The JAF (cafe, restaurant and bar)

4.3(105 Google reviews)

Open Sundays

Sources and dates

Listing source: Google Places; record fetched 3 October 2026.
5 Google rating/review records held, 5 with written text; newest published 9 March 2025.
Review records fetched 25 May 2026.
Stored review analysis updated 29 May 2026.
Ranking computed 3 October 2026.

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What our review analysis found

Firewood jollof rice and croissant praised, but some dishes like platter underwhelming.

excellent service
great ambience
firewood jollof rice
good wine
sugary frappuccino
mid platter

Stored review sentiment: Strongly positive.

Analysis updated 29 May 2026. This summarises Google review text, not a recent visit or confirmation of services. The excerpts below may differ from the reviews used for that analysis.

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Why this is ranked #37 in Restaurants in Ibadan

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Composite score 66.5 of 100

Google rating83
Review volume68
Review recency21
Profile completeness67
Review sentiment93
Verification0

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About

The JAF (cafe, restaurant and bar) is one of the restaurants in Ibadan, located at The JAF, 47 Awolowo Ave, Mokola Hill, Ibadan 200285, Oyo, Nigeria. Its recorded Google rating is 4.3 stars from 105 reviews.

On Google, The JAF (cafe, restaurant and bar) is listed under Bakery, Cafe, Restaurant.

Google ratings and review excerpts

Uduak E.1 year ago
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some of the food was great, some just mid. The snapper fish was amazing but their platter was very underwhelming.
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Tomi P.2 years ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
This place was awesome. The food was really good. I got the Habor and it was so good and my friend got the Carat which was also really good. We got the matrix as desert and 2 bottles of wine. The first wine was a dry but tasty red called Chateau Les Religieuses Saint-Emilion…
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Bimbo A.2 years ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ambiance is decent and peaceful. Choice of music perfect for the evening. The food is a 10/10. Isaac is great a the job.Competent and Professional. Will be back again.
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Oluwatosin E.3 years ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the best thing that has happened to Ibadan so far. Nice location, lovely ambience, the kindest and well trained staffs. I had the tastiest firewood jollof rice, softest croissant and creamiest Frappuccino. But they need to cut down on the sugar in the Frappuccino and on…
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Tolu K.3 years ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
I had a lovely time at Jaf cafe and restaurant. The environment is neat, beautiful and serene. The service was excellent, the staff were courteous and willing to help. Reservations have to be made in advance, the food came within the stipulated time frame we were given, which was…
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