Chez Adja African Restaurant

SÉNÉGAL 🇸🇳 Eat the World NYC review: Known for English-speaking West Africans, especially Liberians and a smattering of Nigerians, Staten Island has its first French West African restaurant in Chez Adja. This restaurant does keep a back menu of Nigerian foods to cater to the neighborhood, but the focus is on the cuisine of Sénégal. Daily rotating lunches and a larger amount of options for dinner are not unlike the city's other Senegalese restaurants in the Bronx, Harlem, and Brooklyn, but like at those places ask the chef what is available before setting your heart on something. The portions here are big, and big value, plated thoughtfully and come with two versions of mustard sauce to mix into your bites.

This was one of the worst food experiences I have had on Staten Island. The decor is beautiful but that is as far as it goes. My partner and I both ordered the lunch special and an appetizer. I ordered the fried rice and they ordered the jollof rice with the lunch special. There was no other patron in the restaurant and it still took 46 minutes for us to receive our lunch. When we did get our food after the wait I was told that they didn't have fried rice and that a new choice had been picked for me. The special only came with one piece of chicken that was small and dry. Our appetizer was grilled beef that was so dry it was barely edible. When we went to pay it took the woman more than 10 mins to come from the back to the counter to check us out after we rang the bell numerous time. While ringing us up she said that the appetizers price was double and just wrong on the menu. And she was not changing it. Point of the story if you want good African food with hospitality? Go to a backyard grill in Park Hill. Would never return or recommend this.

Alright let's start with the Good. The food was excellent. Really enjoyed everything I tasted. Excellent African food, the way it's supposed to be. Now for the Bad. The service was terrible. Plain and simple. When I walked in, no one was at the front to greet me. Everyone was in the back. I had to ring the bell for someone to attend to us. Secondly, the tables could be cleaner. Also, dirty dishes were left on the dining tables for way too long (they were still there when we left). Thirdly, the food took too long to come out. As the only African Restaurant on Staten Island, I believe you can do better. Do better to make the rest of us proud. No matter how good the food is, no one is going to want to come back if the service is bad. There are too many good restaurants that offer good food and service on Staten Island for this place to be lacking in service. I want to see this place succeed. Please do something about the service. It will make or break this restaurant. First impressions are everything.