Ox restaurant & lounge — Restaurant in Lagos State

Ox!! I'm actually smiling as I give this review. So here it goes: Ox is a sight for sore eyes, dine in or Outdoor dining. It has ample parking space... and it is bold, eclectic in design, glitzy, with an upscale ambience which is translated into it's extensive menu. They open Mon-Sat 5pm till 11.30pm and Sundays 6pm-12am.

Ox has the kind of interior design and angles that you can't miss or fail to take a picture of Yourself in. Even for the picture shy ones...you'll be taking pictures of yourself at every turn. The staff are very courteous and polite. You will need a reservation if you are seeking to come in with a crowd or intend to sit on a table. Or you can be like me and just walk-in and sit by the Bar. At first I didn't like the idea of sitting at the bar by myself. However, if you are looking at going alone or even with a friend to Ox you'll be delighted with the Bar setting. I had a great time being doted on by the skillful Bartenders and of course watching them perform while they mixed up the cocktails.

The music selection was eclectic and made my evening. In short, I loved sitting by the bar.

Now to the drinks...if you are looking for a place with a wide choice for cocktails..look no further. Ox has a delicious range of cocktails and other drinks...pricey no doubt but divinely delicious. I tried the Gin Basil cocktail and it tasted tart, fresh, sweet and of course the gin cut through really well (boozy). I lovvvved it! The price didn't bother me after the first sip.

Ox also has an extensive food menu..however it is quite pricey so I'll suggest you plan and come prepared ahead of your visit. Cocktails cost from N4500 and above and some main meals (Spaghetti) cost N5500 while Steak meals from N16,000. Starters are within N4800 - N5000 above. I only had the starter which was the Chicken wings in bbq. It tasted really nice. There was something about the bbq sauce that made me love it. It had a sweet and sour taste which paired well with the Chicken. I'm yet to try their main course hence my 4star. Once I get to visit again (which I most definitely will) I will try their main meal.

Overall, I had a great time. It's really spacious inside and outside. It is effortlessly beautiful. I'll recommend Ox for birthday dinners, couples hangout, work/friends night out, and family get-together. They also...

This place is unnecessarily expensive you all to boycott coming here. I ordered for sea food platter with jollof rice. The jollof rice tasted like garbage like It wasn’t nice at all. The sea food platter is rubbish. How can you add prawn suya into a seafood platter instead of making it fresh. As advertised they said the seafood platter will come with calamari but mine didn’t come with any calamari I then asked the chef why wasn’t there calamari in my food he then told me that they don’t have calamari in the kitchen so they had to add extra portion to the shrimped coconut and to the prawn suya. They did all this without my consent I didn’t ask them to do all that. The waiter and chef should have come back to inform me that they don’t have calamari instead of doing what they know best (ruining people dinner). The grilled mussels came with lots of ketchup or whatever spice that is and it doesn’t taste good. The sea food platter cost 28,600 and what came was 4 pcs of grilled mussels that tasted so salty, 4 pcs of prawn suya (tf why will you turn a prawn to suya) one of the prawn suya tasted like beef suya, 4 pcs of shrimp coconut. That is all the platter contains and they charge 28,600. OX you can do better than this. If the cost of items are expensive in the market then review your prices but making sure the customer gets value for his/her money should be a top priority. We all know you’re here to make profit.

Overall I’ll give my rating for this restaurant as...

I am giving 3 stars because the ambience is really good and it's a relaxing environment plus valet parking is free but the food 😶. If I'm going to spend a lot of money dining at an expensive restaurant, the taste needs to blow my head off. 🙃 I had the Nigerian platter and it was bland. The snail and gizzard looked like it was in a small bowl of stew rather than actual sauce and it wasn't appealing in the bowl. Just a few plantain and yam on the platter which was ok. Not bad but just there. Don't get me started on the suya. Let's just say, i have had way better suya. The platter was made up of beef suya majorly, snail, gizzard, fried yam, fried plantain. This cost 17k. Nestlé bottle water- N1500 and a glass of juice (not fresh juice) - N1500. Let's get to customer service, the waiters were courteous, attended to us and tried to sort out our problems with scanning the menu qr code. The food didn't take too long to come out but payment took quite some time. We couldn't get any waiter for over 20 mins to give us our bill. One of the foreign managers approached us to ask about the meal and I gave my honest feedback. He said we could have mentioned it before so they could take it back to the kitchen to spice it up and get it done properly.

All in all, it was an...