This place gave me food poisoning & the hostess was rude. The fufu was dried out and the oil in the egusi was burnt. I Wouldn't recommend
candle
went here with my bf to try fufu and okra stew for the first time, it was delicious!! lady at the front was nice and helpful and food came quick. highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delilah Ampeh
The customer service at this Rahama for awhile has been somewhat disappointing unfortunately. It’s a shame that my experience here today makes me not want to return.I called around 5pm hoping to place a pickup order to get a single ball of banku, only to hear they only are served as a combo with a stew/soup/etc. This didn’t bother me much, but the young lady on the phone was very brief with me and ultimately hung up on me. Never got my name, phone number, ETA- nothing.I arrived to the restaurant- it was completely empty apart from a gentleman that was entering in front of me. He proceeded to place his order right then- I then spoke up about my banku pickup, and when she acknowledged it, the lady disappeared the back.A couple orders were taken after me; one gentleman was even given his order and he left.It was only after 15 long minutes when she was helping another customer at the register that I asked, “how long for my pickup order placed over 30 minutes ago?” - and I was told that “ ‘she’ was bringing it”.I was given my food 5 minutes later and left pretty upset.I know this place can do much better so I’m disappointed to see not much is improving.My banku unfortunately tasted like it was scraped from the bottom of the pot, and my okro soup had ALOT of bones- both big and small.I really REALLY hope management sees this, because like others have echoed before me, the quality of food is way too good to be treated like this.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Delilah A.
My customer service at this Rahama for awhile has been somewhat disappointing unfortunately. It's a shame that my experience here today makes me not want to return. I called around 5pm hoping to place a pickup order to get a single ball of banku, only to hear they only are served as a combo with a stew/soup/etc. This didn't bother me much, but the young lady on the phone was very brief with me and ultimately hung up on me. Never got my name, phone number, ETA- nothing. I arrived to the store- it was completely empty apart from a gentleman that was walking in front of me. He proceeded to place his order right then- I then spoke up about my banku pickup, and when she acknowledged it, the lady disappeared the back. A couple orders were taken after me and one gentleman was even given his order and he left. It was only 15 minutes later when she was helping another customer at the register that I asked, "how long for my pickup order placed over 30 minutes ago" - and I was told that "'she'was bringing it". I was given my food 5 minutes later and left pretty upset. I know this place can do much better so I'm always disappointed to see not much is improving. My banku tasted like it was scraped from the bottom of the pot, and my okro soup had ALOT of bones- both big and small. I really really hope management sees this, because like others have echoed before me, the quality of food is way too good to be treated like this.
Andy A
Very good Fufu. Jollof Rice tastes great as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Diane Ndifor
Very bad customer service i called to order fish but the lady refused to give me information asking me to go an look online ,the lady was very rude acting like somoeone forced her to workDon’t recommend this place
tenacious trees.
This is the number one place to get African food in Northern Virginia. All other locations of Rahama aren't nearly as good as the one in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meat Stew
Lamin Mansaray
This restaurant is just like many black owned businesses out there (horrible customer service). I'm even embarrassed to say that, but It's just the truth. I have ordered from this restaurant twice, the first time was in person, and I placed another order for delivery today. The first time I went there, the older lady was literally rushing me to choose what I wanted, even though it was my very first time at the restaurant. She was very impatient with me. Today again, I called 15 minutes after my order was scheduled for delivery. The lady that picked up the phone was impatient and was talking to me almost like we had a problem. All I did was inquire about the status of my order. She was rude - very unprofessional. This is not one of those reviews that's meant to degrade a business, but this restaurant need to work on their customer service. The food is too good for them to have such a horrible customer service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Jollof Rice and Meat or Jollof Rice and Burnt Coals Rather
Eka Akpakip Fleming
The customer service was just horrible and the lack of care extended to the food, there were eggshells in my jollof rice.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
J Kolawole
Rahama is primarily a take-out restaurant, though there are a couple of tables and benches. The atmosphere is very casual and provides a place for imigrants to connect with familiar cuisine.
Love the people at this restaurant and love love love the food. Just wish they had cassava leaf more often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Grey Horse
First time trying west African food. It was delicious. I will definitely order from here again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jollof Rice and Meat or Jollof Rice and Burnt Coals Rather
Sin L.
