Mild Afro Lounge

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   Dione

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on September 28, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   OVERALL Another example of how we've had to settle for mediocre at best. Food - ok. Atmosphere - good. Service - meh FOOD The food was mostly good for this restaurant. I ordered the Peppered Beef which was flavourful, but overcooked. My friends ordered chicken and fish, which was nice, but some items smelled awful. The menu was confusing and unnecessarily complex with separating each food group (i.e. rice, sauce, etc) instead of just creating complete meals. DECOR The relaxed lounge feel is great for a club. However, this establishment claims to be a restaurant. The low tables in the booths, made it uncomfortable to eat. There were issues with etiquette on cutlery placement. No accessibility. SERVICE The servers clearly did not understand restaurant and hospitality etiquette. Most were too busy chatting behind the bar, then understanding hospitality protocol. This restaurant failed the sniff test on decent restaurants by: > Had to wait 5 minutes for a hostess to acknowledge and seat me when I entered > Hostess/Server failed to communicate properly at onset like asking "do you have a reservation?", "table for ?"...just basic sentences to acknowledge a human being entering your establishment. > Once full party arrived, took too long to attend to table, take orders, etc > 1 hour to receive appetizer :-( > Too long to take orders (we were seated in front of bar for an hour and had to flag the servers down to notice us) > Failed to bring food genres together (brought 1 person's entree at a time, with nearly 10 minute gaps between each entree, leaving the other members without food. So the party could not eat together.) and more..... I would advise the owner and staff to take a course in hospitality and restaurant management to learn to manage and run a restaurant and provide good customer service. If they just want to cook and sell food, they should transition to take out and/or catering (drop off without service).
   

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   Ash

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 15, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I was unexpectedly impressed by the taste of the food. Most Nigerians meal are oily and salty. All the dishes ordered were neither salty nor oily. Right kind of ‘spicy’ too, not too hot 🥵 . Overall nice ambiance and good service. Polite, warm and respectful. Most restaurants in Canada (African or not ) are impersonal, you just wanna eat and get out. Here you just wanna sit some more.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Toronto

   5 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on September 7, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A time was had I’d definitely recommend this spot
   

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   suzanne

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on September 1, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great place to unwind and have fun, the food was amazing.
   

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   Folarin

   New Orleans

   3 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on August 24, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Favorite Nigerian food downtown. Great vibe and ambiance too
   

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   Vera

   Toronto

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on August 18, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Friendly staff, however, they could have been more attentive. We placed our food order first per our request then asked for the drink menu. Server never returned to inquire if we decided on a drink (which we did) to place our order. In fact server never returned to ask how our food was (Note, our server did not bring out our food). Our food request for a very spicy suya was not considered even though the server made it appear that it was possible to receive that accommodation? Food was not impressing. We got the suya platter and suya pasta and suya was bland while pasta just tasted like jar alfredo, although good, did not deliver on the fusion of the suya flavour portion of the dish. Music was extremely low for after 9pm on a Saturday. It ultimately gave snooze fest elevator music. I think this place would make a great take out spot but it lacked in person vibes, which very well could have just been that night though. Didn’t stay long enough to see the lounge transition to its party portion but unfortunately, the venue did not match the TikTok reviews so not confident that I will be returning.
   

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   Hibo

   Toronto

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on August 10, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We had a reservation for two to dine and possibly stay for drinks. After being seated, we were informed that the kitchen was out of food. We ordered drinks and decided to get a table with a bottle once the dining area cleared. Before settling our bill, we ordered two more cocktails while waiting for the club setup. At that point, we settled our bill for the cocktails—one of which hadn’t been served yet—and prepaid for the bottle. After payment, we didn’t receive our drinks, nor did we see our server. We ended up getting a drink at the bar while waiting for the bottle. At the end of the night, we stepped away from our table to use the restroom, only to return and find our bottle gone, with not even a bottle of water left for us. Meanwhile, male patrons were treated with a higher standard, with their leftover bottles being packaged to go. I will never return to an establishment that treats women in such a way.
   

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   Desiree

   Toronto

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on August 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was amazing! Service was amazing! Shoutout to Adriana our server and Chef David! Highly recommend the bread pudding as well.
   

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on July 27, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food is amazing! Very delicious authentic West African food!
   

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    SaraS

    Toronto

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on July 20, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Authentic West African/Nigerian cuisine, we enjoyed the food drinks and ambience was really nice.
    

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