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EXPLAINED: Akoko - The Real Truth

MasterCritic: Grace Dent picks her top London restaurants for 2026

From a Notting Hill classic to a bikers’ tea hut — and everything in between

Evening Standard · Aug 15

Nigerian Modernism: Michelin-starred Akoko partners with Tate Modern

The restaurant is partnering with the museum for a new menu inspired by its latest exhibition

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

OPINION - West African food is having a moment in London while Nigeria is in need — it deserves our support

If I were to tell you that 2024 has already been a hugely significant year for West African food, then where would your mind immediately turn? Might it be Chishuru? The whirling firecracker of a West End restaurant where brilliant, Nigerian-born autodidact Adejoké Bakare (recently named Chef of the Year…

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2024

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30 things we love in the world of food, 2024

Celebration doughnuts and an elite cheese snack, tiny drinks and hyper-regional Malaysian food, decision-free dining and dessert trolleys – these are the Observer Food Monthly’s favourite people, places and things for the year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Michelin star awards 2024: London's newest winners, as the Ledbury triumphs with three

It was an outstanding evening for Gymkhana and The Ledbury

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024

Akara, London SE1: ‘Modern, playful, imaginative – a dig-in type of dinner’ – restaurant review

Akoko’s new, more casual, younger sibling is a West African trailblazer in its own right

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024

Jimi Famurewa reviews Akara: Modern West African takes a swaggering step forward

Aji Akokomi's more casual sister to Akoko has a kind of wordless eloquence, says Jimi Famurewa

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023

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London restaurants opening in October, from Akara to Aragawa

From a southern Thai specialist to a contemporary West African and a pair of Parisian imports, October’s restaurant launches are a globetrotting bunch, says Ben McCormack

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023

Akara: Team behind Akoko to launch new West African restaurant in Borough

Akara will specialise in black-eye bean fritters, a street food dish popular throughout West Africa

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023

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