Asher Amens African Cafe Info
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Delivery
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Takeout
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Dine-in
Popular for
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Solo dining
Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Offerings
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Comfort food
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Healthy options
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Quick bite
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Small plates
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Catering
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Dessert
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Restroom
Atmosphere
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Casual
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Cozy
Crowd
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Family-friendly
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Groups
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LGBTQ+ friendly
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Transgender safespace
Planning
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Accepts reservations
Payments
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Credit cards
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Debit cards
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NFC mobile payments
Children
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Good for kids
Parking
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Free parking lot
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Free street parking
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Parking
Other
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LGBTQ+ friendly
Best WLM Reviews
This was my first time trying African food and I was stunned! The food was so flavorful and delicious the plantains were on point and the pounded yam was divine! Would definitely eat here again! Only thing was I was told three meats and I only got two meats and the meats were very small as you can see in the photo… other than that good food.
First time having African cuisine and it was a great experience! I had Ogbono soup, Egusu soup, fufu, jollof rice, chicken, goat, beef and a few things I forgot lol. I was with my African friend who showed me the ropes. I really loved the jollof rice with the meats, so much flavor. The ogbono soup was great as well with fufu. The staff is very nice. The hours posted online need to be updated. Hours are Monday-Saturday 11am to 5:30pm. The inside is small so not much seating and no AC, just fans. Overall great experience for my first time.
The vegetables soup was the first thing I tried from this place. It got my taste buds going crazayyy. Love it and I ordered multiple times later on.
Then I orders the egussi soup at least twice, it was soooo delicious. Love it.
Then I order the obono soup and eba ( pounded cassava). Took me by surprise, I did expect the obono soup to be slimy and the eba to be sour. I give the restaurant a call, the owner was so niiice. She said it was suppose to be slimy and cassava is sour because it was my first time. As somebody who hate any food with okra consistency, I was a little mad at first. But when the owner explain to me so nicely, I felt eager to try it. And I Lovee Ittt. I'm going my mother about this, somebody got me an okra consistency meal. Because God knows I absolutely hate Slimy food. But this dish got me loving it.
Then I order the bitter leaf soup. I was youtube video on how to make it. The lady said it was not supposed to be bitter. But it was, absolutely bitter. At first not so much but then it got realllly bitter. I only ate the smoke meat and the fufu.
I also prior to order the bitter leaf soup tried the ayamase soup. My siblings love it and I love it it was sooo delicious.
Still love this place and I definitely look forward to exploring their menu more.
I wish I could give them ZERO STARS ! Literally the worst ! The meat in the Egusi soup was TOUGH, the flavor of the rice was Awful and tasted like metal ! I asked for chicken with my rice and they gave me the toughest beef ever! I’m so disappointed! I didn’t even eat one of the meals we ordered and they still charged! After I mentioned how hard the beef was! Didn’t offer me a new plate or anything ! Do not waste your money ! There’s a big beautiful spacious delicious restaurant right up the street! That serves the same food! GO THERE !
I’m not going to be as rude as these other folks on here but I did order the egusi with chicken and it was dry and the egusi tasted awful. I have had African food from peoples houses that was so delicious! I don’t understand why this tastes nothing like what I’m used to. Are y’all even tasting your food before you serve it? There’s really an off flavor in the egusi. Anyways hopefully you guys are taking heed to the criticism and changing a lot of things. I won’t be reordering until I see the ratings go up ????????♀️
Literally some of the worst, most overpriced, unseasoned food I have ever had in my life. By the blood of Jesus y’all should be ashamed of yourselves.
Edit: Let me just leave a little update because these Mzungus, parading themselves around as if they are authentic, want to reply to my review in a manner that is unacceptable and extremely unprofessional. Firstly, I understand that food prices have gone up but for you to charge 23 dollars ( when your prices online are stated as lower ) for that small bland portion of what was liberally described as Ogbono soup was execrable. The meat was tough and extremely difficult to chew. And the broth quite literally almost made me vomit. I wouldn’t have anything bad to say to you if you could’ve been grown and taken the criticism at face value and done better; however you did not. So with all that being said, you and your establishment are a shining example of pulling the wool over the eyes of your customers while simultaneously ripping them off for their money. I know for a fact in the motherland that the serving sizes and quality of cuisine that you served me and my family would’ve gotten you kicked out of the village. Please go take some serious time to self reflect on your choices leading up to serving us that horrendous soup. Maybe even enroll in some culinary classes at the local community college. Then maybe I would consider feeding your food to my dog. Until then by best advice would be to please use more seasoning, and when someone takes time out of their day to critique your work, please take it with a grain of salt ( I know you are unfamiliar with the concept of salting food ). Regardless God bless, I hope you seek atonement for your sins.
Ps two soups, and a drink should not cost anyone 60 plus dollars!!!!!!!! Love you, hugs and kisses!
This was my first time trying African food.....so I will give my honest opinion!
1. Portion size does not match price...I paid $15 for soup and I barely had any juice to dip the fufu in! I feel 3 pieces of meat isn’t worth the price!
2. I was expecting it to be more flavorful not saying that it was bad I feel we could use more seasoning.
3. Fufu tasted like Instant mashed potatoes rolled up in a ball!
So I gave this place 3 stars due to the lack of favor and portions!!
Everything was great. It wasn’t as spicy as they claim it would be. Maybe they were going easy on me with the spices since I’m American. I got the jollof with chicken and my partner got the Egusi soup with fufu everything was delicious.
Quick Facts About Asher Amens African Cafe
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Opening Hours
| Monday | Closed |
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| Tuesday | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM |
| Friday | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
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