Makenene Lounge in Berlin

Very friendly, nice staff, good atmosphere, delicious food, decent wine, like a second home!

Very nice culinary experience. Surprised by the quality of the dishes

The reception leaves something to be desired, with the tables facing the wall it looks like a canteen. The Service was done by an English-speaking gentleman who tried to put us at ease. As for cooking, they can do better if they want. At the end of all this to pay our bill, the lady at reception having said that we could pay by card denied her words, we had to fight to find a machine and even one that would go with your EC. NOT SATISFIED. NOT RECOMMENDABLE 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

Delicious and authentic food with friendly service at reasonable prices.

The Cameroonian specialty Achu is only served here on Sunday evenings (I also recommend eating it with your hands, it somehow tastes even better :) ... and I'm grateful I came tonight because it's one of the best meals, I've ever had... but I recommend this restaurant any night... great food, service and atmosphere ❤️

It takes more than 2 hours to serve the fish we ordered, waiter didn't care if we needed anything, dirty table and neglect. Unfortunately it was not a good experience. I'm sorry, because the food is good.

Food very tasty and friendly staff

Treated disrespectfully from start to finish, food prepared cold and carelessly, waited 90 minutes inside until the food for 2 people came, lady was only on the phone while cooking, separate payment was not accepted when paying because he wasn't in the mood, please go to Ebe ano or DidiPa!

I wanted to taste fufu and my experience was horrible. Ogbono soup was so sour 🫠 I wasn’t able to try it.I wouldn’t recommend for someone who’s trying fufu for the first time in this place and pls do not order food delivery packaging wasn’t nice.

I celebrated my wedding in the restaurant and I was very satisfied. There was enough food and drinks for everyone. I can only recommend the restaurant as an event location for weddings!

Nice atmosphere and friendly staff... good food

There is no online menu! I went there on Saturday wanting to eat taro but when I arrived they told me that they only do it on Sunday. If I had known I would have come on Sunday! And some meals were not there.

Maybe it's because of the day, not enough staff, so those present looked stressed and curt until much later. Well, it was carnival weekend in Berlin, so maybe next time will be better.

We've eaten fufu before, but here the food was unbearable: the entire food tasted like soap and the meat looked and smelled inedible. Ordering was at least quick.

I can't put into words what I had to treat myself to in this “restaurant”. - It was reserved several weeks in advance then we arrive on the said day and suddenly no one knew anything about it - We sat in the aisle for hours until we were offered a seat downstairs (after repeated requests) where, however, the leftovers from previous guests were still standing around and therefore still had to be cleared away!! How can you offer guests a seat that hasn't been cleared yet? - The food only arrived after about 3 hours and only in isolated cases/separately, just something wildly thrown together - Next, when paying, we were informed that we HAD to pay together/collectively, separate payment is not possible - So if it wasn't enough, we were ripped off and everything we ordered was increased by €3. There was absolutely nothing in compensation, neither a discount nor anything else. I can definitely not recommend this restaurant! That doesn't work at all.

Where should I even start? Preferably minus 5 stars. We (approx. 12) people NOT from Berlin made reservations weeks in advance. When we arrived the boss wasn't there and the employees didn't know anything. They put together random tables for us, which was very dubious. Unfortunately, that wasn't everything. We had to wait over an hour for anyone to serve us, and despite speaking to us several times, no order was taken from us. At some point someone came… the entire stay in the restaurant was about 4 hours. We waited 2 hours for our food. Freshly cooked or not but 2 hours? After complaining several times and each time being told “20 more minutes” and 10 more minutes, we wanted to leave the restaurant. They begged us to stay there and stayed there, which we regretted very much afterwards. So eating was delicious but a waste of time. Now we come to the highlight: The menu we were given is 8 years old, so the prices weren't up to date, which we weren't told. Instead of the staff asking, like in every restaurant, whether we wanted to pay separately or together, they put everything on one bill and we had to see how we did it among ourselves, which wasn't so professional. Ultimately, the prices weren't right and the amount was much higher than expected. After a long discussion, we unfortunately gave up and simply paid because we were already very angry. Happy shop got its money, angry customers who will NOT recommend this shop under ANY circumstances. The African community among us all know that Africans are always late, but like that?? As an African myself, I am shocked and ashamed for my compatriots/continental people. Better go to the kebab man :)

