Been meaning to try this restaurant for about a year or so. In general I have found African cuisines greatly under appreciated. Ethiopian has caught on as well as North African food like Moroccan, but most African cuisines are unknown to most Americans. This is a shame because the handful of African restaurants I have found have generally been quite good.

Dakar is a good example of this. Located in Clinton Hill, at 285 Grand Ave (between Lafayette ave and Clifton pl), it was a short bus ride away for us. The menu had already hooked us in with its mix of Senegalese and other African dishes. I had read some very disparaging customer reviews on some websites, but we found nothing to complain about. The service was good. I got the impression that the times something took awhile to come it was because it was being made fresh rather than just being scooped out of a pot prepared long before as at many restaurants. And the food was quite good.  read more »