Lapaz African Cuisine 8041 Centreville Road, Manassas, VA 20111

"Wow! This is the best seasoned, flavorful and delicious food I’ve had in a while! I ordered the jollof rice with chicken and beef, and the fried plantains. Both dishes did not disappoint, and the sauces are exquisite. Super excited to try other items on the menu! Thank you for the great food:)"

"This is a real African Ghanaian Experience. The food tastes deliciously exceptional. The service was great with Professional and Friendly staff with a lot of Patience. They will actually explain the food types to you if you want them to and the atmosphere is Awesome. I'll come back again and will tell friends and Family to visit Lapaz for that wonderful African Ghanaian Cuisine experience. I wish I could give you 10 stars. Keep up the good work."

"UPDATE: 8/28/2023 Okay, so i definitely believe i caught them on a off day the first time i ordered (forgot to mention their ac was out that day too) but we’ve ordered twice since & the foods amazing. And fish has been clean. The flavors were never lacking, as i said before their sauces are amazing and packed with flavor. The shitto is sooooooo soooo good. And they have the best plaintains I’ve had, so good with their pepper sauces too! I know some people say you cannot mess up plantains but yes you can, this place just has the right texture, and they fry them perfectly. The younger man working in the front was very nice. The wakye is so good, again the sauces are so flavor ful here. I’m going to try it with fish and beef next time as I don’t like the chicken option, it was two thighs fried hard, that’s just not for me, but others may like it. I have not had their soups yet but I am very excited to try the peanut butter soup next visit. As the Attieke and wakye are reallyyyy good, I definitely recommend. ********** first review So i actually liked Lapaz. For now im more on the 3.5 star rating, but didn't want to give them a 3 star so i went with 4. So far I've been twice and got the Attieke first time and then wakye with chicken second time. The service was great, the guy at the front, Although busy was very inviting and pleasant. Now the Attieke i was really pleased with, it comes with a whole baked tilapia. The tilapia was tasty (seasoned well) The sauces the Attieke came with were amazing. All of them! I especially enjoyed the one with the cut up larger pieces of onions in it.and the shitto the blacker sauce Omg. I can eat this with anything. So good And the plaintains were the best plaintains I've actually had in a longggg time. Fried perfectly and just soft and fluffy. The wakye was really good too. I do wish it came with more sauce as the rice it's self didn't have a big flavor to it. (It was good though) And the bigger red sauce went quick (not pictured) . Or maybe I just like a lot of sauce. The chicken was tasteful and also fried with no breading but fried hard so it was a bit tough. They probably should've baked the chicken and fried the fish. Either ways the flavors were there. But again, the sauces and flavors are definitely there Pretty reasonable prices too and you get a good amount of food. I do want to come back and try their peanut butter stew with fufu, and some of the other stews sound & look pretty good too so once i try the stools are pretty much have my mind made up with this place. Overall. I like this place and the owners, they are fairly new and seems small family owned so be nice to them pls as they get things in order."

"I visited this restaurant this past weekend. Environment/Customer Service: The restaurant is nice and clean! The server was very welcoming and friendly! He greeted us and took our orders very quickly. He also let me get a side order of jollof rice (even though it wasn’t in the menu outside of a entree). I appreciated that! Food: The food was delicious! I ordered okra stew with goat, banku and jollof rice. While my boyfriend ordered fried chicken with jollof rice. My food was delicious and my boyfriend loved his food as well! It was spicy but sooo good. If you have never had Ghanaian/West African before, this is a good place to try it (just ask for a little less spice if you need to). Side Note: The business card is super nice and they wrote “thank you” on our take out lids. Overall, it was a great experience. I highly recommend this place for the friendly customer service and amazing food!"

"This was my first time trying West African food. I got jollof rice with chicken. The meal was a generous portion of rice, two pieces of gently crispy chicken and a light, fresh salad. The jollof rice had a great texture, similar to Spanish rice but definitely a more complex flavor. It was smokey, sweet, peppery and had a great heat. The chicken was fantastic. So flavorful and very moist. I will definitely be back to try more dishes!"