This restaurant doesn't even deserve one star. We had reservations for 12 people and spoke to the owner, who of course was not present and did not give their employees any notice. We waited over an hour to be served drinks, I had to move them back and forth so we could be served something. They just sporadically cobbled together tables and placed them against a wall. We arrived at 7pm and were not served the food until 10pm after we had complained and wanted to leave. What we ordered was all greasy and hopeless on promises like the one on the menu, which by the way was totally false. We paid the prices we ordered on chat, but which the waitress said was over 8 years out of date. You are properly removed from the store and are coping, unfriendly and very UNPROFESSIONAL except for one man who made an effort to help us and apologized. Ladies at the front desk on this subject I could write at least an entire book of unprofessionalism and nastiness. I would never recommend this store to you and this store is not closed but the staff is completely laid off. Ahh and before I forget, an invoice is printed without asking you how you want to pay. And if you want to pay it split between people, they say no, the fee is deducted for that and deducted from the employee's salary. Dieses Restaurant hat nicht mal 1 Stern verdient. Wir hatten für 12 Personen reserviert und mit der Inhaberin gesprochen, die natürlich nicht anwesend war und auch ihre Mitarbeiter nicht Bescheid gegeben hat. Wir haben über eine Stunde gewartet, bis wir Getränke serviert bekommen haben, ich mustste die hin und her rennen, damit wir was serviert bekommen. Die haben unsporadisch einfach irgendwelche Tisch zusammenbasteln und gegen eine Wand hingestellt. Before 7 p.m. and last before 10 p.m. the service will be served, then you will have to wait until 10 p.m. Das, was wir bestellt haben, war alle fettig und hoffnungslos an Versprechungen wie das auf der Speisekarte, die übrigens total falsch war. If the price is correct, if the Katze is best known, it will last longer than 8 days. Man is in den Laden richtig abgezogen und richtig, unfreundlich und sehr UNPROFESSIONELL bis auf ein Mann, der sich Mühe gab uns zu helfen und sich entschuldigt hat. Die Damen an der Rezeption darüber könnte ich mindsestens ein ganzes Buch an unprofessional and Unfreundlichkeit schreiben. Ich würde euch diesen Laden niemals empfehlen und dieser Laden gehört zwar nicht geschlossen, aber das Personal komplett entlassen. Ahh and bevor ich es perdesse, eine Rechnung wird ausgedruckt, ohne euch zu fragen, wie ihr bezahlen wollt. And when we get to one of the things we'll do, we'll know what we're doing, we'll be able to take care of it and we'll take care of it.

Overall it's good. More professionalism would help in service.

Worst dining experience of my life! The place smells like toilets, it stinks so bad. You don't get the food you ordered and the ingredients are spoiled. You must wait until you are no longer hungry to eat. If you try to complain they yell at you and tell you to do it yourself when you know how to do it so well. DON'T GO THERE!!

Bad food and service. It doesn't matter what you order, they'll give you whatever you want. The restaurant smells like sewage.

I ordered from Makéné Restaurant through Wolt. Wolt shows that the restaurant is open from 3 p.m. I order at 3:10 p.m. the time period to get the food would be 40/50 minutes. I'm waiting for the food. 40 minutes later I looked on the app and my meal was canceled because no restaurant employee responded to the order. Then I call the restaurant, the manager answers and tells me you weren't in the restaurant at 3:10 p.m. Impossible the way she went with me. You have to teach some people to respect their given time. We customers cannot know that you will not be in the restaurant at 3:00 p.m. if you have entered 3:00 p.m. as the opening time in the app.

How can you serve eru with Gries? This is not what we expected. In addition, no server has warned in advance that this is how it is at your place. The dishes ordered were excessively salty. For a ndolè dish for example, I was never asked what accompaniment it was accompanied with. Besides, what are the cocktails on the menu for if you don’t serve them? Improve the quality of meals and be a little closer to customers.

Cameroonian Restaurant in Berlin. Great food. Recommend fried plantains for the starters and tilapia with rice for the main dish. Also the okra sauce with pounded yam was great. Tasty food. Although the service can be better.Ambience is modern and great.

