The University of Ibadan; UI, as it is popularly referred to has ten residential halls. Each of these halls of residence has a cafeteria or basically an eatery.
What few people know is that UI dining scene has been invigorating by a stream of interesting, innovative cafeterias, offering great cooking at a price that anyone from a Professor to a student can afford. But each cafeteria has a distinctive feature that separates them from others.
Let’s take a look at the following cafeterias:
1. QUEENS CAFE
In this cafeteria, there are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Queens specialises innovative takes on intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, Spaghetti, e.t.c. They sell varieties of drinks and water( sachet and bottle water) . Queens Cafeteria isn’t popular unlike some well known Cafe like Zik, Tedder and others. In terms of quantity their food isn’t encouraging at all, but it tastes good.
2. IDIA OFADA SPOT
This eatery spot major in Ofada Rice and Stew selling. There are normally a couple of seats at the spot held back for walk-ins. The Ofada Rice and Stew is delectable and sumptuous to be precise and the price is affordable. One thing that also distinguishes Idia hall is their Ice cream spot; they have different sizes of Ice cream take away at affordable prices.
3. TEDDER CAFE
This cafeteria popularly called Klazz and has the slogan “come to Klazz before going to class” is situated in a residential side off west UI bookshop, proudly boasts that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to collect it. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Tedder specialises innovative takes on traditional Yoruba cuisine like, Eba, Fufu, Amala, Efo riro, Egusi Elefo, porridge,beans, Ewedu e.t.c, as well as intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, Coles law, e.t.c. as well as fries and noodles, they also sell varieties of drinks including yoghourt. One thing that distinguishes Tedder food is the quantity and quality. In terms of quantity they are doing well and in terms of quality their taste is top-notch although some people claim that the quality of food has dropped, it still remains top notch.
4. MELLANBY CAFE
This cafeteria is also situated in a residential side off west UI bookshop not far from Tedder Cafe, it proudly boasts that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to collect it. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Mellanby Cafe specialises innovative takes on intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, Cole’s law, e.t.c. and they sell varieties of drinks. The quantity and quality of their foods is manageable. Mellanby also houses Matti Grills, an affordable an sumptuous food vendor who delivers food to different environs in Ibadan.
5. INDY CAFE
This cafeteria normally has a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Indy Cafeteria specialises innovative takes on traditional and intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, beans,eba, fufu, amala e.t.c. and they sell varieties of drinks also. One thing about Indy Cafeteria is the fowl palm oil and strong rice smell. The quantity and quality of their food is preferrably good as people pass gists about their beans and reduced quality of their food.
6. AWO CAFE
This hall basically has an eatry. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Awo specialises innovative takes on traditional Yoruba cuisine like, Eba, Fufu, Amala, Efo riro, Egusi Elefo, Ewedu e.t.c, as well as intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice e.t.c. Their food quantity and quality is fair especially with the arrival of SBJ Foods.
7. ZIK CAFE
Zik hall houses two very good cafeterias in UI; Boluid and New flava, although we would love to talk about these two cafeterias separately let’s just focus on telling you their features. The cafeterias insists that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to collect it. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Zik specialises innovative takes on traditional Yoruba cuisine like, Eba, Fufu, Amala, Efo riro, Egusi Elefo, Ewedu e.t.c, as well as intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice e.t.c. and they sell varieties of drinks. One thing about Zik’s food is the quantity and quality. Their food quantity is good and the taste is superb. Students from all halls of residence often like to buy from them.
8. BELLO CAFE
This cafeteria is situated in a residential side off East TEKINATAMUNO way, says that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to buy. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from Bello specialises innovative takes on traditional Yoruba cuisine like,Ofada Rice, Eba, Fufu, Amala, Efo riro,Yam and Egg, Egusi Elefo, e.t.c, as well as intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, Coles law, e.t.c. and they sell varieties of drinks. The quantity and the quality of their food are manageable even though some think it’s bad but their yam and egg tends to stand out.
9. KUTI CAFE
This cafeteria is situated in a residential side off East TEKINATAMUNO way, makes it compulsory that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to buy. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from KUTI specialises innovative takes on traditional Yoruba cuisine like, Eba, Fufu, Amala, Efo riro, Yam and Egg, Egusi Elefo, e.t.c, as well as intercontinental dishes like Fried rice, Jollof rice, White rice, e.t.c. and they sell varieties of drinks. The quantity of their food is suitable and the quality of the food is top-notch for the rich mommy boys.
10. ALEXANDER BROWN HALL
This cafeteria also proudly boasts that food needs to be booked and paid for before queuing to collect it. There are normally a couple of seats at the cafe held back for walk-ins. The food from ABH Cafeteria specialises innovative takes on intercontinental dishes only like fried rice, jollof rice, spaghetti, e.t.c and they sell varieties of drinks. ABH’s Cafeteria food has good quantity and quality, well we can’t expect less from our doctors in the making.
Which of these cafeterias do you think is the best?
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