Wazobia Market

When you come here, be prepared to have your time wasted. I came in just to grab some groceries and ended up standing in line for over 15 minutes. After all that waiting, I was told the register was acting up, with zero empathy. I switched to another line, which took another 10 minutes before I was finally checked out. Very upsetting and disappointing experience.

Hello Wazobia management, strip up, because this review will be a quite lengthy one. I have always have a pleasant experience in Wazobia Market over the couple of months, especially whenever my namesake Mr. Oluwafemi is on duty. He will practically walk me to what I was looking for on the shelf and even at the meat area he will take over the number calling atimes, jinger the Hispanic guys to accelerate the process until everyone is adequately served. I tried tipping him a couple of times just to appreciate him for his dedication but he refused the offer mumbling something like not seeking reward for help offered.... I even changed the tactics and decided to buy him lunch. He will just put up a smile and maintain his stance. Strange!!! However, during my recent visits I can't but notice I haven't seen him in a while. I initially thought he was not on shift but my subsequent visits without him on any of the shifts arose my curiosity, leading me to inquire about him, To my surprise I was told he was let go (fired) for no probable cause. I find that very difficult to believe. I know people that deserve to be let go in that establishment. People so sluggish in their duties that you only see them performing when their boss is around, but definitely not a charismatic being like him. Wazobia management, hear this, if that information is accurate, you just let go one of your finest, faultless employee, that is if he is not the best self. He possess a very gentle and kind heart, with great customer relation and interaction skills and given my last experience at the store which actually prompted me to write this review which for the record, I have never done before. I feel Wazobia Market let go of a prized employee. Mehn..., you find him everywhere in the store, from the meat area to greeting customers, to cashier table to the snacks and food area or even wheeling carts and baskets. I don't even know what his exact role was because you find him doing everything and anything. I don't know him personally but I recognize talent when I see one and @Wazobia, that guy is a talent. What a shame! Now that you let him go, please fix your meat area and the checkout area. It is so unfair for me to want to spend my hard earn money in a store and I have to wait almost an hour to get served and checked out. That is poor customer service in my book. Do something about it.

Wazobia Store is an excellent place to shop! The store is well‑organized, clean, and stocked with a wide variety of authentic African products. The staff are friendly, helpful, and always ready to assist, which makes the shopping experience smooth and enjoyable. Prices are fair, and the quality of items is consistently high. I highly recommend Wazobia Store to anyone looking for great service and authentic products.

Great initiative on the expansion. My family and I visited on its relaunch and we got free food! All four of us! The staff members wore smiles on their faces despite the harsh Houston weather. Professionalism is absolutely top-notch

If I could give zero stars I would! ALL of my food is cold; and the fact that I paid EXTRA for Turkey and Goat because I didn’t want pork or tripe, I’m soooo mad! I had to pay a la cart because the “assorted meat “ had a bunch of stuff I didn’t want and they gave me 2 and 1/2 pieces of meat… and STILL gave me the vegetable soup with the meat I didn’t want is blowing my mind!!! Then as you can see by the little canister I placed for context, that chicken with, instead of turkey!! I also requested fried rice! So disappointed!! Do better!

I always love to shop here. It's always well organized and clean. The cleanliness is why I stuck with them unlike other African store.

Wazobia Market is one of the best spots in Houston for African groceries. The place is well-organized, prices are fair, and they always have fresh items you can’t find in regular supermarkets. Staff is friendly and helpful, and the meat section is always clean. If you want real African ingredients without driving all over the city, this is the place to go.

The restaurant has been renovated and now has a cozy theme. It so pretty in the night time and a perfect date night spot. So check it out. The store is also being renovated. They are making it bigger so they can be more variety to choose from. Defenity a place you should stop by.

The supermarket was well kept, clean and organized unlike many African markets in the East Coast. There was a "hot food" section which allows customers to pick food themselves which may be a food safety concern because some food cases were left open and some items looks picked through. I was going to try the scotch egg and realized that the case that it was in was pretty cold. I went next door to the restaurant portion and they had hot scotch eggs but it had no flavor. I would only visit the market for the plentiful grocery options but not the hot food.

Wazobia, you guys are a joke. You have the audacity to charge $23.79 for a plate of rice only to get protein that's fit for a bird! The greed is unreal. The only good thing is that you guys open on Mondays.

The service is terrible and you will wait and wait and WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT EH! The food is good but not worth the demeanor and behavior of the staff. The lack proper structure and process to manage the customers

I love eating Nigerian food. The Jollof Rice is by far the best rice I've ever tasted. The rice is full of flavor with just the rice spice. The Red Stew is so good and definitely a favorite of mines. The restaurant is very small but cute. They have a small sit down area as well. The customer service is good as well.

The food is good . The public relationship of the restaurant staff is excellent. Deliverance is on time too.

Thieves! Thieves! Thieves! They weighed my meat in the box and tried to charge me for the weight of the box and plastic that the meat comes in. They minced my oxtail and refused to replace it. HENRY is a crooked and is not customer service oriented. DO NOT SHOP HERE!

