Restaurants

Jambo
Home-style Ugandan cooking
© Jitka Hynkova
Jambo might inhabit a utilitarian building in an economically deprived part of town, but seven days a week it serves up Ugandan food of the highest quality in the warmest of atmospheres. And the portions are unquestionably generous. The £10 ‘variety meals’ here are the best value, comprising hearty relishes (stews or vegetables) and two starch staples.

Our meal of beef with groundnuts (ground peanut stew) and spinach was the perfect match for fluffy Ugandan sweet potatoes (called lumonde), and a virtuous kalo (a thick millet porridge). It’s the kind of place that feels like home, even on your first visit, meaning it probably won’t be your last.
Time Out London Issue 2024: June 4-10 2009

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Posted by Eliza on 17 Jun 2009 12:53
I have eaten at Jambo twice now and both times I was blown away with the quality and the flavour of the food.
The service is a little slow but the personal welcome and attentiveness more than makes up for it. Everything on the menu is worth tasting, the meat is exceptional and the chai is definitely the best I've had anywhere in London.
It is a little out of the way, but easy enough to find and once you're there you won't regret it!

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Posted by Rowena Twesigye on 15 Jun 2009 03:08
Jambo is definitely one of my favourite places to eat in London - the tilapia stew, chapattis so fluffy so light, sweet potatoes and groundnuts ahhhhhhhhhh my favourite meal ever!
Try it and you'll defo be back for more! Great food and very good value for money.

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