Makula African Restaurant - München

I was invited to this restaurant to celebrate my birthday. We started with the mixed appetizer dish. The Abladzo (a fried, green cooking banana with tomato and coriander) starter was my personal favorite. For the main, I chose the Guinea Fowl, which was deliciously prepared. I will return and try dishes that others in the restaurant were enjoying. Added note, as a person who enjoys spicy, the homemade pepper sauce is amazing. A little goes a long way and complements the meal.

We had two guests visiting from out of town and we wanted to try West African food (I studied Wolof in college . Made a reservation based on the good reviews. If you want entertainment from a big personality and that comfortable, in your friend 's living room atmosphere, then this is certainly the place to go and you will 100% enjoy it. The Chef/Owner made a large show about everything and made lots of strange jokes. If you 're looking to try West African food and do anything to annoy the chef, you probably won 't. Dinner got more uncomfortable because he got really aggressive when I asked for a side dish of rice to a dish that was tomato based (although Tomatenreis was a side dish listed with fish . I immediately said it was fine because he understood the food better than I did. But that wasn 't good enough for him, he went on about how it was the equivalent of ordering french fries at a nice restaurant. I said again that I trust his judgment, but he interrupted me to tell me that he could give me the rice anyway although it was bad taste to eat rice and yams together. I insisted against it, and thought that would be the end of it. It was not. At the end of the meal, the waiter brought out a plate of rice. By the way, one of the girls ate a Thai style (not East African yam curry with...rice. So much for the yams and rice thing. And the dish I had ordered was not a Togolese tomato based sauce that you could eat up with a side dish of cooked grain it was simply an italian Marinara sauce sitting next to 7 chunks of boiled yams, 2 chunks of boiled sweet potato, and two pieces of broccoli. The other dishes were a German brown gravy on kangaroo and chicken (with yams instead of potatoes . When he cleared up the dishes, he got aggressive again to the girls why they didn 't finish their dinners when he had made it for them (there was half a piece of chicken and half the curry left . I thought he was joking, but then he said we hadn 't ordered enough alcohol and began what I will call the older brother getting his younger sisters to drink game. He brought a round of schnapps despite our saying no. The girls don 't drink alcohol at all, and one of them had been so embarrassed from the inquisition about her half eaten chicken that she poured the schnaps into the water glass. He then brought a glass of chili schnapps, dared us girls to drink it, and then he took a fork, put it in the glass and brought the fork to one of their faces, all while standing wedged between the wall and touching her shoulder with the front of his thigh. Very uncomfortable. When I said I would drink it, he immediately said No, no , and then made me taste it. It was spicy but not terrible. He continued the game of daring us to drink it until he had to go over and serve the next table. He brought then a glass of wine and later another glass of schnapps. We waited 45 minutes for the bill as well, as the waiter wasn 't allowed to do it and the chef/owner was chatting outside with a patron while she was smoking (the patron and her boyfriend had left their drinks on the table and came in as soon as the chef/owner came in . He also lectured me on the subject of the rice again, as it seemed that had offended him so severely. This might have explained the strange alcohol post dinner. For four entrees, four drinks, two appetizers, and an espresso, bill was only 58 EUR (we left 10% extra to cover the uneaten rice and the glass of wine that he brought to wash out the throat of my boyfriend who ended up drinking the chili schnapps... . At least he compted the round of herbal schnapps, as nobody except my boyfriend wanted to drink it. Strange, strange evening.

This restaurant was open during the recent German holiday weekend, so it was not too crowded, which allowed for my husband and I to grab a romantic corner table in the restaurant. From the moment we stepped in, the owner/chef Robert helped us with the menu, joked with us, and even presented us with a specialty dish to sample. He was just as kind to the other customers which made for a friendly and nice atmosphere. There is a wide vegan and meat dish selection on the menu, which is great for group dinners. We ordered a chicken and beef dish, which were both seasoned and cooked tenderly to perfection, alongside yams, sweet potatoes, peppers and tomatoes. Everything was delicious. Music playing was good too. Very great experience overall. We will definitely be returning again soon. Tips: Reservations are accepted online or by phone. This is a smaller place, so a reservation is best to secure your spot. Parking is a little hard to find around the restaurant due to many surrounding apartments. Allow adequate time for parking, if you are travelling by car.

For all those who want something else.. A few very well selected dishes and a very entertaining host that makes every visit unforgettable! Ambience simple and wild, but authentic and appropriate.

After I had to give up the original West African cuisine since 2013, I could finally enjoy Fufu with Goat meat again in the Makula accompanied by a great atmosphere and enthusiasm by the host. Magnificently ghanaic, with Azonto music and the otherwise hated Akpetshi has helped the superb stomach and rounded off the home experience. Thanks for the great evening in Munich :-D