Zanzibar in Sheffield

Great food, good price, good service!

AVOID!!!! placed an order and when eating the jollof rice / rice and peas including chicken had gone off but seasoned to mask this is not good. The owner appeared to be a generally nice person and yes we got free drinks and sweets but this is a shop owner advertising his business too. The food sold in the shop is clearly used in take-aways so nothing goes to waste. This is not to say that on some days food maybe alright as it may have been freshly cooked however as the food has been stored for more than required other orders will experience stale food.

Amazing food!!! We will be ordering from here again! And we got a free drink, fruit and sweets ☺️ Recommend: curried mutton, sweet chicken, stewed veg, jallof rice, and the snapper! Everything was perfectly cooked 👌👌 Thanks so much!

Worst moi moi. Just dry and colorless. I've ever seen in my life. The yam in the pepper soup not properly cooked and not big enough. The buns were too hard and there is not enough sugar in it. The pepper soup was managable. I liked the plantain but my husband said it was too ripe for him

Our first time trying African food and it tasted amazing, friendly service and good portion sizes, will definitely be coming back:)

Customer service here is on a minus. Never seen a shop owner that doesn’t know how to communicate with customers. Unable to handle criticism and very disrespectful.

Was my first time visiting this place and I was not disappointed - I ordered the curries chicken , sweet dumplings , beef patty , and rice . All the food was all freshly made and tasted amazing . I was even given a free drink and some plantain to try which was very tasty . The owner was a love me kind man . I will definitely be back to try some more dishes thank you very much for your fantastic hospitality and excellent food .

Can’t thank the owner enough, so kind and helpful. Helped us get back home safe to Mansfield woodhouse. Great selection of food and drink.

Great food, owner is a top guy and sends fruit and sweets free of charge for my son. The jollof rice and curried mutton is delicious. The friendly service makes it feel like eating at home, you don't often get this anymore due to bigger food chains. Great guy, great food.

If I could rate this restaurant zero stars, I would absolutely do that . first and foremost I eat Nigerian food quite often. I know the differences between certain dishes and what they contain. However, this is the first time I’ve ordered a Egusi soup and have not been given an option of the meat I’d like inside . So I assumed that the Egusi soup would have just been original (No meats inside) nowhere on the description does it state that the Egusi soup contains I meat nor are you given an option to put in the description you’d like no meat. This evening, my dinner came with a runny Egusi soup that contained a meat that myself and family do not eat. Our entire evening dinner has gone to waste. I respectfully contacted the restaurant and asked if there was anything that they could do . instead of giving me great customer service and understanding how this was inconvenient to myself and family. The associate was very argumentative and rude. I am very disappointed and quite frankly, I will never ever refer anyone or return back to this restaurant.

Amazing food and service. Ordered from here 2x in one weekend when I came to visit Sheffield summer 2022. Today I came back 15 miles to Sheffield just for the food here. Just as good as the last time!

My partner went into this restaurant as it had been recommended by a colleague (my partner is Cameroonian so really misses African food). When he went to pay for his food the server made up different prices compared to what was on the menu and then even added more on the calculation of the bill. The menu would’ve had the total £9.00 but his hand calculations made it £12.50 and then he said £13.00. When my partner questioned the server he said you Nigerians come in here and think you can argue about the price. He was so rude and racist! My partner is never one to argue and he was really hungry so just paid the bill. I am appalled at this behaviour, especially from an African restaurant. It’s disgusting and I will be taking further action.

ordered the egusi soup, curry goat , steamed spinach, fufu and a lamb Patty. The curry goat was good and full of flavor. The egusi soup’s flavor was on point the only thing there was not a lot of meat in it. The delivery guy was nice and our food arrived still piping hot. I will definitely order again and I do recommend this place.

Great food. The man who served us was lovely and even gave us complimentary drinks and sweets. Would recommend!

Great service and the food is very reasonably priced and absolutely delicious!!

Nice food delivered, egwusi, semolina and jellof rice. Friendly delivery driver 👌

I honestly don't mind waiting for food, and almost 3 hours for food is reasonable for some things, but to mark something as "on the way and with the driver" 1 hour after ordering, and then one hour after that confirming with me over the phone it is with the driver, and then it is almost another hour AFTER that before it arrives is just baffling to me. If it is not made yet, don't mark it as "out for delivery". The food quality is very bad, I can allow some things for personal taste, but there is no flavour, all I can taste is salt, both the goat and the lamb taste the exact same, just the goat is chewier. Both of the STRAWBERRY cheesecakes we ordered aren't strawberry, despite someone writing strawberry on the packaging lids, they are both vanilla cheesecakes submerged almost to the top in mango juice, and then have half a chopped mango on the top of it, no strawberry to be found. Despite the restaurant outright lying to me both through the app and over the phone, the food arrived hot, but the ONLY thing I can say that was any good about this entire order, is how friendly the delivery driver was, but he couldn't save this entire ordeal.

