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“As a restaurant known for its vast eclectic cuisine and
one of the few old restaurants still standing tall within the
metropolis of Abuja, my expectations were really high. As we
pulled in, we were greeted by the security men who opened
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our car doors with warm smiles among other unanticipated
pleasant gestures.
Our host gave an assuring smile and assured us it would
take just 15 minutes for our order to be ready and gracefully
begged to be excused. This warmed our hearts; in this
country where customer service is a struggle, this restaurant
just bought us over. Little did we know that the best was yet
to come as exactly 12 minutes later, she returned with our
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This place really
impressed Reviewer Aliyu
Gidado in every way.
Here’s what he has to say.
food and took 2 minutes to get the table set. The pounded
yam was soft and just right. As for the soup, hmmm, words are
not enough to explain.
I could still taste the freshness of the soup and I didn’t
have to struggle with the meat as it was well seasoned
and cooked. I tried in my usual mischief to play the devil’s
advocate by attempting to find fault but honestly found none
– these guys seemed to have it all covered; from taste, to
staffing, to hygiene, to management, you name it! The level
of professionalism displayed is quite remarkable and it
explained the spread of this noble restaurant to Ghana and
even London where it has played host to Hollywood actress,
Gabrielle Union.”
“My friend and I took out time to admire the
serenity and pulchritude of the ambience which
had a purely British setting, engulfing us with
the illusion of Buckingham Palace. Our orders
were executed in time and the sight of it made us
salivate. It did not take long before we began to dig
into the appealing delectable beauties.
Lest I forget, I have had strawberries countless
times in the city but none of them had tasted as
good and sweet as the ones we had here. These ones
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were devoid of the usual sour taste. I recommend
THE QUARTER CAFE
Reviewer Aliyu Gidado had a
quarter back hangout with his
guys here and they had a swell
time that he sums up as follows.
this place to those who enjoy having a quiet time
to either work or read a book and it’s a good venue
to have a book club meetings and poetic gathering.”