Nativ Cuisine in Bournemouth

Food was delicious, chicken and flavoured rice was cooked to perfection. We then ended with juicy spiced prawns.very good value for money, highly recommended.

I went to native and the food and services there is 10/10 absolutely amazing restaurants.

Had the lunch deal! Great flavourful food, the rice was extra special. Very knowledgeable and tentative staff. Will return

Fried plantain katsu carry was amazing.

Been a regular since nativ opened. Food is always on point. The lunch special deal is absolutely great value for money. Staff are attentive. I will keep coming back. Best jerk in town. *****

Oh! I really enjoyed my meal and time. Welcoming team, the chef ensured to enquire and take note my friend’s food allergy. Food was served on time and worth it a great deal.

Absolutely delicious meal. First class highly recommend.❤️❤️❤️

Fabulous experience with top notch services, quick service, beyond expectations , taste of meal is superb and fantastic. Hello

Good customer service experience, meal taste amazingly great.👌

“I had an amazing time at Nativ restaurant last night! The service was exceptional – our server, was so friendly and made great recommendations. She ensured our glasses were always full and checked in with us regularly without being overbearing. It truly felt like the staff cared about making our experience special. The atmosphere was relaxed and inviting, which paired perfectly with the top-notch service. I can’t wait to return, and I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a great dining experience!”

Yeah this place is legit! Delicious food (even for vegetarians and vegans). They featured a varied menu with traditional dishes. Vegan/ vegetarian options. Plenty of sides and good selection of drinks. Great atmosphere with lively music. Brilliant service. The food was very quick to come out. 100% recommend getting some Jollof rice here as well. I highly recommend coming here if you enjoy food cooked with love and filled with soul!

Food had missing item, pounded yam and the quantity of soup is so less for 15 pounds. so all I got was some soup with 4 pieces of meat in it out of which 1 was just a bone. Delivery time had no issues but not happy with the food for the money spent.

Didn't get what we ordered and felt overpriced for the meagre servings we received. The food is good, though. I had a much better experience dining at the restaurant than I did with the delivery.

I was so excited to try the food from this place after many years, but unfortunately, the front-of-house staff member showed no interest in assisting me. I had ordered a meal through Too Good to Go and drove 40 minutes to collect it. Arriving on time, I swiped 'ready to collect' on the app just before reaching the front of the queue. The lady working there abruptly informed me, 'we can't do that.' Instead of trying to understand the situation, she simply ignored me. I explained that this was my first time using the app and that it instructed me to swipe when I was ready to collect.

She then told me she needed to ask her manager. I waited as she attended to someone else then told me that she couldn't help and continued to ignore me, even though I showed proof of swiping 0.5 seconds before talking to her! I reached out to Too Good to Go, and they confirmed that I should swipe when I am physically at the restaurant and ready to collect.. The issue was that the lady showed no concern and didn't even offer me an alternative option, considering the distance I had travelled. I don’t think I would like this if she had done that. She just ignored me and went about her day. I felt that she looked down on me as if I was some dodgy person trying to claim a free meal. RUDE!

My son and I were looking for some delicious African food 😋, I googled Nativ restaurant before arriving to Bournemouth for our holiday. The food was well cooked, tasty I just couldn't stop eating, my Son also finished all his food, I was very impressed. They really take their time to cook the food, up to perfection 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾😋😋😋😋

Avoid this restaurant at all costs. I've visited 3 times. The food is good, but I have had shocking service from disgusting customer service. On my most recent visit, I had to take a deep breath and simply try to see the funny side (my partner was craving their food, else I'd have walked out). The service was potentially the most incompetent that I've ever seen in a restaurant. I simply wanted to know what the "dishes of the week", referenced on the menu, were. This turned out to be a remarkable ordeal, with trips to the kitchen to check, and my having to politely phrase the question in as many fashions as I possibly could, along with eventually speaking to another waitress. The waitress also kept disappearing, mid conversation, to attend to her superior. This ruined the experience, and I would not return, despite the tasty food. I don't know that I've ever been treated with such disdain as a customer. Truly disgusting staffing.

