Onje in Wigan

I had the chicken, Jollof rice and plantain for lunch. Really tasty. Would definitely recommend and go back again for more.

We had the beef stew with jollof rice and it was so delicious - the beef is really flavourful and the rice is not mushy at all. I got it with a side of plantains, which honestly might have been the best plantains I’ve ever eaten. £10.50 for a very big portion, I even went back to order a second serving of jollof to have more for dinner.

Food was cold and they didn't have a microwave or anything to heat it up portion was small 12quid for one small piece of chicken and rice

Jollof, Beef stew and Plantain combo for £10.50 is a banga. As a white man seeking delicious food from around the world, Onje has been the only African place so far where every component of this combo has been on point. Anyone wondering whether to try it 100% do.

Over-Priced for bang average food......The goat was extremely tough and think i had 4 small pieces in my portion (More bone than goat). Wouldn't go back. Plenty of better, cheaper and nicer options within the indoor Manchester market.

Having called into town to get my phone repaired, I decided to get a pattie from this place. As aplace that is supposed to be cooking everything from scratch, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The pattie was being unwrapped from a PACKET, exactly the same as the ones from Asda, which around £1.25 mark. The lady serving then proceeded to place it into the microwave to heat it up and charge me £3. I am all for genuine food traders who put in the time and effort to produce their food, but traders like this should be ashamed and at least make people aware of what they are about to eat is not freshly made. To make matters worse the service is shocking, avoid if you don't want to be disappointed and feel robbed.

Whatever they sell its not Jerk chicken or jollof rice.. nothing even taste near real stuff and service is horrible.

Best meal I’ve ever had, hands down.

Wow okay better this time I was with a friend who wanted to go but as I watched she was served so politely considering last time it was awful 😖 anyways great food jallof rice with 2 pieces of fried chicken 🍗 sadly came to 15 pounds 💷 high price for this...anyways the service has definitely improved and portion size too....

£10 for dry bland chicken, overcooked rice and flavourless jerk gravy. Never again

The paties came out of an Asda pack yet they charged me £3..... also the curry goat was too oily and the pieces were too big. I dont think I will return there.

Don't even bother. Unless you're starving, in post apocalyptic Manchester and zombies have raided the last soup kitchen and all there's left is this pseudo Jamaican where you order overpriced uncle Ben's tomato rice and flavourless chicken that would taste better if nuked by a child with less cooking skills than Ramsay on tour. I would rather have my mother in law's two day boiled to mush vegetables than this. £20 pounds that would be better invested requesting EHOs to visit and shut it down for good, in order to prevent 999 calls.

I went yesterday to Onje while visiting Manchester. I had jollof Rice with beef stew & plantain as recommended by the lovely lady serving. The portion size was generous at a good price of £10.50 for the meal plus a bottle of water & the food was delicious 😋 10/10 would highly recommend & ill be sure to visit again if I'm ever back in Manchester.

The portion is massive for the price! We were in awe as the lady kept piling on. The food is amazing, always warm and tasty. We always get jerk chicken with rice and bean + curry goat & rice + side fried plantains and share, it's just the best! Like the other stalls in the market though you need to pick the time otherwise it will be too crowded to find a seat.

Amazing food, I got the jollof rice, plantains and beef stew. Perfectly spiced and the lovely woman serving me was the cherry on top! Couldn’t fault it and would go back in a heartbeat if I wasn’t stuffed from the portion size!! Next time I am definitely trying the fried chicken.

Great food, amazing jerk and curry coat but beef stew is my favorite, with amazing authentic jollof. Was very surprised to see Onje didn’t have a higher score.

Jollof rice from here is so good

Me and my sister-in-law were queuing for ages, only for one of the women working there to finally acknowledge our existence and snap 'do you want something?' What a great way to speak to a customer waiting to give you money. I then asked if the jollof and chicken was gf and just got a completely disinterested 'no'. Depending on seasoning used, jollof is usually naturally gluten free. Couldn't shake the feeling she just didn't want to serve a white person. It was more embarrassing than anything. Whilst waiting a silly amount of time to be served, I thought several times of just walking off and not bothering...wish I had in the end. #lessthanonestar

Food and service was first class😍

Delicious food and large portions. Worth a visit when in the Arndale and hungry for something warming and spicy.

Pretty agreeable with the rude staff comments , jerk is my absolute favourite food… but this place is naff The price I was charged was not what is stated on the board I was charged a few pound more the food is absolutely dire , one piece of off-cut chicken with Luke warm rice and gravy .

I always enjoy Onje’s meal it opened when I was rounding up my masters in 2013-14 I think and it’s my go to Nigerian restaurant and anytime I am in Manchester I stop by. The portion and price is quite adequate.

