Obalende Suya Express Restaurant

Obalende Suya Express
Obalende Suya Express
	Location in Greater London
Restaurant information
Established	1991
Street address	43 Peckham High Street, Peckham
City	London
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°28′24″N 0°4′18″W / 51.47333°N 0.07167°WCoordinates: 51°28′24″N 0°4′18″W / 51.47333°N 0.07167°W
Website	SuyaExpress.com

Obalende Suya Express, Obalende Suya or Suya Express^[1] is a Nigerian restaurant in London, England.^[2] The restaurant has two branches, one, a takeaway located 43 Peckham High Street, Peckham,^[3] not far west from Peckham Library and a restaurant located at 523 Kingsland Road in Dalston, Hackney (now closed).^[1] It is named after Obalende, a neighborhood on Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria and suya, a grilled kebab like dish, popular in Nigeria. The restaurant was founded in the summer of 1987 and opened its first branch in 1991, opening the Peckham High Street outlet in the summer of 1992.

The restaurant is popular amongst the African nationals and serves African and Caribbean cuisine. The restaurant serves a variety of grilled meats, various lamb, chicken, beef and goat dishes and more exotic meats such as crocodile and shark,^[4] along with wine.^[3]

The Dalston location was written up in The Guardian in 2006 for starting the practice of fining patrons who'd load up on their Grill Greedy buffet and leave without eating it.^[5]

London Eating, a restaurant review website says of the Obalende Suya, "the suya is the best you can get in London, authentic, very fresh, spicy and made right in front of you. The downside is that it takes a long time before you get your order and the asaro sells out in no time at all".^[6]