Calling this restaurant "African food" is like going to a restaurant advertising, "Latin American food." Super general. Africa is a continent of 53 countries and each with a unique style of cooking and individual flavors (credibility re: I lived in Ghana for a bit). The menu claims a couple of their dishes are "north African." To translate, this means the food is pretty curry-esque & emphasis on the sauce. The service was confused and hurried, but helpful and they ultimately delivered without attitude or complaint. There is one African woman in the kitchen and the others are of different ethnicities. I tend to be suspicious of quality & authenticity when ethnic food is cooked by someone not of the heritage. The kitchen is open so you can see things being prepared - there are no hats or hairnets worn, so that is another risk you take when eating here. It's good that it's a lot of curry so it would all gets boiled out eventually... right? Portions are small, BYO liquor. Comes off as lower-to-mid-priced but because you're basically forced to buy side dishes with the main meal to make it well-rounded, in total it's about $20/person. I recommend eating family style with 1 main dish and 1 side dish for each individual at minimum (carbs like rice, couscous, or flat bread are considered side dishes). While the place is fairly small and they could join tables together, I wouldn't bring a group bigger than 4 people here as anything more would make family-style sharing rather difficult for everyone to taste test everything because the portions are so small. Chicken and lamb are their best, most succulent dishes. Lamb felt like it melted in my mouth before I even started chewing. The fish, on the other hand, was dry and overcooked. Would not order it again. Went well with the African flat bread, however. Wouldn't recommend this spot to anyone, but wouldn't mind going here again if we were in the area and someone was really curious about African food. read more

Tried this place as I wanted to try something different and while it was ok, I don't think I'll be back there anytime soon. The service is average. There was only one staff waiting tables when we were there. It took a while before we got the menu, also took a while after we ordered before we were told that that one of the dishes would take too long to make and that we should order something else. We ordered a chicken dish, but received a lamb dish instead. Because it took so long for the dish to be served, we didn't say anything and just ate the lamb instead. Also the veggie dishes were served cold and they were served way before the main dish arrived. The food was alright, it was good but I wasn't a fan of the cold veggies; so it wasn't for me. read more

The food was completely overpriced for what was served. In retrospect we should have ordered specific dishes, but we left the selection to the owner/manager. We had 4 vegetable dishes, rice, cous cous, lamb and prawns.....the bill came to over $40 a head and that was after negotiating the $24 charged for bread ! The food was good, but recommend you choose wisely. read more

This is fantastic African food. If you don't order a whole chicken you might as well go home. It's one of the best chickens I have ever had. They will not tell you what's in the sauce/glaze they used, but goddamn it's good. I recommended then also ordering 1 main for each person (eggplant is a must), a some of the Fataya (African Samosas basically). They have a customer for life. read more

In Enmore looking for dinner after a show. The great thing about Enmore is the incredible variety of places offering food. The problem with Enmore is the incredible variety of places offering food. Choice paralysis is what it's called and it was in full swing that night as we wandered up and down Enmore road wondering which of 700 odd equally good looking eating establishments to go into. Then, like a light shining through a break in the clouds we saw it. Lat Dior. An African restaurant. This completely unwound our choice paralysis as it is pretty much the only African place we have ever seen in Sydney and it stood in stark contrast to the mostly Italian and middle eastern style offerings that surround it. We have had African food before (I know... Calling it African is a bit generic... Africa is a big place with lots of diferent cuisines, but that's what the owners call it so that's what I am going to call it. If I were to hazard a guess I would say West African from Senegal round to Nigeria) and I have taken to cooking a bit of it at home. There was a small queue for a table but they got us seated pretty quickly. The food was great. We had a beef stew with spinach and coconut and a really nice fish dish plus some green bean in a celery sauce and some African flat breads. They were more like a savoury pancake than a bread but perfect for mopping up sauces. To drink we went for Bissap which is an African drink made from a type of hibiscus and a ginger drink. The ginger was our pick but the Bissap was nice too. Service was fast and friendly. The food was great. Servings were generous and the price was good. If you are wandering through Enmore wondering where to eat and feel choice paralysis setting in, take a look at Lat Dior. read more

An ethnic food treat. I rarely have African food and it was great, I wanted to try everything on the menu. The African flat bread was yummy and all of the mains had such great spices and unique tastes - my favorite was probably the lamb, even the vegetable dishes were standout. The colors in the dishes were beautiful with all of the greens, oranges, yellows, and reds. I will definitely return to try more dishes. read more

Quiet place with no other patrons but ourselves and the food was good. The two drinks they have I would definitely recommend to people who visit. One ginger and one flower/herbal - super tasty! The food was interesting. Never quite had African food and I am not sure which part of Africa this place represented but everything was flavourful and well prepared. read more

Three of us went to Lat Dior African Eatery restaurant last night and enjoyed the West African ambiance. We thought the food was great, and all our plates were empty when we had finished. I had a glass of Bissap, made from Hibiscus, and one of us had the ginger drink. The prices were fair and the service good. Senegal in Sydney! read more

Not Recommended. Dined at Lat Dior last night. The restaurant was empty, but thought we'd give it a go. One meal failed to arrive. Upon asking, we found the meal hadn't been cooked. Shortly after our three of our meals were served the waiter brought our bill to the table, telling us we would have to pay immediately as they were 'closing the till' (cash only, the eftpos machine was apparently broken). After our dishes were collected, the waiter came to our table and informed us the restaurant had now closed and asked us to leave. To make matters worse, one of our group ended up with food poisoning. Please spare yourself! read more

although the portions were quite small the food was nice and quite reasonably priced, the service was fast and friendly.