Review: Keddi's Grill (Lekki, Lagos)
KEDDI’S GRILL
Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase One, Lagos | Website | 0903 128 0115
NOSA: Keddi’s is a cute establishment right outside Warehouse Kitchen in Lekki. An intimate restaurant blessed with abundance of natural light…
…Look, what I’m trying to say is that the place is small. It can take 15-20 guests max and the seating is close enough for you to find out the guy sitting next to you is cheating on his wife with his date.
I digress.
FOLLY: First time we went to Keddi’s Grill, it was really awkward. The entire restaurant was very dark and we could barely make out what the menu said because the lights were out. The wait staff explained that this was done for the privacy of patrons as people outside could see into the glass box that is Keddi’s Grill if the lights were turned on. As such, we resorted to reading the menu with our phone’s flashlight.
NOSA: Yeah, that was extra razz. Like, I get why turned off the light, but at the same time, we couldn’t even read the menu. Very very poor form from Keddi’s Grill.
FOLLY: Next time we went for this review, we made sure to go in the afternoon so we could read the menu unencumbered and take pictures with beautiful natural light.
Also, important to note very early is that Keddi’s Grill might look like a kiosk but it is not priced like a kiosk in Lekki. It’s really, really expensive.
NOSA: The prices shook me a lil bit.
FOLLY: So expensive that while we were there, a couple came in remarked that they were slightly hungry and wanted a quick bite. They sat, scanned the menu and decided that they were peckish, but definitely not this hungry.
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NOSA: In their defense, I think they nabbed that other guy with his side babe and it was awkward.
FOLLY: If I wasn’t reviewing this for the blog, I probably would have done the same thing and bounced. It’s not expensive like RSVP or Z Kitchen that you can kinda see why it’s so expensive, it’s expensive in the way that you’re thinking: “this doesn’t make any sense”.
NOSA: Lekki rent doesn’t make sense either so lets rationalize it like that.
FOLLY: We decided to start with chicken wings because everything else on the starter menu was incredibly expensive. So we balanced our budget like any other rational person would, splurge on the main and keep it budget on the starters.
For N4000, we received 4 chicken wings. They weren’t as hard as the ones we’d had at Byrd last year but they didn’t slide off the bone either.
NOSA: Lowkey, the chicken itself wasn’t bad. My main beef is with the price.
FOLLY: Also, I acknowledge the menu said peri-peri wings and so I was warned, but the pepper hit me like a ton of bricks so do exercise the caution that I stupidly didn’t before eating this.
In any case, we don’t recommend that you order this thought as it’s a waste of money. Go to Ebaeno, buy chicken wings, peppers, tomatoes etc; make some ata-lilo and DIY.
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FOLLY: For our mains, Nosa ordered one of the signature items the Ram Burger and we got the Asian Style Pork Belly.
NOSA: If you’ve attended one of Chef Alex’s burger popups (Mondays at La Taverna), the menu should be familiar. Well, not all of it, but the burgers, at the very least. The items on the menu are mostly his concepts and he trained the staff.
FOLLY: A quick segue to remind you that Keddi’s Grill is absolutely not for the poor, they do not sell any cocktails, spirits by the shot or wine by the glass, bottle service only. Other than that, they have incredibly expensive juices and beers (N2000 per bottle for your standard Nigerian beers - Heineken, Star, Tiger).
We drank water.
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NOSA: Still, that’s not the only let down to this iteration of the ram burger. Lettuce in burgers are a bit hit or miss for me. On a good day, lettuce adds extra crunch to a burger. But, on a bad day, it’s a slippery mess that ruins the experience. You can’t even get a good bite in because the lettuce is slipping out between your teeth. That’s what I got with the ram burger at Keddi’s. Obviously this is not an everyday thing (I hope), but it’s disappointing nonetheless.
We split the Asian Style Pork Belly between us. Served with sautéed vegetables and fried rice, the pork belly is served on a hot plate gizmo (read: induction stove).
FOLLY: The Asian Style Pork Belly was not my cup of tea. The menu described it as a crispy honey whisky glazed pork belly which it wasn’t.
NOSA: I’m not as extreme as Folly on this. I took the leftovers to work the next day and after watching my coworkers eat struggle jollof, it lightened my stance a little bit.
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FOLLY: Few things taste better than a tender, sticky and sweet crackling pork belly which this wasn’t, but I hoped it to be because of the menu description i.e. “honey whiskey pork belly”.
NOSA: The flavour didn’t really get in the pork belly. The honey whiskey, in particular, is all on the surface and the end result of this is some plain tasting meat. So yeah, that wasn’t good.
FOLLY: On one hand, this was tender but not juicy (i.e erred on the side of dry), the skin was chewy and the excessive curry was very basic.
NOSA: This is probably the “meat-iest” cut pork belly I’ve ever had in Lagos. It’s usually all fat when I run into pork belly.
But then again, I always get pork belly from Hubmart.
FOLLY: The vegetables themselves were also very mid. They needed seasoning and butter.
NOSA: The rice was great though.
POSTSCRIPT
FOLLY: Very expensive for a kiosk.
VERDICT
DAMAGE
Piri Piri Chicken Wings - N4000
Asian Style Pork Belly - N12000
Ram Burger - N6000
PRICE RANGE
N10,000 - N50,000
PARKING
7 or 10 spots