The food was amazing, spicy but amazing. The staff were very friendly and generous with portion sizes. The food was reasonably priced and will definitely try to go back

The food is amazing, especially if you are craving Nigerian jollof rice made right. That's the place to be

2Stars are for the young lady with Beautiful Skin❤ Who served me, The best things about my soup Was the pounded yam 🍠 filled with tripe 🙃 heel and 2 minute pieces of not cooked enough beef 💙 Made me want to come back with a plate of my own Soup and Gari 🥰 just Too make a point 🙃 Also bought jollof rice 💔 for my very own son Who can cook it 🥰 And he said it Was Make It Up as U go rice 😆 Like my cousin would say back home 🏡 😆😅🤣 Moi Moi Grainy and Salty 💙 Honestly I'd like my 28pounds back 😀 With a side of PuffPuff Made Well Ma 💙🙏🏼

Such a lovely woman! Large portions and reasonably priced!

I've been once years ago and it was the same rude staff 😕 😒 and small portion high price putting food on taking it off...then tried again and had a nice lady who charged accordingly then again today the rude one was back slamming around over charged for a piece of chicken 🐔 and charged me for clingfilm wouldn't show me the amount on the card payment Meter....sat eating and seen how lovely she was the the male customer and watched his huge portion and when I heard whT she charged I was wow okay she has a problem....absolutely horrible...many other restaurants like this one better kind staff and reasonable price don't waste ur time here years later I see still the same

The Lady serving was nice, a bit pricey at £10 for the Eco pack but quite worth it. Meal was Delish and spicey. Rice was beautiful and the jerk chicken was great although slightly undercooked in one area.

Food was great, but portion sizes have gone down. Used to be my favourite spot

Overpriced rude staff, small portion for £8. Other similar places go there!

Lovely lady plantain was dry but the curry goat was soo nice and juicy !! Shame there was more bones than meat but the bit I did get to eat was lovely !

£5 for one piece of chicken and she didn’t tell me clearly and charged me all other topics so all together I paid £7.5 for a little portion. The coleslaw was bitter ….

This restaurant is spot on and prices offordable any negative comments here is false have been eating here for five year and never have I been serve one bad meal.

The restaurant closes when ever they feel like closing,they don't keep to their weekly schedule, stressful experience, terrible, terrible, terrible!!!!!!!!!.

Having relocated from south east London to Greater Manchester I was worried about where I’d get my fix of Nigerian staples. A colleague mentioned seeing a Nigerian stall in the Arndale and recommended taking a trip to the food market to scout it out. I can confirm that Onje does indeed exist and is 100% the real deal. The food is only bettered by the warm hospitality (and banter) of the hosts. It’s basically of a home away from home. From favourites like jollof and stew, curry goat and patties specialities like pounded yam and egusi, moin moin and pottage - Onje have it all. Just make sure you get in early or book in advance to avoid disappointment! 😊

Avoid this place if you like life. Major food safety. Issues PLASTIC RICE !! I could believe it.. So to save a couple quid you would put people life at risk ?! Will be reporting to food hygiene place ASAP

Excellent food stall delicious food and great service will definitely visit the Onje next time in Manchester.

avoid this place! it was a stressful experience.

Portion sizes could be a bit bigger but the flavours are very good!

Bought spicy red beef stew, but meat was so tough I couldn’t eat it. Shame because the sauce was nice.

Was in town today and stopped at this place to get something to eat. 2 lovely and friendly ladies. I ordered Jolof rice with beef. The portion was more than enough for £7. The rice was delicious, not overwhelmingly spicy. The beef was absolutely great. Will definitely visit again.

I just thought I have to put this up for the safety of others. I have always got a good customer service from this place and always enjoy the food. But today at around 2pm 17th of May 2019. Me and two of my friends bought food from onje to celebrate finishing our exam and found a massive hair inside the food and really dirty as well which I will tag the pictures. This pull us off from eating the food and rather than the in experience manager in charge to calm the situation he start threatening us which was the worse customer service have ever received in my entire life, not even Nigeria immigration customer service is as worse as this. But just thought I let people to be aware of the food they eat and stair properly as we need to be careful what is going on in our stomach thanks.

Friendly staff but the portions are very small and expensive. The food is tasty.

Not good. Got vegetable rice & beef. Meat extremely dry. The rice had something bitter in it. Unhappy.

One of my favourite places to get lunch from!

For some reason I've always had a yearning to try goat curry with rice and peas but as I live in a rural hinterland where you've got more chance of finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn than you have of finding an authentic Caribbean restaurant or takeaway the opportunity never arose. Until recently that is when I found myself looking for something to eat in the Arndale Market food hall and spotted goat curry on the menu at Onje. It wasn't all that cheap for takeaway food (eight quid for goat curry, rice, peas and coleslaw) given that it was served in a polystyrene tray with a flimsy plastic knife, fork and spoon (the fork snapped in half when I tried to use it!) but I felt that I should strike while the iron was hot. The big disappointment for me was that the goat seemed to be more bone than meat and I'm not all that keen on crunching down on pieces of bone. Once I'd removed all the bone fragments and mixed the sauce into the rice and peas what was left was reasonably enjoyable, although I'd expected it to be laced with Scotch Bonnet and far more spicy. As I've never had the opportunity to try Caribbean food before I don't know if the food I was served was authentic or not but I wouldn't rush to try it again. But at least I can tick it off my bucket list, even if the experience wasn't all I'd expected.

