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The Suya Spot

2.5 (20 reviews)
ModerateAfrican
Open • 2:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)

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Good for groups

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Oladipo A.

On our very first visit to Canada, my fiancee and I found this place through a Google search. It was a nice spot, enjoyed the ambiance, they had some Naija jams playing. We walked up to the counter and the cashier/hostess/server looked at us like we were disturbing her peace. After about 30 awkward seconds she finally greets and my fiancee asks for a menu. I kid you not, she FLINGS the menu at my fiancee and then walks away.... I thought Canadians were nice lol. She comes back out, and seems to have taken her bipolar meds and greeted us again and asked if we ordered... BISH WHEN??!!! (I really wish I was making up this story) WELL, we ordered beef suya, and waited for about 20 minutes before it came out. At first glance it looked pretty good. I had a few pieces with onion, and it was bad (overcooked and dry) ... To make matters worse, I looked to the side of the plate and saw what seemed to be "suya pepper"... WRONG!!! It was actually dried red pepper (atta gungun) used for cooking (you guys should YouTube/Google "How to make suya pepper"). My fiancee then noticed an odor coming from a few strips of suya meat.... guess what? That joint was spoiled too... WHAT THE TOTAL FAAAQQQ!!!! We stood up, smiled and walked out minus the attempted food poisoning... thank you Suya Spot, you played yourself... hold this "L" real quick. For my visiting 9ja peeps, skip this spot. If you you're tryna throw up and shit all-night, order the beef suya with ground red pepper..... P.S. - Tell the cashier/hostess/server to be a tad bit friendly. The 1 star is a gift, if I were able to give 0 stars, I would.

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SUYA SUYA . this shit is good lmao i cant say no more . U may as well just go try it for yoself !!

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5.0(1 review)
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