Nico's Lounge Restaurant and Bar — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

Nico’s lounge restaurant and bar in Nashville Tennessee is easily the worst and filthiest Nigerian restaurant I have been to in my life, bar none.

Filthy, and they serve poorly made meals, some of them taste like they were merely warmed up with pieces of meat hastily boiled weeks ago dumped in the soup, like an afterthought.

I am from out of town, i wanted to dine in. My order came in take away containers wrapped inside a plastic bag, wow. I asked why and the “waiter” who looked liked he’d not taken a bath in days told me that’s how they serve folks. I paid before my food came and included a tip, that was a mistake. No waiter attended to me once the food was dumped before me.

The bathroom reeked, simply gross. I am surprised the department of health has not shut down the place. And expensive too. I did not want to embarrass them by simply walking out after tasting a bit of the poorly made pounded yam, I left and simply trashed my “ogbono” and pounded yam somewhere at a gas station, no time for nonsense.

Please whatever you do, avoid this place like the plague, you might get sick from unsanitary and poorly made food.

Out of five stars, I give zero stars. Highly...

THE ENVIRONMENT Quite big place that is setup more like a lounge/night club rather than a restaurant.

The place could definitely use some organizing and maintenance. There are appliance cables hanging on the walls that need to be tucked away neatly.

The appliances in the kitchen could use a some cleaning. Customers can see part of the kitchen through the order window and the first thing that catches your eye is the filth on the refrigerators..

THE FOOD / MENU Genuinely authentic Nigerian cuisine. I had Egusi & Eba (gari), the first night, which was very palatable. I enjoyed it.

Second day I had Jollof & Goat meat. The goat meat was perfectly seasoned. However, as Ghanaian I tend to like Ghana Jollof over Nigerian Jollof..... This war over which country makes the best Jollof has been going on for decades.

CUSTOMER SERVICE Absolutely poor. The lady in the kitchen is not friendly and seems uninviting. She needs to smile and look cheerful.

Overall, I highly recommend this place if you are looking for authentic Nigerian food. I give them...

AVOID THIS PLACE - Is there a zero star possibility for a food service??!? I arrived here to eat and waited for close to 25min, when I did not see anyone to wait on me, I approached the kitchen area to inquire their modus operandi, menu etc. A rude and lousy elderly lady shabbily told me there were people before me. I was a little confused, I had to restate that I was a new customer finding out how they operated. She dismissively barked at me to go sit down. While my guest and I waited another 45 mins for the food to be ready. She passed a snarky comment that we young folks want good food at American fast food speed. Soup was watery and tasteless, meat was not fresh. Felt like I begged for food. In my four decades of being on Mother Earth, across 4 continents I have been to, this is easily the most terrible food service I have experienced.

Don’t waste your money, time and energy to go here, just go shop groceries and cook at...