MANNA DINER — Restaurant in Maryland

I was excited when I found this restaurant online. I placed my order over the phone. I ordered Ewa Agoyin, Suya and Shawarma. I was drooling at the pictures of the food online because it looked palatable, I was also informed by the owner that their Ewa Agoyin is the best in Maryland, that even made me drool more.

Surprisingly, when I arrived I was met by an unfriendly owner(came across as snotty), maybe she was having a bad day, regardless, you should always put on a friendly smile and demeanor as a business owner. The young lady at the cash register was also extremely unprofessional and unenthusiastic. It doesn’t end there, the lady preparing the food was also extremely unprofessional, she did not have gloves on and rather than get my food ready she was talking angrily with someone in the kitchen while preparing the food (You can see the kitchen from the food pickup area) thereby causing a delay. I was not surprised at the level of service because unfortunately Nigerian restaurants do not know what good service entail. The Nigerian clientele does not care, they accept anything thrown at them. I am Nigerian… I have been to a dozen Nigerian restaurants and the service and quality of food is always lacking. The only Nigerian restaurant that I have ever experienced good service outside of Nigeria is a restaurant called Enish in London.

Let us move on to the most important part, “the food”. Remember how I said the owner told me their Ewa Agoyin was the best in Maryland, I can’t dispute that claim because what they call Ewa Agoyin is actually not Ewa Agoyin, it’s merely beans and fried stew, it did not taste good either. I make better beans in my house, I had to trash the beans. It was bland and tasteless. I cannot believe they call that Ewa Agoyin! They should be fined for the deceit. If you cannot make it, do not sell it.

The Shawarma would have been nice, but it was 20% beef and everything else was lettuce and mayonnaise. Shawarma should contain at least 50% beef. I ordered beef Shawarma not lettuce Shawarma (might have been cabbage). The Suya was decent. Overall, nothing to write home about. Nigerian restaurant owners and all their employees should consider taking customer...

Ordered using one delivery app and the order was canceled my the restaurant without explanation. Went to use a different delivery app and it was accepted. Then the restaurant changed my order from a side of chicken to lamb, didn’t consult me, and charge me a higher price. When I called to find out why, they said the delivery was already on the way. Thankfully, the second delivery app was helpful and refunded that meal.

However, some from the restaurant responded to my comments with completely incorrect information and didn’t take any accountability for their actions. Instead, deny and deflect.

Unfortunate because actually liked their food, but will not order again after this poor customer experience.

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I ordered the egusi and fufu and bought the fish and jollof rice/plantain as well. The egusi and fufu were really good, but their were only 2 small fish(which was alittle dry) and dry plantain that had little flavor. The portion sizes were small. Other places give you normal portions. For example, 2 small fish with more rice than fish. The young cashier that rung me up was very nice. When I was asking her a question one of the staff came from the back and asked her "whats wrong, is their a problem "? Such a turn off! Implying that their was a problem when I asked a question about another meal I was thinking about buying. Please mind your business, if their was a problem I would have asked for...