Restaurant Akwaba Fine Cuisine Fusion Africaine Et Grecque

The food was authenticly Ghanaian. Very good customer service. It's best to order ahead and pick up. Unfortunately, it is not an eat-in restaurant, which would have been nice. Montreal needs an elegant Ghanaian eat-in restaurant.

I paid 46$ for a plate of egousi and its wasn’t egousi Nothing in it just beef I was so disappointed ☹️ please if you go there make sure to see what is it in your egousi and the taste was so bad I had to trow it away I’m regretting my money I will never set my feet there again especially I’m from Quebec and wanted to experience a nice egousi soup because we don’t have Nigerian restaurants here. Such a shame and a disappointment

Very GOOD authentic food from the motherland. Highly recommend this gem to anyone looking for some well cooked African food. Great service by Louise, she’s the best!

This restaurant’s food is absolutely delicious. Everything we tried was really good and the staff is very nice, professional and helpful. Hardly accessible by foot but still doable and worthy :)

Best african food in Montreal! I've been going there for the last 8 years and never disappointed, i Literally drive 30 mins to get this food for how great it is! The portions are amazing. Can't forget the owners are super sweet!

I ordered a Yassa poulet (Senegal) and I really liked it. The chicken is super tender. I had a meeting so I went a bit late but the owner had the niceness of keeping it warm for me. Great customer service!

I do not see my review which is strange but it is my honest one . The food took too long to get. The fufu was not good. Nothing was tasteful and i had this before. Too expensive for what you get

Great place to eat it takes a bit longer to make but it's worth the wait and a bit pricey

Great find of the weekend! This african-greek fusion style restaurant impressed me and my boyfriend. The appetizer brought to us was some kind of greek version of the naan bread and was delicious! We ordered the braised tilapia and braised chicken which were really tasteful despite the fact we had to be careful eith the bones. Portions are kinda generous, I was so full that I couldn't try their desserts! Price on the menu are reasonable. Ps. You gotta be a little bit patient, the kitchen is a bit slow.

Les nourritures étaient bonnes mais , ils ne sont pas organisés. J'avais commandé du foutou banane mais j'ai été surpris ils m'ont mis du placali a la place et aussi, j'avais commandé du jus mais quand ils m'ont servi dans le sac il n'y avait pas. Je m'étais rendu compte qu'il n'y avait pas la boisson lorsque j'étais chez moi, j'ai fais donc demi tour, ils m'ont dit que je n'ai pas commandé cela, je leur ai montré les preuves (la factures de ce dont j'avais commandé). Malgré cela ils ont refusé. Du coup je leur donne une étoile juste parce que la sauce était délicieuse. Sinon je ne recommande pas du tout ! Qu'ils revoient leur organisation. Et comment un si grand restaurant n'ont pas de livreur. So pour toutes les commandes il faut obligatoirement se déplacer pour en prendre. C'est désolant.

This was our second time around. The food was still fresh and the flavours or seasonings were still amazing. Went with a foodie group of 17. I find their prices have doubled and their plates have shrank. We pre-ordered our meals since the meats needed to be marinated and still waited almost two hours to be served our main course. They knew for over a month that the group was attending yet they did not hire more staff to serve, there was only one waitress for the entire restaurant and it was full. I as the organizer so I had to do most of the work to satisfy my group without compensation from the owners. I was not impressed with them this time around.

Good restaurant. The decor is very nice and the staff are very friendly. The main dish food portions are huge and can be shared between two people (don't listen to the waiter saying otherwise). We had the full chicken braise with the couscous and the alloko (fried plantain) as a starter. The plantain was a bit oily but the tomato or pumpkin sauce that accompanied it was delicious. The chicken was a bit dry and the couscous was cold and sticky. It tasted pretty good tho. Beware of the hot sauce! We were here on a Friday night and the service was very very slow. There was a big group at the restaurant so the two person serving staff were completely overwhelmed. Took us two and half hours to get out of there!

Great byob, bit of a trip to get to, but great food at reasonable prices. Place not too big, but can accommodate groups, no problem. We were a group of 20, and we all had seats, all together at one table. I ordered from their menu #1 and it came with a very tasty soup, great chicken stew with rice, Greek fried potatoes, and salad, and a HUGE slice of baklava with African tea, to end the meal. I enjoyed everything, but the baklava, which I passed on to someone at the table; too much and too much sugar, I was stuffed and wined. Service very personable, but SLOW. Good address to bear in mind if you don't mind the travel and want something a bit different for a change.

