805 Restaurant in Southwark

Cuisine: African

Where is 805 Restaurant?

🏠 Bowness House, 805 Old Kent Rd, London SE15 1NX


Large contemporary restaurant in light and airy setting for Modern Nigerian and West African dishes.

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Opinions

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Service was ok,food well presented, a bit disappointed with quality of fried fish very dry ,egusi was very watery,had a guest with fish allergy we explained it clearly to the waitress but there still got it wrong.Guest had to wait for another plated to be prepared with the others where eating, not a good dinning experience.

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Inauthentic Nigerian cuisine. Imagine if Lidl did West African cuisine and you're not far off!Very disappointing food which lack of flavour. My meal wasn't freshly cooked, rather it was taken from the cold buffet which is served to customers throughout the day. Overpriced for the poor quality of the food.The decor is decent so imagine it would be better for drinks only...

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We ordered Beef Suya, prawns in filo pastry, pepper fish soup as starter. Mains- eforiro with pounded yam, ogbono with pounded yam and Monika fried fish with jollof. The place was manic took 45mins to get our bill. But I can’t blame the waiter as they were running around trying their best. Good portion control and food was yummy. Only let down is the wait time.

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Firstly, this food. Yummyyyy. I was honestly impressed by the flavour and authenticity. However, the service is something to be desperately improved on. Staff were spread thin, forgetful and not as knowledgeable as you would like your waiter/waitress to be. We also ordered plain stew for a vegetarian friend of mine, she never did receive it and when we pointed this out, the staff offered “it’s just so busy” as a reason. If the customer service was better, I would have given this place 5 stars.

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Service has definitely improved from the way it was some years back. Staff are more polite and attentive. Food was great and prices are not too bad. Venue is nice and clean. Nice Nigerian spot.

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Good food!!! Very impressed with the service too. Authentic Nigerian food right there!

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Authentic food, I had tried this type of cuisine during the first time and have no regrets, the staff are friendly and hospitable. The menus need a bit of cleaning but apart from that, a great experience

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Delicious fish, the nkwobi is so good and the peppersoup was tasty. Spicy , yes but not unbearably spicy.

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Environment and atmosphere could be better, lack of tables making the waiting time longer they also force you to sit where you don't want to be seated. The lights were deemed during people eating their food. You get multiple people serving you so you lose track of you've ordered and they keep coming back to ask you what you've ordered, could prefer one person to serve me throughout my stay in the restaurant please. I ordered pina colada, it was tasteless with no alcohol or pineapple in it, just bland of coconut milk with a punch of sugar not cool at all. Monka find was tasty but had sand in it, the plantain was nice but too oily. The waiters were very nice with friendly and welcoming. Would I go there again? Yes but this time I will try something different.

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First time visiting here and my first time experiencing an African restaurant. I did enjoy the food but they did forget about my main so I had to chase for it. I didn’t get to eat with my partner because by the time my dish arrived he’s would have been cold so I made him eat ahead. Service wasn’t too bad but felt the atmosphere could have been better. The restaurant was busy but it didn’t feel cosy however this could have been due to Covid changes.

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If you have any questions, you can contact 805 Restaurant by calling 020 7639 0808.
In 805 Restaurant they specialise in african cuisine.
1.485 customers of 805 Restaurant have given it an average rating of 3,8.