Afritopia Restaurant in Southampton

I've been ordering for over two years. One of the cheapest and tastiest African restaurant in Southampton

After 3 years from my last review,I’m still here and the egusi soup from Afritopia is still my addiction. The taste and flavour are still the best!

Had some delicious African (9ja) meals, yummy jolly rice and a taste of spicy appetisers (suya & pepper soup). Afritopia is 2nd to none in Southampton, sumptuous yet affordable!

First time eating there wasn’t a bad idea , food was great n also a good customer service

Sincerely , I must say, they exceeded all my expectations.The food was absolutely delicious and the presentations was stunning. The staff were friendly, professional and attentive to the guests needs. I recommend Afritopia to all and sundry.

Afritopia food is delicious and I will always recommend to everyone, if you haven't taste there food. Kindly try ....that's my second home ❤️ 😍

Pedí comida para la entrega y se llevaron mi dinero, pero nunca entregaron la comida. Después de llamar y llamar en vano, finalmente me llamaron al día siguiente y dijeron que estaban demasiado ocupados para cumplir con mi pedido el día anterior. Me preguntaron si todavía quería la comida, pero dije que no, que me devolverían el dinero, pero nunca lo hicieron. No puedo hacer que todos contesten el teléfono e ignoran mis correos electrónicos. ¡No confíes en esta gente!

I ordered food to be delivered and paid but it never showed up. I phoned and phoned but nobody was answering. The next day, I finally got through to them and they said they were too busy to send my order the day before and asked if I wanted it then. I said no it's too late! They offered to refund the money but they never did. I keep chasing them but they never answer the phone and they ignore my emails. Don't waste your time or money. Untrustworthy.

The goat pepper soup has no tase at all ..just watered down ..vegetable soup only two pieces of small beef meat and drop of sauce that you placed when your finishing up with an desert… very unacceptable and unappealing …. Regret purchasing

late delivery time and Very little portion. This doesn't worth them money paid.

The Jollof rice was yum, we really enjoyed it, in all the variations we got them in. The white rice and ayamase stew was amazing. Not spicy and very tasty. Service was great. 10/10 recommend

Great communication from the restaurant

As a Nigerian, I’m so disappointed to have to write this review. The food is good, but never in my life have I had such poor service. Currently I’m sitting still waiting OVER AN HOUR from when my order was supposed to arrive AT THE LATEST. I’ve tried to contact the restaurant through the app & even googled their number. Nothing. Even a common courtesy call to explain or offer me a refund. Nothing. The last time I called as well because my order was late, the staff were rude and apathetic. Shame.

Food was delicious. Will definitely order again

Good meals but they hardly engage customers. Always busy inside. Poor customer service.

Waited for over 1hr 30 minutes and have to go house looking for the delivery man. Parcel wasn’t delivered to the address as planned. Have to go outside to a park somewhere away from the hotel to look for the delivery man and receive the package

Thanks for coming through for the party order. The guess were really delighted. Thanks for the after service too

No regret, on point like always

I ordered pepper soup from Afritopia and I must say it’s the best I’ve had in years 👍👍👍👍 ,the peppered turkey too just has the perfect spice and taste ,just the way I like it

I did not get my order at all and it is showing me delivered.

Amazing food!! Even rang me to say they didn’t have something I ordered and replaced it!!! Thank you so much guys ❤️❤️

The worst food lv ever ordered! THE WORST reasurant ever! l ordered okra, and instead received gravy/soup with 2 pieces of beef and a 'pinch' of something that looked green which is supposesdly to be okra, see photo. l could have cried and l was in disbeleif og how dishonest Agrotopia is! . l think it should be illegal to rob people of their hard earned money like this. If you dont have the food items just say so than send someone somethinh that they didnt order and thats not edible! The efo was a portion for a 5 year old and had sand/dirt in it. l hadnt ordered here for a few years as their food has been okay but never again. Order here at your risk or even better just toss your money in the bin. l wish l could give it a ZEROOO

The food and the service is really nice

The okra soup I ordered was not good quality. It was thin and not very tasty. The meat had a re-fried quality to it and for the price, I didn’t feel I got enough meat. The swallows are good but the soup’s disappoint.

Never got my order after waiting for more than than an hour, been calling the store number.No one is picking. So terrible

Im no happy this restaurant they always delivery late

After a two and a half hour wait and numerous attempts to speak with someone at the restaurant my food still hasn’t arrived.I would strongly advise staying well clear of this clown show.

I ordered Egusi melon soup and Garri, but Ila and iyan was delivered

Good food but finished so quick!

always great service and the goat pepper soup is lovely.

Food was not nice plantain really hard and chewy same for the fish

The pepper soup was just not good,no spice no pepper. The rice could do but then the chicken wasn’t grilled well and the chin chin was nice too.

Wasted my time and they do not seems to care that I don’t have my complete order

Food was delicious! Really enjoyed it. Shame it was a little late but definitely worth it

Afritopia restaurant charge me and my family £6 for eating in. We had come to southampton for holiday..we felt cheated as the person who served us could have told us before we order the meals. Poor customer service.

