Strobrié Cafe — Restaurant in Garki I

Strobrie is a bright and green cafe located at FHIA Gardens. This place is best known for its sweet treats however, since they just started their savoury dishes in February, my friends and I decided to try it out.

So what do we think: ENVIRONMENT This place is one of the most unique spaces we've been to in Abuja. It features quirky objects, lush greenery all round, book shelves, potted plants, pottery and wooden decor. This place is great if you want to get some work done or if you want to get the creative juices flowing. It is great for groups, work dates and informal dates. There's also free Wifi here. SERVICE Service is decent. The drinks took about 15 minutes to arrive while food took about 40 minutes to arrive. The menu here would need some kind of reinforcement.

FOOD We opted for the Beef Ragu, Mayo Chicken Sandwich, Beef Burger and Mini carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The beef ragu was a hearty dish which had the sweetness from the tomatoes it was made with. The beef itself was tender and pulled apart so easily. Pasta was al dente and absorbed the ragu nicely. However, we would've loved to see more cheese on this dish. The mayo sandwich was a pleasant surprise, the chicken had a sweet and spicy taste with hints of fresh citrus. The homemade ciabatta bread was nicely toasted and had a soft center. The sandwich had a nice balance of veggies and chicken. The Beef Burger had a lovely Hokkaido milk bun and a juicy beef patty. However, the patty needed some seasoning otherwise it would have been great. Both the burger and sandwich were served with fries. The mini carrot cake was a treat of wholesome and decadent goodness with a rich carrot flavour, what made it even better was the delicious cream cheese frosting. That frosting is perfection. For drinks, we had lemonade, orange juice and berry ice tea. All of which were refreshing and we liked that they were served in Mason jars.

PRICING The pricing is quite fair. A main, dessert and drink cost about 6000 naira. This really depends on...

I want to start off by pointing out how affordable Strobrie is. We literally spent less than 13k on our meal 😬

I loved the customer service and the experience here. To start with, the game we played, “sorry”, while waiting for our meal, was very fun and engaging. We waited for our meal for 30 minutes plus but tbh I didn’t even realize. We were just laughing and enjoying the game. 🤩

I enjoyed every single thing on my plate - the pancakes were fluffy, light and balanced (in terms of sugar), the sausage was spicy (a bit too much though but I LOVED it), the omelette was BEAUTIFUL sheesh, it was spiced perfectly and was a bit (runny, I can’t explain this well 😭). My coffee was great too, sugar overload but no complaints from my end.

However, my brother wasn’t satisfied with his meal - his dalgona coffee was too bitter (more than expected), the burger was a bit dry but tasty. The FRIES, on the other hand, were perfect. You know how nasty fries are when they are cold….Well this was cold and still perfect!

Butter Pancake with Omelette and Sausages - 3000 Caramel Macchiato Latte - 1800 Beef Burger and Fries - 3000 Dalgona...

So my friends and I went here for the Sunday brunch, here are the things I liked, the space is a plant haven, lots of plants and craft materials, I love their cheesecake and also the blue berry cream cheese crepes we had, now to the things I didn't like which overshadowed everything I liked about this place because I definitely will not be going back there. The service is terrible, appallingly so, took them, infact we had to call their attention several times and not until we went up to the counter before they took our order, then they mixed up our order and didn't apologise for it, the waiter claiming she wasn't the one who took the order, then finally, I'd have expected that you'd at the very least, give us a small discount or a complimentary drink for the order you messed up, but nope. Honestly I was quite disappointed at the level of unprofessional attitude I met there because it was highly recommended, they definitely need to train their staff properly, unfortunately the cheesecake I liked didn't make up for the terrible service, will...