Mama Africa - Calgary

Nice atmosphere. Nice servers. Good portion sizes. I wanted two items off the menu that they didn’t have. The coleslaw was fresh, good fries. The food was piping hot. It’s nice to try it out for something different. I wish they had a sampler platter so you could just try little bits of all the appetizers. Salt and pepper on the tables would be nice.

The service was good and a nice atmosphere but ridiculously small portions for the price. The kuchambari had not parsley celantro, instead they substituted with cabbage and the goat stew came in tomato paste with no meat, no spices, just 2 bones on rice. I had to show the hostess of which he tried hard but $38 later I had to go eat somewhere else. I couldn't help but overhear other tables dissatisfaction

The atmosphere is nice, great presentation. More improvement on the taste of the food is needed. But I really enjoyed the Plantain chips and sauce. They also make a good Moscow mule! The goat stew wasn't so bad as well

Terrible, respectfully. I came down to Calgary for a friends birthday and we came here for dinner, so everyone tried different things; essentially we had a majority of the menu at our table. Not a single good comment on the food. The only thing I would call edible was the talapia. My dude how you doing Plantains so wrong. Yes the decor was cool, vibe was sick but it’s a restaurant not a viewing gallery. In terms of service we were there for literally 2 hours and 48 mins (yes I timed it, don’t me) and it wasnt short staffed, it was a Friday night the food just wasn’t coming. Finally got out of there and had to go to McDonald’s cause it was so late. Drinks were charging premium price for bottom shelf alcohol. What more can I say.

We were so excited to the food here, that we actually went over the menu an hour beforehand. Took an hour for our food to arrive, keep in mind only 1 person ordered a meal plate, myself and 1 other ordered appetizers and side dishes for our meals! Absolutely ridiculous for food and in a half full restaurant to take this long. We didn't order drinks as we came solely to eat dinner. Not sure how it got a new name and look and worse service. The jollof race's were bland and the pumpkin soup was sweet like a dessert, and the plantain chips were super salty.