Flavors of East Africa

D J

· a month ago

First time here w my son who has great memories of his summer in Kenya; in including the food. He said the jerk chicken and other specialties are authentically prepared-the flavors and texture transport him back to that summer. I’ve had the combo lunch with jerk chicken sweet and spicy with fried sweet plantains-while it was delicious I’ve found the sweet sauce to be too sweet for me. I also couldn’t finish the medium size lunch special because the portions are big. Very friendly service and staff who were busy with the steady stream of pick up’s of “to go” orders.

Josh Baltazar

· 4 months ago

I went to SDSU years ago and remember Flavors of East Africa selling at the Farmer's Market. It's been a while but wanted to try it again. We ordered a variety of items. First starting with the Grilled Steak Nyama Choma with a side of Biriganya (eggplant) and Madondo (Kidney Bean Dish). With a quarter of Chapati. We also ordered the Beef Stew with a side of Sukukmawiki (collared greens) and Nyoyo (Corn and Bean Mix) also with a side of Chapati. Separately I ordered Ugali and the 11 oz side of Dengu Curry Lentils. For the meats we enjyoed the Beef Stew over the Grilled Steak. As for the sides we rank it like this best to least favored: Biriganya (eggplant), Madondo (Kidney Bean Dish), Sukukmawiki (collared greens) and Nyoyo (Corn and Bean Mix). Great food and the employee was super chill so great experience here!

Maddalena Baker

· 2 months ago

We’ve loved this place for years. It’s fantastic for veg folk. Love the mango black tea, (veg) sambusas, masala fries, dengu, nyoyo, biriganya, mukima… honestly just try it all. I’d say the only drawback is it can be hard to find street parking on a Friday or Saturday night - I hate to think that they lose out on any business because of this!

EDITH MUTHONI

· 6 months ago

I ordered goat curry and a side of pilau rice and mukimo online and the presentation and taste was horrible!!!! Even before I tasted it, had already lost appetite! They had the pilau rice, mukimo and goat curry stew on same bowl. It was so messy!! I wish they would separate all the meals in different small bowls. The stew had messed even the bag, because it was put mixed with all the other foods in a take away plastic bowl that was not air tight. It like whoever packed was in a hurry yet I had ordered the previous day for delivery. Their samosas are so tiny are not worth it, they are like 1 inch long, even a toddler would put the whole thing in their mouth once! It’s 5 dollars wasted! Their goat curry was horrible, so spicy and full of small bones instead of meat, not to mention the rice, poor quality rice, no excuse for it, even the local Walmart sells cheap better basmati rice that tastes better. Their chapati were full of sugar, thank God I only ordered a quarter, seems like someone poured the sugar by mistake. Overall, I would rate -1 if I had that option. Not ordering again!!

Judith

· 7 months ago

I randomly chose this place because it has an appeal. So I went inside and ordered for to go. I chose large Nyama “meat” Combo. Beef stew ($2.00 more) Biriganya eggplant, and Sukukmawiki collard greens. Well, to be honest the food was delicious but the meat was really few especially the beef stew. Which has $2.00 more. And couldn’t see more of jerk chicken. It has more eggplants and more collard greens on top. In just one container they put everything in there.they were mixed altogether and couldn’t taste which one is which. No small container for beef and for sweet jerk chicken. It was not worth it. They should’ve put more beef stew. I will probably try another african food next time.