Restaurante Dakar — Restaurant in Madrid

Together with Eze The Glocalizer I visited Restaurante Dakar just a few hours before we were flying back home: one of the best decisions we could make!

So, as a Ghana gyal, eating Jollof rice outside of my mom’s home is a bit tricky you barb. However, I did hear that Senegalese jollof rice wasn’t even part of the feud that seems to have the rest of the continent in a chokehold. And if Restaurante Dakar is the spokesperson for this, I agree. Because listen up, this was hands down the best jollof rice I’ve eaten outside of my mom’s home. It was similar to how she makes it and my mom’s jollof rice is the best in the world. Fr fr.

Eze had the Chicken Yassa and wasn’t even able to focus on anything else but the food lol.

For drinks we had the baobab juice and bissap! Baobab juice is for creamy lovers and the bissap for fresh fruity lovers.

I’m a little sad that this restaurant is in Madrid and not closer to me cause I’d be a regular. 😍

The owner is friendly and Eze and him hit it off immediately. Beautiful to see.

Full video of our experience...

While on my way to a vegan restaurant yesterday, I passed by this Senegalese Restaurant called Dakar and happened to meet the owner as he was coming to open up for the day. I talked to him for a little bit and said I would come back. When he learned that I was vegan, he told me about a great vegan health food store next door.

I went in there, bought a few things, and when talking to the owner, she recommended her favorite vegan dish on his menu. So I couldn't stand it any longer, and I came back today, and oh my God, was it good! And that hibiscus tea? I think it's the best...

This was disappointing. The place is fine, the food was fine. Nothing special at all. Service was lackluster. We had just had some amazing Senegalese food the day before at another place and expected something similar in flavor but that just wasn't the case. A good number of options weren't available from the menu and there just wasn't as much flavor as we'd have liked. I would try it again but I wasn't impressed on my first try, considering the rating...