Name: 805 Restaurant and Lounge
Location: 93 Amino Kano Crescent, Abuja Nigeria
Type: Restaurant and Bar/ Nigerian cuisine and light continental
Phone: 07098741389
Hours: Closed Sundays
Price Range: Average dish is about N2500
Personal Experience:
I've only been to 805 three times and once was for take-out so I have only dined in twice. I must admit i was lured here because I was told that they serve free puff-puff while you wait for your food and I am a big time sucker for puff-puff (free puff-puff!!!). Sadly to say, I have only received puff-puff once :( They have been conveniently out the last two times I was there.
The ambiance is quite nice, they have a lot of space and seem quite busy most especially during lunch hours. However, they are never short staffed (to my knowledge anyways) so I've never had to wait too long for my food. The first time i was there I ordered pounded yam and white soup with fresh fish (Yummy!), my friend I went with had jollof rice, with eforiro (vegetable soup) and assorted meat. Everything was absolutely delicious and I washed down my meal with freshly squeezed, or is it blended pineapple juice.
The last time I dined there, I decided to order jumbo prawns with fried rice only because I discovered that their pounded yam was infact. . . . poundo (the flour mix) and not actually real yam boiled and pounded with pestle and mortar. My friend ordered the jollof rice with eforiro again and it was nice but was not as great as it was the first time, and in my opinion the portions were a bit smaller or maybe I just thought that because there was no free puff-puff to fill in the gaps within my tummy. This time I washed down my lunch with an African Queen cocktail which was nice and sweet but that glass sure was tiny.
Favorites: Their soups are always freshly made and has not been sitting outside for hours.
Least Favorite Thing: THE FREE PUFF PUFF IS NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT! Also they don't open on Sundays and their cocktails could be a bit bigger and I wish they served real pounded yam.
My Verdict: I like it, I would go again hopefully the next time I go there they will satisfy my puff-puff cravings.
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