Tasty African Food in Barking and Dagenham

They’ve done the shop up so looks better and more modern. Nice decor and even have an option to order via the kiosk. HOWEVER. You have to pay a fee to have your food warmed up in the microwave… I’ve never gone to a place where they serve ‘fresh’ food that has to be warmed up. The food is not even warm up not even like that but my question is Why isn’t the food warm in the first place if it’s in the standard ‘warm plates’ The girl serving me said it’s company policy to charge for using their microwave :/ I then got home and warmed up my food… the jollof rice is mid, nothing special but the beef I paid £1.30 for each piece! Was all fatty literally could get 2-3 bites out of one piece because it’s mainly fat. Won’t be returning, not worth it in my opinion. Go to Aafio kenkey market in Dagenham it’s much better service and food.

Lovely personnel and great customer service.

The opening and closing time on the website/maps doesn't correspond with their actual closing time. You can't make people come all the way down and you close the doors on them due to your own error. Fix your website please!

Lovely staff food is superb ,pastries r served fresh 😋 on the day . Great taste ...Best Nigerian dishes are served here ..staffs are very professional yet helpful .I come here once every week . Take out only and delivery .

The barking chapter food was so delicious. the assorted Efo riro was a banger! Worth the price, had big SHAKis, Pomo and meat inside. The jollof rice was jollofing as well as the meat pie. I had to come back for the meat pie the next day to take on my journey back home. The staff too was all smiling when I asked her if she speaks Yoruba, because the English was getting too much for me when I knew I was in “Nigeria”. Would surely come back for more when next I’m in Barking or London area.

The experience I had there is bad

Great taste of African delicacies.

One of the best but have to wait some time too long. Food quality is really good. Specially puff really delicious and mouthwatering. Highly recommended for friends and family.

Delicious meal served all the time esplly puffpuff.

Delicious African Nigeria jelluf rice

Create an dine tlin space, please. Thanks

Food is great there. It can get really busy between 1-3 which is usually when I go, can be queuing for 15mins or more. People behind the counter work hard and are polite even when getting verbal abuse from impatient customers. May get ticket if parked on the road outside so be careful.

This is the worst tastys experience of my life. I normally eat in south east this shocked me. East London Tastys the service was poor I called up. The delivery did not follow instructions. The oil spilled in the bag. The rice was the bottom of the pot. The drink was not cold. And the food was not hot. What on earth is happening. This is the real crisis. I Oluwafunbi avid food aficionado, Law graduate, I’m disgusted. My partner and I did not have a pleasant experience. We were eating in disappointment. We demand a full refund plus compensation. This was atrocious. Do better. This is unacceptable!

Worst tasty branch, gave me cold jollof without asking to warm it👎🏾

African food readily served. Their puff puff is awesome.

It was my first time visiting this restaurant. I was driving by and thought I’d check it out and try the food as I wasn’t in the mood of cooking and was tired. Boy, was I in for a big shock and disappointment. I ordered 2 pieces of hard chicken which tasted like cement and it cost me an exorbitant price of £6.00, I also ordered one Jollof rice for £6.50 which was greasy, sticky and tasted like it had been cooked a week ago. The hard chicken was so tasteless, stale and had no flavour or hardly any meat. I wouldn’t give that food to my dog. I wasted £12.50 of my hard earned money and was so disappointed. Tbh, I normally go to Suya Hut for my tasty fresh food at a reasonable price but they had closed before I could get there. Anyway, this place needs to be shut down cos the food is abysmal and nasty. Very disappointed. And the staff are very lax and unprofessional! Never again. Avoid, avoid, avoid! 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

We ordered food from here via Uber Eats as we were staying in a hotel near the Excel. The food arrived stone cold, as in they just t took it from the fridge and gave it to the driver! We had 2 babies with us and elderly parent and no way of heating the food at the hotel. Why was the food not heated before delivery??? Yam porridge, plantain, gizzard, moin moin in leaf - STONE COLD!!!! Highly disappointed and would not recommend.

The server didn’t have any menus left (strange) but then sighed and huffed and puffed when I asked all the different foods they had available. Sighing and rolling her eyes in my face making me so uncomfortable. The shop was empty so they wasn’t under any high pressure. Honestly the most rudest and disgusting service I’ve ever received.

