Following on from the success of Ikoyi in Piccadilly, London’s Fitzrovia is this West African restaurant.

Located on Berners Street, Akoko, which means ‘time’ in Yoruba, offers an innovative menu combining British ingredients and West African spices. The menu includes popular West African classics like smoked jollof rice, and grilled beef suya with caramelised onion and confit tomato, alongside more innovative dishes Gambian oysters cooked over coals, barbecued lamb belly with suya spice and boab ice-cream with hibiscus. 

Pitch-perfect presentation, African-inspired cocktails and a wine list championing off-the-beaten-track regions from sommelier Honey Spencer of the Noma Mexico pop-up round things off. Akoko’s West African influence extend out from the kitchen with contemporary African art by Niyi Olagunju on the walls and Ladi Kwali-inspired ceramics on the tables. 

Ideal For

West African cuisine with a twist

Signature Dishes

Smoked goat with jollof rice; pounded yam with native lobster agusi, and beef suya and quail yassa and goat’s milk ice cream with uda burnt cream and caramelised Ghanaian cocoa butter.