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IkoyiLagos, Nigeria

A nine-course tasting room on the Lagos lagoon

Party jollof · grilled lagoon fish · ata dindin

Lagos, slowly.

01 The House

Àdùn means sweetness. Ours is the slow kind: catfish from Epe, yams from Ekiti, pepper from Mile 12 market, cooked over coal and served to twenty-four guests a night as the lagoon turns gold.

Aerial view of boats crossing the Lagos lagoon beside the Ikoyi skyline

We sit on the Ikoyi waterfront, where Bourdillon runs out of road and meets the water. The dining room faces west over the Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge, so every service begins in daylight and ends under its lights.

The menu changes with the markets and the tide. Some nights there are prawns from Badagry; some nights there aren't. That's the point.

Courses
9
Seats
24
Lagoon
1

6.4474° N  /  3.4553° E

The Lekki–Ikoyi Link Bridge pylon over the lagoon

02 The Tasting

Nine courses, one evening

Nigerian classics, rebuilt course by course. Around three hours. ₦185,000 per guest.

  1. Golden akara bean fritters on a white plate

    I

    Akara & Uda Honey

    After: Saturday-morning akara

    Black-eyed bean fritters whipped with crayfish, glazed with uda-pepper honey.

  2. Pepper soup with fish in a steel bowl

    II

    Point-and-Kill Pepper Soup

    After: Epe catfish pepper soup

    Clear broth of uziza, ehuru and scent leaf, poured at the table over Epe catfish.

  3. Suya skewers served on rice

    III

    Wagyu Suya

    After: roadside suya

    Kano-style yaji, onion ash and tomato water, kissed over Lagos coal.

  4. Hands holding a bowl of egusi soup

    IV

    Egusi, Two Ways

    After: Sunday egusi soup

    Melon-seed custard and toasted egusi crumble, smoked prawn, bitter-leaf oil.

  5. Whole grilled fish with lemon and tomato

    V

    Croaker & Dodo

    After: Lagos beach grilled fish

    Lagoon croaker grilled whole, caramelised plantain, ata dindin.

  6. Jollof rice plated with red onion

    VI

    Party Jollof

    After: owambe jollof

    Smoky bottom-pot rice, tiger prawn, burnt tomato butter.

  7. Efo riro vegetable stew with pounded yam

    VII

    Efo Riro & Iyan

    After: efo riro and pounded yam

    Spinach and iru stew, hand-pounded Ekiti yam, slow-braised goat.

  8. A bowl of golden puff-puff

    VIII

    Puff-Puff, Warm

    After: party puff-puff

    Nutmeg dough, Ogbomosho honey, tiger-nut (kunu aya) cream.

  9. A glass of deep red hibiscus zobo with flowers

    IX

    Zobo & Ginger

    After: chilled zobo

    Hibiscus granita, tamarind, a grating of alligator pepper.

04 The Room

Arches borrowed from Popo Aguda

The arcade is drawn from the Afro-Brazilian houses of Lagos Island's old Brazilian Quarter. Glass on the lagoon side; brass, iroko and indigo adire from Abeokuta on the other.

Bright dining room with tables set in white linen
i. The Lagoon Room 18 seats, west-facing glass
Warmly lit bar and lounge with brass pendant lamps
ii. The Brass Bar walk-ins from 17:00
Private dining table beside tall curtained windows
iii. The Chef's Counter 6 seats, by request
Chef Morenike Adebayo-Eze in her apron in the kitchen

05 The Chef

Morenike Adebayo‑Eze

Chef–Owner · born in Surulere, trained in Lyon and Copenhagen

“My grandmother cooked by smell and by sound: the hiss of palm oil, the moment the pepper catches. I cook the same way. I just plate it slower.”

After a decade abroad, Morenike came home to cook the food she grew up on with the precision she learned in other kitchens. Àdùn is her first restaurant.

06 Said of Us

“The most quietly confident room in Lagos. The pepper soup alone is worth the bridge traffic.”

The Lagoon Review

“Nine courses that read like a love letter to Lagos, written in a very steady hand.”

Harmattan Journal

“Adebayo-Eze cooks Nigerian food with the patience of a watchmaker.”

Gilded Fork Quarterly

“Book the 21:00 seating and watch the bridge lights come on over dessert.”

Table & Tide

07 Reservations

Keep a seat by the water

Bookings open sixty days ahead. For parties larger than eight, or the whole room, write to us.

Dinner
Tuesday to Saturday
Seatings at 18:30 & 21:00
Sunday lunch
13:00, one seating
Find us
14 Bourdillon Waterfront
Ikoyi, Lagos

Closed on Mondays

Seating

We hold tables for 15 minutes. A card is needed only for parties of six or more.