Enish Nigerian Restaurant and Lounge Ilford Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meat and shaki was soft, tasty and nice."
• "Lovely jollof rice and chicken, but I could have done with more than 2 chicken pieces."
• "The grilled Tilapia with plantain was amazing, bit was absolutely humongous, pretty sure it weighed over 800 grams but it was well marinated throughout."
• "The food was authentic and ample. I almost felt like I was back home!"
• "The food is GOOD! I'm of Nigerian heritage, and I know what dishes should taste like. So the bar was set high, and they delivered on just about every dish."
• "The food was delicious, atmosphere was very nice, the staff gave my team fantastic customer service and food was worth the price."

Cons:

• "The asun was fried meat in watery gravy. The suya, was not suya-ing and like a pinch of meat."
• "The food here isn't fresh, isn't spicy and just ain't all that."
• "I made a telephone order for grilled goat meat... Taste old like it's been cooked days ago no flavour or spice."
• "Food was rubbish, pounded yam was hard. Egusi taste bland, no salt or seasoning in it."
• "The beef suya was the worst that I have ever eaten in my life. It didn’t look or smell appetising either."
• "Ordered the Suya for my starters I could taste some cold parts as if they took it out from the freezer and just reheated it."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server Niyi was polite, prompt and efficient."
• "Exceptional service, good music and very competitive prices."
• "The staff were friendly and service was prompt."
• "Service was brilliant and fast. I was impressed as the only other Enish I had visited in Lewisham took some time to get the food out."
• "I was at the restaurant today and saw how Margaret a member of your staff dealt with customers in an exceptional and professional manner."
• "The staff completely messed up the order and didn't bring what we ordered. However, they added the missing food to the bill and wanted to make us pay. Terrible service!"

Cons:

• "Once seated, not one single member of staff came to greet us, ask us what we wanted eat or drink, or even whether we'd been attended to."
• "The young lady on the phone didn’t say goodbye and hung up after I asked if Enish was open."
• "The service needs to be better."
• "I ordered food from here, last night at around 10:30... 30 minutes after eating my fish and jollof I vomited everything up… I have been vomiting since."
• "The service was poor, to say the least. We asked for tap water. It never arrived, we asked for information, we were ignored."
• "Service was really good, we were served by a lovely lady called Mojisola. I ordered the white rice and fish stew which was really good."

Ambience and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The place has a button on the menu to call staff when you would like to order or need anything and another when you'd like the bill - never seen anything like this before - very cool."
• "They have healthy food portions and fancy plates."
• "The lights came off and it turnt into lounge vibes around 10pm and the DJ came on around 10.30/11pm."
• "The atmosphere of the restaurant was lively and energetic, with a live band and a DJ adding to the vibrant atmosphere."
• "The restaurant is beautiful and looks exquisite."
• "The atmosphere was very nice, the staff gave my team fantastic customer service and food was worth the price."

Cons:

• "The entrance was not the tidiest and there was no one to usher us in. The hand sanitizer was looking dodgy so we had to use ours."
• "The food was good but rather expensive. Not sure I will visit again but only cause the meal prices are expensive."
• "The reason I did not score 5 stars was the music. It started off well but as the night went on they kept putting up the volume, to the point that we could no longer have a conversation at our table."
• "The service was good because the staff were very informative. I was not impressed with the mens toilets as they were not very clean."
• "The tables were unstable (we tried 3) but the food portions were very generous and the food itself was tasty."
• "The only downer was the super loud music late at night (we went on Saturday). Most of us had to shout across the table or into people's ear."