Mustn't have been good cannot remember it

Friendly staff. Very accomodating

i had beef and jollof rice this was really good 👍👍 and my mate had goat and jollof rice he said it was nicest hes ever had and he eats alot of this kind of food . great friendly staff would definately recommend to anyone !!

nice staff, charge a mortgage for a scran though

Ordered through Uber Eats and paid £16 to only receive 1 meal potion which would otherwise cost £5-£8 max in store. Would I order again? Absolutely not. Would I recommend them? Definitely not, save your money and stress and purchase elsewhere.

Very good and tasty Nigerian jollof rice ! Also all sorts of stew with white long or short grain rice to choose from. Other African foods also available

I’ve eaten curry goat previously and enjoyed it but the stuff here was full of bones. My server tried to pick out the meat amongst the bones but there were still quite a few left. The jollof rice was nice but the curry goat was tasteless. It was food court fayre but cost me £7.50. Half that price would have been enough.

If I could give this minus stars I would. Ordered curried goat in a "mild" curry sauce - it came in lumpy sauce, intolerably spicy and cremated; presumably to try and mask the meat that had clearly gone off - straight in the bin. My mate ordered jerk chicken (first time he'd tried Caribbean food) that was, again, extremely spicy and with barely any meat (he still ate it as he complained though which was kind of impressive... the absolute animal). We ordered rice and peas at £5.50 which I thought was extortionate, especially considering they didn't arrive with the order. This has well and truly ruined my day, ruined my mate's first impress of Caribbean food (which is the biggest shame) and the little mouthful I did have will probably make me unwell at some point over the next 24 hours... don't go, this place is going to make someone very unwell!

went today for lunch first tray chicken, rice and veg. Chicken was very pink when I cut it, rice cold and veg hard. My partner took it back asked for a refund was refused so exchanged the meal for goat. She just took the uncooked chicken off the rice and put the goat on top then handed both boxes to him. She said she couldn't keep the chicken box as had no way of disposing of it. The goat was full of bones and yes I'm aware goat should have some bones but it was more bones than meat. I took both boxes back and told them how disgusting the food was and they both just stared at me. At first I thought they didn't speak English but then the woman simply said "I've heard enough from you now" I asked again for a refund and was again told no so I took both boxes and threw them to the floor. They then had the cheek to get security to me but on explaining what had happened the security did nothing so this must be a regular occurrence.

Great for my jollof rice and plantain fix! Big portions and good lunchtime deal. Also a few stews to choose from, traditional African food and flavour.

I bought chicken and rice which was not cooked. I returned it to be told we do not give refunds 😳. Please look on Facebook Arndale post for picture of the food. 😡

I returned my uncooked chicken to be told “ we don’t do refunds” staff were quite rude and not helpful at all. Please do not eat here.

Not even worth 1 star !!! Food uncooked and refused to give refund ! Staff were very rude and unhelpful, big mistake

A real treat, Onje is ideal for anyone wanting to grab some tasty Caribbean food quick on their lunch break. Next to the super popular Viet Shack in the Arndale you can pick up a feast of fried plantain, jollof rice and curried goat for £7.

£6.50 FOR MEAT PIE ?? DON'T YOU WANT TO SUCCEED IN LIFE ? I'M WEAK

Massively expensive and disappointing below par food. I have just purchased 2 x Jollof Rice and 2x Fried Chicken via uber eats. The fried chicken was just 2 pieces, 1 average size leg and 1 small breast, for £6.50 this is a disgusting rip off and when it arrived it was soggy and cold! The jollof rice fairly nice a little on the oily side but tastes ok however the portion size was half box. I was worried I had over ordered but alas not. I paid £25 quid for some food that I would expect to pay a tenner for anywhere else. Will not recommend or ever visit again.

No waiting QUICK service great food! Tables right there or you have the option to take away ! All fresh food! Its a B.O.B so very very happy to support!

El centro Arndale ha creado un laberinto de alimentos en la calle restaurantes, onje es uno de la mejor relación calidad-precio

Situado en el aburrido rodea a la pista de comida de Arndale, Onje ofrece enormes porciones de comida decente caribeña para tentar el hambriento hombre de negocios o compras. Fui por estofado de ternera con arroz y guisantes y plátanos y nos dieron suficiente comida para alimentarnos a tienen muebles mi. El siglo XIII estofado estaba muy bien condimentadas con toques de dulzura y calor y la porción más generosos que la mayoría de las empresas circundantes. El servicio era amable y rápido. Una buena opción para un almuerzo abundante.