Native Tray GRA PHC — Restaurant in Rivers State

This is an urban restaurant with local vibes ,a Nigerian traditional themed ambiance that I found quite beautiful. Their forte is Nigerian south south food , so it’s a good place to explore south south traditional dishes. Review Piom Piom: This is Periwinkle (Or Isam as the locals here would call it ) . If you have eaten Nkwobi or Isi Ewu then you would Vividly understand the dish . This dish is basically like periwinkle prepared in the same sauce used to make Isi Ewu/Nkwobi It’s a bit stressful to eat but totally worth it .

Onunu : It’s a fusion of Ripe plantain and soft yam pounded together in Palm oil. It was prepared properly and if you are into ripe plantain and yam fussed together you would love this dish. It was paired with sea food stew

Sea food stew : As you can see in the picture , this stew was assaulted with a lot of seafood , no space anywhere, the fish in it was delicious . It’s a native stew that goes very well with the onunu.

Native fishman soup : This was an in house special soup . It was paired with pounded yam , definitely my highlight of all the meals to be very honest. It was delicious with a lot of seafood and the fish inside was...

Location ✅

The Restaurant is located on Onne Road (just behind Studio 24), off the very popular Woji Road where half of the night life in Port-Harcourt happens. It's almost impossible to miss.

Ambience ✅

I would say great because it stays true to its name 'native'. Has a woody theme with very nice accessories - wooden mortars for serviette holders. Every table has a bell to draw the waiters attention and some local games to keep one busy (Board and Cards). Had these interesting tables that had sewing machine legs/wheels! Has outdoor and indoor sections...cool

Food ✅

The best part - very tasty! Had the Onunu and I wasn't disappointed. I fancy that they offer palm wine too. The palm wine was also goooood!

I think that the food is reasonably priced, considering the quality of food. Prices range from about 4500 and above.

I was a little surprised that they ran out of Croaker Fish for a restaurant in Port-Harcourt 🙄

Waiting Time 🆗

Just prepare to wait sha... Took over 30 minutes to get my food ready and reasonably so, considering the meal I ordered.

Improvements could be made to the waiters' professionalism. Found only one toilet.....could...

The entrance to this place is between 2 buildings, off Onne road. The environment did not look well maintained and the indoor ACs were not functioning when we visited so we had to sit outside... Probably power issues. The parking available here is for about 4 - 6 cars. The food here was ok but they seemed overpriced for what was offered.

Some red flags: During the process of making payments, I was offered a POS but the waiter was quick to say it was not functional (which I seriously doubt, with events that unfolded). While trying to make the transfer, she offered to input the banking details herself on my banking app (which I obviously declined) and when she called out the account details, I saw it was an individual account. When I asked why I'm paying into an individual account and not the restaurant's business account, she told me that she gave me the individual account in error (which I know wasn't true). She eventually gave me the business account which I paid into. For a place I looked forward to visiting, I doubt I'll be having a...