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    Africana Cuisine

    1.6 (11 reviews)

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    Don't order from here. Waited 2 hours for food, then the guy calls and says our address in the GPS cannot be found. BOGUS!!! 0 STARS!!

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    7 years ago

    Order delivery through grub hub never got my food, this sucks after waiting over 3 hours for food

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    Called for delivery and failed to deliver luckily I was paying cash or my money would have been tied up in processing a refund from my bank.

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    This is the best dibi lamb I've had!…read more My first introduction to dibi lamb was at a Malian restaurant in West Philadelphia in the early 2000s. Since that time, I rotate between poisson and dibi whenever I get Senegalese food. West African restaurants are a dime a dozen in Philadelphia, but a lot of the food is just ok, with many of my favorite restaurants changing hands over the years and after COVID most of the food is meh at best. I recently had dibi at the gold standard for Senegalese food in Philadelphia and was disappointed. Fortunately, I have been able to order poisson and dibi from a Malian woman near me and I can make a passable version in a pinch. Two weeks ago, a friend posted on FB that this was the best meal she had ever had. As this was someone I know to have a breadth of experience with food, I was intrigued by the recommendation. So, while attending a conference in the area, I decided to give it a try. Unlike the Senegalese restaurant I recently visited in Chicago, this place was nice - the furnishings, decorations, and even the restroom was modern but authentic. The customer service was also refreshing. As soon as he set the plate down I knew it was going to be spectacular. There was a glorious aroma wafting from the lamb (which I'd ordered spicy), the plantains weren't glistening with oil, and the yassa condiment was a unexpected treat. The lamb was tender, seasoned to perfection and honestly I was so enamored with the food that I texted my friend to concur with her assessment. I was stuffed but didn't want the meal to end and I didn't want to leave. When I finished, I went to wash my hands and when I returned to the table I was disappointed that I had eaten it all. It was truly an outstanding meal with remarkable service. I wish them longevity and success because I intend to return with my family so they too can experience the deliciousness.

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    3.3(12 reviews)
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    I got word of this viral Fried Fish coming out of Lexington Market in Baltimore. So I waited in the…read morecut for the hype to die down, then, I pulled up!! LET'S GO!! . Where I am: @platinumamalaspot inside of @lexington_market . Location Reviewed: 112 N.Eutaw St.,Baltimore M.D. . Items Reviewed: STAMP!! Their Egusi Soup ($19.99 with Egusi *made from ground melon seeds, palm oil, vegetables, peppers, & in this case chicken*, & FuFu *pounded yams*). STAMP!! Their Fried Fish Platter ($19.99 with 2 pieces of fried whiting, yellow rice, & cabbage). So folks were right!! I'm not sure what seasonings are being used for this fish, but it's crispy, meaty, & flavorful STAMP! The rice & veggies were LIKE THAT!! STAMP!! Their Drinks ($6.35 for their Amala Zobo Drink*Hibiscus Drink*, & $5 for their Maltina Drink). Their Zobo HITS!! Flavorful, sweet, & tasty!! The Maltina is an acquired taste, it's like a molasses drink...DECENT. LIKE THAT! Their Beef Stew ($19.99 with large beef chunks, veggies, & a red spicy sauce). The sauce was excellent in this dish!! It's tomato based, mildly spicy, & aromatic!! STAMP!! Their Puff Puff ($7.49 fried dough pastries with cinnamon sugar on top). Basically a fried donut hole!! STAMP!! . Customer Service: On Point! . Parking: Rough, but paid parking is available. . Recommendations: Get that Fish & FuFu! . Accessibility: It's wheelchair & differently abled persons friendly. 5 Stars=STAMP 4 1/2 Stars=LIKE THAT 4 Stars=DELICIOUS 3 Stars=DECENT 2 Stars=PASS 1 Star=NAH #Bigschlimsreviews

    Bad food and bad service. Fufu was watery and the chicken was cold. The guy at the register didn't…read moreeven know if he worked there. I asked for a refund and the manager was one of the least helpful individuals that I ever met. Bro really tried to argue with me over a piece of chicken. I am a real Nigerian and I'm telling you that this place is not it. Don't waste your time or your money here. I don't even use yelp like but I just had to leave a review. I'm low key mad chill irl, but this place brought out the worst in me.