I had a very unpleasant experience when I tried the Fufu & Eru at this restaurant. Disappointed from arrival, disdain waitress, waited for close to 40 mins for the worst dining experience. The quality of the food and service was extremely disappointing. Although they may excel in other dishes, I would strongly advise against trying their Fufu & Eru as the experience was terrible. What a shame for Cameroon!!! J'ai eu une expérience très désagréable lorsque j'ai essayé le Fufu & Eru dans ce restaurant. Déçu dès l'arrivée, serveuse méprisante, attente de près de 40 minutes pour la pire expérience gastronomique. The quality of the food and service is extremely relaxed. Bien qu'ils puissent exceller dans d'autres plats, je déconseille fortement d'essayer leur Fufu & Eru car l'experience a été terrible. Source honte pour le Cameroun! I had a very unpleasant experience when I tried the Fufu & Eru in this restaurant. Disappointed on arrival, disdainful waitress, waited for almost 40 minutes for the worst food experience. The quality of the food and service was extremely disappointing. Although they may be excellent in other dishes, I would strongly advise against trying their Fufu & Eru as the experience was terrible. What a shame for Cameroon!!!

What can you say... A piece of homeland in Berlin. The food and drinks are very tasty. It's best to call and order in advance, as African cuisine takes a lot of time to cook in order to develop its taste. Highly recommended!!!

The food was amazing and the owner is super sweet. Highly recommend going here for authentic African food!

Food was very good, but service was bad. The server was always on his phone, got drinks wrong and was rude.

It was my first time “Cameroonian” for me and definitely not the last time. The service was great and if something was missing it was there straight away. Real secret tip for a native Berliner like me.

Empfang sehr gut Gerichte sehr gut und lecker Service sehr gut Wird auf jedem Fall weiter empfehlen

Service sehr gut, Freundlich, Schöne Dekoration. Ich habe hier gebratene Fleisch gegessen mit scharfe Sauce. Das war sehr lecker und den Preis war auch okay

Good customer service. Friendly waiter. Food took like 30 mins which is alright. I only wish it was a bit spicy as I had the egusi and felt a bit irritated afterwards due to no chilli in the food. Also it was pounded yam but it’s poundo yam‼️

Worst eru I ever ate. Because I was taking away, they gave me whatever . I got home and discovered very soft fufu (I couldn’t eat) and the meat was stale 😩😩😩. My money wasted

Es war ein Versuch Mal Afrikanisch zu probieren,wir wurden aber leider enttäuscht.Schon beim reinkommen,hat man sich unwohl gefühlt,weil es schmutzig aussah.Auf dem Boden lagen Essensreste und andere Gegenstände.Der Tisch der uns zugewiesen wurde,war auch nicht abgewischt und davor muss eine Party gefeiert worden sein,was man am Konfetti auf dem Tisch und der Deko noch gesehen hatte. Die Bedienung war zwar freundlich,aber auf die Frage warum nur eine Karte komplett ist,wurde ich auf die QR Code Karte aufmerksam gemacht.Ok,soweit so gut.Nachdem wir uns mehr oder weniger durch die Speisen durchgewühlt hatten,haben wir etwas entdeckt. Wir warteten und warteten über 45min auf unser Essen und ich muss dazu sagen,es war nicht überfüllt.Ok,dachten wir,wenn es schmeckt,dann war es die extrem lange Wartezeit wert.Aber wir wurden leider wieder entäuscht.Wir hatten Rind in einer Tomatensauce,Problem das Fleisch war sehr zäh und sehr schwer essbar.Meine Freundin,hat es liegen lassen müssen.Die Soße und die Kochbananen war lecker,aber der Rest leider nicht gut.Alles in allem war es trotzt voller Vorfreude, einfach nicht sehr gut.

Best Cameroon food wine and drinks 🎊🥳🎉

Sehr unhygienisch dort. Hab meine Tasche dort vergessen am nächsten Tag geholt und Geld hat gefehlt. Wurde nicht mal nachgeschaut, obwohl die meinten die würden mir angeblich Bescheid sagen wenn die Cameras schauen.

