Aaran Restaurant & Café (Horn of Africa)

What a find on a different route walking home. Lots of men playing cards slightly puzzled by me but very friendly and the food was fantastic. Don’t be scared of the hot sauce and don’t forget to eat your banana with your meat and rice.

The service amazing, the food amazing, drink options excellent, the owner is such an amazing guy and deserves all the customers!

Omgosh Authentic Somalian food to die for by far the best 👌 Lamb & Rice I've had ever, good fresh wholesome food. Lamb was so tender & plenty of it, side was a coconut 🥥 spicy bonnet pepper 🌶 sauce which was delicious 😋 if you've not tried then don't walk RUN I went in at Lunchtime everything was just coming out the oven. Open kitchen which always tells me that there's honesty attached to there business totally transparent. Price wise I was also very impressed at £11.00 for a complete home cooked meat dish thats been slow cooked for hours, presented with love & gratitude for your custom. Can't wait to try the rest of there menu. 😋🧡🙏 xx

Absolutely lovely, was my first time at a Somali restaurant and the staff couldn't have been more friendly. I ordered the Bariis and Hilib (£12) and the portion was absolutely huge, the quality was also amazing. Great fusion of flavours, banana works amazingly with the heat of the sauce and even better with sourness of the lemon. The clientele were unbelievably friendly too, everyone was asking me about where I was from and how I got into Somali food. Will most definitely be coming back

If nothing else try the samosas. The entire experience is great and you won't be complaining. It's certainly African orientated and so expect a laid back and happy time when visiting. Somalia-centric but open to all tastes.