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    The Point Restaurant

    4.2 (28 reviews)
    ModerateAfrican
    Closed 1:00 pm - 8:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    MITCH S.

    I am always on the lookout for a new dining experience. We were going to eat at the Vietnamese restaurant down the street only to find out they were closed. What a lucky break. We drove a few blocks south and pulled in a strip mall and a place called "The Point". My daughter quickly checked Yelp and saw it had good ratings so I said let's try it. We were greeted by a really friendly server who explained the menu. We decided to order all 3 of his recommendations and share. I apologize I can remember the names of what we ordered. However, I can say the huge portions on each plate was more delicious than the other. One dish was a spicy fish dish, one was a combination of spinach and beef and the third was beef in a delicious red sauce. I don't understand "foodies". continue to frequent trendy nondescript restaurants when true 5 star family owned establishments are underserved.

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    Leo Y.

    Walking into this restaurant, I wasn't sure what to expect. There was a board with a menu, and a person by the board. I walked up to it, read it, did some Google searches on Eba, Fufu, and Jollof Rice, and they all came back as Nigerian food. I asked the employee(or owner?), and he said nope, it's Ghanaian. Eba looked interesting, so I ordered that, but was told that they were out. I then wanted the Jollof rice, but that's weekends only, same with Fufu. At this point, I asked what I should order, I was told to get the Wakkye. Google told me it is Waakye, but photos confirmed it's what I got. It's about as Ghanaian as you can get apparently, and is very carb heavy. The plate had garri, spaghetti, egg, fish, beef, rice, and beans. Easily two meals for $12. I was told to mix it all up, I did and found out that the fish had bones. My recommendation is to debone the fish, then mix it all up. Good texture, good flavor, very savory, nice and filling, but I wanted something sweet afterwards. They make their own ginger drink, but they were out of that as well. Overall, closer to a four star experience based on the fact that they were out of everything that I wanted, but based on price, portion size, flavor, and service, I can't bring myself on giving them anything less than 5 stars.

    Jolof rice with beef stew
    Giovanna A.

    This is a restaurant in a strip at Hamilton & Main St in Whitehall in a location that has previously been various restaurants; the immediate prior was a Salvadorean restaurant which a very much liked for takeout, not fabulous visibility and high rents is the issue, I've heard. The Point serves African food from Ghana, which I was not familiar with vs African foods from other parts of Africa. Not knowing what to order, I ordered jolof rice with beef stew, something I was familiar with. Though prices seem a bit high (for lunch at least), it was a very generous amount of food, a coworker and I split it to try. It was very good, though I kind of expected a little less rice and more beef stew, my coworker disagreed. Was thinking they could perhaps have some small samples of things, like some of the soups' pictures look amazing but I have no idea which ones to try. Likely they intended to serve mostly people from their part of the world but what the heck, I am tired of hamburgers for lunch. While I was there I looked around for a takeout menu (so should have one!) and decided to go ahead and ask if they had or could do any samples. They brought me a sample of rice with spinach stew, and while at first it seemed mild, the finish was deliciously spicy, in a good way. This thing was amazing! I immediately wished I could change my order to that, which would have been rude so I did not, but have been wanting to go back all weekend just to get more of that! Probably going back this week for more, and though the menu looks like it may change from day to day, they said they do have this all the time. Yum!! If you're looking for a food adventure in the area, this would be a great choice.

    Banku and Tilapia with sliced pepper/onions/tomatoes and mild African pepper.

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    The food is good & the entertainment is excellent!!. I really like the patio this summer.

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    This place had a nice vibe with the music. Great service. Dined in and had the Banku and Tilapia. It was spicy hot delicious!

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    Amazing service and friendly staff!! My Dad and I LOVE this place!! The food is always great!

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    6 years ago

    The are so organized and punctual with orders never been disappointed with any order Jollof and Waakye highly recommended

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    11 years ago

    If you want good homemade Ghanaian food, The Point has just that. Huge portions as well!

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    8 years ago

    Delicious food and excellent service! I'll definitely be back. The Spinach stew with beef was delicious.

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    8 years ago

    Love West African food and this place was delicious. I had the Okra Stew with Banku, it was better than my Ghanian friends make!!

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    10 years ago

    I have try so many African's Restaurant but the point restaurant is the best place to spend your money and eat good. I love it.

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    So let me just start by saying the portions here are GENEROUS. And when I say generous, I mean…read moregenerous. We ordered two meals to split between two people and I think we had 8 meals between the two of us. Anyways, the restaurant itself is super easy to miss. Its right off of Cleveland Ave and if you aren't familiar with the area, you can drive right past it without noticing. Google maps does help but if you're like me and have no idea what "on your left in 1000 feet means" then best to try and look out for the sign and be prepared to make a u-turn. There is a small parking lot out front but again, very easy to miss, especially in the dark. As it is still COVID times, I can't rate the interior dining experience. I do have to admit, it didn't seem like the nicest area but the best food always comes with a journey and a story. We parked, went inside and were greeted with a wide array of tantalizing scents. The staff was friendly and had our food ready for pick up. Basic COVID measures were in place, masks, social distancing, cleanliness. With our food they included soda and bananas, more on the bananas later. We also got a couple cups of soup, so protip, ask for soup if they have some! So we took this behemouth bag of food home and finally sat down to try it. I'll start with the soup, it was such a great flavor. Heavy on the goat/lamb flavor if you've ever had that but not in any overwhelming way. It was just so flavorful! The chicken kalankal also was just bursting with spices and was a great accompaniment to the yellow rice it came with. It was a very warm dish and very reminiscient of South Asian curries. The goat cubes were also delicious, fairly tender and again all those spices and sauce was very well soaked up by the rice. There are bones that come with the goat cubes so if you aren't used to eating things with bones, be careful cause there could be little pieces here and there. Overall, the food was amazing and I'll definitely be coming back to try more dishes in the future. So about those bananas. My friend and I, being ignorant, had no idea whether the bananas were dessert, appetizers, whatever so weren't really sure how they fit into the meal. However, I do have one friend who told me he eats bananas and rice so I tried a piece of the banana with the overall dish. It actually worked really well, the sweet creaminess of the banana balanced out some of the spices from the meat very well. Whether or not I did the right thing is up to y'alls interpretation. Anyway, this was a very long review but in summary, Darbo is a great restaurant to try if you want some flavor heavy food. Also ensure you come with an empty stomach cause you can eat a meal for days!

    Made a LONG DRIVE and wanted to eat in . Get here and it's TAKE OUT ONLY . I had tried calling the…read morenumber on Yelp earlier and no one answered No where does it say take out only . Taking my business elsewhere and my tik tok live stream . So disappointed

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