Nativ Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable and they took care of everything till we finish."
• "Pedro was very nice n patience to introduce the food."
• "Really friendly staff in a very cosy little restaurant."
• "Friendly staff and good prices."
• "Staff very friendly, helpful and efficient :-)."
• "The staff make you feel so welcome."
• "Staff are very friendly and helpful too."

Cons:

• "Very very very slow service, you are jeopardizing repeat customers."
• "Terrible terrible service!"
• "The service was poor and slow."
• "Service à bit slow, due to possibly a lot of on line-order."
• "Waited an hour for drinks."
• "Service was awful."
• "Waited 20 mins for our drinks. Waited an hour for food."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Lunch time buffet is very good for the price."
• "I absolutely love Nigerian food and I am happy to say I would come again and sit down and eat."
• "Their curry goat is a must every time I come here."
• "Great food at a really reasonable price."
• "The goat curry is phenomenal!"
• "Jollof rice was delicious and the plantain that came with the beans was lovely and ripe."
• "The food was good and really enjoyed the atmosphere."

Cons:

• "I'm afraid to say they have rats."
• "The toilet stinks the whole restaurant out it’s so vile."
• "Today we ate in and ordered okro soup and requested for our meals to be mild, but instead the food was extremely spicy."
• "The sweet potato that cost 3.50 was just 5 sweet potato fries."
• "The food was super plain home food anyone can make."
• "The chicken being tasteless with burnt skin, rice tasteless."
• "The chicken was over done and dry, the goat curry had no spice what so ever it was just like a beef stew."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great music in the background."
• "Nativ gives the impression it's family run, and the staff are happy and smiley."
• "The decor and music were great."
• "Nice African decor."
• "Feels like In nativ Africa setting, lovely artifacts colour."
• "Everything from the decor to the music gives it a real authentic feel!"
• "Nice atmosphere, good music could do with some afro jazz."

Cons:

• "The music was so loud we couldn't hear ourselves talk and it was so hot in there."
• "The group of people behind us were the loudest ever in a restaurant, totally inappropriate."
• "Music so loud the waiter couldn't take our order without asking us multiple times."
• "The space inside it's small and not really nice.. tables are very close of each others...not many privacy between tables."
• "Nice decor but it was cold inside."
• "There was a bug (maybe a cockroach?) on the booth next to us."
• "Environment: A bit too dim."

Value

Pros:

• "Love the Nigerian food... Affordable prices and next time I'll go I will make sure to come for lunch buffet!"
• "Very reasonable prices, including drinks."
• "Such divine food at such a good price!"
• "Outstanding value for money!"
• "If you get there for lunch time you get a whole heap of food for £5! Bargain!"
• "The food is amazing and very reasonable prices."
• "Great value for money."

Cons:

• "This meal cost £70 and literally was not worth it."
• "P.S. 2 bottles of Guinness cost us £13 when the receipt arrived... very pricey I must say🙄"
• "The prices are preposterous!"
• "Shocked its gone up £2.30 a meal."
• "I have asked for a pint of Budweiser and they give me a 330ml bottle and charge me for a pint."
• "Pathetic portion and complete waste of money."
• "I expected a bigger portion because of the price."