Terrible experience

On our last night on vacation in London, we wanted to taste some food from our old home and tried mama Calabar.

The starter took more than 35 minutes to arrive, and there were only 3 tables of customers. We finished the starter.. and then sat patiently waiting and waiting.. and waiting. 45 minutes later (We had been at the table for more than 1 1/2 hours), I finally told the waiter to put our food in a bag. Our baby son was getting tired, as we did not plan to stay there this long. When they finally brought the food, they said it had been ready for a while but they were waiting for us to tell them bring it.. Me and my wife lived in West Africa for years, and we have travelled all over eating in various restaurants in the world.. never have I seen this, without first being told that is the procedure.

When we finally got our doggy bag back to the Stansted airport hotel after 10pm and a long drive, one of the dishes was not what we ordered.

On the plus side, the food was tasty and authentic, and it was quite easy to find by car. Overall, extremely disappointed, as we had been looking forward to this on our vacation, because my wife is African and had not eaten authentic African cuisine in nearly a year.