One of the best African food in Sheffield! Never disappointed every time we order. Portion is always large. Current favourite is the peppered soup and the curried goat.

Sublime cooking. I'm never dissapointed when I order African food from here- such great value for money. One of the best takeouts I've had in Sheffield!

Ordered the jerk chicken for my wife. The food was alright but there was a sour aftertaste to it. Didn’t think too much about it at first. Thought it was like mixture of their spices. We are now, on the second day, of food poisoning. Had to go to see doctor about it. It’s hard to recommend this place to anyone else.

The delivery was about an hour late. Tried calling to get it cancel because I had to leave to go else where. The staff did not like at all. No matter how much I tried to tell him my situation, he cut me off saying that I’m a foreigner who doesn’t how restaurants work in the UK. The staff proceeded to raise his voice to which I returned. Probably wasn’t the right thing to do on my part as well. Overall, I’d suggest ordering from somewhere else if you want your food to arrive on time, and especially if you don’t want put up with the staff behavior. Can’t comment much about the food. Didn’t get to tried it. The restaurant had the audacity to marked it as delivered as well. If you are reading this comment as you are wondering why the food is taking so long. Try to cancel it as soon as you can.

Ordered jollof rice and oxtail stew was the best.. would 100% recommend and will definately be ordering again

Terrible customer service. VERY RUDE STAFF! Do not eat from this place! The food is horrible and it took over an hour and a half for the delivery to arrive.

Took a while to get my order delivered but was worth the wait. Generous portions and real yummy vegan food!

While it might take a while to get there it is well worth the wait. Be warned about the prices and portion sizes, you get great portion sizes for the money! Also they are very accommodating of dietary needs whether vegan or vegetarian. As someone who has had very little exposure to African food this place is a real gem.

Orderd food waited 2 hours for them to cancel our order never ordering for there again fomt order

Amazing food. Took a little longer than Deliveroo said to arrive however It was well worth the wait. My partner is South African and the curries brought back home for her. It was amazing. The dumplings were incredible. We had a dish missed off our order however but shall mention next time we order.

The owner is a very nice man once you get talking to him, he initally came across rude but after 5 minutes of conversation i realised he was a very decent person. The food was fine. It wasnt anything amazing but at the price you cant complain, service was quick and everything was cooked fresh. He just needs to improve on the menu and food abit to earn 5 stars but other then that it was decent.

Terrible customer service when asking a simple question, rude and cynical attitude. No respect for customers and instead made fun of customers dietary requirements. I wish there was a score less than one star. I was asking if they were halal and they were questioning my grammar on the phone.

Orders online, food tasted great, large portions, and really good value. We had a couple of rice dishes, dumplings, plantain, sweet potato, curried goat, curried mutton, oxtail stew, and jerk chicken, all for under £30. It made more than enough for 4 large meals!

Ordered the lamb stew,dumplings and jollof rice along with the jerk wings through deliveroo, food was amazing piping hot and full of favour, delivery man was very lovely although i was quite hard to find, Thankyou for the service Zanzi bar

Can’t remember but if I visited it was for a reason so get back to me McGoran aka paperwork inc

I think it was a fairly decent shop, staff were ok, I had thought that the waiting time was oddly long but when the food came I willingly ate it, and surprisingly not bad, for the prices here there are many other shops which outclass it. Might come later.

Tonight ordered the following via Just Eat: Plantain x 2 Jerk chicken wings Curry goat Oxtail and butter beans Escovitch fish Saltfish dumplings x 2 Rice and peas x 2 Plantain - fine but hard to go wrong with that Jerk chicken wings - no jerk seasoning used Curry goat - nice soft texture of meat but bland. Also curry goat is not meant to be green in colour! Don’t know what seasonings they used but definitely not for Caribbean curry goat. Escovitch fish - not fried fish with vinegar, onions and peppers used. Was steamed fish with mint leaves. Rice and peas - no coconut milk, thyme and scotch bonnet pepper used. Instead long grain rice with kidney beans added. Saltfish dumplings - sugar added to dumplings. Saltfish mix wrong. Not seasoned correctly. Oxtail - absolutely horrible. It wasn’t browned. It tasted wrong. Looked wrong. Don’t remember any butterbeans. It was the worst part of the meal. Disgusting. They do not have a clue how to cook caribbean food. Maybe they are fine with the African food menu but that’s not what I ordered. £25 down the drain and had to put hash browns in the oven as that food was nasty. Would’ve been better off with a kebab. Steer clear!

Really tasty food - the jerk chicken was particularly superb. We ordered online and food came well within the delivery time. Fantastic customer service. Would definitely order from Zanzibar again!

Garbage, disappointing and shouldn’t be able to be sold. If I wanted fake Caribbean food I would have went to Turtle Bay. The food tasted rushed, mutton too tough.

Worst food in the planet.PLEASE AVOID.Everything i ordered went straight in the bin!!.

a nice eatary the ambamnce is quite subtle the food was verry good we went as a party four so we tasted a small part of the menu witch was exelant verry good value for money we shall be going again 5 star