Food was great and came very early.

I have been ordering from this restaurant for the past 4 years and sometimes the food is bad that one can barely and other times it is so good so I think they don't keep the same chef..yesterday I ordered ifo riro and I will say that is the most disgusting and worst soup I've hard in my whole life..it seems the spinish was just boiled yuck🤢🤮i could barely swallow 3 times..yall need to do better and stop wasting people's money

Banging food!! Even rang them and the service was good thanks guys!!!

The worst curry in the world. It was dry pieces of goat on top of jollof rice. There was no curry sauce included. It was possibly boiled drained pieces of goat with rice. There was no trace of curry, but some spices were used. Plantains nice but greasy.

Food was excellent as always and their delivery drivers are also always really nice.

10/10 Egusi, portions are great and drinks always delivered cold

I did not receive all orders made from Afritopia and I am really dissatisfied with their delivery

The whole order tasted completely different from the first time I ordered (I ordered exact same thing), like the food was cooked by totally different cooks. The first time was amazing though

Absolutely lovely and rich taste

Ordered about 2hrs before the proposed delivery time. Food came 50minutea late. Calling the restaurant for update was a waste of time because all I got was an automated response that was not helpful at all . No reasonable update until the food was finally at the door.

waiting so long for their delivery still haven't received it, no call, no text such a joke.

Being away from home and here at uni in southampton has been difficult, every single time i miss my mums cooking i eat food from afritopia and feel x10000 better! the best food ever❤️

I've always enjoyed their Jollof but since the beginning of 2023, their food quality has gone down, and the chicken taste like a leftover.

Yet to receive my meal but it shows delivered

Very horrible experience, food came very late and taste very bad !

The moimoi and chicken are not nice

The beef stew was more like half a container of thick tomato soup, with 4 pieces of really dry, tough and over cooked beef. Doesn't taste like the beef was cooked in the 'soup' but added as an after thought according to orders making it extra dry and really tough! The size and contents were not worth the price. Would not recommend!!

Never tried goat, but would again after trying it here.

To be honest, I wasn’t sure if this place was open for business or not! I came in, sat down for 30 minutes and then left. In that time there was a couple who were waiting for a takeaway order and another couple sat in the table in front of me. For 30 whole minutes there was no sign of life from the restaurant. No one took any orders, no one came out to give me a menu, nothing! The restaurant itself is located in the grubbiest part of town sandwiched among other grubby eateries and nothing enticing about it. Shame, as this being the only Nigerian restaurant for miles, they should be totally capitalising on the monopoly. I wish the owners good luck in this venture but I won’t be returning.

Amazing food again guys!!!!! ❤️

Amazing food like always thanks guys ❤️

Banging food literally never have nothing bad to say!! Thanks guys ❤️

On time but took an hour n half

Delivery could have been better, could give a more polite service

Amazing food only place I come too!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Meal was delivered very very late.

Small food portion. Not worth it for the price. I often order from them but i notice the food portion is not the same. It gets even smaller. Also the goat curry is mostly only bones. Food is just okay nothing special on it. Not satisfied.

Goat was fantastic, the spaghetti and meatballs wasn’t worth the money, we will still order from here again but something else

Fantastic! First time eating Assorted meat stew.... Wow.. just Wow... Cooked to perfection.... Loved it... And the Jollof rice... beautiful.. paired with beef and fried plantains...Very nice

Ordered wine at £4 a bottle and was given a bottle of juice instead

The food that I got wasn’t what I expected. Only the meat pie was good.

Great food and great service! Thanks guys 😁

Looking forward to ordering more Jollof rice soon, absolutely lovely and washed down with palm wine. Delivery polite and friendly.

Always great food. Always service with a smile.

The plantain was so mashed up and full of oil

Worst food ever Ordered egusi soup with pounded yam everything was made in the microwave, 2 pieces small of meat that’s it and don’t even know how old the food actually is. Customer was sat down when he received his food he said ( wow it’s steaming hot I just saw it coming out of the microwave in a box. They make portions and heat them in the microwave when someone orders it. NOTHING FRESH NOT RECOMMENDED DISGUSTING FOOD FOR SECOND TIME!!!!

The food is not nice and one got spilled

Delicious! Friendly delivery and yummy food.

Pepper soup was a complete disaster. Egusi soup doesn’t have the African touch.

Lovely lad, called ahead to tell me one of my dishes came with rice and I didn't need to have ordered an extra rice and exchanged it for some chicken for me. Dish was good too

I had to call the restaurant before it was delivered

Amazing food thanks guys!!! Delivery driver always got a smile 🖤

The portion was a lot smaller than what I am used to from the restaurant

Twas a nice place. Had nice nigerian food menu with great taste

I ordered some different types of soup and jollof rice and it was the worst African food I have ever tasted, the rice was like porridge so over cooked and not fresh. The soups was tasteless i have to through the all the food😮‍💨

I thought giving this restaurant a second chance will improve my ratings. This is the worst Africa restaurant. They cook rice and stored in the freezer and just warm up for customers. The chicken was spoilt and you could see the smell from a far. I was served food with no cutlery and serviettes. The food qas so bad, you cannot taste it. The food hygiene I reckon would be appalling. They reied to force me to buy chinchin because buns was not available. What's the point t of giving meat from stew when you clearly requested fried rice. Very poor restaurant.