We went over lunch hour. The place only had a few people. We were seated in the restaurant but after that no one showed up with menus or to take our orders. Place seems to have only 2 members of staff. I had a hungry baby with me so I had to get up place my order at the bar. The young man serving was very pleasant and polite however clearly overwhelmed as he was busy packing orders for take away serving customers and even in charge at the bar! The order took more than 45 mins to arrive and it was a simple order of 1 buffet plate and wings and fries. The wings were so small not the usual sized and not as tasty as expected. The fries were such a meager portion and that even for £5! Buffet plate was okay though food was not hot at all. The drink which we asked for repeatedly which is sprite they didn't have yet I was not told this when placing the order and settled on another soda which again as not even served as we waited for the delayed food. Considering where this restaurant is located (at the high Street among other Greater restaurants) it will be overtaken by other greater food places as we tried food from another restaurant later in the evening and the quality of food there plus service was excellent compared to this place. Please do something about the service and food quality.

The service was a but slow. But very friendly staff

From entering the premises we were made to feel unwelcome, bearing in mind I was with my 12 and 16 year old daughters. I was trying to order a platter with 2 sides. I asked a couple of questions regarding the food to the response "ill just bring you something" The sides bought out to us were 2 portions of rice, when there was an array of choice of which I was never given the time to order. We ordered chips that were bought to us after the meal had been finished and what we did have the portions were very small seeing as this is a platter for 4! Dirty looks and side eyes were also given. My daughters felt very intimidated and I am furious. I will not visit again and strongly advise other not to do so.

As a Nigerian you understand when I say, the food bang!

I have had the Jerk Chicken wings there. I ordered a big plate with 12 Chicken Wings for 12 Pound. Well - the wings were sooo small - i think, i have never seen such small chicken wings... there was almost no meat on it. And it was not Jerk - it was a soupy like sauce, with could not even attach to the wings. And not hot at all... i was a bit disappointed because of All that. I could have eaten like 50 wings more, to get full. The staff was really nice, but the price for These wings is just way too much...

I almost had forgotten how great Nativ's goat curry is! There's nothing like it!

The meal deal set is sooooooo good Is very cheap but the food quality is high way higher than £5. And the chips are crispy that is the only crisp chips I have eat in UK. The spicy rice mix with the BBQ sources is perfect it balance the spice and sweet.

Delicious food for good price if you are patient with the slow service.

Great taste as always. Well done for changing your delivery food plates. Large serving sizes now

Ordered the lunch deal and didn’t receive half of what was advertised on the sign. Lady behind the till chewing gum the whole time and is rude acting. Does not know how to behave in a customer setting. Paid for meal before we sat down then was shouted at rudely for not paying. Didn’t even apologise and was in front of another person. Never going here again very poor

food not delivered for over 2 hours then when it came was stale chicken

Amazing food and hospitality, decorations is amazing, I would recommend to everyone. The price is extremely affordable and I am definitely coming back more

Bought £5 TGTG bag that suppose to be worth £15 of food..well.. Sadly I was given same food I had for a lunch time (£5!) after which I wanted to give it another chance. The place failed twice. Not recomend

The best food I have eaten in months! Ordered from the lunch buffet meal deal. Wait time was relatively long (although this is specified on the menu), but was definitely worth the wait. The chicken was tender and flavoursome whilst the jollof rice and other sides were equally tasty. Additionally, I ordered the plantain and fried dumplings, the latter being my personal favourite.

Ordered a simple salad for takeaway and had to wait 45 mins into the shop for them to prepare whilst I waited in the shop. Two customers came after me and got their orders before hand. Didn’t see any delivery drivers, so was a very quiet evening. Judging by the other reviews, looks like this is a normal occurrence for them. Food is average and not worth the wait at all.

Didn’t get my EXTRA PLAINTAIN really annoyed

Food never arrived and they have said they delivered my food.

