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Live-fire grill · Ikoyi, Lagos

Smoked for twelve hours. Served in thirty seconds of booking.

Charcoal-grilled Nigerian flavours on Bourdillon Road: suya-butter short ribs, smoky party jollof and zobo spritz. Book a table online, or order on WhatsApp for pickup.

4.8 on Google 14B Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos

Signatures

The plates people come back for

Five dishes that have been on the menu since the day we lit the first fire.

Full menu
Small chops platter

Small chops & starters

Small chops platter

₦14,500

Samosas, spring rolls, puff-puff and peppered gizzard with ata dindin dip.

  • 🌶 (Spicy)
12-hour smoked short ribs

From the fire

12-hour smoked short ribs

₦38,000

Beef short ribs smoked overnight, glazed with suya butter and burnt honey.

  • GF (Gluten-free)
  • N (Contains nuts)
Peppered chicken & smoky party jollof

Pots & plates

Peppered chicken & smoky party jollof

₦18,500

Jollof finished over the coals for that bottom-pot smoke, with peppered chicken.

  • 🌶 (Spicy)
Mixed grill for two

To share

Mixed grill for two

₦72,000

Picanha, half chicken, suya skewers and prawns with two sides.

  • 🌶 (Spicy)
  • N (Contains nuts)
Zobo spritz

Bar

Zobo spritz

₦6,500

Hibiscus, ginger, orange and soda. Add gin for ₦3,000.

  • VG (Vegan)
Chef plating a dish

The fire

My grandmother cooked over wood in Ogbomosho. I just turned the volume up: Nigerian spice, slow smoke and a grill that never goes out.

Chef Tobi Adeyemi, founder

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The menu

Read it like a printed card. Order it like a local.

From the fire

Cooked over hardwood charcoal and smoked in-house. Every grill comes with one side.

  • 12-hour smoked short ribs₦38,000

    Beef short ribs smoked overnight, glazed with suya butter and burnt honey.

    • GF (Gluten-free)
    • N (Contains nuts)
  • Ribeye, 350g₦42,000

    Dry-aged ribeye, yaji chimichurri, hand-cut chips.

  • Picanha₦36,000

    Sliced rump cap, charred over flame, with ata dindin and grilled onions.

    • 🌶 (Spicy)
    • GF (Gluten-free)
  • Peri-peri chicken₦14,000

    Free-range chicken marinated for 24 hours in scotch bonnet and garlic.

    • 🌶 (Spicy)
    • GF (Gluten-free)

Pots & plates

The food we grew up on, cooked slowly and served generously.

  • Peppered chicken & smoky party jollof₦18,500

    Jollof finished over the coals for that bottom-pot smoke, with peppered chicken.

    • 🌶 (Spicy)
  • Coconut prawn curry₦26,000

    Prawns in a coconut, scotch bonnet and lemongrass curry with ofada rice.

    • 🌶 (Spicy)
    • GF (Gluten-free)
  • Ofada stew & dodo₦19,500

    Ayamase green pepper stew with assorted meat, ofada rice and fried plantain.

    • 🌶 (Spicy)
    • GF (Gluten-free)
  • Efo riro & smoked fish₦17,500

    Spinach stew with smoked mackerel, iru and crayfish. Served with pounded yam.

    • GF (Gluten-free)

Inside

Low light, loud flavours

Guests

4.8 from 1,900+ reviews

  • “The short ribs fall off the bone and the suya butter should be illegal. Best birthday dinner I've had in Lagos.”
    Adaeze O. · Google
  • “Booked at 6pm for 8pm on a Friday, got a terrace table and a WhatsApp confirmation in minutes. The band was brilliant.”
    Kunle B. · Google
  • “That zobo spritz. And the jollof actually tastes like party jollof. We've ordered for pickup three times since.”
    Hauwa & Femi · Instagram

Private dining

A room for 24, a terrace for 60

Birthdays, engagement dinners, team nights and launches, with a set menu built around the grill and a bar that stays open.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
12pm – 10:30pm
Wednesday
12pm – 10:30pm
Thursday
12pm – 11pm
Friday
12pm – 12:30amLive music from 8pm
Saturday
12pm – 12:30amLive music from 8pm
Sunday
12pm – 9pmSunday brunch & grill

14B Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos

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