Tasty African food Barking has been my regular go to restaurant when it comes to Nigerian cuisines. The food is food and affordable. The staffs are very nice and courteous and will will do everything to satisfy your needs. There is no sit in or dining area in the restaurant, so you either order online and get it delivered to your address or come into the restaurant to order on site(quite cheaper than online order). Overall, I give them a good rating, however there is room for improvement

Nice 🇳🇬 Nigerian Dish. Not a place for sit in undergoing renovation

I just wanted a pie. Queue was long only two staff. Staff looking tired and miserable. After waiting like five minutes I just shouted. Do you have pies please. Reply they are not ready this was 13:00

Not a nice place to visit again. I was served spoilt food as a takeaway. I only realised this when I got home. Wasted £30. Their customer service is zero.

12 o clock not open yet,need a specific opening time,not waiting still to open at 1230,need to work on it.

Tasted the bitter leaf soup and pounded yam. It was nice

Food was not freshly cooked did not taste good .

Bad customer service over priced food not the same as other tasty, the one in catford is the best

I was served with food that have been cooked for weeks, tasteless with no aroma.

I already gave my Uber review but I feel like others need to be warned. DO NOT ORDER THE OGBONO SOUP. There were 0 flavours! I was physically moving my tongue in my mouth trying to taste it. The fufu was so bitter, the only good thing was the pounded yam. I paid £17.40 for all of this. My mum is currently re-cooking it, it traumatised us.

So THE ONWER needs to put more staff behind the counter,2 people can't deal with the kind of queue at this venue,especially over the weekend,end of the day the paying customers wait for ages,some storm out in anger after waiting for soo long because the service is super slow which is not the staff's fault,the staff are really trying and its just soo much they can do. I'm absolutely not impressed,nah!! The owners need to sort this ASAP.

My dad went to bring me lunch from here, and all I can say is we try to support business but sometimes it’s hard. He waited outside for 20 mins for them to open, even though they were late, there was no apology. The staff are tired which in return makes them Irritated and it Comes across rude! They have lost there happiness. The food is delivered pre packed which shows there is still a trust issue. The price of the food is like the stock market some days it up and some days it upper. The location is not talking to clean or tidy and has formed a relationship with messy and untidy. There is no point asking the staff for anything as they don’t care it would be better to install a Digital menu atleast you will get the hello on the screen. Food was rough, half of it cold the other half hot, random bits of fish bones just chilling. Ask for beef got fat covered in sauce Pounded yam gets smaller each time. I hope the management reads this so they can acknowledge the problems some people have with this place. Staff can destroy your business without you knowing My mum ate the food Me…… I’ll wait for dinner

I order ogbono on Uber eat and they put only one piece of beef… I pay 13£ for ridiculous pieces of meat …. I call and staff member very rude!! Never again

Delicious! UPDATE I ordered again from here recently and the food didn't taste as good as the first time. The jelof rice wasn't tasty, the meat tasted suspect and the meat pies weren't great. In addition, they forgot my assorted meat the first time so I had to wait for it to be re-ordered. I'm unsure if I will buy again from them due to this experience. Gave 3 stars as they gave me some free meat pies for messing up my order which was nice. However, it would have been good to ask what I wanted as the pies were too much to eat!

Customer service was very poor staff was very unprofessional, ordered a meal of jollof rice beef and plantain the beef was very dry no sauce asked staff if we can have some stew with her attitude she said we don't have any stew today, and then she came from the back with a plastic bag of meat and emptied it in the pan which looked like it was in the fridge for ever ,the meat was stale, plantain was burnt and then infront of all the Customers she decided to shout 25.60 like if we was going to run off ,worst experience ever ,maybe we got that treatment because we are not Africans i will never go back to that establishment ever

A bit pricey but not bad for the cost

Eating beautiful african delicacies is one of the most beautiful things one has to try

The guy at the Barking restaurant doesn't deserve to be there. He's rude and arrogant with zero customer service. He needs to be trained. I asked him a question if its possible to remove moi moi from the leaf, all he could've said is no, instead he shouted and said 'never'. I really find that very rude and he's always rude to customers. Although, there's a saying that customers are always right but not when a customer come with the wrong philosophy. So, he shouldn't be shouting at customers when they come with the right mindset Secondly, he sold some spoit moi moi for me. I will never patronise the barking restaurant as long as that guy is still there.

