Divine African & Caribbean Restaurant in Birmingham

I loved what I ordered highly recommended

Oxtail was the worst I’ve ever had. There weren’t any actual proper sized pieces of oxtail in that box, the stew was terrible as well. Absolutely the worst oxtail I’ve ever bought. The Jollof was not spicy or properly flavoured, again, the worst I’ve ever purchased and tasted. I will never order from here again. I wish I could get my money back

Food is amazing, but portions are a bit small for the price. And now I need to get to the 100 character minimum, even though I've said all I need.

Absolutely vile food. Didn't eat nothing of it. Apart from trying it. Over £50 worth of food straight into the bin

It was delivered 5 minutes late due to unforeseen circumstances. The quality of the food however, was top notch and really delicious. I would surely order again

Just rubbish and expensive. I don't need my money back, but I gotta say the truth. Absolute rubbish

The food hasn't turned up although the web page is telling me it has been delivered. And I can't contact the restaraunt because the telephone number is not connecting. And now I find I can't even contact Just Eat in real time. I have paid for a meal that hasn't been delivered.

Delicious meals. Nice friendly relationship. Meals are on time. Good value for money. Belvie

Sorry I would not eat here at all. There's no hygiene certificate up, I don't think it's even a restaurant licensed with the local authority cos its got vlothes in the window. Grubby, smelly and just horrible. Nice lady who runs it, but far below expected standards. No idea if food is OK we ordered cos Id forward paid, but we didn't eat it.

I'm a nigerian also and this will go down in my personal history book as the worst jollof, fried rice, puff and and dumpling was terrible and plantain. On top of that the owner tried to charge me £2 extra for delivery. That is not professional. She did try and take cinstrycyuve feedback but I will need a refund

Food is good but way to expensive delivery and it take too long to deliver.

Not at all what I hoped for. Had to pay extra for delivery after already paying on the app. The food was super salty also

Driver sat in his car instead of coming to the door and the food was poor in taste the drink bottles were dusty and sticky , would not be ordering for here again

Probably the best meat pie and suya I have ever had.

Probably won’t be ordering here again

Simply the best in place to eat African and Caribbean meal in Birmingham

27.07.2022 Lovely home cooked meal. Very warm and hospitable. Would deffently visit again. Authentic Nigerian/Caribbean food. A jewl in Birmingham. The chef is a jewl. Really enjoyed the experience thank you. From Noel (SHEFFIELD)

Decided to try out this place over the other place I go to to see how it compares. This was a great choice. The lady who works there is so lovely, she has a beaming smile while serving her customers! I tried the African food, I have yet to try the Carribbean. I ordered, Banga soup and Egusi soup with Semolina Fufu and Jollof rice. All tasted so good though Banga will always have that spot in my heart. My son loved it too as always. It could have had a little more spicy kick to it, though I'm a spice lover so that's just my personal taste talking. I would definitely come back again. I'll try the Oxtail next time. Thank you.

First time when I try African food … I was expecting to be more tasty Wasn’t bad .. wasn’t wow Now that I tried I will stick to my food

I can’t even give any star…waited for trash.30 pounds down d drain.

The portion is very small. Is m not pleased as there’s hardly anything to eat.

Food was beautiful .. no complaints

The customer service was great. The lady was really lovely. When I spoke to the lay I let her know the food was nice because I had only tasted the plantain. The fish was not seasoned and it had too much onion , the maize meal was not properly cooked , the suya tastes odd and tasted weird , the egusi soup was not very nice. The restaurant has potential but they have to pay attention to the flavour. The last time I ordered it was nice but not sure what happened this time.

My food arrived after 2hours and 15mins driver didnt even apologies. Jollof and poumded yam portions were so small. Other restaurants offer double the siz

The food might be good but the driver refused to leave the car and did not pick up multiple calls and hanged up instead, when called the restaurant cause have not even seen where the driver was to ask how come he cannot come to the door I got an answer "its our normal way you have to come out" despite explaining to the woman i have a 3 month old baby on my hand they insisted he could not come to the door and i had to come out let me highlight its well past 9pm at night and was at home alone with baby. Absolutely disgusting service

The manager went over and beyond to get the food delivered and I appreciate that

Food was awful, driver was a bit dumb and refused to get outve the car meaning I had to put my shoes on and leave the house to get it…

I don’t understand why this place has bad reviews because the food tasted amazing ! I bought african food and I enjoyed it . The potions are a bit small to be honest . But the taste was great , the customer services was great . I will definitely be ordering again 😍! Thank you

If you’re looking for quality Caribbean food, this ain’t it! The lady called us and told us she didn’t have certain foods left and gave us other options, we chose and the food that came was different even from the 2nd choices we made! It came 2 hours late, it was hard and cold, the rice was very very cheap. Stew chicken was watery. Patties were hard, dry and burnt. They didn’t deliver to us, they sent the food in a taxi and then made us go to the taxi to collect the food.

