Dishes inspired by Kenya, Botswana and Ethiopia

Afrikana Restaurant Leicester

I went along with my husband and children. We were greeted very warmly on arrival.
We had not booked a table, but in the large, spacious restaurant, we were seated in a large booth immediately.
The young lady that was serving us was exceedingly friendly and helpful from start to finish. She solely made our whole evening very pleasant. She deserves a pay rise! I have visited Afrikana twice before, and each time, I can honestly say that the service was amazing from everyone.
My son ordered an item which the server quickly pointed out that it was quite spicy so we opted for something different for him. This was honestly a blessing. We have been to restaurants before where food orders are simply taken with no advice or recommendations made.
The food was all lovely. The chicken I ate was slightly tough but the flavours were all delicious.
The restaurant is fully halal with a dry bar serving delicious mocktails.
There is also a small prayer room that accommodates 3-4 people at a time.
The toilets are nicely decorated and kept clean.
I would definitely recommend Afrikana for a delicious meal, in beautiful surroundings, and with excellent service.

We had a wonderful lunch at Afrikana, Leicester today(07/09/25), the food was absolutely delicious and full of flavor! Special thanks to Chef Dani for preparing such tasty dishes and to Rumanah for her warm and friendly service. We truly enjoyed the experience and will definitely come back!

Very sorry but just have to report an extremely poor experience here in the Leicester restaurant. We eat there regularly but on this particular day my experience was poor. Staff were lovely and tried to resolve but even the lady serving agreed it was poor. So my choice was ‘Bunny Chow’ and have had it several times before. But what arrived could only have been described as a loaf of bread and one tablespoon of curry. A piece of bread was removed from the loaf, see attached pic and a spoonful of meat/potato curry put inside.
I’ve had this before and usually the loaf is mostly hollowed out, but not this time.
When I raised this the lady serving agreed it was pitiful especially for £16.
She asked the chef to correct this and all I got back was a small bowl, think sauce dipping bowl size with more of the sauce, no further meat or curried potato.
The server took the item off the bill. said that she would raise it as a concern and encouraged me to write this review.
Sorry but on this day it was a poor experience. If you order it make sure you don’t get ripped off as I felt I was being.
I was hungry and did eat some of the bread so the pic is not really helping with scale. The piece cut out was small so I just tore off some bread as there was hardly any curry.
Will go back as the rest of diners with me had nice food but will ensure I avoid this item. Tasted good the bit I had.

I had never tried African food before and stumbled upon this restaurant. I never expected that it opened up new taste buds for me. Until now, I thought African food was just some very dry meat. But it turns out that traditional African food has a lot of delicious, tender meat and very unique sauces.The layout and decoration of the restaurant are good. The service attitude of the waiters is also attentive. Most importantly, the food selection is rich, unique and very delicious. I personally recommend the lamb kebabs. The curry rice with African sauce is also very delicious.Highly recommended. I will definitely come back again.

Really lovely place, spacious and quality food. Second visit here and it was equally good. Had the chicken and seafood Jambalaya and it was packed with flavours. Well balanced and satisfying meal. Highly recommend this restaurant 😇.

We are a fully certified Halal place; all our meals are Halal. None of our stores serve alcohol.

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