First any African reading this, know her meals are not really African. It's a brilliant evolution of the Ghanaian and other west African meals to suit European taste buds. It's amazing what she has done with it. For the food and restaurant, I would have given a 5 star. May be a 4.5 because the portion sizes could be bigger. The problem is mama pearl does not joke with Africans. We initially perceived her to be extremely rude and over bearing and somewhat condescending towards other Africans only for her to suddenly convert into an angel sharing experience, giving hugs by the time we left. I will most definitely be going back but if you do decide to go, do not say you were not warned of her somewhat brash first impression. That said, she grows on you like your favorite grand mother. read more