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Overall Total Score
4.2 out of 5
Impressive | 2855 reviews

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Gastroranking-it
5.0 ★ from 50 reviews
Lauren
06.09.2024 - 04:16

Beautiful food that you won’t forget! We had the fish, spinach, beans and okra soup. You can tell this food is cooked homemade, highly recommend.

Steven
06.09.2024 - 04:16

A great place to experience homemade, traditional African food. We had chicken wings, jollof rice with fried beef and the X Large grilled fish. All were fantast...

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Bonzi
06.09.2024 - 04:16

Great food, native and amazing service . 10/10. Only tip is the music was a little bit too loud to have a conversation but 11/10 restaurant and food. If you lov...

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Piggy
06.09.2024 - 04:16

Visited La Mandela today with my fiance. It was an impromptu visit based on the recommendations of multiple Nigerian students that I have taught. It did not dis...

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SanneH
06.09.2024 - 04:16

If you’re looking for proper authentic African food, Le Mandela is the place to visit. The flavours remind me of home sweet home.

Le Mandela restaurant offers delightful African dishes with a few service hiccups. The food is delicious, authentic, and reasonably priced. Unfortunately, the customer service can be slow and disorganized at times. Some visitors had to wait for hours or encountered unhelpful staff. The atmosphere is vibrant, but the music can be too loud, and COVID-19 precautions are lacking. The must-try dish is the grilled fish with homemade chili sauce. Overall, Le Mandela is a unique experience worth trying for excellent food, despite some service and accessibility issues. Be prepared for a potentially lengthy wait for your meal.

Menu
4.6 ★ from 11 reviews
Carlie
24.11.2022 - 17:18

Here at the visit of cardiff and I'm back, eating was delicious and just what I was looking for.

Владисав
24.11.2022 - 17:18

Love it, delicious food, beautiful atmosphere, personal are welcoming.

Harry
24.11.2022 - 17:18

Amazing atmosphere very welcome at all! food that everyone can enjoy

Kelly
24.11.2022 - 17:18

The food here is delicious and a really good price, but don't expect your food to be ready quickly unless you order before you arrive. This restaurant serves re...

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Vanessa
24.11.2022 - 17:18

It was lovely restaurant. Great ambiance. The food was tasty. It is a place you go to be seen. People make an effort to dress up. No that's a lie.... The Ladies...

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Aggregated
5.0 ★ from 10 reviews
Kirsty
16.06.2023 - 10:02

Food was great, we mainly ordered Nigerian dishes egusi soup, okra, fried fish and it was amazing. The guy who served was a young guy, also mainly eats peskatar...

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Charlie
16.06.2023 - 10:02

I wish I could write enough to convince any African in Cardiff, and it is environment to visit this restaurant after eating Egusi and pound Yam, I would have cr...

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Lee
16.06.2023 - 10:02

Some of the most delicious African foods I tasted in Cardiff ...loved ambience, but the staff is way too slow

Aiden
16.06.2023 - 10:02

Service was 5 stars, the waiter needed time to ask if we had ever eaten African food (what we did not have) then each dish explains for us and he gave us his re...

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Mark
16.06.2023 - 10:02

Very nice enjoy dining here, also took for take away nice service.

Tripadvisor
4.6 ★ from 12 reviews
Ghazal
11.10.2023 - 13:33

This was our first experience dining at an African restaurant and the waiter was exceptionally helpful. He went over the entire menu and provided background inf...

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Victoria
11.10.2023 - 13:33

The restaurant has a bright and spacious decor, with friendly and helpful service from the lone server. The food was delicious, although a bit heavy-handed with...

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Jeremy
11.10.2023 - 13:33

We were so pleased we found the Mandela restaurant. We have virtually no experience of African food, but Ulrich was really friendly and helpful and gave us some...

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KSJacLaw
11.10.2023 - 13:33

Great to see African cultural foods in Cardiff! Authentic tastes especially the Nigerian dishes! Would recommend to anyone looking to try new foods or looking f...

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TracyBlackie
11.10.2023 - 13:33

My husband and I visited Le Mandela recently. It's a very basic no frills establishment but very friendly and the food was plentiful and very very tasty. We wil...

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Facebook
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Google
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Restaurantguru
4.0 ★ from 197 reviews
Deliveroo
4.5 ★ from 474 reviews
Gastroranking-uk
4.4 ★ from 257 reviews
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