Lat-dior African Eatery

GREAT vegetarian options. Friendly staff. LOVE the bowls plates they're all wooden. Also noticed they have a fish meal (forgot the name) which translates to HOMOSEXUAL

Love this place.  Simple, humble and friendly restaurant which serves great, hearty African food stews, veggie dishes, lovely pancakey flatbreads all with a different twist.  Good place to eat pre show as its near the Enmore Theatre.  Highly recommend. Good value too.

Had lunch here with my partner today and we both loved it. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff and the food was just delicious, the Lamb Tagine was to die for. Our two side salads the Watercress and Bean salads were simple but just delicious. We would both strongly recommend Lat Dior to everybody, especially if you have never eaten African food.

After buying a voucher for this place, it quickly hit me that I've been here ages ago... and I was disappointed. I remember finding the food bland. Alas, I've committed myself so off to Newtown we go. We rocked up with no booking and the place (which is quite tiny) was almost completely packed on a Sunday night. The layout meant when the restaurant was packed, you will most likley be squished into tables that are packed closely together. Our Groupon deal allowed us two side dishes, two mains, bread, rice and cous cous and two drinks. My wife chose Batansey fried eggplant served with a mildly spiced tomato and onion sauce. The sauce and warm eggplant just melted in your mouth and was fantastic as a dip for the bread. I chose Lat Dior's Delight green beans served with a blended celery sauce. This was our favourite of the night. So simple but such an explosion of freshness (just as their menu described). The beans are dull and bland but the celery sauce is sharp, fresh and tangy.. and when combined.. it was just fantastic. My wife loved the side dish of bread. It was slightly warm and worked well with the sides. The main my wife chose was the Sossou Gorgiguan which is fresh boneless fish, steamed with some mild African spices like netetou and some tamarind. The word gorgiguan in Wolof literally means homosexual... which markets as an interesting dish name. The fish was slightly dry to my liking and the serving size is quite small. I ended up choosing Varenga which is a mouth watering dish from Madagascar consisting of cubed beef marinated overnight with African spices, slightly fried and then steamed in the marinated sauce. The texture of the beef was the downfall of the dish for me. It's quite dry and jerky textured in a way... Two small sides of cous cous and white rice.... The drink choices consisted of coke or ginger beer. We both opted for the ginger drink just out of curiosity. The ginger flavour was quite potent but worked well with the meal. My biggest grip

It is amazing I forgot to take photos. Staff is friendly and the food satiate my south East Asian palate and it is comforting like coming home.