Overall it was an okay meal. The spicy kebab was not spicy and was a littlenon the dry side. The future was too sticky and the texture was a little different than what I am used to. The peanut soup was the best dish we had, nice heat level to it.
angel gammons
2 end time trying to order 1st it was spoiled meat the second time bbb will hear about
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lily Lattin
This place doesn’t have the things they have on the
This place gave me food poisoning & the hostess was rude. The fufu was dried out and the oil in the egusi was burnt. I Wouldn't recommend
went here with my bf to try fufu and okra stew for the first time, it was delicious!! lady at the front was nice and helpful and food came quick. highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The customer service at this Rahama for awhile has been somewhat disappointing unfortunately. It’s a shame that my experience here today makes me not want to return.I called around 5pm hoping to place a pickup order to get a single ball of banku, only to hear they only are served as a combo with a stew/soup/etc. This didn’t bother me much, but the young lady on the phone was very brief with me and ultimately hung up on me. Never got my name, phone number, ETA- nothing.I arrived to the restaurant- it was completely empty apart from a gentleman that was entering in front of me. He proceeded to place his order right then- I then spoke up about my banku pickup, and when she acknowledged it, the lady disappeared the back.A couple orders were taken after me; one gentleman was even given his order and he left.It was only after 15 long minutes when she was helping another customer at the register that I asked, “how long for my pickup order placed over 30 minutes ago?” - and I was told that “ ‘she’ was bringing it”.I was given my food 5 minutes later and left pretty upset.I know this place can do much better so I’m disappointed to see not much is improving.My banku unfortunately tasted like it was scraped from the bottom of the pot, and my okro soup had ALOT of bones- both big and small.I really REALLY hope management sees this, because like others have echoed before me, the quality of food is way too good to be treated like this.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
My customer service at this Rahama for awhile has been somewhat disappointing unfortunately. It's a shame that my experience here today makes me not want to return. I called around 5pm hoping to place a pickup order to get a single ball of banku, only to hear they only are served as a combo with a stew/soup/etc. This didn't bother me much, but the young lady on the phone was very brief with me and ultimately hung up on me. Never got my name, phone number, ETA- nothing. I arrived to the store- it was completely empty apart from a gentleman that was walking in front of me. He proceeded to place his order right then- I then spoke up about my banku pickup, and when she acknowledged it, the lady disappeared the back. A couple orders were taken after me and one gentleman was even given his order and he left. It was only 15 minutes later when she was helping another customer at the register that I asked, "how long for my pickup order placed over 30 minutes ago" - and I was told that "'she'was bringing it". I was given my food 5 minutes later and left pretty upset. I know this place can do much better so I'm always disappointed to see not much is improving. My banku tasted like it was scraped from the bottom of the pot, and my okro soup had ALOT of bones- both big and small. I really really hope management sees this, because like others have echoed before me, the quality of food is way too good to be treated like this.
Very good Fufu. Jollof Rice tastes great as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very bad customer service i called to order fish but the lady refused to give me information asking me to go an look online ,the lady was very rude acting like somoeone forced her to workDon’t recommend this place
This is the number one place to get African food in Northern Virginia. All other locations of Rahama aren't nearly as good as the one in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Meat Stew
This restaurant is just like many black owned businesses out there (horrible customer service). I'm even embarrassed to say that, but It's just the truth. I have ordered from this restaurant twice, the first time was in person, and I placed another order for delivery today. The first time I went there, the older lady was literally rushing me to choose what I wanted, even though it was my very first time at the restaurant. She was very impatient with me. Today again, I called 15 minutes after my order was scheduled for delivery. The lady that picked up the phone was impatient and was talking to me almost like we had a problem. All I did was inquire about the status of my order. She was rude - very unprofessional. This is not one of those reviews that's meant to degrade a business, but this restaurant need to work on their customer service. The food is too good for them to have such a horrible customer service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Jollof Rice and Meat or Jollof Rice and Burnt Coals Rather
The customer service was just horrible and the lack of care extended to the food, there were eggshells in my jollof rice.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Rahama is primarily a take-out restaurant, though there are a couple of tables and benches. The atmosphere is very casual and provides a place for imigrants to connect with familiar cuisine.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Butter Soup, Fried Fish, Soup, Palava Sauce
Restaurantji Recommends
Love the people at this restaurant and love love love the food. Just wish they had cassava leaf more often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time trying west African food. It was delicious. I will definitely order from here again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jollof Rice and Meat or Jollof Rice and Burnt Coals Rather
Overall it was an okay meal. The spicy kebab was not spicy and was a littlenon the dry side. The future was too sticky and the texture was a little different than what I am used to. The peanut soup was the best dish we had, nice heat level to it.
2 end time trying to order 1st it was spoiled meat the second time bbb will hear about
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This place doesn’t have the things they have on the
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1