Flavors of East Africa

San Diego, CA · East African restaurant

Rating
4.5/5
★★★★★ 4.5
Reviews
20
Rank in San Diego
#736
of 3838 restaurants
City Percentile
62%
rating percentile
Address
Flavors of East Africa, 2322 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104
Phone
(619) 955-8778
Website
www.flavorsofeastafrica.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

Flavors of East Africa is a restaurant located in San Diego, CA. It is one of 3,838 restaurants listed in San Diego. Its 4.5-star rating is above the San Diego city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Saturday11 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Jamie · Jan 2026

The BEST! From meat lovers to vegans, their range of African food offers everyone something to enjoy. Their lunch special was an amazing deal and we got to try different dishes. Servers were friendly and very helpful and restaurant felt clean. Can’t wait to go back!

★★★★★ 5.0 Christopher Gorrie · Oct 2025

I came to Flavors of East Africa today for the first time years. I brought my folks with me because they’ve never had East African food. Overall the experience was awesome and just as good as I remember from years back! We ordered sweet jerked chicken, Kuku curry chicken, fried eggplant, plus two types of rice, collard greens, and mashed potatoes. Of course, these side items all have African names but for the sake of clarity I’ve written out their nearest English adjacent dish titles. The chicken in both dishes was absolutely incredible! It tasted like it had been stewing for hours. The flavors were deep, aromatic, and memorable. It’s hard to choose a favorite between the two chicken dishes, but the jerked chicken’s sauce was incredible…at the same time, the chicken breast in the curry w

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 EDITH MUTHONI · Feb 2026

I ordered goat curry and a side of pilau rice and mukimo online and the presentation and taste was horrible!!!! Even before I tasted it, had already lost appetite! They had the pilau rice, mukimo and goat curry stew on same bowl. It was so messy!! I wish they would separate all the meals in different small bowls. The stew had messed even the bag, because it was put mixed with all the other foods in a take away plastic bowl that was not air tight. It like whoever packed was in a hurry yet I had ordered the previous day for delivery. Their samosas are so tiny are not worth it, they are like 1 inch long, even a toddler would put the whole thing in their mouth once! It’s 5 dollars wasted! Their goat curry was horrible, so spicy and full of small bones instead of meat, not to mention the rice,

★★★★★ 5.0 Ashli Kurian · Sep 2025

Ann was so hospitable and the food and service were great! We tried the lunch combinations so we were able to try 3 types of chicken, beef, 4 veggies, all 3 rice and ugali. Lots of food for the money. We enjoyed sitting outside on a beautiful day.

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Judith · Jan 2026

I randomly chose this place because it has an appeal. So I went inside and ordered for to go. I chose large Nyama “meat” Combo. Beef stew ($2.00 more) Biriganya eggplant, and Sukukmawiki collard greens. Well, to be honest the food was delicious but the meat was really few especially the beef stew. Which has $2.00 more. And couldn’t see more of jerk chicken. It has more eggplants and more collard greens on top. In just one container they put everything in there.they were mixed altogether and couldn’t taste which one is which. No small container for beef and for sweet jerk chicken. It was not worth it. They should’ve put more beef stew. I will probably try another african food next time.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

East African restaurantRestaurant

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