Portion size is horrid. Food wasn’t bad. The fruit drinks were good. They didn’t put utensils in the bag. Wasn’t worth $65 for what we got.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
John Neumann
Dirty, ordered about $30 worth of food, got charged $70 There's a lot of things to complain about but I'll focus on the two biggest problems, the dirtiness and overcharging. We were seated at a booth that still had napkins and straw covers from a previous customer, along with some disgustingly dirty menus. I thought the waiter/owner would offer to clean it up quickly, but he started bringing out what seemed to be samples of food (the first were tiny dishes of stews) and setting them on top of the mess (see picture), even before we had a chance to examine the menu and order. Which leads to the big problem- he kept bringing little plates of food out and insisted we try them and tell him what we thought- I thought this was leading to a suggestion of what we should order, but it turns out he charged us for all these things that we didn't order! Fufu, $5.99, Dundu $14.99 and Dodo Stir Fry $12.99. (We did order Jollof with "2 [rock hard dried out] pieces" of beef, and Eforiro). That brought our total bill for lunch up to $70! When I complained to him that we didn't order these things, he said "I had to bring them out because she [pointing to my wife] is vegetarian", which makes no sense, since we told him when we sat down that she was probably going to order the vegetable stew. He refused to take them off the bill. The Dundu (fried plantain) and Dodo (fried yams) stir fry were nothing special by the way. No seasoning and kind of cold like they had come out of the fryer a while ago. (That's the $12.99 Dodo stir fry in the photo, sitting on top of the dirty menus).
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Britney Boateng
Heard good things about this place and wanted to try it and the service was awful. Ordered takeout multiple times from this place and every time the service was terrible. Waited so long each time for basically what looked like leftover food. It’s very expensive for the food portions you get. The server always looked rude and never smiled and was always short when asked a question. I would not recommend going to this place. There are many better places with better food better portions better service than this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Kalani Palmer
Unfortunately, I have to change this review. While I have enjoyed the food in the past, I can no longer order from here. I placed an order and went to pick it up, but they did not have the food I ordered. I requested a refund and was told they could not refund the money. I had to talk with a manager, but the manager would not be in until the evening. After calling several times, the manager was never available. I still have not received the money spent. This is very disappointing. I will never order from here again.
Service: 1
sandy ada
Excessive salt in your food,I am talking like food tasting like salt You pay for a takeout meal and get a completely different order. Stale food.... Overpriced meals, but that could have been overlooked if the food was any good.
I normally won't write a review, but this has been one bad experience after another, so suffice to say, I will never order from here again.
Good luck to them,really.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Madison Bosler
I'm struggling with a rating here. I love the food but the last few times I ordered agege on their website, I paid for it, got there, and was told they don't have it and almost never make it anymore. Why is it on the menu? Why don't I ever receive a phone call saying they don't have it? They also said they cannot refund me. If I don't get the things I order and expect, what is the point in returning
My husband picked up the food for our family today and he said that the staff confidently do not care about being out of food items or any inconvenience. They were not rude in the past but they were very rude this time even though my husband I'd always exceptionally kind and understanding.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Dom Smith
Definitely enjoyed the food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
MelissaDean1982
I’ve ordered from this place numerous of times. This time was different. I ordered online and when I got home. I was surprised to see my fufu had a lot of black specks in it on first site through the plastic wrap. I open the plastic wrap and spread the fufu out of curiosity before I started eating and the was maggots in it as well! The black specs were bugs! I called immediately the guy did apologize and said it’s in the flour like that’s NORMAL! I’m disgusted and will NEVER BE GOING BACK but didn’t even offer a refund!! I had to request it. There’s NO WAY someone didn’t see that! I wish I had taken pics but I did not even know I was going to review this play but beware!! I only have proof of purchase
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Michelle Young
Food was ok but for the money I spent was not worth the hour and a half travel at all! Very little food for the price. I was very disappointed. The beef on the rice was so dry I couldn’t swallow it! Meat pies have very very little filling.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Gloria Mwarage
The jollof was lukewarm, overcooked, and mushy. The meat that they serve with it was hard and the sauce gross.
The tables were dirty and sticky, all of them. They really need to get it together. The community is rooting for them but I personally will not be coming back.
