The Flygerians - Peckham — Restaurant in London

We visited here after seeing so many reviews on tik tok. Unfortunately, I’ve now come to realise that most of them were paid for reviews and therefore probably not as legitimate as I first thought.

We were enticed by the unique take on Nigerian food, cooked by two sisters who bring the vibe to the venue.

Unfortunately, we visited during the long holiday weekend, which meant that both sisters were not working. This left the whole restaurant rather quiet and dull.

However, we did not just come for the atmosphere, but for the food too. We ordered a variety of starters and mains to share with our large group. From chicken gizzards, cassava fries, to jollof rice, beef stew and chicken with their grandma’s special sauce. They also had a selection of African drinks, to accompany the food, like African fruit ciders, Ting and a sorrel based juice.

Our favourites were mainly the starters, cassava fries came with a umami rich crayfish ketchup, which we could have eaten by the spoon. The gizzards were something new we tried and had a lovely tomato rich sauce. The fly chicken was drenched in grandma’s favourite sauce which was a sweet slightly chilli garlicky sauce. The jollof rice was very smoky, which was a nice change at first, but soon came too much to handle after a while. The food was extremely spicy chilli hot. With waay too much chilli added to most of the dishes we ate. This was quite disappointing, as none of us could hardly finish what we were eating because of it. We are all avid chilli eaters too.

The service unfortunately was very poor. We had to keep going up to the counter to get simple things like cutlery, water etc. there was one point where we asked for cutlery for the whole table and only half the table received it. The waiter didn’t even think to bring more once he had given them to us either. He even delivered a bottle which needed a bottle opener, but he didn’t open it for us. So again we needed to go back to the counter to get him to open it. Also, they forgot to make one main dish. But did not even realise when serving the table, that there was one person missing their main. Again we had to go up to the counter to ask for our main, which came after everyone else had finished eating. Some of the drinks we ordered were out of stock. Also when we asked the name of each dish being served, the waiter could not tell us. So we had to guess ourselves. A positive is that the portions are large and can be shared by two people.

Since we travelled across London to try this restaurant, I was really disappointed and probably would not return. It’s a shame, as I really like to support up and coming restaurants and...

The food here was absolutely incredible! My husband, my child, and I are visiting from America and did a search for good black owned restaurants before arriving in London. We tried one other spot and Flygerians was our last dinner in London. I can say we certainly saved the best for last. We had English breakfast, fish and chips (from two different places), pizza, local fast food, and Carribean, before dining at the Flygerians. The Flygerians was hands-down the most flavorful and best bang for our buck. My husband and I like to try as many things as possible when we find a good menu so we had quite a bit: the garlic bread, the wings (both spicy and sweet), the suya, jollof rice, spinach, and fried fish. We also tried two drinks. EVERYTHING was amazing (& I’ll admit, I’m a tough critic)! Everything was perfectly cooked and seasoned and great size portions.The fried fish was seasoned excellently (unlike any other fish we’ve had here). The suya was some of the best I’ve ever had and we’ve eaten at many west African restaurants. The jollof was perfectly smoky. The wings were seasoned and crispy. The fried plantain colada was so good! I really wanted another but this is a handcrafted drink that requires so much effort, I didn’t want to bother the bartender for another (although I am sure he wouldn’t have minded). The staff was very friendly, the food was prepared fresh but came out quickly, and the music was good! The space is rather small with little frills, but if you are coming for great food, you won’t be disappointed. I’m so happy we...

I went yesterday with a group of lovely ladies, after we had seen the hype on instagram. Sorry to say we left disappointed. Firstly despite booking ahead of time, the table was not ready and they seemed surprised that we had showed up.

No matter, let’s order some cocktails. We were shocked to discover that they had run out of Chapman, despite the fact that they are a Nigerian restaurant…….

So we move on to food. Service was slow, food turned up in drips and drabs over an hour or so. The jollof to be fair was nice. However, unfortunately the pregnant person in our group was fed last, and to say it was a disappointment was an understatement. She was served shrivelled up dried out cassava chips that had sat on the side of the kitchen getting cold, with unseasoned dried out fish coated in a sauce with huge chunks of barely cooked onion, rather than put to the side.

Some members had to leave before the bill arrived. No problem, we thought. We’ll check the bill when it gets here. Never in my life in 2024 did I expect to be handed scraps of handwritten paper with barely decipherable items of what had supposedly been ordered. Nothing itemised, no way to tell if service charge had been added on and if so how much. To add insult to injury, we had to wait ONE HOUR to get the bill.

Listen, I want to support Black businesses but if it wasn’t for the fact that we had fantastic company (and to be fair a good DJ) we would have left. It’s no way to do business, please I’m begging you don’t copy your forefathers....