Actually we visited this restaurant twice during a getaway weekend with friends. First, I had the okra soup that sent me to a whole world of flavours lol. The okra soup was fresh, crunchy and flavourful with the right amount of spice kick. Soup was hot but not too hot which allowed you savour the mouth watering taste from the dish. We visited the restaurant yet again on our way to the train station back to London. Most of us had the take away option. It was still the usual great standard. This time I had the jollof rice buffet and some buns. One other great observation is the clean environment 👌. The floor was clean and no dust spotted on furniture. Staff were very friendly. Shout out to the Chef Paul? The okra guru Not sure of his name 🤔 Although I have one constructive criticism. I think more staff is needed as I noticed the young lady on the till had to multitask a lot when it got busy hence, slowing down the service. More hands needed. I still gave a 5 star as they deserve it.

I enjoyed the poundo and okra soup 🍲. Crunchy and freshly made. The jollof rice was jollofing assorted stew was really nice.

Best food in bournemouth. Very good cultural vibe. Excellent service

Ordered from the lunch menu had chicken and rice and it was amazing. Great value for money and always greeted with a smile

Came here and had a chicken wrap and chips £5 lunch time special, it was amazing nice and hot the chips were amazing, the staff were so freindly, deffo will be back to try the other meal deals

Missing loads of stuff from the box no beans no salad no dumpling

Food and service was amazing great place and great people!

We didn’t enjoy the food as it was too salty and the rice was overcooked. The chicken while spicy didn’t have much flavour. We won’t be ordering again. The driver did not want to deliver to our door

Food was nice, service was nice. But service was incredibly slow with food coming out bit by bit such that some people in our group had finished eating before others had received their food.

Very bad experience, never come back or order anything, they have very dirty kitchen

Excellent service! Great food, good time

Very horrible food. Only the swallow and Malt was ok. The Okro had not a drop of oil no seafood no cray fish and the fish wasn't even scaled. Absolutely atrocious and at 50 quid I would have had some really nice food. Mtcheeeew never again! No wonder the place only had 1 customer when we arrived. And when we left no one in site. Horrible experience horrible place DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

I haven't received my food yet

Bought a Too good to go bag. It was £5 reduced from £15. We were expecting to get £15 worth of food but didn't even get £5 worth. 1 chicken leg and half a take away container if cold rice. We would've got better value for money if we'd bought something full price from the restaurant.

I'm very disgusted with service i've waited and STILL WAITING!!!, for my delivery even though it says delivered I checked outside nothing, it's a disgrace, I love nativ so nothing on them, but i'm angry as the driver stole my order

ALLERGY SUFFERERS BEWARE! It’s tricky because it was my fault for not asking. The food is beautiful, service and staff are absolutely fantastic! Can’t fault them. Gorgeous restaurant and genuinely such kind and lovely staff! However, we got some dishes to takeaway which were supposedly free from peanuts. If I’m not wrong, only one or two of their dishes contain peanuts. Again COMPLETELY MY FAULT FOR NOT CHECKING (ironically it was the first time I hadn’t checked in years!). My partner went into anaphylaxis from peanut contamination when we ate our food at home and we had to call an ambulance out. I want to repeat - THIS IS NOT NATIVS RESPONSIBILITY AS I DID NOT INFORM THEM OF THE ALLERGY!! I just assumed it would be safe which was wrong of me, so I take full responsibility but this is a warning to other allergy sufferers to please state your allergy clearly to staff to ensure this doesn’t happen to you too. We wrongly assumed that dishes without peanuts (jollof rice and chicken) would be safe but something went wrong and it resulted in a slightly dramatic ambulance call out. STILL 4 STARS BECAUSE AGAIN - NOT NATIV’S FAULT! But I felt it was important to warn others with allergies.

I found a stick of broom in my soup. Food was delivered cold!

Hello have not gotten my order and why is it saying delivered?? I just called the restaurant and was told the order is still with them.

I was recommended this place by a work colleague and decided to try it for my birthday. During the reservation process they asked if it was a special occasion (there is no point of this as nothing happens). Our reservation was at 7:30pm we were 10 minutes late (tried to call but there was no answer). Our table was not ready so we had to wait another 20 minutes before we were seated. We were an hour and 15 minutes into the night before we got 1 drink despite ordering 2. It was an hour and 45 minutes before we got our food. The pepper goat despite being asked to be mild (as it states on the menu to specify the heat level) was inedible for my partner. The okro soup was ordered with both meat and fish and came with fish alone. Overall it was very poor service as we sat there watching dozens of online orders being filled wondering if we were going to eat tonight. The whole ordeal (on my birthday no less) was disappointing and there was no remorse from staff for the unacceptable waiting time and substandard service.