Ordered today for first time, we had jollof rice with chicken and the Nigerian Fanta all delicious the portion very generous the Fanta bottle is huge! Absolutely loved it and will use again! Thank you 😊

Good food, reasonably priced. Oh excellent taste too. Yummy 😋

If I could give this restaurant, in fact this whole chain of take aways a minus star I would. Everytime we place an order, something is always missing without fail. It is not difficult to check the items on the recipt against what they are putting in their bags. They need to concentrate on whatt they are doing instead of yapping on the phone. This is supposed to be a business and the workers cant even give the basic service. As you can tell I am annoyed because this is not the first time and I can guarantee it wont be the last. This is our experience with Tasty Barking everytime. Please sort out your staff and provide customers with the basic service which is to have the food that they paid for.

Very bad customer services. . No regards for customers.

Asmasye and puff puff was perfect

Service is too slow, more staff should be on the shop floor and counter to serve customers. There is no point queuing up for ages and to wonder if you would get a parking ticket for £6 worth of food.

Very poor quality food I ordered in barking tasty today 11/07/21. Overcooked and sticky pounded yam, very tasteless dry hake fish, watering egusi sauce. Also three items from my order were missing. Drumstick, one mackerel and gizzard. I am very disappointed thereof. I also hope I do not get a stomach ache…. Can you please disable your restaurant online when your foods quality is not up to standard for customer consumption, this is to prevent customers from wasting money. Money should be spent for a satisfactory outcome. otherwise, the purpose for which the money is been used is defeated.

Variety of common African dishes

Poor and arrogant customer service

Jollof rice is good. Fish is good.

Their food is not fantastic. Their customer service can be improved.

Food was Excellent. Indeed Tasty. Customers services very good.

My husband came down to Barking Tasty's at my request (there's another Tasty's branch closer to home, but I prefer the taste of the jollof rice at the Barking branch). My husband also came to get some food for me on Easter Sunday (the one closest to me doesn't open on Sundays). The food was delicious, on point and piping hot. Fast forward to today where my husband was handed FROZEN ewa riro to give to me. On what planet is that acceptable? Paying good money for substandard food? To say I'm disappointed is an understatement, more like insulted.  Sort your service out, as that is just plain appalling! Needless to say, I won't be ordering  ewa riro from here again.

The service was ok though took too much time to be delivered and the food was heated which was not requested nor necessary.

Well made truly Good Tasty African Food.. very clean and accommodating environment that is the basis of my rating.. now the service can become rather loaded {Barking} often the demand and service chain becomes lopsided a would-be customer could decide to leave without purchase rather hungrily and unhappy.. I think the division of tasks, processes and arrangement of the staff can be vastly improved also there is need for store owned delivery service at considerable affordable rates..

If you love Nigeria food then this is the right place to be... Their meals are great

Lovely place to buy African food with good service

The customer service is very poor in Barking in comparison to the same Tasty in Leabridge Road. The guy serving the food refused to wear face mask 😷 during this pendamic period even became more rude after being told by customers.

So I tried some Nigerian food, it sure was spicy but made with love..3star because they were a tad bit impatient

The usual unprofessional attitude of staff, tardiness, nonchalance and indifference to the plight of their customers. Desperately in need of an education in customer service. And still black business owners wonder why people don't patronise black businesses.

Testy food with various optionsto choose from, but poor looking jollof rice.

Nice, efficient, quality and good service

Delicious meals and very good customer service

The best African food in Barking!! Rice. Tasty. Stew. Tasty. Fish. Tasty. Can't find fault other than the queues.

Amazing food as always and a great stop for quick food during covid. Clean as always and tasty as usual

Okay food, can be a bit dry and definitely not worth the price. Cheaper to buy your own ingredients and cook at home for the next 3 weeks than buy one meal from here.

The worst food I have ever tasted in my life, jellof rice and chicken was tasteless, fried rice was even worse, meatpies and olugbu soup oh my God what a waste of money and time. I Will never visit or recommend to anyone . Bad customer service too.

Jollof rice was okay but the ayamase was not. Room for improvement needed in that area.

First African res6i went to in uk,it was optioned by my bf

Good African food. All kinds of Nigerian menu you want and you will enjoy

Dead service.. Really poor quality customer service and staffs look grumpy 24/7 And cue lie a refugees camp 24/7. Horrible.

This is my place my food my energy, warmly welcomed place that doesn't make me missed my home town.