The food was 2 hours late, the food was completely different to what we ordered, they just gave us what they wanted to get rid of and not what we ordered. The food was very cold and hard and cheap and burnt! The delivery was done by taxi and they made us go out and get the food from the taxi, who was parked at the wrong address!

On time as usual My favourite restaurant

Lovely food and great communication from restaurant. Very much home away from home. Food was actually ready on time but delivery was late to pick up and deliver. Overall, great experience, thanks.

Real, cooked, flavoursome food. Will order again.

I got 3 okra instead of 2 okra + 1 ogbono

The food was very delicious. Will be ordering again.

The food tastes really good but kept me waiting for one hour plus

The food tastes really good but kept me waiting for one hour plus

The wait for the food was a joke. I called multi told times to se when the food will be coming and each time it was a “it’s on the way” I live 12mins drive away from Divine, yet the food came 45mins late. Food was honestly terrible. The only edible thing was the plantain. Okra was disgusting. Jollof rice tasted like it had been frozen prior and was defrosted in the microwave with added water. It wasn’t flavourful at all (and I’m not taking about the spice level). On the bright side I was given a partial refund, which really should’ve been a full refund seeing as I had spent over £40 for such rubbish as well as the ridiculous wait time.

Unfortunately most of my food had spoilt over in the bag but what was left was very delicious

Unfortunately most of my food had spoilt over in the bag but what was left was very delicious

It was excellent food! Will definitely order again.

It was excellent food! Will definitely order again.

Great authentic food restaurant. We had Red African stew and mixed meat Caribbean curry - both delicious. Thank you for lovely food and wonderful service.

Thanks ever so much. The food was delicious. I enjoyed it. Service was also excellent. I can't wait to buy some more food from your restaurant. We'll done!

The food has given me a running stomach all day.

The food was late but that's how African cooking be, it was worth the wait it was delicious.

Food is Top notch... Became nostalgic bought a few stuff.. everything was delicious.. I wasn't impressed with the Delivery Driver tho...the guy almost meessed up my anticipation. The guy is not a good face for this exquisite cuisine..

I won’t recommend. Spent almost £50 and the food were horrible, the pepper soup and stew was bitter, the jollof rice and fried rice was off, probably been in the freezer for a while before they warmed them. The only decent thing I could manage to eat was the moi moi, everything also I had to go in the bin because no one in the will touch it.

The chicken had no flavour but the taste of oil and the jollof rice also lacked a lot of flavour. From that and the Egusi that we ordered, the pounded yam was the only thing that was of great quality.

Food portions are too small, but the quality is excellent

Very amazing food and amazing staff favourite restaurant

Service was good. Pounded yam and egusi was a generous portion and very nice. Jollof rice was a bit bland. Moi moi pale but a nice texture and taste. Yam pottage was a good combination of yam pieces and pottage. Minimum order could be lower, particular at this time. However a good variety and reasonable pricing.

DONT ORDER FROM HERE! Ordered £40 worth of Carribbean food and had to throw it in the bin! Cold and not edible and when I phoned to let them know they forgot items the lady was rude! Waste of money!

The restaurant owner was completely unprofessional. The food was really late.

The tiliapia was quite dry and the chicken wings have no flavour.

Very nice food and extremely kind personnel. Do recommend!

I loved it here! The authenticity was great! Also the food was lovely and the owner was very attentive. And she does everything herself which is very impressive. I would recommend!

Bought a Groupon Voucher & visited this restaurant with an open mind thinking it couldn't be that bad. I could not believe what I entered into when I got there. The dining area was as though I had stepped back 50 years!!!!! Decor was dark and dreary and the TV was so loud, I couldn't hear myself think. As for the food.......I can only say, it is by far my worst experience in ANY restaurant I have been to. .... EVER.......Best not to advertise Carribbean food ...is the only advice I can give..... I had oxtail, rice and peas which is usually my favourite Carribbean dish. It was heated from frozen and tasteless. Not good at all. There was no ambierce just a feeling of depression and anxiety. I almost ran out before food was swrved but thought "let me remain professional and stick it out". Maybe good for someone who wants a good old fashioned Nigerian experience but certainly not for me.... so sorry, I gave one star but really didn't deserve any. The lady who served us was lovely and well meaning so one star for her!!!!

