This was my first time trying West African food and I decided to go with the goat and egusi stew, fufu and plantains. The sauce was rich and flavorful, the plantains perfectly ripe, and the fufu the perfect, starchy side. However, the goat meat was so tough it was inedible. Definitely not cooked properly and I could hardly bite through it. Very disappointed that I couldn't enjoy the meat, but otherwise everything else was delicious.
Anu Adeboje
The man that attended to us was very nice and the oha soup and pounded yamwas the best!! I enjoyed my meal with someGinger drink!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sean Clements
The music coming from the backyard of the restaurant is VERY loud and comes right into my apartment - at times past 10pm or during the day when I’m on work calls. I tried calling the restaurant but no one picked up. Please stop ???
balle 733
I just ordered yams, eggs, and fried rice. The food was very oily, badly prepared, and too small for the price. I won’t waste a dime here again. I’ll keep ordering from The Green Place in Brooklyn even if I have to pay more. Shaaaaame on you guys for the horrible food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dede Ayite
Sadly this place is hit or miss. The suya meat was raw( had a dusting of spices and essentially pink), Egushi stew was watery, cold and with chunks of crystallized maggie cube.
Food: 1
Judith Akabuogu
Atmosphere is as described looks a typical naija buka. Food was good and I had a taste of their lovely ginger drink which is a must have if you love ginger drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah Lyons
I ordered yam and egg. The description says with tomatoes, pepper and onions. They gave me eggs with no tomatoes and barely any peppers and onions. It was drained in oil and looked disgusting. See pictures below. They are crooks and this place needs to be closed down.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Idunnu Tomori
Traveled to NYC and we decided on dinner at Buka. We used to go frequently pre pandemic but I should’ve paid attention to the ratings. My daughter ordered Jollof rice and was given 2 pieces from the BACK of the chicken for an additional $16! Who serves the back of chicken and for that price!They refused to change both. Only gave one drumstick AND the cook was extremely rude about it! They would have never tried a Nigerian male patron that way but they clearly have no respect for women.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Katrina Bailey
The Food is SO SO Delicious Especially With The FuFu And Yes I Will Order It Again Real Soon!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat
Carrie S.
Fantastic food, excellent service, big backyard area in spring/summer/fall. We got the fish pepper soup and the goat with fufu and egusi and the Akara fritters and everything was DELICIOUS.
I have no clue what is wrong with this place, but not only did they mess up and get my order completely wrong last time but this time they didn’t give me any stew and two pieces of meat. I don’t know what is going on with this place and why they keep deliberately messing up my order, but I’m gonna get my money back. This is ridiculous. I didn’t request a refund for the first time they messed up and gave me something that I was allergic to. Now they gave me some thing and there’s barely even anything In my bowl. Like there’s literally no stew and only meat when I asked for beef with tomato stew. I asked for MILD and they give me spicy. This is a joke, and I would not recommend anyone coming here because there’s no reason why you can make such a big mistake if you repeated the order back to me
Mimis Tee
Trash trash trash… just close down if you don’t know how to run a business
Gaelle Eustache
Great tasting food, small intimate setting. First time trying Nigerian food, everything tasted so good. First time having Jollof rice and it was great! Everything was well seasoned. Fast service as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sylvia Ke
Pure bomb. Cant type more gotta keep
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat, Buka Sauce
Ziniquia Garry
1st time visiting NYC, 1st time trying African food…I will forever come back to this place! The Jollof Rice was Amazing!! The service was slow but that’s ok, the taste and customer service makes it all worth it!
This was my first time trying West African food and I decided to go with the goat and egusi stew, fufu and plantains. The sauce was rich and flavorful, the plantains perfectly ripe, and the fufu the perfect, starchy side. However, the goat meat was so tough it was inedible. Definitely not cooked properly and I could hardly bite through it. Very disappointed that I couldn't enjoy the meat, but otherwise everything else was delicious.
The man that attended to us was very nice and the oha soup and pounded yamwas the best!! I enjoyed my meal with someGinger drink!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The music coming from the backyard of the restaurant is VERY loud and comes right into my apartment - at times past 10pm or during the day when I’m on work calls. I tried calling the restaurant but no one picked up. Please stop ???
I just ordered yams, eggs, and fried rice. The food was very oily, badly prepared, and too small for the price. I won’t waste a dime here again. I’ll keep ordering from The Green Place in Brooklyn even if I have to pay more. Shaaaaame on you guys for the horrible food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sadly this place is hit or miss. The suya meat was raw( had a dusting of spices and essentially pink), Egushi stew was watery, cold and with chunks of crystallized maggie cube.
Food: 1
Atmosphere is as described looks a typical naija buka. Food was good and I had a taste of their lovely ginger drink which is a must have if you love ginger drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered yam and egg. The description says with tomatoes, pepper and onions. They gave me eggs with no tomatoes and barely any peppers and onions. It was drained in oil and looked disgusting. See pictures below. They are crooks and this place needs to be closed down.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Traveled to NYC and we decided on dinner at Buka. We used to go frequently pre pandemic but I should’ve paid attention to the ratings. My daughter ordered Jollof rice and was given 2 pieces from the BACK of the chicken for an additional $16! Who serves the back of chicken and for that price!They refused to change both. Only gave one drumstick AND the cook was extremely rude about it! They would have never tried a Nigerian male patron that way but they clearly have no respect for women.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The Food is SO SO Delicious Especially With The FuFu And Yes I Will Order It Again Real Soon!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat
Fantastic food, excellent service, big backyard area in spring/summer/fall. We got the fish pepper soup and the goat with fufu and egusi and the Akara fritters and everything was DELICIOUS.
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I have no clue what is wrong with this place, but not only did they mess up and get my order completely wrong last time but this time they didn’t give me any stew and two pieces of meat. I don’t know what is going on with this place and why they keep deliberately messing up my order, but I’m gonna get my money back. This is ridiculous. I didn’t request a refund for the first time they messed up and gave me something that I was allergic to. Now they gave me some thing and there’s barely even anything In my bowl. Like there’s literally no stew and only meat when I asked for beef with tomato stew. I asked for MILD and they give me spicy. This is a joke, and I would not recommend anyone coming here because there’s no reason why you can make such a big mistake if you repeated the order back to me
Trash trash trash… just close down if you don’t know how to run a business
Great tasting food, small intimate setting. First time trying Nigerian food, everything tasted so good. First time having Jollof rice and it was great! Everything was well seasoned. Fast service as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pure bomb. Cant type more gotta keep
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat, Buka Sauce
1st time visiting NYC, 1st time trying African food…I will forever come back to this place! The Jollof Rice was Amazing!! The service was slow but that’s ok, the taste and customer service makes it all worth it!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3