Colonnade Africana — Restaurant in Ottawa

This is about the worst preset I’ve made in Canada. The meal is not worth the price. I ordered three meals - Jollof rice, with chicken, asun and fried plantain with assorted meat. the portions are abnormally small for the price. The taste is awful, I could barely eat any of the portions and worst of all is the quality. The jollof rice doesn’t just cut it by any standard. The fried plantain was over-riped and softened to the extent of forming a gummy lump. The assorted meat was one piece of tasteless stripe, one little piece of over-soft pork or beef slice and another meat I can’t figure out, all tasteless. The asun didn’t smell fresh either let alone taste nice. I totally regretted my order and to think I spent almost 60 dollars for the three meagre portions was quite disappointing.

I’m not the person that would normally leave reviews, and usually not bad reviews at that. But for this, I am compelled to. You need to up your game to be in the...

I discovered this restaurant after I left the grocery store and in my excitement I went to look at the menu. I got inside and greeted the lady at the desk and asked her if the place opened recently and if I could see the menu. I wanted to order asun but I had an appointment and couldn’t wait 30mins. So I said to the lady I will come back. I asked if I could grab a menu as I assumed you can do in some restaurants that do takeaway, the lady said no. I asked if there was a website and she literally said “ we have but I do not want to give it to you”. I left in shock, from excitement about discovering a new Nigerian restaurant to disappointment and confusion. The decency and courtesy that you expect when you go to any restaurant was simply not afforded me. I don’t think any of the questions I asked were out of order but I was met with rude responses. I do not recommend this restaurant to anybody. Just stay away...

despite reviews, we wanted to give this place a chance. we were extremely dissapointed and sadly disgusted as well. the egusi was poorly seasoned and very very watery. the “asun” meat was tender but very obviously microwaved and the spice was unreasonable. the portions are so small! the price was outrageous. 2 egusi & asun was 90$.. can’t forget to mention how awkward and unwelcoming the customer service was. this was yesterday and today my partner are having stomach issues. avoid...