Dupsy's Kitchen — Restaurant in Houston

Food: I researched various West African Restaurants in the Houston area that offered Egusi soup with decent reviews and could deliver. I’m swamped with work and cannot leave my home since the commute to the restaurant and back would be time consuming. I found Dupsy’s and figured I’d give them a try. My food arrived hot, neatly and safely packaged and it was so delicious. I ordered the nicely spiced Egusi w/beef and pounded yam. OMG! I was able to eat 3 meals from 1 order!

Service: I called the restaurant to make several inquiries and one was to ask about packaging. I’m not too trusting therefore, I want my order packaged safely so no one tempted to open my package and “snack” on or touch my food. I was assured that my food would be securely packaged and the bagged secured. This is EXACTLY how my order was delivered to my home! EXCELLENT Customer Service!!!!

Atmosphere: This was a delivered order however, I plan to visit this restaurant in person soon.

Thank you Dupsy’s and Chef’s Kiss!

UPDATE: I was finally able to visit this restaurant in person. I read the reviews but wasn’t deterred by the negative comments since my food delivery experience was positive.

I walked in and felt completely lost. I had no idea that it’s a contactless experience. The order must be placed electronically prior to arriving or at a kiosk upon arrival. Once you’ve placed your order and paid for it, you take a seat and wait to be notified via text message. When your food is ready, your text message will direct you to a locker number which will go to and unlock by clicking on a link provided in your text message.

Thankfully, there was a kind Harris County Deputy who was also visiting for the first time and patiently worked with me to make sure I was able to place my order. I think the concept is innovative here in the U.S. (been going on in Asian countries) and could really take off. However, there should be available signs with directives posted both outside and inside of the building.

The food was just as delicious as it was the first time. Please don’t let the negative reviews deter you from giving this...

Was hankering for some Nigerian food tonight so ordered from Dupsy's Kitchen which recently opened and operates out of the ghost kitchen concept in Blodgett Food Hall (i.e. it is not a sit down restaurant). I had some egusi stew (a stew thickened with dried and ground melon seeds) that included spinach, collard greens, red pepper purée, cow skin, tripe, crawfish, and palm oil. Also present was peppered chicken and the obligatory poundo (pounded yam).

I may not be a Nigerian food expert, but this also wasn’t my first rodeo, so I can attest that the food and its flavor were excellent. The only drawback was that it wasn’t very spicy, which is something I normally encounter and expect with Nigerian food. Regardless, I look forward to ordering again in the future to sample some of the other stews (designer, efo riro, beef) as well as other traditional Nigerian dishes like jollof rice, fried...

I wish I was writing this on a positive note since this was my first time eating at this place, but unfortunately, it's not. I had ordered through door dash, and wanted some Nigerian food. I found this place through google, and saw the positive reviews so I decided to try it out. When I had got the food, the packaging was ok, and the stew portion was decent, i could take it home and make some fufu at home.

Now the negative, I had ordered a la carte their poundo and orkro soup. Now, the poundo wasn't the problem, it was the okro soup. The okro soup was so runny, there was barely any texture besides the meat. You wouldn't even know the okro is in there without the pieces in the soup. The meat looked like it was at first made with the stew, and then put into water to water it down.

For a first impression, this is bad. Maybe later on down the line, I might give it another shot,...