MAMA JOLLOF RESTAURANT — Restaurant in Houston

I was craving Rice and Beef. I was looking at the different places on my Doordash and Ubereats app and comparing them, because I'm such a picky gal. My safe place is usually Marie African, but I wanted to try a different restaurant. Royal Point was on my list to try but they were closed, so that was a bummer. Now, I really like Jollof Rice, but once I discovered Coconut Rice a few years ago, I usually order that with Goat or Beef at most places. I love the fact that it has Shrimp and Carrots in it. I have wanted to try Baba Jollof for a while now and since Uber Eats delivers I decided to give them a try. Looking at the menu I discovered that they not only have the regular Jollof Rice but they also have a Party Jollof Rice. I was definitely down to try that so I ordered that with beef. The rice itself looked tasty and very plentiful. Once I tried it though it was pretty dry, and the chicken in it was very hard. I didn't know if it was old chicken(not freshly made) or overcooked chicken. It had tons of Peas in it which I don't really care for(but that's my preference). It lacked carrots though, there were a few and I really like carrots so if it was loaded with carrots I wouldn't have complained at all. I only ate a small portion the rice. The beef would've been superb if they had simmered it in the tomato stew. It seems they just cooked it and that was it, so it tasted like beef without the Nigerian flavor. I love the Stew, so if the meat was slathered in it I wouldn't have said a word. I tried two of the Plantains and they were good. I like my Plantains with a little crisp to them and they had that. I would give them another try, but I would go to the restaurant and order instead of ordering...

My friend and I decided to try out this spot based on their appealing pictures. We got there and placed an order to go. The lady told us the food was going to take about 20mins. We decided to try out their overpriced $30 hookah while we waited. It took them 30 mins to bring out the hookah. I voiced my concern to who appeared to be the owner/cook/hookah maker. With no apology, he decided to give us a $5 discount on the hookah. The hookah itself was TRASH, worst hookah I ever had! could not even smoke it. Complete waste of money. The food took an hour to come out, it was bland, no flavor whatsoever. We all know a good suya is supposed to be bursting with flavors topped with fresh cut onions. I mentioned the onions while ordering the food, did not get them. The Jollof rice was also lacking flavor and dry. My friend complained about the flavor of his food as well. Let me just say this was a complete waste of $80, highly...

This was a cool little spot in Houston. I was not sure what to expect because Nigerian Restaurant are a hit or miss. This however was just a nice hit. Quiet for lunch and potentially a good spot to work at least early in the day. Plenty of room and the food was delicious. I warn you if your spice level have become Americanized abeg avoid this place. The food spicy wey e go burn pesin mouth.

I had the Asun which is always a favorite of mine. So so delicious and so spicy. For lunch I had Ayamase and white rice. This was bad idea on a 100 degree day. Lord have mercy I finished my water and Fanta before I finished the food. This food make pesin sweat past.

Overall I liked this place just quiet in a nice shopping plaza not difficult to find. The staff was very friendly and the ambiance was just perfect. I’ll see them again on my next Houston trip. Well done...