African Best Restaurant

This was our first time tasting African food. It was pretty decent. We weren't sure what to get but we knew we wanted to try fufu. I thought the fufu would've been hot. It was just room temperature really. The jerk chicken was very good and flavorful. It wasn't as spicy as some other jerk chicken dishes I have had. Don't be in a rush when you come here. I think everyone that worked there was cooking so took them a while to come back out and check on you and also to bring your check. I will try it again. Will try some other places too to see what we like.

Just stopped by for dinner during our brief stay in Louisville and the food is amazing! My husband had eguise and fufu and I had the jerk chicken with rice. Both dishes were amazing! Plus the staff is super kind and clearly cares about the food they are serving. Thank you!

Loved the food here! I had jollof rice, jerk chicken, fried plantains, coleslaw, and hot pepper sauce. Super delicious, all of it! I was inspired to try jollof rice etc. from the stories of Nnedi Okorafor (Binti stories et al), and am so happy to have found this place! I took a couple meat pies for later along with my leftovers from the generous meal. Lovely folks too. Definitely recommended!

I ordered late as I was on my way home from work and the food tasted still fresh. When I had first called the person to answer had insisted that I call back when I was closer in route so that my food wouldn't be cold upon arrive. I'm glad he did that because not to long after I had been stoped by a train. Ikr! When I had finally gotten there a guy had kindly let me know that someone should assist me soon. Not too long after a beautiful young woman came out to bring me my food and take payment. I thought this was a plus due to the fact of me getting there close to shit down; that everything was done in a timely professional manner. I can't wait to be served by them again! The plantains were the best ones I've had this far and I've tries a couple in the past.

This is what one of my friends calls "home food." I haven't had West African food in years. Africa Best delivers what its name says. Fried fish was cooked to perfection--flaky, moist, and crispy down to the tail. (If you've never eaten the fried tail on a fish, try it. Crispy deliciousness.) And the peanut soup...spicy, rich and flavorful. If you're looking for an food adventure, if you love Liberian/Nigerian food, this off-the-beaten-path restaurant is the place to go. I'll definitely be back.

I ordered the meat pie, fried rice and chicken (small) and plantains/fried fish. Food was all delicious and the chicken and fish were both well marinated. One of the best african food restaurants ive ever had. There is a spicy sauce that comes with each dish that was also spicy but tasty. The restaurant looked clean, great customer service, welcoming atmosphere. I was visiting from Seattle and will definitely visit again anytime I'm in Louisville, KY

I finally found some good Egusi in Louisville. It was so flavorful and just spicy enough... some might even like it more spicy. The meat pies were fresh and packed with savory beef. The staff were very kind and accommodating. I will most definitely be back and recommend you go too if you love good authentic West African food!

Tried the egusi - loved it! Also tried the jollof rice - it's incredible and now I know what the hype is about. Unfortunately my first time trying jollof was at another restaurant and it was not good, but I figured I just hadn't had it made well and after trying African Best's version it seems I was right. The meat pie was also sampled - it is also pretty good. You won't be disappointed if you decide to eat here.

I ate here for the first time and was very impressed by the breadth of the menu and the quality of the food. It serves West African food (Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria to be exact) and they have some dishes all the time as well as a rotating list of dishes (what they call soups and sauces but these are meals in their own right) for each day of the week. The woman who took our order spoke good English and was very helpful in explaining what the dishes were. Expect to pay about $20 for a dish, but the portion sizes were good and one dish is generally enough. We got our food to go and it took about 20 minutes. We ordered the jerk chicken with fried rice and plantains (offered every day). The plantains and rice were both good, though I've had better plantains elsewhere. But the jerk chicken was beautifully cooked and was above par. We also got their palmnut soup (a daily offering only on Saturdays) with fufu dumplings (the soup was $15 and the dumpling was $5 extra). It is a stew and is hearty, especially with the dumpling (you could also get it with rice). The soup was fairly spicy, a strong medium I would say. It had chicken with the bone in it, which is common for African dishes. It had a slight fishy taste and I see from online recipes that it is common to put a fish/seafood powder or sauce in the soup. But the main ingredient is palm nut, both in the ground form and in the form of palm oil. I enjoyed it, though the fufu was not my favorite type of fufu.We also got their goat. This was absolutely delicious and by far the best goat I have ever had. It had a bell pepper/onion relish on it and was tender and flavorful. We got the small portion for $15 and it was more of an appetizer than a main meal. Goat is not cheap. So make sure you order something else or you probably will be hungry. But it is VERY worth getting.One final note: something came with two sauces that looked identical but experience showed that one was very mild and one was very hot :-). So just beware!

they had amazing food and service also super helpful on what to order. The man helping us gave us some of our food for free since we had never tried it before which I thought was really kind. It had a very family oriented vibe and I love that everyone was friendly to one another. Also cute inside.