OVERALL: I walked right passed it in the heavy rain because it's name has been changed to Faze2 or so. The manager had not told me this twice before when I had phoned. I had been to the original Buka 10 years ago – the reason why I recommended it to my sisters. This time though, I was disappointed. We were sat next to the toilet area and asked to be moved! The toilets were awful, cold and freezing!
THE FOOD: Edible but in no way exciting soups – Ogbono and Abula. My sister's dodo and fish was big and pretty but bland and The pepper soup and moi moi were definitely not authentic or special. Many items were on the menu but not available on the SATURDAY night e.g Efo riro, Asaro, snail etc...which was a real shame and very disappointing. Also, it would have been better to inform us that Tilapia was the only fish available on the night rather than assume we would like it - as it so happens, it is my least favourite fish and my sister who had never tasted it before hated it!
STAFF: Nice but no warmth or rapport. This is very poor business sense and I hope they take note. The waiter just gave us whatever we ordered and disappeared until we waved and waved to get their attention for something. The food finally arrived, but the cutleries didn't! After asking and waiting for another 6 minutes or so, I had to go up to the counter to ask again. Only one set of cutlery was available. I took the fork, one of my sisters took the spoon and my other sister had to wait for another 4 minutes. Obviously, the food was no longer as hot. My sister's coke was not cold. When I mentioned this to the manager later, he said he had forgotten to get it from the fridge.
ATMOSPHERE: Nice and clean although there could have been more Nigerian memorabilia. The live music came on around 9.30pm. It was fantastic! Again, the staff could have swarmed around us making more money but, they just left us to it and in the end, we paid and left.
Buka Restaurant serve Nigerian dishes. They also have Nigerian karaoke and a dance music night club. Catering for private parties of up to 80 guests is available upon request. A takeaway menu is also available.