Alles sehr gut Essen schmeckt sehr gut service sehr gut

Why did you change your cook? Or what happened? Because the grilled fish I ate there last week was horrible. Terrible. Very dry. And tasteless. No moisture, burnt . Before your poison grillé was the best. Not anymore. Very horrible. Please look into it.

Sehr gute Erfahrung! Essen war sehr lecker, Bedienung war mega freundlich. Sauberkeit war auch ganz gut. Eine interressante Überraschung: Wir haben auch mit Afrikanischen superstar Dj Kerozen getroffen.

Food took some time to arrive but it was worth the wait.

Die Bedienung war zwar freundlich aber überfordert. Das Ambiente war nett. Das Essen war gut, obwohl es nicht dem entsprach was bestellt wurde: gebratener Fisch bestellt und haben frittierten Fisch bekommen, um die Wartezeit zu verkürzen. Auch die Marinade fehlte komplett. Der Fisch war trocken. Die Chicken Wings waren frittiert und wenig gewürzt - nicht typisch kamerunisch. Auch war es trocken. Des Weiteren war nur eine Beilage von 5 auf der Karte verfügbar. Diese war auch noch sehr trocken (frittierte Yam Wurzel). Auf die Getränke und auf das Essen mussten wir sehr lange warten - Getränke 30 min., Essen 1 1/2 Stunden. Da die Bedienung wusste, dass sie nicht alles optimal anbieten konnte, haben wir einen Nachlass erwartet. Fand nicht statt. Die Damentoilette war sehr dreckig, kein Toilettenpapier, keine Handservietten und kaputte Toiletten-Schüsseln. Schade !!! wir haben uns einen schönen Kamerunischen Abend erhofft und wollten das Gefühl erleben wieder zu Hause zu sein. Leider wurden wir enttäuscht.

Es war Erste und letzte Mal, dass ich dahin gehe. Ich war mit Kunden da. Ganz schrecklich. Man fühlt sich nicht willkommen. Auf das Essen mussten wir 1,5 Stunden warten. Und dann war es nicht einmal gut. Und am Ende bekam ich nicht einmal einen Bewirtungsbeleg obwohl ich mehrfach danach gefragt habe. Die Kellnerin hat mich "nicht verstanden". Zu empfehlen wäre noch an der Küche vorbeizulaufen. Ich glaube dann wird keiner mehr dort Essen. Und bitte die Toiletten nicht vergessen. Einfach nur schlimm. Definitiv nicht zu empfehlen. Vielleicht sollte das Gesundheitsamt sich den Laden mal anschauen!!!!

Had Okra Soup with Beef and Pounded Yam, ordered extra Plaintain and everything was amazing. Didn't wait too long and food was still really hot when I arrived home. Service was okay, could've been a bit nicer but I personally didn't mind. Overall a great place and will def order again!!

The food was a bit on the pricy side, but it is a lot and could be for 2 people if you are a light eater. The food is very well flavored and seasoned. We ordered goat stew, fried goat meat, and fish pepper soup. It took a while to come, but just like all good things take a while to prepare. All in all we enjoyed our service and food

The food was okay but the service was terrible. We felt so unwelcome from the moment we arrived. The waiter was so cold and didn’t even greet us when we arrived and when we left. We ordered for Pounded Yam, but we were served Semovita (which the waiter claimed was poundo yam). Waiter seemed to be having a very loud argument with a kitchen staff. Would definitely not recommend this place as there are much better African restaurants in Berlin

Becareful who you put as the face of your business. I know when this place was opened. They had a fantastic atmosphere. Unfortunately that's not the case from my last recent visit. Service was very rude and even started a quarrel with us. The tables were not clean and they seemed very unprepared to open at 3pm. This negative review to not to put my sisters business down but to advise her to take her business seriously and becareful about the people who run it because they have nothing to lose. I share my frustration here because I tried calling my sister from the same country to lay this complaint but couldn't reach her. I hope she reads this .

The food is not bad. However, we were the only ones in the restaurant and it took about 50mns to get our food. The pounded yam was given to me in a plastic bag, on a plate. Also I wasnt given a bowl of water for my hands, had to eat the soup with a fork. I can recommand if you take away or order, since apparently they are priorizing the orders over the clients that are in the restaurant.

