situation when we went (I couldn't resist getting the suya kabab). But if you want the authentic experience, I think you can get it here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Madeleine Tiadjeri
Best African restaurant with the best Jollof you can find in Buffalo. If you crave African food go there and you will be satisfied.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kodjo Fiawoo
Best place to eat African.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shenaya-Ann W
The food is amazing the vibe is amazing the people who work here is amazing as well!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Biscuit Flame
Ordered takeout Jollof. Got there way later than expected. Yes that was my fault. When I arrived there was a plate of jollof on a table with no one sitting there. The two people who work there looked at each other after realizing what i requested looked at the plate on the empty table. The man tells me, “give me 4 minutes” and tells the woman to grab that plate. She brings the plate back while he is preparing my food. Due to the timing of all of this when he handed me my food I simply asked, “this isn’t the food from that plate right?” he says, “why would you ask me that?” and attempts to laugh it off. I ask again he tells me thats not a good question and never answers it. I did not eat the food I gave away to someone (i told them the situation as well). If the answer was no I feel like you could have just said, “No. why would you ask me that?” but instead you tried to dance around the question and refuse to answer leaving me to believe the answer is yes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Buffalo Jollof Rice with Chicken
I tried the egusi soup, it was a bit salty.. I also tried the peanut butter soup with chicken and the chicken was pretty tough. The fufu was amazing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Tasty African experience.
I’ve been a few times. My boyfriend and I loved the food. We got the chicken pepper soup with fufu, the egusi with beef and pepper soup with the chicken again our second time. My boyfriend has been back a few times without me. Unfortunately his last time being there Thursday 11/6 he got food poisoning. So we won’t be returning customers anymore. Also the service is ok. First time we came it was a male serving. Second time we came with our kids (group of 5) the lady serving seemed to be annoyed with our bigger group.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Good food with great services
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Pepper Soup, Fufu Palmnut Soup, Fish, Beans
Very good west African food. The fufu, wache, and soups are on point and their chick is to die for. The suya is not great. Only three stars because they’re often out of key dishes, and you’re left having whatever else they’ve got in stock.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had the fufu and spinach stew with beef. It was really good and had a ton of flavor
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visited a few weeks ago with friends. Service was extremely slow and staff very unprofessional. We were told to sit and someone will be with us the lady proceeded to grab her lunch and sit down and eat while we waiting for someone for about 15 mins. We tried to order drinks we were told they aren’t making any of that we can only get shots. We had questions about the menu no one ever came to check on us we had to stop someone when they were bringing out another tables food. I ordered the pepper goat soup not spicy, no flavor. My friend ordered the chicken pepper soup. The soup had a chicken carcass in it no meat at all. When we asked about it we were told “this is African chicken”. I’ve been to Africa before and never seen a chicken with no meat on it. My other friend ordered turkey tails with Jollof rice. No flavor the rice smelled horrible. If this is your representation of Ghana or “Africa” you need to rethink and train your staff properly.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
I asked if the Buffalo jollof rice was spicy and was told that it was not, but when I received it it was definitely spicy. It did taste good however it was just very spicy. The chicken is really good and flavorful though. Also, the egusi was extremely spicy too.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Buffalo Jolof Rice Chicken
Not sure about the other food, but I door dashed egusi soup from here and unfortunately would not recommend. I’m not sure if authentic ingredients are inaccessible, but it lacked the depth of flavor that African cuisine is know for. It was missing many key ingredients and tasted like spinach and collard greens with a little vinegar. I was very disappointed. Only thing that I appreciated was the portion size.
Restaurantji Recommends
If you're looking for good West African food (Ghana and Nigeria, for example), this is a great place. For many of the dishes, you're choosing your starches (fried rice, beans & rice, fried plantains or yams, fufu) and then a protein (fish, chicken, beef, or beans). Everything we had was great, and the servings were huge! I had heard that it might take a while to get our food, but ours came out to the table in a very reasonable amount of time.
Everything was well seasoned and well cooked. The fried plantains that I had were perfect; just a bit crisp on the outside, but creamy inside. Nothing that anyone in our party had was super spicy (granted, we're all Buffalonians), but some of the sauces were a bit warm, and all were flavorful.
They do have alcoholic drinks, but we just had soft drinks. These were in a refrigerated display, and you can just take what you want, and they'll charge you when you pay. I was really happy to find two kinds of ginger beer and Goya Malto!
Given what I had heard, the staff will help you with learning how to eat the soup and fufu without cutlery, but we didn't run into that situation when we went (I couldn't resist getting the suya kabab). But if you want the authentic experience, I think you can get it here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best African restaurant with the best Jollof you can find in Buffalo. If you crave African food go there and you will be satisfied.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best place to eat African.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is amazing the vibe is amazing the people who work here is amazing as well!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered takeout Jollof. Got there way later than expected. Yes that was my fault. When I arrived there was a plate of jollof on a table with no one sitting there. The two people who work there looked at each other after realizing what i requested looked at the plate on the empty table. The man tells me, “give me 4 minutes” and tells the woman to grab that plate. She brings the plate back while he is preparing my food. Due to the timing of all of this when he handed me my food I simply asked, “this isn’t the food from that plate right?” he says, “why would you ask me that?” and attempts to laugh it off. I ask again he tells me thats not a good question and never answers it. I did not eat the food I gave away to someone (i told them the situation as well). If the answer was no I feel like you could have just said, “No. why would you ask me that?” but instead you tried to dance around the question and refuse to answer leaving me to believe the answer is yes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Buffalo Jollof Rice with Chicken
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