Viva Afrika

Nicky H. • 1 review

August 29, 2025

10/10

Beautiful waitress😍

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Keisha H. • 5 reviews

July 12, 2025

4.5/10

I really didn't want to leave a bad review because we had high hopes and the restaurant shows a lot of effort in terms of decoration. The problems for us were the quality of the food and the fact that the manager was not treating his staff very well. It was difficult to witness so much micromanagement from a customer perspective and the food was very bland and inedible. We paid but didn't eat, which was a really unfortunate for us. We took a takeaway container, which leaked so we had to throw it away at Central Station on our way home and it leaked all ove my bag. The taste of food reflects the love, joy and hard work put into it and I don't think that's happening at the restaurant. On the positive side the male waiter with dark hair in a pony tail was lovely and smiled throughout. His positivity was the only highlight. Hope things improve there.

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Viva Afrika • Owner

Sad to read a bad revieuw like this. Im sorry that we dissapoint you. We hardly get bad revieuws about our food and to read that we dont do it with love is your oppinion without knowing what we have been doing for the past 23 years. When you dont like something in our restaurant you can let us know and we will always work something out. I guess our taste is to your taste. we will take note of your bad revieuw en keep improving as we always do.

Damoon F. • 3 reviews

May 11, 2025

10/10

Always amazing food. The portion of kitfo was smaller than I knew it to be from the numerous previous times I ate it. After ordering a 2nd kitfo to take home, I noticed they used the larger bowl that they usually use, so they acknowledged the issue and even overfilled it on the 2nd go.

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Viva Afrika • Owner

Thank you for the review!

Wendy C. • 7 reviews

April 20, 2025

10/10

It was our first time trying African food and here was absolutely one of the best choices! We ordered the surprise plate for 2 people, which you can try different classic African dishes - perfect for the first try! The atmosphere is also cozy. You can tell the owner made many efforts on it. Overall it was a 💯 experience!!!

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Jennie G. • 5 reviews

March 15, 2025

7/10

Lovely staff. Service was great. The restaurant is beautiful. The food was nice but not amazing. I am a celiac and the day after my meal I felt unwell. I am still unwell. I am pretty sure that my food was not 100% gluten free. The effects of this are serious and long-lasting, so I ask that the chef pay more attention to ensuring that the food is safe for celiacs to eat.

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Crystal R. • 1 review

December 25, 2024

10/10

Came here for Christmas dinner. Usually my partner and I eat in but we love trying new things and we chose Viva Afrika. We got the platter for 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it. And the restaurant itself was beautiful the minute we walked in. 10/10 spot for sure!

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Valentina G. • 2 reviews

November 14, 2024

10/10

Great food, cozy atmosphere and lovely staff! Also children friendly.

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daphne k. • 1 review

October 20, 2024

10/10

Eten was super

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Damoon F. • 3 reviews

October 10, 2024

10/10

I loooovw their kitfo

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Siddharth M. • 5 reviews

October 6, 2024

10/10

the food is delicious and the mongozo beer is unique.

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Eleonora C. • 2 reviews

May 14, 2024

10/10

Very good food and very good atmosphere

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Sebastiaan h. • 2 reviews

March 20, 2024

10/10

Loved it. Good food and awesome ambients. Really friendly staff and well made menu.

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Damoon F. • 3 reviews

March 14, 2024

10/10

Delicious food (try the Kitfo!), nice ambiance, we keep coming back :-)

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Nathanial Samuel A. • 1 review

February 14, 2024

4/10

The food is not really good :(

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Marianelly Q. • 1 review

February 3, 2024

10/10

Excellent food!

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Guglielmo Z. • 2 reviews

January 6, 2024

8/10

Absolutely delicious food! Loved all of it! Unfortunately, the service was very slow (restaurant was not even full) and it seemed as they were treating the Dutch speaking customers better than non-Dutch speaking…but again, really good food and big quantities too!

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Aysun U. • 10 reviews

December 2, 2023

7/10

Viva Afrika offers a wide selection of dishes from Africa, it has a casual and colorful atmosphere and good service. We stopped by for a chill dinner for 2; tried the jollof rice and pagasisus dish (assa-kelwa), both were quite flavorful, except for the side salads which were dull and unseasoned. Assa kelwa is served with the enjera bread, a sour flatbread, that resembles a pancake and it's nice if you're into sour tastes, I personally love it. For dessert, we had the tjakrie and baked bananas, and I think the tjakrie was the highlight of the night for me. It was delicious and not too sweet, like a "down to earth" rice pudding. In general, they have decent portions, and the food is good value in general. We were satisfied with the service, our food arrived quickly and the staff was helpful. I skipped the beers and went for a wine, and I was pleasantly surprised by it, they have a decent selection of wines from both South Africa and France. But do try out their specialty African beers if you haven't had them before. Would recommend if you want to try out African cuisine in Rotterdam.

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Tsvetelina S. • 6 reviews

November 5, 2023

8/10

Was tasty but nothing too fascinating, especially worty these prices.

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Jose H. • 17 reviews

October 20, 2023

10/10

Great food and ambience! Will definitely come back $5$6$7$8

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Marc W. • 17 reviews

October 14, 2023

9/10

Delicious East and West african dishes for very reasonable prices. Would like to go there again.

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