First of all we walk in a party of 7 and the hostess seemed baffled that so many people would patronize the establishment. She then scolded us that 'it's a good idea to call ahead.' The restaurant was empty! Then she comes with menus and proceeds to say how she doesn't have anything being ordered. 'I don't have that, I don't have that.' Food takes forever to serve. Don't come here if you want prompt service.The hostess the entire time has zero people skills. We asked for the bill, SHE TAKES FOREVER. Then proceeds to tell us that she can't split the bill, when just prior she asked if we wanted one bill or separate bills. News to you lady when people patronize your business, they are not inconveniencing you. So don't treat your customers as such.

I was here on Saturday with 4 other people and I have to say that this tiny Greek-African fusion restaurant was such a great find! Plus, it is bring your own wine! It is pretty small and almost empty when we got there at 6pm on Saturday, although it started getting busier when we were leaving. The service was excellent. I know there was nobody there, but the waitress waqs extremely friendly and went above and beyond our expectations by explaining the menu to us in english, even though she was french and struggling a bit. Those of us who do speak french helped her out with some words she didn't know, but overall, she was very capable.) The food was fairly priced and so amazingly flavourful. We started with 3 appetizers: Spanokopita, which was just okay and probably my least favourite of all the dishes; Nem Abidjanaise, which were rolls of chicken and cheese and they were so good; and lastly the fried plantains. Delicious! My boyfriend also tried the Pepe soup, which was a fish soup with spice that you add yourself to adjust the heat to your liking. It was great and the fish inside was moist and yummy (with the exception of some annoying bones.) For the dishes, 2 people had the Chicken Katoum, which the waitress let us know is their signature dish. The spices and aromas from that plate, as well as the other plates were amazing. I had the choukouya chicken, which again, was so good! I am not sure what the other dishes were, but I know that my brother ordered a lamb dish and the lamb was cooked so tenderly and tasted great. The dishes came with salad (standard but good balsamic dressing), greek potatoes (very lemony and good, which I love, not a huge hit with some others who prefer them a different way) and couscous or rice. The one complaint that my family had with the food was that the couscous and rice were both very bland. (I ordered extra plantains with mine instead of the rice, so I can't complain!) Overall, there were no disappointing dishes at this place. They all had such good flavour and were very filling. As well, the prices seem fair and the portions were generous. I would give this place 5 stars, but there was one flaw: I don't think they have air-conditioning, because I was sweating like crazy and dying of heat, as was the rest of my family. (I would have given 4.5 if possible!) What a great find. I highly recommend this restaurant!

The food was good but the customer service was horrible. It took over an hour to get our food even though the restaurant was empty. The waitress lacked tact; she could have been a little friendly. I will not go back.

Excellent food! The fusion of rich African flavors with the fresh flavors of the Mediterranean really blended beautifully.

My boyfriend and I were in Montreal on a visit and we were craving some African food. After searching online, we came across the Akwaba restaurant and decided to pay it a visit. Appraently, its a fusion of Greek and Ivory Coast food. Upon entry, we were greeted by a nice hostess who guided us to our seats. The whole menu was in french and because we don't understand or read in french, the waitress was nice enough to go over the menu in English with us so we could make informed decisions on what to order. I chose to get the meal that had tilapia, fried plantain, jollof rice, and salad. The food came within some minutes which was nice cause we were really hungry. The presentation of the food was good and the taste was surprisingly good. The reason I say suprisingly is because jollof rice is more of a Ghanaian dish so I wasn't sure if they'd be able to replicate it the way Ghanaians make it. The waitress also offered us this red pepper sauce which tasted very good and complimented the whole meal. The price for the meals aren't cheap. My meal cost $20; however, there was a lot of food on my plate (I also had a whole piece of tilapia fish on there). I definitely recommend this place and would come here again with no hesitation.

A fusion place...but what is not nowadays. Try their chicken choukouya -- nicely done with the right mix of spices... the aromas from the plate is to die for. My friend had the lamb dish --very tasty and tener. Salad--excellent; try their Greek potato salad as well. Overall , very well done.