Ziya Delicacy Boutique

26B Oju Olobun Close, Victoria Island | Instagram | 0814 122 2222

I was randomly going through Instagram recently and bumped into Ziya’s page. There was hardly anything on the page; I could only tell it was a new restaurant in VI and that they serve breakfast. So I did what I do best — planned a visit there to determine if it was worth recommending.

If you’re looking for some kind of signage to help you identify this restaurant, don’t bother 😆 But weirdly, I quite like the fact that it’s a bit coded. Immediately I opened the door, I was fairly wowed; I felt like I was in a really quality bakeshop in London somewhere. The smell of freshly baked pastry hits you right off the bat (and we all know there are very few smells in the world better than this one), the decor is clean and fresh, and the servers are nicely professional.

I got seated and proceeded to order. My first impression of the menu is that it’s quite fancy — not your typical eggs-bacon-and-pancakes kind of business. Either way, I was not about to order something I wouldn’t enjoy, so I got a turkey and cheese sandwich with butter, and what’s interesting here is that you get to choose from a variety of bread options. They had typical soft butter bread, ciabatta, focaccia, etc. and I ended up asking them to make the choice for me.

I also got a breakfast wrap with scrambled eggs and guacamole, and a caramel cappuccino because, in my opinion, it’s the equivalent of a cardinal sin to be sat in a cafe and not have a cup of coffee.

The sandwich tasted like every other turkey and cheese sandwich I’ve had, if I’m being honest (which I always am), but the breakfast wrap was really *really* good. I asked for pink Himalayan salt to sprinkle a bit on my wrap and it made all the difference — a full fiesta in my mouth 🎉 As for the cappuccino, it was meh, nothing particularly memorable. My hot take is that restaurants in Lagos need to step it up when it comes to making a truly good cup of coffee — everything is not about presentation.

Both the sandwich and wrap came with a side salad and crisps, which just made me so full, I nearly had to roll out of there. It’s worthy of note that the portions at Ziya are decent and everything was super fresh.

The cherry on the cake at this restaurant is their macarons. In all fairness, the manager warned me that they’re addictive, and he was so right; it was blissss in my mouth and I nearly blew the budget but self-control kicked at the very last minute. I’m never too full for a good dessert!

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Will I visit Ziya again? Yeah, but maybe just to get myself a treat from the bakery. 

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Damage

Breakfast Wrap - N6512

Turkey & Cheese Sandwich - N7442

Caramel Cappuccino - N2791

Macarons - N1000 each

Parking

Car park will take about 10 cars