This was my first time eating African food, and I was extremely excited. I had been hearing about this restaurant for a while, and wanted to try it. It’s located in the popular murray avenue in Squirrel hill, surrounded by many other restaurants. I’ll cover the food later, but I have to begin by saying that the service was dismal. When we went for lunch around noon, there was nobody when we entered the restaurant and we had to shout to see if anybody was around to help us get seated. Our server was the least responsive server I have ever encountered, and it almost looked like he was unhappy to be there. No smiles, no greetings. Anyway, we sat down and ordered our food. Since we were trying this for the very first time, we wanted to be safe and went with safer options as suggested by our friend. When he returned back with the food, there were no plates. We had to explicitly ask for plates, and then he returned with just one plate for both of us, and we had to ask for another one. The whole thing was bizarre. When we got done with food, we then had to shout again to see if he would bring our check. I don’t know if they’re understaffed, but this is not how you treat a customers specially in a dine in setting. The only saving grace was towards the end of the meal when a gentleman who I assume to be, the owner came and had conversation with us about the food and recommended us some food to try the next time. He seemed really nice and was welcoming. He also did not charges any tip, which I’m not sure, is the norm at that restaurant or why he did that. Now coming to the food itself, it was pretty tasty. We had the jollof rice which was pretty flavourful. He also had the efiroro which seem to be a type of spinach stew. Honestly, that was super unique, and I have never tasted anything like it. Again, I’m not in a position to tell if it was authentic, but it was still quite tasty, nevertheless. I guess African food is an acquired taste and I guess it’ll take me a while to get used to all the flavours. Overall, I can recommend this place if you want to try new cuisine but I would avoid dine in and just to take out.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Eforiro, Joll of Rice
Perry Recker
Vegetarian options: cassava, plantain, yam, Spinach, rice and beans
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Diana T
Horrible experience, Gave us samples to try then charged it on the bill as if we ordered it as a meal. So watch out decline the offer of the experience. At the end still didn’t get what I ordered until it was time to go?
Matthew Balaban
Really authentic and delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Crystal Little
Oh how I love this place. It’s an entire African Vibe and the food and service are amazing!!! If you have not experience African Cuisine you must!!!
Portion size is horrid. Food wasn’t bad. The fruit drinks were good. They didn’t put utensils in the bag. Wasn’t worth $65 for what we got.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dirty, ordered about $30 worth of food, got charged $70 There's a lot of things to complain about but I'll focus on the two biggest problems, the dirtiness and overcharging. We were seated at a booth that still had napkins and straw covers from a previous customer, along with some disgustingly dirty menus. I thought the waiter/owner would offer to clean it up quickly, but he started bringing out what seemed to be samples of food (the first were tiny dishes of stews) and setting them on top of the mess (see picture), even before we had a chance to examine the menu and order. Which leads to the big problem- he kept bringing little plates of food out and insisted we try them and tell him what we thought- I thought this was leading to a suggestion of what we should order, but it turns out he charged us for all these things that we didn't order! Fufu, $5.99, Dundu $14.99 and Dodo Stir Fry $12.99. (We did order Jollof with "2 [rock hard dried out] pieces" of beef, and Eforiro). That brought our total bill for lunch up to $70! When I complained to him that we didn't order these things, he said "I had to bring them out because she [pointing to my wife] is vegetarian", which makes no sense, since we told him when we sat down that she was probably going to order the vegetable stew. He refused to take them off the bill. The Dundu (fried plantain) and Dodo (fried yams) stir fry were nothing special by the way. No seasoning and kind of cold like they had come out of the fryer a while ago. (That's the $12.99 Dodo stir fry in the photo, sitting on top of the dirty menus).
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Heard good things about this place and wanted to try it and the service was awful. Ordered takeout multiple times from this place and every time the service was terrible. Waited so long each time for basically what looked like leftover food. It’s very expensive for the food portions you get. The server always looked rude and never smiled and was always short when asked a question. I would not recommend going to this place. There are many better places with better food better portions better service than this place.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Unfortunately, I have to change this review. While I have enjoyed the food in the past, I can no longer order from here. I placed an order and went to pick it up, but they did not have the food I ordered. I requested a refund and was told they could not refund the money. I had to talk with a manager, but the manager would not be in until the evening. After calling several times, the manager was never available. I still have not received the money spent. This is very disappointing. I will never order from here again.