The fried fish brought to me had turned cold. To make the cold fish less obvious, there was warm sauce on top. The Achu soup had very strange meats on it. The fish was overcooked and had turned rubbery. The waiters didn't speak German or English either. So I couldn't even convey how bad my experience is. This whole suffering costed me and my gf about 36.5 eur. Which is quite expensive compared to the portion sizes. If I could rate it any lower I would but I can only go as low as 1star

Personal sehr freundlich, aber überfordert. Ob das typisch Afrikanisch war oder ist, kann ich schlecht beurteilen. Schmackhaft war es nicht. Ein Erlebnis der besonderen Art, sind die Toiletten und der Blick in die Küche. Also lieber woanders afrikanisch Essen gehen.

Es war super lecker hier und die Köchin und die Bedienung sind mega lieb. Ich würde immer wieder hier herkommen. :)

1. Bedienung hat und gar nicht verstanden . Dir 2. Person dann schon. Cocktails gab es leider nicht obwohl es auf der karte stand. Wir haben ungefähr 30 Minuten aufs Essen gewartet. Essen war sehr lecker und authentisch. Was die anderen hier sagen, wegen den ganzen Blicken, kann ich verstehen. Alles in allem ein bisschen überteuert aber gut.

Clean place. Excellent service for family and friends. Good and tasty food. Come and enjoy yourself and have fun with your family. I love the place. 5 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠

Wollte mit einer Freundin Mal was neues ausprobieren und schon beim reingehen hatten wir das Gefühl unerwünscht zu sein. Beim Bestellen hat die Frau die ganze Zeit gegrinst und meinte zu uns wir sollen nur eine, statt zwei Portion bestellen. Leider kam diese aber nach über 1,5 Stunden immernoch nicht. Irgendwann sind wir dann einfach gegangen, weil wir so lange gewartet haben und andere Gäste die nach uns gekommen sind direkt deren Essen bekommen haben. Sehr sehr schade

La comida buena , pero no disponen de todo el menú y la atención es muy mala. Una catástrofe total , es muy lamentable . Espero mejoren la atención algún día .

Bonne nourriture mais service nul. Tu ne peux ps réserver une semaine avant et on te sert des heures après,tu te plains on fait comme si on entend mais rien. Bref autant mieux cuisiner chez soi.

Laut, fast kein Getränk aus der Karte erhältlich.

Very nice place . Quiet and clean . Good service

Waited way too long.. the service is bad

Wonderful food! The service is a bit slow but I think that reflects the care that goes into the cooking 🙂

Ein sehr schönes Restaurant. Das Essen ist sehr lecker und zu empfehlen. Das Personal sehr freundlich. Da wird ich immer wieder hin gehen. Auch um einen Geburtstag zu feiern. Da man auch genügend Platz hat für mind. 30 Menschen

Authentisch afrikanisch. Mein Freund aus Kamerun und ich haben hier gut gegessen. Der Fisch war lecker, die Kochbananen saftig und wir haben uns gut bedient gefühlt. Klare Empfehlung und 5 Sterne.

C était super j ai vraiment apprécié la nourriture et les serveurs. Si vous cherchez un bon endroit pour manger africain à bas prix. Vous êtes là-bas à la bonne adresse. 👍

Sehr angenehme Atmosphäre und freundliche Bedienung

Das Essen war super lecker, das Ambiente war auch okay. Allein der Service wäre noch etwas ausbaufähig. Aber das Essen ist super, darum unbedingt hingehen!

Very good restaurant. Best african food in Berlin, especially their famous fish! Preparation is long, but i dont understand bad comments about that: people forget that if you want to eat real fresh products really cooked and not industrially prepared, it takes some time to get them done...

Delicious food ,friendly staff and clean environment . I highly recommend for especially anyone who visits Berlin and needs to eat some good CameroonIan food.

Das Essen mag lecker sein , sind aber leider nicht zum bestellen gekommen , da sehr unfreundlich! Schade

Good cameroonian cuisine with good ambience

Sehr sauberes Restaurant mit vielen interessanten Speisen.

