Comments on: Judging Restaurants – Bukom Cafe

By: Columbia Heights Boy

Columbia Heights Boy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:17:51 +0000

I wasn’t overwhelmed with the quality of the food and I didn’t find it spicy as some people said. Nothing like some Ethiopian or Indian food I’ve had.

By: Bitter Elitist

Bitter Elitist — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:20:55 +0000

I had the worst dining experience of my life there.

1) They did not have my first 2 choices of beer. This I could deal with.

2) They brought the wrong meal for my friend.

3) It took two hours to get our food. A restaurant is never that busy.

4) I noted that the table next to us had people finishing, while others were just receiving their plates.

5) The food was cold and frankly not that good.

The waiters blamed the kitchen and would not go get the manager. They were very dismissive about our complaints and thought it was a joke.

By: Alec

Alec — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:53:35 +0000

Interesting – a Kenyan flag is flying outside a West African establishment.

By: islandgirl

islandgirl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:27:52 +0000

@ Johnny: I was dying laughing at your description of the unbearably hot food. I’m Jamaican and I can tell you that after eating at many of the African and West Indian places in DC, I am truly appalled at the excessive use of hot spices. Back home these spices enhance the food not overpower them and I have eaten in West African homes and not needed to fan myself constantly or abuse the bar. I have eaten spicy food since birth and while a inner warmth and possibly a mild sweat is customary a tongue transplant is never necessary. Now, Jerk is a whole other topic lolol.

By: SingLikeSassy

SingLikeSassy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:27:12 +0000

I’ve eaten there and I don’t remember the food being particularly hot/spicy. I like spicy food tho and this was some several years ago.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:09:15 +0000

I’ve eaten there once, back in spring/summer ’08. I can’t remember what I had and think they’ve changed the menu since then. I know I had something in a peanut sauce, with plantains and foo foo on the side. I thought it was pretty good, so did my date. Even though I haven’t been back since, I would go again.

By: GC/DC

GC/DC — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:07:24 +0000

Funny, I’ve never been to Bukom (the restaurant – or the city), but did go to Ghana Cafe when it was still on 18th Street and I thought my dish was unusually mild, almost bland. I prefer some spice & flavour. I’ll definitely hit up Bukom in the near future.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:47:08 +0000

The United Nations we have along 18th Street in Adams Morgan is great in many ways, but the food served at this place, Bukom Cafe West African Cuisine is as Johnny describes -sadly unpalatable and simply inedible for some of us.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:43:48 +0000

Bukom must mean god awful flaming death in your native tongue.

By: buy r4 card

buy r4 card — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:34 +0000

Bukom Cafe was the first West African eatery to appear in town, and it can’t help but stand out from the plethora of Ethiopian restaurants that dot its Adams-Morgan neighborhood. Named after a popular bar-restaurant district in Accra, the capital of Ghana, Bukom is in every way West African in spirit and look. Bukom Cafe is located in the heart of Adams Morgan, a rich and ethnically diverse district in Washington, D.C.. Please visit us and let our bold flavors and kente-cloth decor take you on a quick visit to the Motherland. Choose from West African classics such as okra soup, fufu, egusi and oxtail stew.