Amazing, tasteful, 'home-cooked' level food. Made me really miss Nigeria.

ordenó comida de este restaurante a las 13:00; 16:32 y la comida todavía no ha llegado. No malgastes tu dinero ordenando desde este lugar! a menos que quieras morir hasta la muerte.

The food was warmed from frozen. It was tasteless. The place was dirty and smelly and no heating. Nice lady who saved us .

Service was great, food was ok however more customers needed !!!

Great lady after many loophples we got the food!

If you would like Caribbean food this not the restaurant for you, also found a hair and was told its vegtables, rice and peas was from yesterday and pot bottom, bo food presentation for a restaurant.

Muy tradicional africana y jamaicana cocinada fresca. El propietario del chef explicó que no recalientan los alimentos frescos y esta es la razón por la cual algunos clientes se inquietan o se impacientan. Si desea buena comida recién hecha, tanto africana como jamaicana, entonces este lugar Divine, también conocido como The African Cottage, ubicado en Soho Road en Handsworth, es muy recomendable. Excelente y amable servicio al cliente. Si está buscando comida recalentada precocinada de comida rápida, vaya a McDonald's. Para calidad come aquí en Devine, también conocido como la cabaña africana.

This restaurant is run by this sweet lovely lady. Despite the restaurant setting, she delivers what Nigerians call a 'home service', where time, love and passion goes into the service and dish, yes, she did take time serving us as she was the only one in the restaurant, but as a chef, a restaurant consultant, and a food business owner, it is one of the freshest and most delicious meals I have ever had in the entire UK, and I have been around. The wait was definitely worth it. BEST NIGERIAN FOOD IN BIRMINGHAM

The owner of the restaurant was very attentive and helpful. Lovely authentic west African and Caribbean food. This place is really a hidden gem!

Had to wait about an hour an a half for my food & it was defiantly not worth the wait. The most disgusting food I have ever eaten & made me feel ill. Avoid!

Best Afro - carribean restaurant best meals served warm on time.Deserts,hot &cold drinks are served.Good warm place for all age groups.African and Carribean good at it best one can not miss the finger leaking meal.Good customer service.Excellent meals

I was staying in a Birmingham City Centre hotel and felt like ordering African takeaway and the food was incredibly tasty and the right proportion. Definitely recommend your food.

the food was supposed to be delivered at 2:50pm, they added 30 mins to the delivery time. I was fine with it. Then at 2:20 the food is still not delivered, so I call them, and they tell me that it is going to take another 30 mins for the food to get here. I asked him to cancel the order because it’s taking the absolute mickey, and he’s asking me why? it’s already being made. had to call Just Eat to cancel the order and refund my money because it’s actually ridiculous.

Mi hijo adolescente y yo fuimos allí anoche: ¡tan amigables! El propietario se sentó a la mesa con nosotros, explicó el menú, nos aconsejó qué pedir, y luego durante la comida tuvimos una muy buena conversación larga y muy interesante con él sobre la comida y la cultura africanas. El plato de plátano era tan bueno, mi hijo ordenó más para llevar a casa. El fufu con egwusi fue muy bueno. También tenía Nigerian Star beer y Nigerian Fanta. También sirven platos caribeños, pero con una cocina nigeriana, ¿por qué optar por algo más que la comida africana?

after seeing some of the negative reviews I was apprehensive about ordering from here. but the food came on time and the egusi was really really good I can't complain about the quality. I think you should definitely give them a chance x

so disappointed being a African/ Jamaican eating this meal it looked wonderful but tasted really bad .. the jollof was tasteless the wrong rice used no spice the curry goat was definitely not cooked for very long curry goat should be sliding of the bone not hard a chewy for the price this is defo not worth it and just eat need to look into this honestly because customers are spending £20+ for poor quality food which took ages to come it saddens me that by reading all the reviews just eat have no ended there contract with this place :(

My food was late & absolutely discusting. The oxtail was not even in gravy it was surrounded in a tray of oil. The mutton patties I order I was told I could have and that my only other option was African meat pie which she claimed was the same thing when it is seriously not, when they arrived they were burnt and stunk of smoke, I still don’t understand how someone could even burn a Pattie it’s beyond me 😐 the smell was absolutely vile that the only thing I could consume was my sprite, a drink I didn’t even order because I asked for a simple lemonade and was told they didn’t have that. African and Caribbean restaurant? There’s nothing Caribbean about it they only said that to get more customers! 85% of the menu is African and when u order Caribbean food your told u have to have the African version. Absolutely disgraceful, they need to loose there licence and start over again! Maybe in an African store something there probably experienced in. Never in my life will I order from there again! I refuse to feed my child that pathetic excuse for Caribbean food!