Top! Gerne wieder mit Freunden essen kommen. 🌹👍👌

Accueil, service, ambiance à gogo. L'un des meilleurs restaurants africains à Berlin

Service sehr langsam und hat einiges vergessen. Das Essen war authentisch afrikanisch laut meiner Begleitung. Immer sehr laute Musik und die Tischdecke unter der Plastikabdeckung war schmutzig. Die Preise sind günstig. Für mich persönlich ist es nichts, aber man kann authentisch (west-)afrikanisch dort essen.

Idéal pour les réceptions de mariages après l ambassade du Cameroun. Pas très loin de la. Merci encore pour tout.

Der Service war nicht gut. Dir Okra Sauce befriedigt.

J ai organisé mon mariage à ce restaurant hier, et la nourriture était exemplaire. Une propreté aussi a la hauteur de mes attentes. Vraiment recommandable. Merci

Kellnerin hat die Bestellung nicht verstanden. Habe statt einer zwei Portionen erhalten. Die Kellnerin hat trotzdem auf den vollen Rechnungsbetrag bestanden, obwohl nur eine Portion bestellt wurde. Das Essen hat zudem überhaupt nicht geschmeckt. Ich kann die positiven Bewertungen beim besten Willen nicht verstehen. Nie wieder!!!

Sehr schöner Laden und sehr freundlich und das Essen ist super

rubbish, been twice and management is doing the worse job ever. leaving untrained staff to look after your restaurant is not a good look, food was absolute rubbish. Won't recommend. sorry

Tasty food and great hospitality

La nourriture est bonne, la musique est bonne. Le restaurant est jolie. #Jerecommande

Ein ungewohnter Geschmack mit den verschiedensten Zutaten. Gewöhnungsbedürftig aber trotzdem gut.

The place is so beautiful and they have good food

Hm, eigentlich ganz cool dort und netter Service. Ich vermute, das Essen ist sehr authentisch und die Zielgruppe eher Gäste, die diese Gerichte kennen. Für unseren Geschmack war es leider eher nichts. Schade.

Très bon restaurant. Ambiance Sympa. Je viens de me régaler avec un poulet DG. En visite à Berlin faîtes un passage au Makenene

Nice place inthe West of Berlin to eat Cameroonian foods or African foods in general. Their dishes combined quality, quantity, taste (very nice) and price. Highly recommended by me in case you are looking for Cameroonian foods

Super toller Laden. Internationales Publikum ( french, englisch, russian, Portugiese, spain, turkish.) Krasser flavour. Leckere Küche:,))) Ich habe mich verliebt in Berlin dank diesen laden.....merci

A restaurant that cooks with carcinogenic taste enhancing condiments. If your love your health, please stay away from this restaurant. There can be an African restaurant that cooks healthy soul filling food. This one destroys your body and your soul. Please stay away!

I was there with friends and family, it was a great experience. The location is really good and very clean, the staff is very friendly and very helpful! I do highly recommend this restaurant to anyone...

Sehr auf Profit eingestellt! Schade!

Mit meiner Mutter wollte ich das Restaurant Makenene aufsuchen, das gute Tilapia (eine Art Buntbarsch) anbietet. Auffälig ist die Größe des Restaurant mit der im Kontrast stehenden Besuchsfülle. Die Räume wirken dunkel, das Mobiliar rustikal bis altbacken. Die Bedienung war eigentlich typisch für afrikanische Restaurants etwas unsicher bisweilen schüchtern, träge, aber sehr freundlich. DIe Küche ist bemüht, aber etwas unorganisiert, es werden zum Teil noch Einkäufe während Bestellungen entgegengenommen werden für das Gericht gemacht, sodass sich deren Zubereitung zeitlich hinziehen kann. Also bekamen wir als Vorspeise einen gemsichten Salat, der frisch und knackig war. Die Hauptspeise stellte die Tilapia mit Süßkartoffeln und Soße dar. Die Hauptspeise wusste zu überzeugen und konnte über das etwas zerfahrene Ambiente Helligkeit bringen. Die Sauberkeit ist nicht unbedingt 5-Sterne würdig, aber dennoch noch im grünen Bereich. Für einen Besuch sollte man zeit mitbringen, da es hier etwas gemütlicher angegangen wird. Als Abwechslung ganz ok, aber für mehr müsste das Ambiente dringend einen neuen Anstrich bekommen. Accompanied by my mother, I wanted to visit the restaurant Makenene, which offers good tilapia (a kind of cichlid). Noteworthy is the size of the restaurant with the contrasting occupancy. The rooms are dark, the furniture rustic to old-fashioned. The service was actually typical for African restaurants a bit uncertain, sometimes shy, sluggish, but very friendly. The kitchen endeavors to be diligent, but somewhat disorganized, there are still some buying of ingredients while orders are taken for the court made so that their preparation can take time. So we got as an appetizer a gemmed salad, which was fresh and crisp. The main course was the tilapia with sweet potatoes and gravy. The main course was convincing and could bring brightness to the somewhat seedy ambiance. The cleanliness is not necessarily 5-star worthy, but still in the green area. For a visit, you should bring time, as it is a little more comfortable gangue. As a change ok, but for more, the ambiance must urgently get a new coat of paint.

