Made by Chef Olaide
Olaide's Kitchen.
Smoky jollof. Egusi soup that warms you back together. Suya straight off the charcoal. West African cooking the way Chef Olaide's mother taught her in Lagos — now served on Paterson Plank Road.
★ ON UBER EATS · POSTMATES · TOAST · DOORDASH
From Lagos
to Jersey City.
Chef Olaide learned standing next to her mother.
Born in Nigeria. Trained in her mother's streetside restaurant in Lagos — that's where she got the smoky bottom-of-the-pot jollof down. Then formal culinary school. Then years cooking for the Nigerian community in New Jersey.
Olaide's Kitchen opened in Jersey City to give a community that was driving to Sayreville and Parlin a place closer to home. Every soup, every stew, every plate of pounded yam — made from scratch, in-house, the way it's done in Yoruba kitchens.
"You can't fake the bottom of the pot. The fire knows."
— Chef Olaide Tella
Made with pride.
Yoruba kitchen, Jersey City address
WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS
The Nigerian community drove from three counties.
Now they come from across the river. Real West African food, owner-cooked, no shortcuts.
"Best jollof in New Jersey. Smoky, perfectly seasoned, and the goat meat is fall-off-the-bone tender. Reminds me of home."
Adeola K.
Yelp · drives from Newark
"The egusi soup is exactly like my mother's. Suya is beautifully charred. Chef Olaide knows what she's doing."
Tunde O.
Google · regular
"My first time trying African food and the staff walked me through everything. The pepper soup is incredible. Coming back this weekend."
Jamie P.
First-timer · Jersey City
Reviews paraphrased from public Yelp, Google, and delivery-app feedback for Olaide's Kitchen.
FIND US
516 Paterson Plank Road.
The Restaurant
516 Paterson Plank Road
Jersey City, NJ 07307
Heights / Greenville-area community
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Mon
Closed
Tue
11–8
Wed
11–8
Thu
11–8
Fri
11–8
Sat
12–8
Sun
1–8
E ku ise. Ẹ wa jẹ.
Pull up a chair.
The pot's hot.
Order by phone. Tap WhatsApp. Open Uber Eats. Or come sit down at the restaurant — the suya grill stays going till 8.