Zulu Piri Piri Chicken Grille — Restaurant in Lehi

Okay My first time here. Read other reviews after seeing the place. So decided to try it out. I had the chicken bowl with the medium hot sauce. First of all, or the good news is , I do want to say it was really good. Now for the bad news, how do you ruin a great tasting chicken and rice bowl? How about only giving a tablespoon of rice in a large bowl. That's right, where's the rice? For nine bucks I expected more than an African child's portion of a meal. Maybe a third of a chicken breast diced up, I should add. Hiding the lack of food was that leafy arugula stuff. I have issues when a rice based restaurant only delivers a thimble full of rice. Is rice that expensive you can't bring it on? When actually 25 cents of rice would fill even that giant empty bowl. What excuse do they have? Looking around at other people's plates, looked like they got some rice. So, apparently, from other reviews, whether you get something to eat at Zulu is kinda like a lottery. And I lost. Filling that bowl or plate, or whatever you get, atleast a third full of rice should be a standard, not the big pay out. There's a restaurant that I like to go to, they bring you a giant bowl of rice for your meal, and if that's not enough, they will gladly offer to refill it up if you actually empty it. Why? Because with a 12 to 15 dollar meal, 30 cents of rice is a good way to make your customers feel cared for and happy, and it's not digging into your profit margins. And no, I don't want any apologies from management, they've already seen the other reviews, and haven't addressed their standards. So yes, I'm disappointed in the overpriced kiddie meal I got. It ruined my experience here, because by the time I was finished I had just started in on the goodness. You could end up dropping 20 bucks for a half chicken plate, drink, and side here. But expect the kiddie portions, and plan accordingly. I do want to say that they donate a meal for a child in Africa for every meal they sell here, but I wish they didn't take that portion right off my own plate. It did taste great, no contest on that win. Maybe I would come back for another shot at the lotto. Or head across the parking lot to the other chicken...

Uninspiring.

TLDR; Everything went into service and ambiance, and zero went into flavor or diversity of spice. Would not recommend for people who are looking for actual African cuisine.

This place is like if someone looked at a photo of African food and made their own interpretation based on that. But they had zero spices in their pantry. And they had never tasted African food ever before.

End of TLDR;

For reference, I've had several kinds of African cuisine from the source. Yes, different areas use different spices and don't all taste the same, but it's a cuisine full of flavor and spices, colors, and feelings. This food did not contain any of that.

Maybe for people who don't like flavor or salt, this would be good food, but I left wondering how in the world they could advertise this as African chicken. Chic fil a has more flavor. I'm amazed at all the positive reviews.

They put all their thought into ambiance, photos, and design and nothing into developing a recipe book that represented Africa in its many different palate's. Gumbo tasted like canned Chile Verde. Think they used canned chicken for the chicken bits inside.

Now if you're looking for something a plain, filling, and healthy-- then this is definitely your place!

(we got the piri piri chicken plate, african hot of course, the Gumbo, and a chicken sandwich with tri...

I came to this place with very high expectations. I'm a South African expatriot, born, raised and having lived there for 23yrs before moving here and haven't been back to SA in almost 4 years. You can imagine I'm homesick and really craved a taste of home. So much so, that I usually import my spices and other ingredients to make traditional meals or recipes I grew up with. But it's always nice if there's the option of someone else doing the work and cooking for you, so we tried them out. The "slap chips".. they're not slap chips. Slap chips are like fat fries that are soft inside, still slightly crunchy outside, usually soaked in salt and vinegar. What I received with the food was more like "braai aartappeltjies", potato chopped in cubes, cooked or steamed, then fried/roasted in an oven pan with oil. While it wasn't what I hoped for, that part at least really reminded me of my gran making them with roasted chicken for Sunday sit down lunch. I should've read the heat bar right, being from Africa, I should've read the heat from that top bar, and ordered at least medium if I wanted mild, because the mild was incredibly weak. While it didn't come close to my expectations, it was still a lovely break from the usual not so great take-out options available in general in...