Einfach wunderschön. Das Essen schmeckt sehr gut. Tolle Location und sehr coole Mitarbeiter 💪😎

It was OK I enjoyed the hospitality and the food

Nette Bedienung. Sehr leckeres Essen. Saubere Lokation.

Chicken soup is glorious. Period. I can even risk saying that it was worth waiting half an hour for. That being said, service is as terrible as food was amazing. We ordered two beers, waited waaaay too long for them (read: 20 minutes (!)) , only to realize that their volumes were totally mixed up. It goes without saying that there were communication issues (read: wrong price) when it finally came to payment.

Schönes Restaurant... Leckeres essen und alles wunderbar!!!👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Really good food!! The fish was amazing and so were the fried bananas. Plus, the service was friendly & efficient and the atmosphere totally uncomplicated. A very interesting discovery!!

Sehr lecker der Fisch. Und bei einem afrikanischem Restaurant muss man halt Zeit mitbringen. Wird alles Handgemacht ohne Mikrowelle.

The food at Makenene was one of the worst dining experiences of my life. I am now 73 years old! We went as a party of nine, plus two children, and the management had received a booking the previous day from one of our party who had previously been happy with the food and service, so they knew in advance that at least eight customers would be having meals. Except for a few other customers having drinks, we seemed to be the only customers who ordered food, at what should have been the busy dinner hour between 7 & 9 p.m. The drinks service was prompt, except that they were out of the non- alcholic ginger beer which I ordered. We waited for over an hour for any sign of food, although drinks were delivered promptly. The okra soup dish I ordered was a flavourless slimy mess with very tough meat and I could only manage to cut and eat two of the six pieces; the dish was not hot when delivered, and I had to ask for a spoon to eat a dish which was largely liquid. I left over half of the food. My friend who was very hungry and normally finds most food agreeable, managed to eat most of the vegetable component of his dish but, like me, could not chew the meat and sent it back. I think the meat had been inadequately cooked a long time in advance, and would have been greatly improved through the use of a pressure cooker. Reading through the previous reviews that mention spicy food, I would speculate that there has been a change of personnel in the kitchen. I tasted the fish ordered by one of my friends, and it was flavourless, and in my opinion, not very fresh. The others were in agreement that the food was not of a good standard, but were shy about complaining to the management. My friend and I did complain, and at first were told that we did not have to pay if we were dissatisfied, but when we carried through this suggestion after no reduction was made in the bill, we were met with nasty aggression by the person in charge, who made an attempt at one point to lock the door so that we could not leave. She could see no validity in our criticism of the food. Threats were made to call the police when we did not pay the complete bill. We departed with very bad feelings, which added a sour touch to my 3 weeks in Berlin. As someone who spent 45 years working in the catering industry, while I am not an expert in African food preparation, I have worked with African staff preparing typical dishes for commercial sale, and have eaten a great deal of African home cooking in London, where we have many African restaurants. I have also eaten delicious African food at two other restaurants in Berlin. I feel that this restaurant does not deserve to stay in business if they cannot solve their service and food quality issues. It really does not even deserve the one star I have given in order to post the review.

War hier schon mehrmals essen. Immer super lecker. Gerichte aus Nigeria, Cameroun immer Top....

J'aime bien Makenene lounge l'accueil est très chaleureuse et la patronne très jovial donc que je me sent très eureux ont préparé aussi très bien merci bien

Très beau lieu avec des plats très délicieux.