Reviews for Talking Drums African & Caribbean Grill in Albuquerque, NM

The food is delicious and the owner is an amazing woman. Pounded yam with peanut soup is my older son's favorite food. Been... eating here since it first opened at their first location. Best Fufu in the city! Read more

I love African food and was looking forward to this restaurant Unfortunately everything missed the mark. The first time we came... a few hours before closing online it said they were open but when we arrived the owner was driving out and just said they wereclosed no explanation. Stuff happens so we didn't pay it any mind. The second time we ordered the sample platter with goat meatand okra soup with fufu. The okra soup had no okra and the there were only 2 small pieces of goat that tasted burnt. The jollofrice was not good either. No one could finish the food. Read more

They were busy preparing food for a catering event when we got there, but where still able to prepare food for us very quickly.... The man who helped us was also very nice. The food was delicious, i highly recommend it! Read more

Customer service is garbage but the food is bomb. Would give a 5 star but I settled for 3 because it is not the cook's fault.... Please employ a more respectful front host who is willing to go over the menu items with new customers and not sneak inincorrect charges. He's too jaded. But otherwise, the food was delicious! And the fufu and collard greens are amazing! 8/10recommend. I would like to go again, but the host needs improvement. Read more

My boyfriend and I were so excited to eat here as my boyfriend is Nigerian. The woman working was so sweet. However, after... getting home and looking at our order we were more than disappointed. For the price of $50 plus tip, we should have gotten WAYmore food than this. This is absolutely ridiculous and I'm so sad to saw we won't be back. We love to support black ownedbusinesses, especially being African ourselves, but I feel like we were ripped off! Read more

I actually was pretty disappointed today. I?d been here one other time before when I first moved to Albuquerque a little over a... year ago, and was excited to go back and have some injeera. The man who was running the place was also very friendly and chattedwith me while I ate (both times I was the only customer), but today I was left alone and not checked on. Fine, just a differentatmosphere. The food tasted delicious! But was small in portions, especially for the price. I asked for feta to be added to myplate, and didn?t find out until the bill came that it was an additional $3!!! I definitely wouldn?t have gotten it if I?dknown? a mention of that when my order was taken would have been a great heads up. I left feeling a bit ripped off and stillhungry, and as a broke college student, for $16.18 I would have preferred to go somewhere else and get a lot more food. Read more

This definitely my top 5 places to eat in Albuquerque. Great atmosphere, wonderful staff, and delicious, savory food. The owner... is so cool, definitely should have a chat with him while you're there. I'm looking forward to the next visit. Read more

good place and delicious food at a location that could be easily ignored. The taste is great with a bit sacrifice on the... healthiness. My main complain is on the portion of meat for the combination plate 1 - only 2 pieces of lamp. They were out ofmoni moni that day too, which also down valued my dish. We end up ordering more.. Read more