A bit slow on service but the food was good

My food came an hour and a half after I ordered it! It was so late and I’m very frustrated

I have not gotten my delivery as I speak, and the customer care person that attended to me was very rude. I ordered this food because I am hungry, the customer care said they will attend to me in 24 hours

Delicious food, but the restaurant is small

I’m a harsh critic at the best of times but I have to say I have been blown away. Absolutely delicious food. The amount of flavour in the chicken suya is out of this world. Maybe could’ve asked for a fresher bbq sauce so that could have been better as was a bit luke warm but overall very tasty and good value for money. I will be back

I never received my order, and I was charged. I ordered pepper soup, jollof rice, and Edika-ikong soup yesterday via Just-Eat. I waited and waited for the order, only for me to see the order updated to ‘Delivered’. Now, I am replying to the restaurant's below. What do you mean by "I have seen you as a soft target" when I clearly didn't receive my order? Would I have ordered food from you if I didn't have a good motive??

I CANNOT FOND MY ORDER!!! WHERE DID YOU GUYS TAKE MY ORDER TO???

food was very underwhelming. it wasnt bad but that is NOT Caribbean cooking. i ordered Rice and chicke. The rice was bland and just salty. The chicken was in in gravy sauce but again nothing like Caribbean cooking. Big let down really. this is NOT Caribbean cooking.

Food and atmosphere was amazing thanks you we will be back

I ordered becouse the frame time was good for me. After i ordered the time start to changing and when i was try to cance the ordered it was not availble to.. so i ended with no food becouse i heade to leave te house

The egusi soup was perfect, I really enjoyed my time eating it, will definitely order from here again in the future.

It’s been almost 2 weeks .Thank you Nativ for great food Taste was super and serving was good Chef sai is very nice Indian but the way he cooked is amazing enough food. Good taste

Don't bother coming if you want to actually eat. Waited 20 minutes for someone to even acknowledge us when we'd sat down. Instead I went to the bar to ask if I had to order there, as no one had bothered to come to take our drinks order, food order, even say that they will be with us in a minute. When i asked I was told they would be down, waited longer and still nothing. Walked out and went to one of the many other restaurants on Old Christchurch Road. Don't waste your money on people who don't even have manners, when you're looking to spend money with them.

Don’t bother coming here if you want any service. Sat for 20 minutes and wasn’t even offered a drink or offered to take our order, on a quiet Saturday night. They seemed more interested in takeaway orders. We walked out

Generally very good, but the salad not being removed on the burger as requested meant the person it was for couldn't eat it.

Service was very good and food came on time I ordered goat curry,goat soup Thanks to nativ..

Proper good food, will definitely order from it again

Food used to be really good here but the past few times I’ve ordered the single platter portions have got smaller and smaller, you’ll lose a lot of custom if you don’t start putting a decent amount of food in the boxes.

Ignore all the negative reviews!! This place serves really authentic West African home style food. The Husband and Wife team Prince and Dorothy are such lovely people with exceptional knowledge of their culinary roots right down to the drinks. Don't expect a posh restaurant,this is not what this place is about. Its about the food,proper West African food like they would eat at home with their family. The lighting was perfect around the booths at the end of the restaurant with authentic trible face masks wall decor. There are dishes on the magnanimous menu of which I had never heard of before aswelll as popular meaty goat curry's on the bone and Jerk chicken etc. The price is very reasonable and we will definitely be going back soon. Thankyou for a wonderful late lunch.

lovely food, great portions and hot and ready to eat 😋

Always good, love the dinner deal and chicken burger!

I am not going to lie , this is one of the best Nigerian/ African restaurant in the area, quality of food is outstanding, delicious and you can feel the vibe that you are somehow in a African atmosphere, good music, excellent tasty dishes combined with attentive service makes it perfect. Big credit to The owners of the restaurant! Plus nhs , student and emergency services discount! One tip thou , if you are thinking of dining or ordering a take away , pre order the food , the African delicacy will just flow smoothly !