Pleasant experience. The delivery man was smart and courteous.

It was delivered on time and hot, quick is good

Amazing food again guy!!! Delivery guy is always happy and polite 🖤

I did not receive one of the items I ordered

I didn't even receive the order and they also made me wait 1 hr 30 just to not receive the food

Amazing once again guys thanks you 🖤🖤

I am yet to taste the food, visited on a Sunday and it was closed

Very good food delivery on time.

I have been ordering food here for a couple of years and never had a problem... but the past two times I have been in I've not been entirely happy, I wasn't going to order again but I thought be fair and give it another go so tonight I did.... I clearly stated that my food last time was not up to scratch, curry goat was full of bones and fat no meat!!! and again tonight it's worse than last time 😩 I've got 3 chunks of meat out of the whole meal and they are dry and hard to chew, the rest of it is bones and fat!! only thing edible is the rice and to be fair £8 for just rice is not on, I'm pregnant and need my food jallof rice isn't gonna cut it... I'm sorry afritopa but I got to be honest .. I've attached pictures just so you can see for yourself.

Very authentic and fresh tasting west african food. Very good value for money compared to many restaurants we've been too/ ordered from. I can definitely recommend the chicken Jollof, efo (spicey spinach in tomato stew sauce) and the plantain. Restaurants like this can help west African food become a more mainstream cuisine!

Have been trying to support local African businesses within my community for a while now but 7/10 times I’ve ordered from this restaurant, I’ve been left with disappointment. If you want to guarantee that your food will be late, uneven portion ration, inconsistent communication + bad customer service...this place will surely give you that. So today I placed my order at 4:00pm which is when their delivery service supposedly starts on the website meaning my order would likely have been one of the first ones received. After 1.5 hours I kept having to call the restaurant to check on my order as I had to leave for work shortly. The waitress who took the call informed me she would call me back in “2 minutes” for update from driver. 25 minutes later I yet again had to call them back because the waitress didn’t even have the courtesy to keep me updated. Anyway the only thing she could tell me was “the driver is on the way” but couldn’t tell me how far away he might be, which wasn’t helpful at all. 2.5 hours later the driver called me telling me he’s outside, by which point I had already left for work. He then tried to get emotional sympathy from me with a bogus story about the original driver who had been assigned for the trip having been taken to A&E blah blah blah. I say this because this is not the first time I’ve had this type of experience with this restaurant and have been given poor excuses, at times they are even so rude and give you attitude as if you’re not the one paying to help keep their business afloat! The food is averagely edible (though their stingy meat portions could improve). The main thing that lets them down is the poor service though. Another disappointed customer, yet again. Doesn’t seem like they take pride in their reputation at all if you look at recent similar reviews. From the few African restaurants in Southampton, this sadly isn’t one of the good ones.

Literally the best place ever!!! Thank you so much guys food was amazing again 💯🖤

Food was tasty, but they could do better with the amount of meat, how do I pay extra for meat but get only one extra extra piece.

Food arrived early and was hot. I was excited but unfortunately the moi-moi tasted like soaked garri, the rice was microwaved and rubbery and the ayamase hand no flavour. The ayamase was very disappointing.

My first time going here and the foood was amazing, very friendly guy I met, ordered and went to pick up...my husband loved it, had jellof rice, curry goat, and some more things, just what i needed 😋

I ordered a takeaway at the very end of the UK's third pandemic lockdown (May 2021) and the food was spotlessly clean, well presented (if simple), piping hot and tasted really good. I would urge some caution with the menu since it is very obviously southern Nigerian (at a push "West African") which is quite distinct from many other parts of Africa (for example Ethiopian, Angolan, Kenyan cuisine - to name a few). My only minor issues were that the Jollof rice was a little over-cooked. The service is well intentioned too - as in within a couple of minutes of my placing my order (via just-eat website) and the chef phoned me up to inform me one of side dishes i had ordered was not available. All in all it was a really interesting experience with a very different (Nigerian/West African) cuisine - with different flavours and tastes, if simple. The dough balls were really good as was the fufu and pounded-cassava

Sensational as per usual ❤️. Perfect portions. Tasty. Great value too. I would add though, maybe adding gizdodo to the menu would be a great addition 👀?

That was just bad... I ordered pounded jam, they called me and said I had to have it with soup, you don’t, so I added soup too, when it arrived there was no soup or the yam! I ate curry goat which was all fat For me I will not order again.

The guy that delivered the meal was really friendly. The food is great.