Best place to get a essence of Africa! And the food is good in fact I'm going now. It's also a market so u can buy your African groceries here like red palm oil and digestive biscuits hahaha

This is an African food market that is adjourned to a restaurant selling food to dine in or take out. Most take out. I came here because a coworker was kind enough to share his plantain chips with me and I was instantly addicted! The taste is so much like delicious fried sweet plantain. He also told me they have good pepper soup which is so simple but my favorite Nigerian dish that I came across since I have so many Nigerian friends. The goat meat pepper soup is spicy and delicious. It's simple comfort food to me. I will be here often. Especially to get the soup through the colder months. The market part of the establishment sells dry goods, fresh produce that is a staple in Nigerian cuisine, frozen food stuffs, beverages, and calling cards. Pretty popular place. I like it!!!

I live near this location and have visited multiple times. I gave them numerous chances they are just too inconsistent. I watched the server intentionally select the pictured beef meat. There was no meat on the steamtable and she went to get more and returned with this burnt mess! Sometimes the food is overcooked, burnt and sometimes it's good and fresh. They are too inconsistent for me!

Exceptional service from beginning to the end! My Darling MIL had a taste for meat pie and wanted to get some for the travel back home and when we walked in we were greeted with smiling faces and generosity. The meat pie took a while but the employees wanted for us to be satisfied, which to me was pretty damn awesome in my book... The fish roll, Fish pie, and meat pie were all on point and hot right out the oven YESSSS! Felt like a winner! If you are ever in the area and have a taste for Nigerian snacks try this spot! I don't mind traveling from the north side for their food! #NigeriaFoodforthewin

This food was so disgusting. The jollof rice tasted burnt and had no flavor and the oha soup was thick and bland there was only 1 piece of chicken, cow tongue, and tripe. I am a cook and know how to cook jollof rice and have been to Lagos so I know what it's supposed to taste like. When I asked for a refund they told me they don't allow refunds. By law they must have a sign that says NO REFUNDS but they didn't so I WILL NEVER come back here.

Better than expected. Had heard about this place from a coworker. I looked their website up and was surprised the kitchen offers online ordering. I placed my order and received an immediate text then a follow-up confirmation call. Very pleased at how tech savvy they are. Ease of ordering was great, customer service was good. SO on to the food.... When picking up an online order, GO TO THE KITCHEN NEXT DOOR, not the grocery market. Even though the grocery market has a snack bar area, that is not where you pick up your food. If I hadn't asked, I would have continued standing around for nothing but the market snack bar had: small jollof rice plates packaged in an aluminum container with plastic lid, scotch eggs, some meat pies and I think I remember seeing sausage rolls. All self serve. I picked up some scotch eggs which were good. I disliked the separation and thin coating of the sausage/breading because I could see the egg showing in certain places. But it still tasted good. The market is sparse like some other reviewers had mentioned. I only needed Maggi and the cashier was kind enough to literally RUN and grab it for me because I had asked where could I find it since I missed it when I perused through the shelves. That was so kind! I think they had a bakery to the right (wasn't paying attention) as soon as you walk in, about three aisles of grocery store items, a small fresh meat deli/butcher section. On to the food for real... I ordered a ton of food because I am impatient and my schedule doesn't allow me to drive to this location as often as I'd like. So I ordered the jollof rice plate with extra goat meat and shaki (the jollof rice plate is just the jollof so "extra" meat means adding to the rice not that they provide goat meat and shaki initially if that makes sense), meat pie (meat was too soft and the pie was too thick for my liking), chicken pie (chicken was spicy which was surprisingly good and shredded for some reason I thought it would be minced, but the chicken was dry, would have enjoyed this more if there was a dipping sauce or something), catfish pepper soup (FYI is available after 3PM), goat pepper soup and beef/sausage rolls. My favorite was the beef/sausage rolls! It is advertised on their website as a beef roll but it definitely tastes like sausage and in the description it said sausage. It is long, the crust is perfect, and I'm so glad i ordered a lot of these because I can freeze them and bring them out later. They packaged all my items WELL, nothing spilled over or made a mess when I got home and unpacked. Even with an online order, you still have to wait in line. The line can be long and if a customer is indecisive or has a big order, yep you still have to wait. I also didn't like how customers had already placed their order/been attended to but were milling about in front of the counter as if they were waiting to be served which made it confusing if they were in line or had already been serviced but waiting for their food. I'd support the restaurant/kitchen again.

I have tried a lot of different things in the kitchen. Although I have only been to the one on beechnut. The one thing I love from them is the most disappointing thing, the catfish stew with just one fish for $11, the stew is good and tasty with awesome spicy kick . The egusi is ok but no one want muscle everytime come up with a better meat combination. The efo has no taste to me so is the meat pie, fish pie is good and the beef roll is also good, scotch egg is good, stew is good but their designer stew needs work. Why would anyone pay $14.99 for nkwobi in a small bowl when i can go down the street and get a bigger bowl for 10.99. Fried fish,turkey, chicken and grilled chicken are good but no seasoning. Pepper goatmeat is good but too many bones and not enough meat. Pepper meat is good. Tried the jollof rice and it was blend, goatmeat pepper is ok, catfish pepper has one fish.

