Brethren, today’s review is going to be slightly Unusual…Just read to know why. It all started when I got an email from DealDey for a 1500 naira Buffet in V.I. My eyes popped open and I quickly visited the DealDey page and secured the deal for myself, Bobo, Semilore’s Mommy and Daddy. That was an offer that I didn’t want to pass up on…so on the said date, we carried ourselves to Unusual Cuisine Restaurant in V.I.
WHO I WENT WITH
I went with Semilore’s mom, Dad and Bobo…I bugged them till they succumbed…the display pictures on that deal were stuck in my head and I had to just go there. We went there twice! Why? On the first day by the time we got there, you should have seen the queue, it was as if the whole of Lagos came to the restaurant…shuo. We just kuku turned back and went to Olobe to chop Amala. The next weekend we went again and that is what this review is about!
LOOKEY FEELY
From the outside it looked like a bank, I think the building was a bank that was converted to a restaurant, you could still see the security door, but there was a side door that we went in through. I was not at all pleased with the decor, there were two floors and I noticed people kept going to the top floor to use the restroom, so out of curiosity I went there…it was not a good sight. It was filled with broken down furniture and dirt (things you don’t want to see near food)…it was a small restaurant and for the kind of offer they put out, they could not contain it. I get that.
HOSPITALITY
Sigh…where should I start? When we got in, there was no one to attend to us to even let us know if we were at the right place, I approached a manager and told him I had vouchers from DealDey and he say make we just find anywhere siddon as there were no chairs. There were some couples ( 2 people) occupying a 6 person table and I had to explain to the manager that these people need to be placed on smaller tables so that others in bigger groups can use it…just basically explain ways for them to manage the situation. Oh dear…the manager, the attendants were so overwhelmed with work … We ended up seating on one funny chair like that, Bobo and I on one bar stool, and Semilore’s Mom and dad in another koro so we couldn’t eat together.
Food nko? There will be eba but no soup. Jollof rice will appear and chicken will disappear, there was bread, but no butter. By the time the soup arrived, eba was cold. Ha ha ha. It was a matter of grab what you can find oh…as expected one man just provoked and was just cussing out the managers of the restaurant that he’s been there for over an hour and no food…and I was disappointed to hear someone say “For N1500 what did you expect”? LOL. Shame catch me. This buffet na one chance.
WHAT WE HAD
We still chop oh, we were starving and I talk say I must chop this their food by force to even see if it tasted nice…The rice was alright…nothing too fancy.
DAMAGE DONE
Well, everything cost 1500 per person… cheapest buffet ever abi? LOL. Oh well…awoof dey run belle.
VERDICT
I doubt that I will go there again… I did not like their hospitality (I get it that they probably did not expect the whole of Lagos) but still this buffet ran for like a month and we went on the last weekend, they should have picked up. I was not pleased with the taste of the food, and most of it was cold. Bobo, Semilore’s mom and dad share my sentiments too. I have since been wary of those Deals on DealDey…One positive though… they gave us bottled water for free!!!
HOW MANY LOVES?
Have you been to Unusual Cuisine Restaurant ? Maybe your experience was better than ours… tell !
