Mama Philo’s African Cuisine

237-05 Linden Blvd, Elmont
(516) 400-9743

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Jollof Rice Served w Choice of Meat or Fish
Fried Ripe Plantains Side Order
Pounded Yam Side Order
Fresh Fish Pepper Soup
Goat Meat Pepper Soup
Fried Fish
Mixed Meat
Puff

Menu

Featured items
Egusi Soup (Melon Seeds)
Okra (Green Seed Pod) Soup
White Rice with Spicy Green Pepper Sauce (Ayamase)
Suya
Goat Meat Pepper Soup
Ogbono (B. Mango Nuts)
Jollof Rice with Assorted Meat
Fried Ripe Plantains and Beans with Assorted Meat
Fresh fish pepper soup
White Rice with Stew & Chicken

Appetizers
Meat Pie
Suya
Peppered Snail
Peppered Goat Meat
Peppered Assorted Chopped Meat

Soup
Goat Meat Pepper Soup
Fresh fish pepper soup

Main Entrees
Egusi Soup (Melon Seeds)
Okra (Green Seed Pod) Soup
Ogbono (B. Mango Nuts)
Bitter Leaf (Black Soup)
Vegetable Spinach

Rice Entrees
Jollof Rice with Assorted Meat
White Rice with Stew & Chicken
Jollof Rice with Chicken
Jollof Rice with Goat Meat
Jollof Rice with Fish
Fried Rice with Fish
White Rice with Stew & Goat Meat
Fried Rice with Goat Meat
Fried Rice with Assorted Meat
White Rice with Stew & Fish
Fried Rice with Chicken
White Rice with Stew & Assorted Meat

Combination Delight
Fried Ripe Plantains and Beans with Assorted Meat
Fried Ripe Plantains and Beans with Chicken
Fried Ripe Plantains and Beans with Fish
Fried Ripe Plantains and Beans with Goat

Mama Philos Special
White Rice with Spicy Green Pepper Sauce (Ayamase)
White Rice with African Smoked Fish Sauce
White Rice with Snail and Dry Shrimp Sauce

Side Orders
Jollof Rice
Pounded Yam
Plantains
White Rice
Amala
Fried Rice
Eba
Fish of the day
Beans

Beverages
Assorted Soft Drinks (soda)
Malta
Bottled Water
Ginger Drink

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Recent Reviews

Listen, I’m Haitian and have been craving Tom-tom but the closest Haitian restaurant to me only sells it once a week. So here I am late one night on TikTok scrolling and I’m seeing fufu all over the place. When I found this place, I left work, sat in traffic to go get the fufu and sat in another round of traffic to get home. The only thing I’m upset about is the fact that I was in traffic for so long before I could get home. Food was DELICIOUS 🤤 😋
January 2025
I have never tried African Cuisine, so I decided to Uber a few things on the menu. Please note- I'm not able to compare the meal as it's the first time I'm having it.
I ordered the Egusi and pounded yam. I ordered the peppered goat and the chicken meal with rice and vegetables.
Everything was very flavorful. I enjoyed the yam with the egusi. I added the peppered goat to spice it up a bit. The peppered goat was extremely spicy (painfully spicy)....
December 2024
As a proud Ghanaian, I wanted to see if Mama Philo's would live up to the hype as the only restaurant on Long Island focused on African cuisine. I was absolutely blown away!!

The food was flavorful and made as if my mom was preparing a home-cooked meal. I tried the Egusi soup with chicken while my sister had the Pepper soup with goat meat and we were left wanting seconds. The puff-puff was made to perfection and the pounded yam I was given for my Egusi...
November 2024

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Mama Philo’s African Cuisine

237-05 Linden Blvd, Elmont, NY 11003
(516) 400-9743