Best Nigerian Restaurants in Lagos — 2026 Rankings
Looking for the best nigerian restaurants in Lagos? We've ranked the top 18 nigerian restaurants in Lagos, Lagos State, based on Google ratings, customer reviews, photos, profile completeness, and our proprietary ranking algorithm.
Kofon E.★★★★★ — Go here very hungry to maximize your spend lol. Their portions are great, tastes really good and the environment makes up for the cash spent. Budget 20k minimum per person and it’s money well spent because I was impressed.
Kofon E.★★★★★ — Go here very hungry to maximize your spend lol. Their portions are great, tastes really good and the environment makes up for the cash spent. Budget 20k minimum per person and it’s money well spent be
Bello A.★★★★★ — I was there for the first time, and I can confidently say it is a 10/10 experience. You truly get value for your money. The manager is exceptional in terms of customer relations, and that positive attitude clearly reflects in the professionalism and conduct of the entire staff.
Bello A.★★★★★ — I was there for the first time, and I can confidently say it is a 10/10 experience. You truly get value for your money. The manager is exceptional in terms of customer relations, and that positive att
Shola B.★★★★★ — Authentic Nigerian food flavors smack in the middle of the island, decently priced a. The service is fast and cheerful. We all thoroughly enjoyed our different dishes
Samuel I.★★★★★ — Rich food. Soup was very well made. Vegetablesnwere very fresh. Drinks were very very cold. Ambience was nice with very cool environment. Music was relaxing. Nice place. Good food. Strongly recommend.
Yasmin B.★★★★★ — My sister and I got the chickendodo dish and cocktails: Sex on the beach, red passion w/ a shot of tequila. The cocktails were really good. The food was ok, would’ve liked more seasoning but the portion was perfect. Overall, service was a bit slow. We had to wait for our food for almost 1.5 hrs. Joy was an amazing server and she was the best thing that happened in this place!
Oluwa D.★★★★★ — This is my second time here in a week. The food is a hit. The ambiance is so chill with great music. And the service was great. Joy attended to us and was super attentive to me and my boys. And took great care of us. We will definitely be back. ….and one more thing we love alllll the games to entertain while we wait.
Danuta M.★★★★★ — Well let's just face it, it wasn't fine dining..price was, food was sub standard. Out of a party of 7 people, 4 were either not happy or just disappointed. Service took to long, over 1 hrs and when the food came it was either sloppy over cooked or just rushed. I had high hopes for the place, due to its fabulous menu, but the atmosphere there was also a little dead, with more staff hanging about than guests. Also there was no lift, lots of stairs and we had an elderly guest with us with mobility issues. A sad affair to be honest. Lower your prices, or change your chef please!
Danuta M.★★★★★ — Well let's just face it, it wasn't fine dining..price was, food was sub standard. Out of a party of 7 people, 4 were either not happy or just disappointed. Service took to long, over 1 hrs and when th
Sharon O★★★★★ — The BEST Nigerian restaurant that serves everything you could desire - in such high-quality approach. Authentically cooked and delicious! Since we’ve been in this country, we have eaten here at least five times, as we stayed at the Marriott in Ikeja.
Sahndrra★★★★★ — Poor service from the waiter, food tasted awful, small quantity and definitely not worth the price at all. I guess their staple meal just might be the seafood okro and banga (which is for Wednesdays and Fridays), I do not recommend anything else.
tsboi★★★★★ — Lagoon Restaurant has a beautiful waterfront ambiance that immediately stands out and creates a relaxing dining experience. The setting is perfect for a calm outing or a special meal by the water. While the fish was fresh, it lacked enough spice to truly stand out. However, the crab sauce was absolutely world-class—rich, flavorful, and perfectly paired with rice and small chops. Overall, the ambiance and standout sauces make it worth a visit, with room for improvement on the fish seasoning.
tsboi★★★★★ — Lagoon Restaurant has a beautiful waterfront ambiance that immediately stands out and creates a relaxing dining experience. The setting is perfect for a calm outing or a special meal by the water. Whi
Aanu A.★★★★★ — I heard this place was known for having some of the best amala in Lagos, so I decided to try it. Unfortunately, it was a huge disappointment and easily one of the worst I’ve had in a long time.
