Calabash African Cuisine & Bar

514-c S Van Dorn St, Alexandria
(703) 823-1333

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Customers' Favorites

Jollof Rice with Beef Stew & Red Snapper with White Rice and Stew
Kenkey with Hot Pepper and Tilapia Fish
Grilled Tilapia with Jollof Rice
Fufu with Peanut Butter Soup
Jollof Rice and Plantain
Jollof Rice and Chicken
Jollof Rice with Fish
Banku with Okro Stew
Bacon Wrapped Dates
White Rice & Stew

Menu

Entrees
Fufu
Plantain flour mashed into a dumpling. Served with your choice of soup or stew and meat.
Jollof Rice
Ghanaian style rice cooked in mild tomato sauce and seasoning. Served with our homemade stew, side salad, and your choice of meat.
Waakye
Brown rice slow cooked with black eye beans and our homemade stew. Served with your choice of meat.
Red Red
Stewed black eye beans. Served with ripe fried plantain and your choice of meat.
Tilapia
Our delicious whole tilapia marinated and grilled or fried to perfection. Served with one side choice and our homemade stew.
Spinach Stew
Sauteed veggies and peppers in spinach. Served with rice and your choice of meat.
Fish & Chips
4 piece fried croaker fish with riped fried plantains.

Appetizers
Suya
3 spicy skewered beef kebabs.
Kelewele
Seasoned chunks of delicious fried plantain.

Side items
Side of Jollof
Served with stew.
Plantain
Fried plantain (6)
4 pc. grilled chicken
Side of waakye
Served with our stew.
4 pc. Fried Chicken
Extra stew
Spinach stew
no meat option.
1 fried fish
Whole Tilapia (grilled)
Beef stew
Whole Tilapia (Fried)
4 pc. Fried fish
Extra shitto (pepper)

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Recent Reviews

Food: jollof with chicken, coke. The jollof was rather bland with minimal spicy flavor. The red sauce also wasn't spicy, but it made the jollof tastier. The 4 small chicken pieces had a tasty coating. Coke was served in a plastic cup with ice.
Service: considering that I was there for the Ghana v. Croatia World Cup game, the service was excellent in a jammed-packed restaurant.
Atmosphere: average, but I deducted 1 star because they didn't play...
June 2026
I got the pleasure of learning about Calabash and experiencing their Ghanian cuisine on a Sunday afternoon and I thoroughly enjoyed.

Calabash African Cuisine is an intimate and cute establishment that offers great customer service. And the food, the food was absolutely delicious! I ordered the Suya and Waakye, which took my tastebuds back to the delicious dishes my second family always cooked for festivities. I also got the opportunity to try my friend’s entree,...
April 2026
The vibe and ambiance is absolutely amazing. The service was wonderful and I enjoyed our drinks. The sorrel drink was authentically delicious.
Food is well plated, I particularly enjoyed the choice and kelewele.
I was disappointed in the taste of the Easley and stew, and my friend didn’t enjoy the jollof as she hoped. We had some takeaway food as well and unfortunately it didn’t taste as great. I was BUMMED!!!!!!!!!!
Would I come again for food no...
March 2026

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Calabash African Cuisine & Bar

514-c S Van Dorn St, Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 823-1333