Squires Cafe African Restaurant

Squires Cafe African Restaurant is the go-to destination for West African food in East Ham, recommended by Londonist in their guide to eating and drinking in Upton Park and East Ham. The description is simple and enticing: "Squires is the go-to for West African food; jollof rice and pounded yam are accompanied by deliciously complex stews and soups." A community restaurant deeply embedded in the West African diaspora of East Ham, Squires serves the kind of homely, deeply flavoured West African cooking that is extraordinarily hard to find outside of dedicated community restaurants in East and South London.

The menu covers West African staples prepared with care: jollof rice cooked to the characteristic smoky richness, pounded yam with its smooth, dense, glutinous texture, complex palm-oil-based stews and soups with fish, chicken, goat and beef, egusi, pepper soup, suya and a full range of West African sides. A destination for anyone seeking authentic West African home cooking in East London. Open daily.