Love this market! I will always make a point to visit when I'm in town. Missing the fried rice already.

The absolute, hands-down, worst service ever!! My husband called in an order, having been on the phone for greater than 10 minutes, for me to get there for pickup and be told an order was never placed. I offered the young lady attending me to speak with him via phone and was met with an impatient attitude as if she were not being paid to be there. What I find simply amazing is the fact that if a white patron came in they would likely roll out the red carpet, yet they treat their loyal customers like trash. Well, guess what, that one visit a year from a white patron cannot pay your bills! Never again will I patronize this business, as this is the second time I have been met with such disrespect, disorganization, and rudeness!! By the way, I get home to find one of the plantains we ordered already had a bite in it, see picture below. Neither I, nor our daughter, opened any of the containers before getting home.

I pop into Wazobia for ready-to-eat food and snacks. Their jollof rice was incredible until today. I don't know what happened, but this is not the rice I can't wait to rush home and devour. For this jollof rice, I can wait for a tasty one.

I am impressed with the growth this business has seen. It has cleaned up its act, figuratively and literally, and the customer service is really good. The store and restaurant are much cleaner than they used to be and you can tell they've done a lot of work to improve their processes (e.g., online catering). Please keep it up and continue to improve the store, your products, customer service, etc. I ordered some catering for the week online and it was ready the next day with consistent communication via text message to let me know the status of my order. The servers in the restaurant were very helpful and friendly. Thanks!

The best African Markets in Houston. Their food and service is consistent, the employees always greet with a smiling face. Kudos to the owner for raising the quality standard in the Diaspora food industry and really reaching out to the community. Get the food next door, it's all delicious and freshly made. I will keep coming back!

The kitchen staff need to manage their time well. They need to make sure that they meet up with the pick up time. I almost rejected the food I ordered due to poor time managemen.

Well organized compared to some other Africa stores . Staffs are always willing and available to help . You always get to see someone around to ask for help .

Very neat and affordable market. Though it's really far from where I stay, it was worth the drive. The meals are fresh and very tasty.

Love this place! You can get ginormous and yummy Puff Puff for $0.50, the meat pies are large and delicious--$1.50, and the amazing Jollof Rice meals come with your choice of fish or chicken all for $4.50! I'm so happy I found this place!

5/5. Drove 35 minutes for my craving for Egusi, and they did not fail me. Walked right in, and was greeted with a smile and a lovely aroma of delicious food. I ordered goat egusi, and got fufu (they also have amala, eba and other choices). I got my food to go, and was happy to find that when I got home from another 35 minute drive, and my egusi was still piping hot, and my fufu still steaming and fresh. Would 10/10 recommend this location if you're craving delicious Nigerian food.

Goat meat Pepper soup was absolutely delicioussss. Egusi was just ok it wasn't bad but it definitely wasn't too good and the meat was seriously lacking I asked for assorted meat and got one piece of stockfish, 1 piece of beef and a tiny piece of tendon. It was just ok but the lack of meat made me almost feel cheated , I'll go back for the goat meat pepper soup bcz it was so so so good! Never even knew such a place existed in fort bend.

I prefer Southwest farmers market but this will do. They don't have as much options but again this will do

Really glad I tried it out, unfortunately my taste buds did not agree with the savor. A delicacy for African tribes is a fish which they add to many of their dishes. Dishes that I tried tasted like old fish residue (which is how they love it) but again not for me. The waitress was really nice, however, after so many questions we had she got annoyed or bothered. She did tried to cover it up and I guess it didn't kill me seeing her expression. Will not be back.

Very rude set of workers all over. The fact is even if you are getting the food for free no one deserves that type of treatment because you will still be annoyed. Very bad customer service and rude people. Just came after years and remembered why why I stopped coming.

Excellent food and good groceries. Really good food!!!!! Shish Kebob out of this world. The best Chicken and meet pies. Really good meat rolls. Great Location.

Good customer service however, the prices are very high. Paid, $12.99 for smoked fish and found same amount of smoked fish at Fiesta for $5.00.

Love the catfish stew, it's spicy and delicious at the same time. My only problem is that you'll have to buy two plates of rice to accompany the stew but it's worth it.

This store has remained my fav for going on 2 years now. Every time my guest from out of state comes I order from the restaurant, the food delivery girl always prompt with her services. I like this place and I didn't hesitate to give it 5

I don't leave reviews often but I want people to know how exceptional the service is at this store. Whenever I go to an African market the customer service is always terrible they make me feel as if I need them more than they need my service, but Wazobia is the exception! They have a great selection of grocery stuff and their restaurant is consistently good, keep it up Wazobia!

My boyfriend brought me some jollof rice from here and it was soooooo freaking delicious I will be back!

Really decent food and service. Clean location, will return for sure