Irie Zulu

Great food and excellent service. Our waiter brought us ginger and hibiscus juice to try. I had the Maffe which is a peanut butter chicken stew, hubby had the West African Beef Suya. Our friends had the jerk chicken, which they said was as good as they have had in Jamaica. We also had East African Style Stuffed Pastries, and Irie Zulu Beignet Fritters Du Jour. Everything was delicious! The guys had some tasty African beer, and we topped off our dinner with rum cake. A delightful and cozy atmosphere. One of the owners came out and chatted with us. We will be back!

Dining at Irie Zulu was one of the most pleasant culinary experiences that I have enjoyed in a long, long, time. I ordered the Seafood Pepper Soup w/pastries. It came with table spoon size chunks of fresh catch fish, seasoned to perfection and sweet pastry balls for a palate refresher! For my entrée I ordered the West African Beef Suya/Chichinga. The meat was seasoned with exotic spices that I honestly couldn’t tell you what the blend was. I ordered mine spicy and my taste buds fought each other for the right to try to identify the wonderful exotic spices. The seasoning was not the type that burns your mouth, but the top of my head felt prickly (a good thing). The meat was so tender it could literally be cut with a butter knife. I washed it down with a great brew of Tusker Beer. My life’s sextant to the stars, ordered the Maffe Vegan. A plate of fresh assortment of fresh veggies cooked and blended to perfection.
I could go on about the wonderful staff…but best you try it yourself. Word of advice go there before 5:00 on weekends because the restaurant will fill up fast. I literally look forward to my next visit to sample more of their unique African/Jamaican delights.

The restaurant is a really great mix of Jamaican and African. The staff is really nice and will explain everything and bring out extra homemade hot sauce. Only wish is that African and Jamaican were served on the same nights and not just on Saturday but it makes sense with volume of people. Overall have been very impressed the several times we have gone.