The food was amazing however it was delivered over an hour late and the lady who both me and my partner called and was lied to you and then when the food was finally delivered the driver was rude because we wanted to find out if the food we was waiting for was warm enough to eat

Initially the delivery was meant to arrive an hour and a half after I've made the order which is fair enough because African food takes longer to get ready ! 2 hours after I've called the restaurant saying that my food wasnt here and the lady said that the driver was on its way ! So I was waiting. Then I called just eat to tell them that my food was late, they called the restaurant and the lady said that the driver had some traffic issues ! So basically 3 hours after I was still waiting for my food ! I called back the lady an hour after and she still told me that the driver was on its way. The driver finally arrived at 7:50 ish and the order was made at 4:30pm !!!!! Shame. I've asked the driver if he was on its way an hour and a half ago and he said no, so she even lied to me ! WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!!!!!

The food was Ok but needed to be more curry, less rice. What was there was very tasty. But 90 minutes late is unforgivable. Won't be using this takeaway again

The egusi soup was nice can not fault it everything else was DISGUSTING had jellof rice YUK, meat pie YUK, achee and rice and peas YUK.

Horrobile food to be honest. Extremely oily. The worst meal ever!

Suya not really suya. Jollof rice made with ofada rice and soft Ayamashe white rice made with basmati Food 45 minutes late. Never again

I try to support african businesses as much as i can but its businesses like yours that leave me disheartened. Ordered my food at 21:30, its currently 00:12 and nothing. They are not even answering the phone, fortunately i haven't paid. Work on your customer service, its disgusting

Food poor,chicken tasteless. It took over 2 hrs before I received the food. A rude woman called after 1.5 hrs telling me I would have to pay more as it was going to cost her £10 because of where I was. It is unwise to order from this place.

Food was really nice, just more spicy than I anticipated. But otherwise I definitely enjoyed my meal

Food was over an hour and a half late (on top of the half hour delay they added). No one picked up the phone on the three times we called them. After this they still insisted on an extra delivery charge. The meat was just bone and fat, and the soup was mainly oil. Will not order from here again.

Not at all. I can't call anyone to check.

Wish I could leave a negative star.. absolutely abysmal service.. food was tasteless.. delivered over an hour later than the scheduled delivery time.. without the courtesy of a phone call! And then the so called delivery driver was soo rude!! Asking me to come to his car to pick up my food! After it was almost 2 hours late!! .. the cheek! After spending nearly £50 on this restaurant, I wish I hadn't and will highly recommend you avoid this restaurant! Tasteless food, awful service, rude customer service! Why should anyone pay for that Justeat?? Dreadful!

Waited over 2hrs for food. Attitude was disgusting when i chased order. Hung up on me. Restaurant denied having order but it showed up over 2hrs late (funny that)! Got told the lady who picks up the phone doesn't speak English (useful). Refund refused from restaurant and Just eat.

I have ordered from here several times each hoping it would be better the next. Extremely long delivery times (think 2 hrs+), poor customer service, and terrible caribbean food (most of the African food is better in comparison).

The service is good and I enjoy the food

I am buying something of almost £50 and they are telling me that they can't deliver it to me, that I have to come and get it myself, ,What happened to the Free shipping lol...This restaurant don't really want to make money,,such a shame and such a rude and poor customer service

Food was amazing, the ogbono was spicy just the way I like it.

Delivery time was pushed 30 minutes and they were still late. Food is delicious however so it's worth the wait. Lady was quite rude on the phone though

Terrible service, overpriced, did I mention terrible service?? The delivery guy had the NERVE to hoot at me to go get the food from the car, in the rain! What did I pay for???? No t even a hint of them knowing what customer service is!

tbh the food today was horrible. the nkwobi was literally just palm oil. pepper soup tasteless. dumpling way too much oil.

Good food but some items are too expensive for the quantity and they make you pay the driver 5 pounds for just delivery

Made the mistake of going to this place. One of the worst experiences of my life. Avoid this place at all costs!

Waited 3 hours for my food and even had to get hungry house involved and the food was mediocre. Absolutely not worth it. Every half hour after my supposed delivery time that I called they would tell me my food was on it's way...even though the place was only 2.5 miles and 10minutes away. And they changed the status of my order on hungry house to delivered even when I didn't have it. Deceitful and terrible! Never again!!

Please read the reviews, even on trip advisor.They're all right. Not worth the headache I went through with the delivery time for mediocre food I could have cooked better myself. I ordered food here and it took 3 hours to get it! I even had to get hungry house involved no almost cancelled 3 times but each half hour I called they said my food was already on it's way and it was only 2.5 miles away from me and a 10 minute drive. I could tell they were lying. Absolutely terrible!!!

We all really love the food! Never let us down! Will order again very soon.