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    Shekinah Glory - Cassava Leaf Combo with Rice or Swallow

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    2.0(4 reviews)
    6.5 miFrankford

    Food is just nasty. Please listen to the reviews. Save your money…read more Ordered the cassava leaf soup and it was barely any cassava leaf in it. Just oil and spice. Cassava leaf soup is supposed to be green. They gave me this red oily mess. Pepper soup was thicker than I am used to. Poorly made. This food doesn't deserve one single star.

    The taste of the food has improved. However, I went two days…read morein a row, just to see if the food would change and it's description. What do I mean by this? First off I've been to numerous ethnic restaurants, that serve goat meat. Everyone from Indian, Jamaican, actually all West Indies, and other Nigerian, restaurants in Randallstown, including Senegalese on York Road. The portion size in this restaurant in comparison to what it cost? Is absolutely ridiculous. I ordered GOAT this past weekend, and I got two big bones with a tiny portion of meat attached to each one, and that was that. Their jollof rice, the vegetable and plantain was as it should be. So the following day, I went back, and I advised them that I got mostly Bone in my meal. Only to be snickered at by the elderly woman, and a gentleman who was picking up food stating , "goat has a lot of bones." All of which I understand clearly because I fix my own goat meat at home, as well as buy a lot of it at other restaurants. However, these other restaurants insure that you get meat, alongside those bones. Essentially what I purchased? Was a vegetarian meal with meat gravy and bones, without the meat. So the next day, I went back and tried to deal with them again (*I must note, that over 7 years ago, when I first tried this food, the jollof rice was much more spicy, however, the meat was much tougher.). So the following day, I got the jollof rice again, only this time I got it with the Beef. Which was the same day, the elderly lady snickered at me with the customer. She stated "Beef doesn't have so many bones. (Of which I know fully), so try that." I went with her recommendation. However, this time, there were two very tiny pieces of beef inside of this food, of which I paid $14 for! The beef that was inside of there was no more than 2" x 2" per piece. I truly believe, that this restaurant, though has been operating here in America for years, is still moving off of what they would get back in the motherland. That doesn't work here in America. For $14? I should've had NO LESS, than four pieces of those little tiny pieces of meat. Then, if we double back to the day before, with the Bones? This restaurant is definitely not worth the money that it charges for what I paid for! Because the GOAT, cost me $16 and some change when it was only worth approximately $10. If you go out Randallstown to the Nigerian restaurants over there off of liberty Road, just Google them, you will see that their portions are massive, and are absolutely worth the price that they charge for them. Or,, go to the Senegalese restaurant on York Road, and their food is absolutely worth every single penny that they charge. The service, atmosphere, ambience, and patronism is absolutely spectacular there. This restaurant? I don't know how they survive, they must have a loyal African following. That is used to such very tiny tiny portions of meat. They give you a lot of rice, and a lot of plantain, but virtually no meat for what they charging for. I hate to give them one star, but they truly, and absolutely deserve one star for that food. I will post pictures of the food, as today is Monday, October 24, 2023, and I still have yet to eat the food. Because I'm actually sick, over paying that money, and getting virtually nothing for it. I truly would like other African-Americans to patronize our African brothers and sisters restaurants, however, I'm not being spoiled, or entitled, when I tell you, you cannot serve a person a bunch of bones, and expect that to be OK. You cannot charge people 16/$14 for food, and virtually getting no meat. If I was a vegetarian? That might be OK. However, I'm a meat eater, and there are definitely other restaurants that will put this one to shame when it comes to the true taste of African/Nigerian/Senegalese food. Because they don't even make their food spicy the way it supposed to be any longer! ** I actually still have the two big bones in the other dish as well. I will attempt to upload that on another post.

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