Nice place and nice service , really tasty foods

Love the food no point going.. never have anything available..

Good snacks, one of the best puff however did not enjoy the egusi and efo riro as taste did not meet expectations. Bit salty as well. Efficient customer service . The lady who attended to us was extremely nice. Will go back for the puff puff, fish and meat pie and the fish roll but not for the egusi/eforiro. Thanks

We got 2 meat pies and 1 fish pie, Pounded Yam with fish & assorted meat - absolutely delicious & friendly staff with quick service😋

Nice food and nice people but it was not the same as it was in Ghana . But I will come here again for sure

Their food is good but their customer service is zero. Very rude guy and they dont seem to care abiut the care of their customers who may have issues with Justeat app. I used previous address with a wrong order and they couldn't help me gix it. I'll advise the management team to train and teach their customer to be more professional and not disrespectful.

They opened 22mins late and gave very bad service,I have no doubt the food is good but with that kind of service,I will not go there again if I have an option

A nice place to taste African food

Affordable eat or take away afro carrabian food

I went to the Barking branch after work this evening however there was a long queue of 8 people ahead of me. Only 2 staff were serving and they were very slow. After being in the queue for 20 minutes I was told the jollof rice had finished. There were used up dishes and cans on the tables with flies hoovering around them. I waited another 15 minutes to get my order. Management to look into providing more staff and maintaining a clean and healthy environment.

Food taste good, I enjoyed the pounded yam and efo riro.

Well what can I say. This is the 3rd Tasty I have been to, and I will go to this one again. We went in for a meat pie and ended up have fish with jolloff rice. Shanky with kidney mix, plantain and still took meats pies home. And puff puff. The pies were so yummy. It should have been a 5 but when they bought the fish the first time it was not heated thoroughly and had to be sent back. But the food was so yummy And this is someone reporting who is not from Africa Food good

Nice Nigerian food reasonably priced

Not the best I've ever had, but probably the best in the area. Not cheap

Service is lovely the restaurant is great

Ordered from JustEat and my food never came. Called them 5 times and no one picked up. GARBAGE!!!

Their food is always nice and the price is reasonable. I only wish there was one closer to my home otherwise I'd give 5 stars

The food is grotesque! The jallof rice smelt and tasted like a chimney pipe, the pounded yam was grey in color and old, and the chicken gizzard was DOA. Avoid! The only thing that was fresh and good was the puff puff!

The food is great and taste wonderful. Also the staff are very busy but always politely to costumers. Thanks

I love their pies and puff puff. The jollof rice is hit and miss; some days good, some days poor - that is salty, rubbery, very darkly coloured in appearance but when they get it right it is great! The current customer service is okay, queues can be so long though with just one person attending to customers. In the recent past they had some ladies, two of them who were so rude and nasty to customers, not me but it was painful to watch others being insulted whenever i visited. I stopped visiting for some time and when I returned, saw they were no longer there. I guess the management did something about it which says something good about them.

Needs mega improvement!! Minimum quality compared to Dartford, jollof rice doesnt taste that good. Bought Jr & chicken only for it to spoil the next day. Bad customer service only one quick person the other is slow while there's a long queue.

They only cater for customers to know and the menu is limited

Ordered food from UBER 3 times and twice Tasty staffs had giving me incorrect order. Not happy at all, i will never order from UBER again when it comes to Tasty absolute rubbish.

At least here you can eat not burgers but dishes, which are tasty enough.

Nice African restaurant in Barking, London

Staff needs to improve on their attitude.customer services not good enough.it is terrific

Very appaulled. Dirty tables...staff quarreling. Poor Asian staff was told i have children older than you. Africans need to stop this. Especially infront of customers. I was very disgusted.

Lovely place to have lunch however needs more staff serving during lunch time .

Jollof rice taste and smell burn. Vegetable not great either seems like it has been cooked days before. puff puff enjoyable though.

Delicious Nigerian menu served on a budget by very polite and hospitable staff

Good place and good chilly food

It was disatrous. My order was for 1pm despite my party starting at 1.30pm. got there at 1.20 to be told the puff puff would not be ready for another 20 mins and that I couldn't have bee told my order would be ready at 1pm. Furthermore that they have loads of customers to attend to and wanted me to verify who had the LD me my order would be ready at 1pm!!! Customer service is zero. Will not be placing my party order with them ever again as this is not the first time this has happened.