Obosa Restaurant — Restaurant in Boston

First time I visited this restaurant back in February 2021 the service was decent and food good. Today I went for a father's day meal (June 20, 2021) and the employees there were unpleasant and lied several times. We arrived an hour before closing(7 pm they close at 8) and one worker lied directly to our face saying "we're at capacity, we cannot have any more people in here", we can clearly see this was a lie because as we walked in there were 3 open tables and the covid restrictions had be lifted fully. I then approached one of the workers again explaining we just drove from New Hampshire, could we be seated to eat because we came all that way to support, then I told her the first worker lied and said they were at capacity although covid restrictions had been lifted and pointed to the 3 open tables. Her response was "I cannot seat you because when it's time to leave, you're not going to leave you'll take a long time. Plus we have one dishwasher here and he leaves at 7:30, I cannot seat you because he won't be here but you can order to go and our kitchen will be closing", I then explained to her that the first worker wasted our time & we could could've ordered because we intended to eat and leave & that we were on a time constraint, the hostess looked at me and said she couldn't and here manager wasn't there. I asked her if she was sure because I really tried to show my support for the business and they denied, I let them know that I wouldn't be coming back ever again and that I would let family and friends know not to bother because the poor service and refusal to problem solve for customer service and relations. There are more deserving businesses and restaurants to patronize, we found a better West African restaurant near by called Safari African restaurant that showed great service (dined in at 730 even though they closed at 8). As I said much better and deserving restaurants...

I was excited to eat some West African food, since I have spent time living and traveling in Africa. I can't recommend Obosa. First, the service. While the people working at the restaurant are friendly, they make almost no effort to give you any service. I had to ask for a glass of water, because I was never given one (after at least 20 minutes sitting at the table). I ordered the Egusi stew, which I was eager to try. On the menu it said the dish was $16.75. When I ordered the dish, the waitress asked if I wanted chicken, beef, or goat. I chose goat meat. After eating, I had to go to the register to ask for the bill. (The waitress never came around to see if I was finished eating, or for anything.) When I got the bill, the single dish I ordered was $21. I asked, in confusion, why it was not the $16.75 on the menu. The waitress didn't know, so she asked another employee. Then she said, "Because you had goat." But there was never any indication on the menu that different kinds of meat would cost more, and I was never informed of this when I ordered. With tax and tip my one small stew dish cost $26. As for the cooking, I can't say the food was any good. The goat meat was old and tough. Generally, I love West African food but . . . I...

We were a party of three, and we opted to order the appetizer platter. Unfortunately, the server let us know that they didn't have a lot of what was on it (they only had meat pies and puff puff). We all ordered jollof rice, which was incredibly flavorful. I got the moi moi, talk about insanely delicious and the fried yam. The stew that came with it for dipping was again so good. My mum had the salmon, which she said was a little on the dry side, but still had a nice flavor. My daughter had the beef and fried plantains. She said it was delicious, and I concur that it was since I took a bite. The service was so so after we got our food. It could've been because it was a Friday night, and they had a lot of take out orders. The staff was nice and welcoming, though.

I highly recommend going to eat here. The food is very authentic and so full of flavor, and you won't...