Best African restaurant I have been to. Highly recommended 👌

The Ayamase stew is watered down and had oil swimming in it

Thought of trying some different and ended up booking a table here. The interiors and music are nice and gives out an African vibe, but the service was a let down. The food was brilliant, meat was perfectly cooked and the goat curry is heavenly. The restaurant was empty but still our food took upwards of half an hour to arrive and was not hot. We had the jerk chicken, salmon, goat curry, jollof rice and plantain which was all delicious, shame the service and food temp was a let down. Might be a one off and will definitely visit again.

The delivery driver was soo rude that instead of delivery directly to the flat he left the order on the steps downstairs. What if another resident stepped on my food and it is very un hygienic to do that so many people use the flight of stairs

I order from nativ most days for work and I only ask I for a fork every time I write it in the notes I never receive one I’m walking round the shops looking for disposable cutlery as I’m always asking

really tasty and authentic food. portions are huge so the price reasonable. service was slightly slow but worth the wait so I will defo be coming back

Food has not been diversers. Can you deliver place.

Wrong food delivered, I’ve been given a share platter for one not for two.

I didn't get my order at all. It said order delivered but honestly speaking, nothing has been delivered at all. I'm very much disappointed

I ordered Pounded Yam + Egusi Soup plus extra Fish. But the order came with the fish missing. I also tried to lodge a complaint but option provided on the app was limited to state what was missing. App only shown Poundo or Egusi, but nowhere to indicate fish or any other assortment missing. I hope Nativ restaurant take note and correct this sort of oversight in future. Thanks

This isn’t the first time even first time I thought it was a mistake… but 10 pounds for 5 pieces of small chunks of suya beef ? Be for real

I didn’t receive my order. Y’all using this app at your risk. The driver entered delivered but I didn’t get my order . Just eat will crumble

Good food and customer service.

I’m not happy with the fish as it arrived not fully cooked and still had blood stain….

I love eating at this restaurant, but probably won't order takeaway again. The delivery was just under a minute late and the food needed reheating. Still tasty but not the same experience

Very good price and Atmosphere!

The food is fantastic! The staff are a bit more variable. Some are an absolute delight and really friendly and helpful, for others you need to hunt them down to get them to give you a menu or clear the table. But the food definitely makes it worth it.

I did not receive what I ordered and paid for.

A great little place to enjoy good, freshly cooked food. Nativ gives the impression it's family run, and the staff are happy and smiley. The menu is good. I had a burger and a vegetarian suya, and they were both delicious. Great music in the background. I felt transported to Africa. Very reasonable prices, including drinks. Recommended.

A lovely hidden gem. The goat curry is phenomenal! Pedro greets us with a smile and exceptional service every time, and is probably laughing if he's reading this because my girlfriend and I have eaten roughly our body weight in goat curry over the last year.

Delivery was excellent but quality of the food was very poor

The staff where very nice and I requested some extra things for them to do and they did it perfectly, sealed my food properly and where generally nicer. The food quality is also superb too. Reminds me of home.

Massively upset asked multiple times for an allergen menu as I have a severe Gluten allergy I was very very anxious going in as the lady reassured me multiple times it was safe and fine ! It was not ! Had caused severe pain and no allergen menu was ever provided and lost a days money at work due to the trouble this caused ! So upset as I was filming a content video for Deliveroo to showcase some small restaurant’s that are gluten free and no way I can put them in this content wasn’t even able to advocate this company beyond upset

Good food but could do with more Coselaw. A bit dry.

Fried Dumpling was overcooked, possibly 'stale'. Felt like the fried potatoes had been sat around for a while. Chicken was tougher than usual. Rice and beans porridge as good as ever, salad was fresh.

Very disappointed that they don’t offer any vegetarian lunch deal. They do a £7.50 chicken rice etc but no veggie one. I asked if they’d reduce the deal with no chicken. They refused. I asked if they could add some plantains and I pay £7.50 they refused. Nowadays so many are offering a veggie option, they do need to jump on board or they will lose customers.