Cafe Royale for Visa Restaurant Week

Visa Restaurant Week ends tomorrow and I have loved being a part of it :)

After trying the Dinner menu at Sugarcane and the Lunch menu at Samantha’s Bistro, I have to say the Cafe Royale option has been the most filling.

Cafe Royale is one restaurant I have known about since primary school. Chocolate Royale was the best place to go for ice cream, Donut, Muffins and Brownies.

My family and I tend to have New Year’s Day lunch at a restaurant and Cafe Royale was a staple/regular before Pearl Garden and Ocean Basket.

Tola ordered the Buffalo Wings, Chicken Suya Pizza and 2 scoops of Ice cream from the Lunch Menu.

I got the Popcorn Shrimp, Chicken Creole Pasta and 3 scoops of ice cream from the dinner menu.

We got a big bottle of water which cost N600 and a glass of chapman which cost N900.

The glass is the same as the chapman at Ikoyi Club but theirs costs N140 without bitters and N250 with bitters.

The Wings were delicious and the portion was huge, 12 wings, Yummy.

The pizza was our least favourite actually, I love the base of their pizza as it’s light and flat however I wasn’t too keen on the red onions or pepper on it, I prefer regular suya to suya pizza.

The popcorn shrimp was so fresh and scrumptious, the portion was quite huge too.

My sister is allergic to shrimp so I asked the manager, Mr Bayo, if the shrimp creole pasta on the menu could be changed to Chicken and he nicely obliged. 

Many restaurants are so set on the menu, I like that he was able to accommodate our preferences.

My sister  has loved the chicken creole at Cafe Royale for many years. She almost always orders it when she goes there. I prefer tomato based pastas to creamy ones, will try the diablo pasta when next I go to chocolate royale.

The ice cream was great, as usual, I will like to believe they don’t use expired ingredients anymore after that scandal last year.

The service was amazing, there are so many benefits to having a sensible manager, many restaurants in Lagos need to ensure their manager is well spoken and charismatic.

Our bill which included Drinks, Tax & Service Charge came up to about N5,000.

Hope you enjoyed my review of 3 restaurants for Visa Restaurant week, it was fun collaborating with Visa for this and I look forward to more collaborations like this :) Did you take advantage of Visa Restaurant Week? If yes, what restaurants did you visit and what was your experience like there?