Nativ Cuisine - Bournemouth

Ignore all the negative reviews!! This place serves really authentic West African home style food. The Husband and Wife team Prince and Dorothy are such lovely people with exceptional knowledge of their culinary roots right down to the drinks. Don't expect a posh restaurant,this is not what this place is about. Its about the food,proper West African food like they would eat at home with their family. The lighting was perfect around the booths at the end of the restaurant with authentic trible face masks wall decor. There are dishes on the magnanimous menu of which I had never heard of before aswelll as popular meaty goat curry's on the bone and Jerk chicken etc. The price is very reasonable and we will definitely be going back soon. Thankyou for a wonderful late lunch.

Very disappointed that they don’t offer any vegetarian lunch deal. They do a £7.50 chicken rice etc but no veggie one. I asked if they’d reduce the deal with no chicken. They refused. I asked if they could add some plantains and I pay £7.50 they refused. Nowadays so many are offering a veggie option, they do need to jump on board or they will lose customers.

We visited Nativ during our 4 day stay in Bournemouth. Both of us had the lunch time special which was very tasty, filling and was reasonably priced. The service was also good, we received our drinks ahead of the meal which followed soon afterwards. The decor represents the origin of food they serve, this restaurant is well worth a visit.

We waited 50 minutes for our food without even getting any drinks to the table. After half an hour we went to check on the order and the chef said: one moment and it’s out. Well, after 20 minutes we just walked out without eating or drinking anything. This never happened in my life. I will never go back there again.

Lunch time meal deal, Jerk chicken for me, Barbecue chicken for my wife. Great value for money and a great way to try something new, Looking forward to more