Amazing! My favorite was the jollof rice with goat and the plantains. Everything was delicious. You should try it, you won’t be disappointed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kedjenou Sauce Au Poulet, Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Jollof Rice
Destine Flores
Everything was great! It was my first time going. The service was so great. Staff super friendly and attentive!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tami Napolitano
The Goat soup is amazing ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup
Lucretia Lee-Arceneaux
Great service. Great food. Feels like home if I were from West Africa. I love the fact that I was offered healthier drink options than sodas. It’s just an all around family vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fufu and Egusi
Back Stage
My first time eating West African food. OMG! It was delicious. Fair prices large portions. Definitely try the ginger drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bridgette Barnett
The food was super delicious and super large portions. Goat soup had an addictive flavor that kept me coming back til the last drop. Tilapia and plantains were a pleasant surprise of sweetness from plantain and saltiness from the fish. Atmosphere was laid back and friendly. Made you feel like a neighbor dropping in for a meal.Customer service was great. Would go again!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Whole Tilapia with Assieke
Kerry Beal
I had goat soup and fufu. It was amazing. Love the decor and music. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup
N'Dea Walker
Food was absolutely delicious, a wonderful taste of authentic Benin cuisine. Everybody should try the fufu as it’s a staple. Unfortunately, the food did hurt my stomach afterwards, but that’s only because I have a weak stomach.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fufu and Egusi
Akinniyi Osho (The Investing mindset)
The Alafia restaurant is one of the few African restaurants in TucsonThe restaurant serves West African style dishesThe menu consist of rice, fish and goats thene dishes it appears the FuFu with EGUSI soup is the best seller. I enjoyed eating the goats soup which consist of tenderized lab that was not too spicy. I also bought tilapia fish with planting and at the Senegal tile JOLLOF rice I would suggest you plan your trip there as it could get pretty busy, but the service is excellent and the food is delicious, I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for African food in Tucson. I gave it a 4.7 star.Parking: parking is off street behind the building
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Fufu and Egusi, Grilled Fish W, Whole Tilapia Fish
Elichai Custom Jewelry
The food was very authentic and tasty, and the service was friendly. The restaurant was a little bit hard to find but well worth it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Fufu and Egusi, Grilled Fish W, Whole Tilapia with Assieke, Sauce D'Arachide
Such good food, so flavorful and fresh. My only negative is that the music was a little too loud. The food felt like it was true home cooking. The staff were very friendly and patient explaining the menu to me and a friend who never had West African food before. Fufu is totally worth it, it's like mochi & mashed potatoes mixed together. I was thoroughly satisfied. Thank you for such a lovely meal.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Kedjenou Sauce Au Poulet
Colton’s Testimony
This place is great i was very cautious of trying it because ive never had this genre of food but it was very delicious. Highly recommend if you’ve never tried west African food before and want to get out your comfort zone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rasta Sauce, Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Whole Tilapia Fish
Judy L.
The chef was so nice, love the food everything was excellent flavor. FuFu and the whole fish was out of this world. We had number three & number four, i wish i could say it or even spell it ! I think 3 is goat and 4 was red sauce chicken both was very tender and flavorful ! The service was fast and friendly, I will definitely bring others. Highly recommend! I loved eating with my hands, they do provide silverware.
Ellen Klein
Kind and friendly staff. Authentic, tasty comfort food that nourishes body and soul. Egusi, fufu, rice, okra stew, ginger juice and hibiscus juice were delicious and I cannot wait to try more dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michelle Coburn
Came in they gave us water from the kitchen sink. Order the goat soup and which only have two pieces of meat in it. The rice was cold.
Amazing! My favorite was the jollof rice with goat and the plantains. Everything was delicious. You should try it, you won’t be disappointed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kedjenou Sauce Au Poulet, Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Jollof Rice
Everything was great! It was my first time going. The service was so great. Staff super friendly and attentive!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Goat soup is amazing ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup
Great service. Great food. Feels like home if I were from West Africa. I love the fact that I was offered healthier drink options than sodas. It’s just an all around family vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fufu and Egusi
My first time eating West African food. OMG! It was delicious. Fair prices large portions. Definitely try the ginger drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was super delicious and super large portions. Goat soup had an addictive flavor that kept me coming back til the last drop. Tilapia and plantains were a pleasant surprise of sweetness from plantain and saltiness from the fish. Atmosphere was laid back and friendly. Made you feel like a neighbor dropping in for a meal.Customer service was great. Would go again!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Whole Tilapia with Assieke
I had goat soup and fufu. It was amazing. Love the decor and music. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup
Food was absolutely delicious, a wonderful taste of authentic Benin cuisine. Everybody should try the fufu as it’s a staple. Unfortunately, the food did hurt my stomach afterwards, but that’s only because I have a weak stomach.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fufu and Egusi
The Alafia restaurant is one of the few African restaurants in TucsonThe restaurant serves West African style dishesThe menu consist of rice, fish and goats thene dishes it appears the FuFu with EGUSI soup is the best seller. I enjoyed eating the goats soup which consist of tenderized lab that was not too spicy. I also bought tilapia fish with planting and at the Senegal tile JOLLOF rice I would suggest you plan your trip there as it could get pretty busy, but the service is excellent and the food is delicious, I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for African food in Tucson. I gave it a 4.7 star.Parking: parking is off street behind the building
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Fufu and Egusi, Grilled Fish W, Whole Tilapia Fish
The food was very authentic and tasty, and the service was friendly. The restaurant was a little bit hard to find but well worth it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Fufu and Egusi, Grilled Fish W, Whole Tilapia with Assieke, Sauce D'Arachide
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Such good food, so flavorful and fresh. My only negative is that the music was a little too loud. The food felt like it was true home cooking. The staff were very friendly and patient explaining the menu to me and a friend who never had West African food before. Fufu is totally worth it, it's like mochi & mashed potatoes mixed together. I was thoroughly satisfied. Thank you for such a lovely meal.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Soup, Kedjenou Sauce Au Poulet
This place is great i was very cautious of trying it because ive never had this genre of food but it was very delicious. Highly recommend if you’ve never tried west African food before and want to get out your comfort zone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rasta Sauce, Peanut Sauce with Chicken and Rice, Whole Tilapia Fish
The chef was so nice, love the food everything was excellent flavor. FuFu and the whole fish was out of this world. We had number three & number four, i wish i could say it or even spell it ! I think 3 is goat and 4 was red sauce chicken both was very tender and flavorful ! The service was fast and friendly, I will definitely bring others. Highly recommend! I loved eating with my hands, they do provide silverware.
Kind and friendly staff. Authentic, tasty comfort food that nourishes body and soul. Egusi, fufu, rice, okra stew, ginger juice and hibiscus juice were delicious and I cannot wait to try more dishes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came in they gave us water from the kitchen sink. Order the goat soup and which only have two pieces of meat in it. The rice was cold.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1