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Enish

291-293 High Rd, Ilford IG1 1NR, United Kingdom

Enish
West African restaurant
3.9
541 reviews
8 comments
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H36J+64 Ilford, United Kingdom
+44 20 8491 2229
enish.co.uk
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Friday: 13–3
Saturday: 13–3
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Victoria Fadare
Victoria Fadare196 days ago
When I went with my friend, from far we thought it was closed as the shutters were down. When we asked for a table they said they were fully booked and tried to turn us away, and said we should of "booked online". However, we had tried before hand, but there was no way to do so. My friend insisted that we could wait as we had traveled far to get there and eventually they got us a table. The food was really good, just the right amount of spice, and service was fine once we were inside. Would go again, but probably during the day instead.
Kwex Nw
Kwex Nw257 days ago
Had a great time here with a few friends. Exceptional service, good music and very competitive prices. They have healthy food portions and fancy plates. The restaurant is usually busy on Friday (and I understand on weekends too), so best to reserve a table to guarantee a seat! Was looked after my Nikki who provided an excellent service. One area of improvement is the waiting time for the meal to come out. I guess with the great music in the background, you might not notice you've been waiting half an hour for your food to turn up! Well done guys. Five star treatment.
David Hunte (The Art of Flow)
David Hunte (The Art of Flow)287 days ago
The service was good because the staff were very informative. There are a lot of meat dishes and they do have vegetarian dishes but they are limited. I was not impressed with the mens toilets as they were not very clean and could probably do with some maintenance. The overall cleanliness of the place was poor which I couldn't understand because there were plenty of staff around not doing too much apart from sitting down. They have a eat in
If you're a meat water you'll have a wide range of foods that cater to all your needs, and the foods thing is that you can eat with your hands. There's a sink with thick paper towels to wash up before you start to eat and you can wash up afterwards.
They have a takeaway service as well as a dining area.
For me it was OK, I had a fish dish, which was OK. The jellof rice was not as good as I've had before. But I wouldn't be going back for another experience. 3/5
Maryam Wakili
Maryam Wakili318 days ago
Good customer service, delicious food. Our waitress was pleasant.

I thought there would be more vegetable in the Egusi soup a bit disappointed in that but regardless it was delicious.

Serving portions are good sized.

Jollof rice was very good and not oily. My friend really appreciated that.
Christina Arobieke
Christina Arobieke1 year ago
I've been to enish before, the service is good, the food it's really tasty, although you can expect a 20-30 min wait for main dishes. If you haven't tried nigerian food and want to, this is a good place to start. Overall the ambience is nice with music and if its a weekend you may even get live music and a dj.
Enish is always enjoyable.
Jason Onyema
Jason Onyema1 year ago
The food was great, the service was pretty good, but the furniture wasn't! The tables were unstable (we tried 3) but the food portions were very generous and the food itself was tasty. Definitely worth another visit
Bola Sol
Bola Sol2 years ago
Let’s start with the level of customer service. The young lady on the phone didn’t say goodbye and hung up after I asked if Enish was open. When I arrived later it was the same lady, she was a bit better in person but it felt like I was bothering her. The food was a 6.5/10. I asked for takeaway gizzard and dodo and only got gizzard (after asking for it three times once I’d paid the bill). A family of 4 sat down, were handed menus and then left within 10 minutes without ordering. The service needs to be better.
Funmi Bankole
Funmi Bankole2 years ago
A Nigerian restaurant with a rich menu offering many indigenous food options. There is usually a DJ playing fantastic selection of good music.
On the night I visited, there was a live band as well.....totally enjoyed the music from both.

On the flip side, it's a very small place and its originally a restaurant but being operated like a club kindda....unfortunately, this makes it very tight and uncomfortable doing any other thing but eating....was dancing on my sear most of the time as shared in one of the pictures....Lol.
Also, their service is very poor as some of the food we ordered didn't come and I personally insisted I wanted my order of rice and ofada sauce....it eventually came as we were about leaving and was not nice at all....the meat was stale and had 'freezer' taste and the oil used for the sauce was rancid.
Learnt the amala was good though....guess its their specialty.
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