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Come hungry, come as you are — in Èkó the table is always laid for one more.
Each ÉKO '77 is a love letter to Lagos — its markets and its mothers, its restless invention, its Sunday parties and its unmistakable heat.
We took our name from it. Èkó is what Lagos calls itself in Yoruba, and the '77 is the year the whole Black world came there to eat, argue and dance for a month straight: FESTAC '77, the festival that gave a generation its swagger.
Chef Sekinat cooked through twenty years of weddings and christenings before she ever opened a dining room, and she cooks now the way that city taught her. Jollof with smoke in it. Egusi thick enough to stand a spoon in. Suya off the grill while you are still deciding.
None of it is museum food. Lagos never stopped inventing, so neither do we: beside the pots your grandmother would recognise sit grilled salmon, peppered turkey and a whole croaker straight off the flame.
However you are eating
Three ways to the same kitchen
Take a table in a room that hums with Lagos
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Every kitchen, on the record
Food hygiene rating
- Kingstanding5/5
- Wolverhampton5/5
- New Cross5/5
- Pershore Road4/5
Food Standards Agency
Google reviews
- Kingstanding4.5★
- New Cross4.5★
- Wolverhampton4.4★
Pershore Road opened most recently and has too few ratings to publish
4.5 average across 2,288 Google reviews · four kitchens
ÉKO '77 operates with full public and product liability insurance, and every kitchen follows HACCP food-safety standards.
A culinary showcase
The bill of fare
Traditional favourites
Beans served with togolese sauce and fried plantain
Amala with assorted meat stew, gbegiri and ewedu
Amala with croaker stew, gbegiri and ewedu
Shaki and beef with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with assorted meat
Modern dishes
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with jollof rice or fried rice
Served with fried plantain or fried yam
Served with fried plantain or fried yam
Served with fried plantain or fried yam
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Bulk orders
The same kitchen,
by the tray
Every pot on our menu can be cooked in quantity and sent to your door — for a family Sunday, a christening, a shop freezer or an office floor. Cooked to order, chilled and packed the same week.
- £50Minimum order
- 4 daysDelivered UK-wide
- 34Dishes in the catalogueDishes
A word from our chef
The true taste
of Nigeria
“Each dish is a tribute to the rich culinary heritage of Nigeria, crafted with love and the freshest ingredients. We understand the importance of family, and our restaurant is designed to be a welcoming space for guests of all ages — whether you are celebrating a special occasion or simply enjoying a meal out. Every bite tells a story.”
Chef SekinatTwenty years in the kitchen
ÉKO '77 events
Forfifty orthree hundred
Twenty years of catering weddings, birthdays and conferences came before the restaurants — and it never stopped. Tell us the room, the date and the number of mouths, and we will send a personalised quote.
- 50Celebrations
- 100Weddings
- 300Corporate
What's in a name
Proud origins
Nothing about ÉKO '77 is accidental — not the name, not the year, not the twenty years of cooking that came before the first dining room opened.
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The '77
FESTAC '77
The 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture — Lagos, 1977. A month in which the whole Black world came to one city to eat, dance and argue.
The name
Èkó
Yoruba for Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria and the source of every recipe on our menu.
The kitchen
20 Years
Chef Sekinat cooked for weddings, birthdays and conferences long before she cooked for four dining rooms.
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From Lagos with Love
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