The food was tasteless, heavy on palm oil, and it honestly made me feel unwell afterward. Ibile used to be much better than this, so this experience was surprising.
CAB★★★★★ — The food was good, well presented, and main course portions big. Prices were hire than expected as menus for different locations seem to be posted in the photos and we were given Surulere menu. Maybe there are different menus depending what you look like. Place is a bit small and so were the pounded yam portions. Service was great but due to some of the above reasons can’t rate 5. Posting updated menu pricing photos
Ikenna O.★★★★★ — Okra soup was good, seafood was fresh. Only leaving 4 stars because the wait was ridiculous. We waited on our food over an hour and didn't even at least get our drinks while we waited.
Electrode C.★★★★★ — The good map photos are quite old, but the place looks a bit better now, always busy with long queues, but the food, of course, is great, local dishes like swallow with all types of goat meat and beef, jollof rice, fried rice, etc.
Sahndrra★★★★★ — Food was yummy, good quantity for price with ample protein as well.
Service was quite poor, staff seemed overwhelmed and there were a lot of people.
Sitting/atmosphere was decent, there were however flies biting and wasn’t enough space to accommodate everyone. The concept is however nice.
onasanya D.★★★★★ — Nice African setup bar with a good live band. A la carte meals all in a traditional style. Nice place in all.
OSÁ★★★★★ — I visited with a group of five and, after being seated, we weren’t attended to for over 45 minutes. We weren’t offered water, and despite asking to be served, it took some time before another waitress finally took our order. The food then took about an hour and a half to arrive, and some of it was lukewarm, though it did taste good.
While the restaurant is beautifully designed, the experience shouldn’t stop at the food alone. Given that it was the festive season, the few staff on duty seemed overwhelmed, and several guests came and left due to long wait times. Unfortunately, the experience wasn’t worth what we paid. I hope NOK improves and invests more in service, as it has a lot of potential.
OSÁ★★★★★ — I visited with a group of five and, after being seated, we weren’t attended to for over 45 minutes. We weren’t offered water, and despite asking to be served, it took some time before another waitress
Iniobong U.★★★★★ — The ambiance was cool, and the food great.
I went for assorted meat Okro soap and pounded yam, while my friend went for seafood okro soup and pounded yam.
And they're so big with the tax implementation, so be sure of paying 12% tax for the total of every meal you buy.
If the total of your meal is like 80k, be sure of paying an extra 12% of that total
_Yomi A.★★★★★ — The pounded yam and egusi was delicious. The native rice was the best meal for me. The chilled palm wine was perfect. Excellent service and vibe. The space is quite small though.
Udoka I.★★★★★ — Came here with my family and it was such a great decision. For starters the place is authentically igbo and as an igbo man I loved it. They serve you palmwine and had a nice live entertainment show. Now onto the food, it was sooo delicious. We ordered a bunch of different soups bitter leaf, oha, owerri, ogbono, egusi, okra and more and every one of them was amazingly delicious the uto in ofe uto was talking to me. We also ordered isi ewu and it was one of the best I've had. Other things that were ordered was snails, beef and the village rice and they're all done very very well. Now the one caveat is that the food takes a while to come out so I'd suggest ordering ahead or imploring lots of patience. However our waitress Ms Success did the best she could and was wonderful in attending to us. We were soo impressed that we ordered a ton of food again for takeaway two days later and it was still amazing. I can't wait to visit it again
Obinna N.★★★★★ — Had a great experience! Love the decoration and tradition Igbo feel. The servers were polite and the food was good. The only downside is that the food took sometime to be ready and they didn't have Ofe Akwu which we really wanted. I'll 100 percent recommend if you want to have some good traditional Igbo meal.
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Danfo Bistros & Dives is currently ranked #1 with 4.3 stars from 2741 Google reviews.
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We currently track 18 nigerian restaurants in Lagos, Lagos State.
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