Service: 1
Excessive salt in your food,I am talking like food tasting like salt
You pay for a takeout meal and get a completely different order.
Stale food....
Overpriced meals, but that could have been overlooked if the food was any good.
I normally won't write a review, but this has been one bad experience after another, so suffice to say, I will never order from here again.
Good luck to them,really.
Food: 1
Service: 1
I'm struggling with a rating here. I love the food but the last few times I ordered agege on their website, I paid for it, got there, and was told they don't have it and almost never make it anymore. Why is it on the menu? Why don't I ever receive a phone call saying they don't have it? They also said they cannot refund me. If I don't get the things I order and expect, what is the point in returning
My husband picked up the food for our family today and he said that the staff confidently do not care about being out of food items or any inconvenience. They were not rude in the past but they were very rude this time even though my husband I'd always exceptionally kind and understanding.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Definitely enjoyed the food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I’ve ordered from this place numerous of times. This time was different. I ordered online and when I got home. I was surprised to see my fufu had a lot of black specks in it on first site through the plastic wrap. I open the plastic wrap and spread the fufu out of curiosity before I started eating and the was maggots in it as well! The black specs were bugs! I called immediately the guy did apologize and said it’s in the flour like that’s NORMAL! I’m disgusted and will NEVER BE GOING BACK but didn’t even offer a refund!! I had to request it. There’s NO WAY someone didn’t see that! I wish I had taken pics but I did not even know I was going to review this play but beware!! I only have proof of purchase
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food was ok but for the money I spent was not worth the hour and a half travel at all! Very little food for the price. I was very disappointed. The beef on the rice was so dry I couldn’t swallow it! Meat pies have very very little filling.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
The jollof was lukewarm, overcooked, and mushy. The meat that they serve with it was hard and the sauce gross.
The tables were dirty and sticky, all of them. They really need to get it together. The community is rooting for them but I personally will not be coming back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Joll of Rice
Restaurantji Recommends
This was my first time eating African food, and I was extremely excited. I had been hearing about this restaurant for a while, and wanted to try it. It’s located in the popular murray avenue in Squirrel hill, surrounded by many other restaurants. I’ll cover the food later, but I have to begin by saying that the service was dismal. When we went for lunch around noon, there was nobody when we entered the restaurant and we had to shout to see if anybody was around to help us get seated. Our server was the least responsive server I have ever encountered, and it almost looked like he was unhappy to be there. No smiles, no greetings. Anyway, we sat down and ordered our food. Since we were trying this for the very first time, we wanted to be safe and went with safer options as suggested by our friend. When he returned back with the food, there were no plates. We had to explicitly ask for plates, and then he returned with just one plate for both of us, and we had to ask for another one. The whole thing was bizarre. When we got done with food, we then had to shout again to see if he would bring our check. I don’t know if they’re understaffed, but this is not how you treat a customers specially in a dine in setting. The only saving grace was towards the end of the meal when a gentleman who I assume to be, the owner came and had conversation with us about the food and recommended us some food to try the next time. He seemed really nice and was welcoming. He also did not charges any tip, which I’m not sure, is the norm at that restaurant or why he did that. Now coming to the food itself, it was pretty tasty. We had the jollof rice which was pretty flavourful. He also had the efiroro which seem to be a type of spinach stew. Honestly, that was super unique, and I have never tasted anything like it. Again, I’m not in a position to tell if it was authentic, but it was still quite tasty, nevertheless. I guess African food is an acquired taste and I guess it’ll take me a while to get used to all the flavours. Overall, I can recommend this place if you want to try new cuisine but I would avoid dine in and just to take out.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Eforiro, Joll of Rice
Vegetarian options: cassava, plantain, yam, Spinach, rice and beans
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Horrible experience,
Gave us samples to try then charged it on the bill as if we ordered it as a meal. So watch out decline the offer of the experience. At the end still didn’t get what I ordered until it was time to go?
Really authentic and delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oh how I love this place. It’s an entire African Vibe and the food and service are amazing!!! If you have not experience African Cuisine you must!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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