Even if you've had West African food before (went with a South African friend who agreed with me that West African food is quite different from East African, e.g., Ethiopian; or Northern African e.g., Moroccan; and, well, South African which is a polyglot of just about everything), you will appreciate Sermat's as upper echelon. Their Banku was excellent...even noobs will like it...especially when dipped into the various tasty house made sauces (they may tell you they are hot but not really compared to what is considered hot these days). If they have the mackerel, get it...my friend got it and shared some with me and eventually said no more sharing because he wanted some too. Goat with Banku was good as well. The Ghanian guy serving us and the Ghanian lady who operates the business were super nice to me which directly contradicts what another reviewer said about staff not friendly if you're not African...not true! One small quibble (which every review should have)...was hoping for some Afro Jazz background music (ok, so I play trumpet so not objective I guess) but one of the patrons picked out some classical music. IMHO, African food tastes better when served with African music ;-)
Prices are ridiculous now and they charging customers processing fees for cards and that is absolutely wrong. As a business owner you couldn’t get a company that will give you a deal so wouldn’t need to charge your customers for processing fee on food orders. Just greedy and need more of our money to keep up with the joneses.
I don't normally try new things, but I was at an activity conference and a fellow activity director wanted to try this restaurant. Wow it was amazing. The staff was so sweet and willing explained the different dishes. When the food came out it looked just like the picture on the wall. They have great customer service. Very friendly. I will definitely be going back. Thanks for a great experience. Tammy Point
Great food here, all my African people come and eat oo
Jollof rice with chicken was delicious. The chicken is prepared perfectly. The skin is crispy and the meat is tender and juicy. Just like it should be. The jollof rice was uniqe. mildy spicy and plentiful.Even the homemade sald dressing is a delicious original. I belive it is a tahini based dressing. The service was quick and friendly. I can't wait to go back and try many other menu items.
Food is very tastey andvStsff is nice, just make sure they feel comfortable around us as well becuz sometimes different cultures want to know that we can (All ) eat together and live together in peace.
Going home on my way from campus I decided to pickup some good African food . It was my first time coming to Sermat and I had just found it on the GPS really . I called to order because that’s how you order on the website and asked for waakye with goat meat . The lady was nice she told me I could pay in store with Apple Pay which was convenient for me . There were one or two people in line but it didn’t take too long either . By the time I came up my food was ready packaged and smelling good. The Waakye was very good the rice is well spiced and has flavor on its own . The shito and Geri, stew and goat meat were all included with the meal . It was really good and for the price it was a very good amount . I was full on almost half the plate so I kept the rest to eat tomorrow too. The presentation of the waakye too was nice . Overall if give them 5 stars. Great service and great food . I uploaded the photo below. Honesty,for my first time here I had no complaints and the place is really clean too.
Great African food home away from home
Their wakee is very nice, that's the only dish I have eaten here.
I tried 2 other places in Columbus. So far this is the best. The banku and okra , jollof rice and beef stew was great. I like their customer service too. Price is reasonable