Vieve's Cuisine

"I will preface that I don't know much about West African cuisine. I'm an adventurous eater, though, and have had and enjoyed many types of food, including Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Turkish, Afghan...and more. This food was the worst food I've ever had at a restaurant, and especially what I've ever paid $25 for. I came to this place starving, and asked the indifferent young man at the register for a recommendation, being a first time visitor. He said it really depends what I like and could not say anything else. I inquired what someone else who was in the restaurant was eating, and was told it was a stew with spinach, goat meat and egusi, something else that I didn't know. I asked what egusi was, and the young man just repeated the word , but seemed not interested to explain. As I was starving, at this point I just ordered whatever it was. The food was prepared quickly enough, and brought to my table. The goat spinach stew was warm and smelled bad, and the side dish that it came with was cold and came with a plastic wrap on, had no particular smell or taste, and was completely bland. I took a couple of bites of both, but could not force any more down. The texture, the smell, the old-tasting goat meat... What a combo. Now, let's talk about the ambience, or lack of it. This place charges $20-25 per dish, but other than the cheapest tables and chairs, there's nothing in this space to make it feel welcoming or nice, not to mention charming. For what they charge, I expected for them to have at least one thing really down: either the food, the atmosphere or the service, and I didn't think any of the things I mentioned were good. I'm surprised on the good reviews, and I admit maybe it was a bad choice of my part and an off day on the cook's part. I am not going to come back here to find out, though."

"Came in for plantains and jollof, left with delicious spices beef and goat stew! (plus plantains and jollof) The folks serving were kind and friendly. Portions were large with plenty for a second meal"

"I have gotten jollof from this restaurant twice and their food is so good! They have plenty of seating and lots of parking. The woman who owns the restaurant is also really sweet. I can’t wait to go back!"

"Great food ; always hot and delicious."

"I had the best experience ever! The food is delicious and customer service experience was superb! I recommend this location 1000% I tried the peanut butter soup with Fufu, Okra Soup with Banku, and Jollof Rica… All Very Delicious !!!!"