Fingas - Afro Restaurant and Lounge — Restaurant in Cork

The Owner of Fingas wanted to beat me up a (woman), I was given what was not described in the menu and questioned it.

I visited Fingas restaurant 19/05/2025 and ordered Egusi and pounded yam. I asked the waiter what protein comes with the meal she stated Assorted is in the soup, I asked if I could order goat meat, she said I could get it as a side. The food came, I started to eat and noticed Ishan was a lot in the soup and stock fish. I was talking to the friend I came with to the restaurant that I’m not happy about this , they stated assorted expecting beef, Abodi, Roundabout, shaki and the likes.

A man approached me and said what the problem was I said I don’t like the protein it’s hard and it’s not assorted, he said to hold on and called the Owner. The Owner approached me and asked what the problem was I said this is not assorted this is just hard Ishan parts in my soup, I further stated that the likes of shaki,abodi, roundabout, beef was what I knew as an assorted mix. He said, we don’t serve Abodi here rudely and don’t provide it, I said okay , but beef is also absent in the soup, he said they have beef, but they don’t have Abodi repeatedly and Rudely, then walked away.

My Friend and I kept on speaking on how rude he was and didn’t even ask to rectify the issue. The owner came back and said, what is still the problem ,that he has said they don’t have it and I should leave the food if not pleased with it and was pointing his finger in my face and coming close to me while speaking This escalated from 0-100 I stood up for myself and said he should never point his fingers in my face, I’ve not said anything wrong, he spoke to me rudely and walked away and I didn’t say anything. I felt bad about how he had responded to my complain but decided to keep cool only for him to walk back to my table a second time and pointed his fingers and asked me to get out of the restaurant. It’s really sad that I was not treated with the minimum respect that a customer deserves to be treated with. Nothing was done about my complaints, I was disrespected, I don’t think anybody deserves to be treated like that.

Maybe he is frustrated and is breaking down under pressure but I don’t think it should be taken out...

I have to give only 3 stars.. and it breaks my heart, because I thought this will be my new favourite place ... but the food is very inconsistent. The first time I ordered Eforiro it was amazing, so authentic. The second time I ordered, it was awful... seems they have 2 different chefs and only one of them can cook authentic Nigerian food. The Jollof rice I got was rice mixed with stew... that's not what jollof is.. soaked in tomato pure and mushy.. and I know it because the next day I ordered rice and stew and it was exactly the same but separated .. that's cheating especially for the price .....

The meat pies are very good and am pleased to see the moi moi comes in the leaves, but considering there is no fish or egg in the moi moi the new price doesn't justify what is being served. Puff puff was spot on, one of the best I ever had. Buns were good too.

My son loved the ogbono and the egusi is also nice. But the swallows are so heavy. The pondo was like a stone .. same with the semo..

Waitresses need training as they do not know all the Nigerian dishes (like the chefs specials) and we had to explain what nkwobi was and it is actually served on occasion as she told us the restaurant doesn't serve it at all. I was also shocked when I ordered the Obe ata and waitress was apologising to me that they were out of flat bread so gave me plantain instead. Honestly I didn't expect it any other way and would be hugely disappointed to receive obe ata with bread.... unfortunately obe ata was not authentic.. the major ingredient in it was tomato pure and it didn't even cook enough to get the raw flavour out ..

What also surprised me is that when I asked to pack my meal take away as I just took 4 spoons out of it, I was told the staff is not allowed to touch food somebody has already started eating so I had to pack the food into the container myself.. not a big deal to me but it is the first time ever any restaurant told me to package the food myself lol

It's great to have an African restaurant in Cork and I believe it will improve over time but at the moment I will still rather travel to Dublin and eat there because I know what I am getting - it's consistent...

The Gizdodo was so good, rhe dodo was so soft it basically melted in my mouth, the Gizard was a bit tough but that's just my teeth I love my meats baby soft.

I'd give it 9.5/10 cause of the Gizard but that's just my teeth.

Meatpie was so good, not a lof of filling but thats to be expected since it's just a starting restaurant. The pastry was so good it was so soft and sweet and it paired really well with the filling.

10/10 I wish there was more than just 2 but I'm glad there was cause i had toom for more food.

Egusi was nice, like I was tempted to lick the bowl it was so good. It was so good, best part was the portion I got had no fish and minimal fish bone so I was even happier. The poma (can't remember the spelling) was so good it melted in my mouth and the meat was so soft I love it.

10/10 I wish I licked the bowl.

My sisters thoughts on the Ogbono. It's very good. Which from her is a 10/10.

She was almost as fast as me when eating her food. I tried some of the Ogbono and it tasted do good.

So overall, i would rate this Restaurant 10/10. Will be coming here everytime i come...