Kembabazi’s tasty buffet
Aug 16, 2007
LAST Saturday, I lined up three venues where I could have lunch. I needed a quiet place, far from the roaring traffic of the city. I picked Kembabazi Catering Services in Naguru, Kampala.
Ratings out of 5
Staff Friendliness: 4
Staff Attentiveness: 4
Service Speed: 5
Cleanliness: 3
Ambience: 4
Cleanliness: 3
Toilet Cleanliness: 4
Food Quality: 4
Drink Quality: 4
Value for Money: 3
Overall Rating: 75%
Review by: Davis Weddi
Amount: about sh6,000
LAST Saturday, I lined up three venues where I could have lunch. I needed a quiet place, far from the roaring traffic of the city. I picked Kembabazi Catering Services in Naguru, Kampala.
I was surprised that even on a weekend, this place serves an African buffet lunch. The main dining is inside the Kelly’s Hall, a hexagon-shaped building with large windows. At 1:00pm, there were not so many guests.
At Kembabazi’s, you have to pay before you are given a meal card that authorises you to serve yourself. Having been to many good restaurants, I think this procedure should be scrapped, especially for Kembabazi’s, where most guests are well-to-do and good people.
At the buffet table, my nostrils hunted for that appetite-giving aroma.
A smartly-dressed waitress opened the hot serving dishes. She carefully described each item as my tongue got wet at the sight of the content.
There were more than 10 items to choose from.
To the extreme right was well-done molokony (cow hoof in hot oily soup with a superior flavour). Although the molokony gave me a sharp appetite, I avoided it because it would mean missing the other dishes I had looked at.
I started my round with the other dishes. I left out the steamed bananas. I served vegetable-fried rice, assorted fried vegetables, millet bread, katogo (whole bananas with fresh beans flavoured with ghee), nakati, shredded beef, boiled beef mixed with offals, steamed cassava, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes.
As I feasted, I noticed all the seats in the restaurant were decked (one on top of the other). I sat on two plastic chairs. Being a Saturday, the restaurant aired Radio One’s sports programme.
I tried to look at the TV, but my interest went off because it was muted and in black and white screen mode, showing a BBC news programme.
Then a housefly swept its way across my face and settled on one of my last two pieces of beef.
This invasion prompted me to summarise lunch with my soda, after all I had had enough.
The restaurant is convenient for a family lunch outing. It is a great place for people who want to have lunch in a quiet, non-chaotic and calm environment. Kembabazi is just a four –minutes drive from Nakawa junction on Naguru hill.
Staff Friendliness: 4
Staff Attentiveness: 4
Service Speed: 5
Cleanliness: 3
Ambience: 4
Cleanliness: 3
Toilet Cleanliness: 4
Food Quality: 4
Drink Quality: 4
Value for Money: 3
Overall Rating: 75%
Review by: Davis Weddi
Amount: about sh6,000
LAST Saturday, I lined up three venues where I could have lunch. I needed a quiet place, far from the roaring traffic of the city. I picked Kembabazi Catering Services in Naguru, Kampala.
I was surprised that even on a weekend, this place serves an African buffet lunch. The main dining is inside the Kelly’s Hall, a hexagon-shaped building with large windows. At 1:00pm, there were not so many guests.
At Kembabazi’s, you have to pay before you are given a meal card that authorises you to serve yourself. Having been to many good restaurants, I think this procedure should be scrapped, especially for Kembabazi’s, where most guests are well-to-do and good people.
At the buffet table, my nostrils hunted for that appetite-giving aroma.
A smartly-dressed waitress opened the hot serving dishes. She carefully described each item as my tongue got wet at the sight of the content.
There were more than 10 items to choose from.
To the extreme right was well-done molokony (cow hoof in hot oily soup with a superior flavour). Although the molokony gave me a sharp appetite, I avoided it because it would mean missing the other dishes I had looked at.
I started my round with the other dishes. I left out the steamed bananas. I served vegetable-fried rice, assorted fried vegetables, millet bread, katogo (whole bananas with fresh beans flavoured with ghee), nakati, shredded beef, boiled beef mixed with offals, steamed cassava, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes.
As I feasted, I noticed all the seats in the restaurant were decked (one on top of the other). I sat on two plastic chairs. Being a Saturday, the restaurant aired Radio One’s sports programme.
I tried to look at the TV, but my interest went off because it was muted and in black and white screen mode, showing a BBC news programme.
Then a housefly swept its way across my face and settled on one of my last two pieces of beef.
This invasion prompted me to summarise lunch with my soda, after all I had had enough.
The restaurant is convenient for a family lunch outing. It is a great place for people who want to have lunch in a quiet, non-chaotic and calm environment. Kembabazi is just a four –minutes drive from Nakawa junction on Naguru hill.