Esther's Kitchen (Lyons Ave, Newark) — Restaurant in Newark

Was charged $42 for the soup special and a fish platter. The food was not fresh, they literally gave us inedible beef and old food that’s been sitting out. It was cold to touch and only realized after I returned home. The host was a little rude as well. We walked in and she gave us a look and said “we serve Ghanaian food okay?” To which we both replied okay (we had already looked the place up to eat beforehand), so this seemed unwelcoming. After we were done ordering she said “you’re taking it to go right?” Like we weren’t welcome to sit down and eat inside. The whole interaction was unwelcoming & weird. The only good thing was the goat meat inside the peanut butter soup. I really wanted to try something different and support a local business but I don’t appreciate cutting corners. Especially when I’m spending close to $50 and included a tip. I expect fresh...

I ordered waakye and it looked absolutely delicious. The rice was tasty but the stew and the meat was underwhelming. No seasoning in the meat at all, just fried. The stew too didn’t have any seasoning. The bigger disappointment was the shito. It tasted smokey/burnt with an overwhelming taste of ginger. The pepper added made it very spicy to the point where there was no flavor. There are actual pepper flakes added to this shito. No hint of ground shrimp just numbing spice. I’m hoping I just received a poor batch and other days will be...

Known Aunty Esther since she was cooking from home lol. Her fried ham and turkey never seem to disappoint. Only place I will eat such meal !

Service rated as 3 stars only because, they failed to acknowledged me or asked me if I wanted to order until I...