Okey Tropical Cafe — Restaurant in Savannah

The food isn't bad, but only a handful of items were available. The location was empty and the two young ladies were nice. Me and my daughter opted for the edikang ikong (I hope that's spelled correctly) with fufu and the assorted meats to go. It was the only entree available besides the jolloff rice. We paid an additional $10 each to add meat bringing the dish total to $18 each without tax. When we got back and unwrapped our food to eat there was barely any meat. It was what looked like a couple as in TWO pieces of meat at the bottom of the dish. Yeah.... we had to search for the meat. When we called about it, they said they put 5 pieces in each and if we rewrapped up the food and brought it back they would fix it. We advised that we had walked about a mile to the location and to wrap it up to come right back was extremely inconvenient. They made no other attempts to make it right, so here is the review I hoped I wouldn't have to write. I really wanted to like this place even after reading all the bad reviews with experiences just like ours. Turns out, it's as bad as people say it is. The food wasn't bad, but it was overpriced for what you get and forget about options! Hopefully, the management/ownership of this cute little place will heed the reviews and make some positive changes. I'll give it another chance if they manage to stay open long enough to turn it around. Also.... note to the owner or whomever posts responses, it speaks to your character and how you value customers when you only reply to POSITIVE reviews. Please remember in business you need 100 positives to offset 1 negative and a big negative has been YOUR SERVICE. Maybe thank those that gave you good reviews and reach out to resolve the issues patrons had that resulted in negative reviews. As I mentioned before, I'd give it another try if positive changes are made as I'm sure others...

Upon entry there was no visible employee to greet. Another customer was waiting who left and said they would have to return for their food. I called out to a girl I eventually saw emerge from maybe the kitchen and asked her if she worked there. Right after a gentleman came out and asked if I needed to order. I advised that I ordered online a good while before arriving. He saw my order ticket and said he was waiting on the Egusi to be ready. On every table was the remnants of dishes from patrons who I assume dined in, but the place was empty and didn’t even smell like any food was cooking. I wish I took pictures, but the plates went into the trash. I’m not an expert, but have eaten enough African cuisine to know when I’ve been duped. I ordered Egusi and fufu & Fried rice with Turkey wings. Everything was disgusting from the taste to the smell. I was sooo disappointed because I had been waiting to try this place for a while. The fried rice tasted old, maybe reheated and was more canned mixed veggies than anything. My side was veggies which was nothing, but more canned mixed vegetables. The Turkey wing was basically a dehydrated, chopped up wing tip that was so tough that I couldn’t even pinch a piece off of it. The Egusi was piping hot like it came from the microwave & it was swimming in what I assume was palm oil. The ambiance/look of the place was nice, which was the best thing that I can say from my visit. Maybe this was an off day or I just came at a bad time, but I won’t be returning. I honestly was shocked at my experience because recent reviews were...

Came into Savannah for work & found this place on google. First red flag was that everything we wanted on the menu was not available. The servers informed us that the owner hadn’t brought food items for them to cook. My hubby & I settled for pounded yam & egusi & edikainkong soup. The food was horrible, you could tell it had been reheated/micowaved over & over again. When we complained about the taste of the egusi which did not taste like egusi, the server from Ivory Coast said she prepared it & that they are many ways of making egusi. Hence, the reason why it did not taste like egusi. I was weak. This place should be shutdown. We tried to eat the food but it was impossible. Money & time wasted just like that. I feel sorry for the servers who must get complaints everyday, from a non functional menu to tasteless meals. The owner needs to put this place in order or...