Bala's Bistro - Memphis

I love the atmosphere, quality and customer service. I give it a 5 star! I will highly recommend them to anyone its my favorite place. Food always fresh and hot and reasonable price they never disappoint. I’m a regular who hasn’t experienced nothing bad *CHEF KISS!Food: 5/5

I really wanted to love this place. My first order was fairly good....a tad bland but I'm like ok let me try again. today's order HORRIBLE!!! the Egusi smelled and looked sour. The protein started to break down like food left to sit overnight. I was mortified at the smell and the audacity of them to sell this to a customer (via Doordash).. The Fatayas were super dry AGAIN. I gave them a pass the first time. the Lamb Saka was something else like some gross canned Spinach/?meat droplets. At this point I'm afraid to finish my food in fear it's unhealthy. Based on some of the negative feedback and their lack of response they obviously don't value feedback so it's a wrap. I will NOT order here again. I really wanted to become a regular. Oh well...

This was our first time here, and it was take out...everything was delicious. I love that they offer a variety of vegan dishes. Definitely will not be out last visit.Vegetarian options: I thoroughly enjoyed:VEGAN OKRA STEW “SOUP KANDJA” $14Okra Stew cooked with Onions, Celery, and Palm Oil. Served withyour choice of FRIED SWEET PLANTAINS-JASMINE RICE-JOLLOF RICE-PLANTAIN FUFU-VEGETABLE OF THE DAY-COLLARD GREENS OR BLACKEYE PEAS

Great food and really nice people. Gotta give it a try. You won't be disappointed. First time going ask for help and ask what's they have for the day.Food: 4/5

Specific vegan menu section, our cashier was also super helpful in suggesting some things and describing what the African dishes were. Food was great, good/unique selection of drinks too. We got the vegan plate, a burger, and the spring rolls. The vegan plate was really good (we had it with the maafa, black-eyed peas, and Jollof rice), burger was good but not something I'd go out of my way to get again, spring rolls were quite good too. For drinks we had the tamarind and hibiscus juices, tamarind was good and a tiny bit spicy, hibiscus was great and pretty sweet. Had fried plantains for a side, they were good but didn't have a ton of flavor.