Lapaz African Cuisine

Wow! This is the best seasoned, flavorful and delicious food I’ve had in a while!

I ordered the jollof rice with chicken and beef, and the fried plantains.

Both dishes did not disappoint, and the sauces are exquisite.

Super excited to try other items on the menu!

Thank you for the great food:)

UPDATE: 8/28/2023
Okay, so i definitely believe i caught them on a off day the first time i ordered (forgot to mention their ac was out that day too) but we’ve ordered twice since & the foods amazing. And fish has been clean. The flavors were never lacking, as i said before their sauces are amazing and packed with flavor. The shitto is sooooooo soooo good. And they have the best plaintains I’ve had, so good with their pepper sauces too! I know some people say you cannot mess up plantains but yes you can, this place just has the right texture, and they fry them perfectly.

The younger man working in the front was very nice.

The wakye is so good, again the sauces are so flavor ful here. I’m going to try it with fish and beef next time as I don’t like the chicken option, it was two thighs fried hard, that’s just not for me, but others may like it.

I have not had their soups yet but I am very excited to try the peanut butter soup next visit. As the Attieke and wakye are reallyyyy good, I definitely recommend.

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So i actually liked Lapaz. For now im more on the 3.5 star rating, but didn't want to give them a 3 star so i went with 4.

So far I've been twice and got the Attieke first time and then wakye with chicken second time.

The service was great, the guy at the front, Although busy was very inviting and pleasant.

Now the Attieke i was really pleased with, it comes with a whole baked tilapia. The tilapia was tasty (seasoned well)

The sauces the Attieke came with were amazing. All of them! I especially enjoyed the one with the cut up larger pieces of onions in it.and the shitto the blacker sauce Omg. I can eat this with anything. So good

And the plaintains were the best plaintains I've actually had in a longggg time. Fried perfectly and just soft and fluffy.

The wakye was really good too. I do wish it came with more sauce as the rice it's self didn't have a big flavor to it. (It was good though) And the bigger red sauce went quick (not pictured) . Or maybe I just like a lot of sauce. The chicken was tasteful and also fried with no breading but fried hard so it was a bit tough.

They probably should've baked the chicken and fried the fish. Either ways the flavors were there.

But again, the sauces and flavors are definitely there

Pretty reasonable prices too and you get a good amount of food.

I do want to come back and try their peanut butter stew with fufu, and some of the other stews sound & look pretty good too so once i try the stools are pretty much have my mind made up with this place.

Overall. I like this place and the owners, they are fairly new and seems small family owned so be nice to them pls as they get things in order.

Amazing place, the guy named Ralph was a wonderful host. Tried african food for the first time, he gave us alot of time explaining the flavors and things to expect in cuisine.
Apart from hospitality the food was delicious. I had okra stew with goat as a choice of meat, stew was sticky and had all the flavors of meat, okra made it kinda more sticky which added more flavors. I simply couldn't describe heavely food in words.
Must visit.

I visited this restaurant this past weekend.

Environment/Customer Service: The restaurant is nice and clean! The server was very welcoming and friendly! He greeted us and took our orders very quickly. He also let me get a side order of jollof rice (even though it wasn’t in the menu outside of a entree). I appreciated that!

Food: The food was delicious! I ordered okra stew with goat, banku and jollof rice. While my boyfriend ordered fried chicken with jollof rice. My food was delicious and my boyfriend loved his food as well! It was spicy but sooo good.

If you have never had Ghanaian/West African before, this is a good place to try it (just ask for a little less spice if you need to).

Side Note: The business card is super nice and they wrote “thank you” on our take out lids.

Overall, it was a great experience. I highly recommend this place for the friendly customer service and amazing food!

Cute and small location along 28. I love jollof rice, especially Ghanaian, so when my friend suggested trying the place out, I was more than down.

It’s very cozy inside, but luckily we were the only two diners, so definitely enough breathing space as long as it doesn’t get crowded, which it easily can.

I got the jollof with fried chicken. It was absolutely delicious. The rice had a good amount of heat to it and the chicken was crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. The salad that came with it was also a nice contrast and helped to cut down on the spices for a bit. My friend got the fried yams with fish and she also enjoyed her dish. The person running the front was also very nice and helpful in explaining what some of the dishes were. We had to wait for the food for a bit, but didn’t mind since it came out and tasted fresh and not like reheated leftovers.

I’m so happy that there’s a Ghanaian restaurant option closer to me in Manassas now, so I will definitely be frequenting this place more often!