Asempe Kitchen Restaurant

I came here with a friend who was a former peace corps volunteer from Ghana, and we had a fantastic experience! The food was delicious, and the service was incredible. We had the Egusi (spinach) and Nkatsi Froyi (peanut stew) and both were so yummy. We will definitely be back!

I first experienced this delicious food at the farmers market. From then on, we were hooked. When the restaurant opened, we were thrilled to be able to have this at anytime! But I was even more excited when we were able to host our 10 year wedding anniversary dinner there. The food was outstanding and the hospitality was incredible! I swear that you can taste the love in this food. It made our event just that much more special. The peanut stew (she says drooling) is my favorite!!

The food was wonderfully flavorful and varied in its spicing and textures. Lovely service. Highly recommend. (We got the combo platter which is a 4-item sampler). All plant-based (except Sundays). Largely Ghanaian menu.

I had the combo and it was worth it to try everything. I loved the peanut dish!!! I wanted fufu and I thought it'd replace the rice, but it's an additional side to the rice that already comes with the food, so the entire meal was very filling! I don't have a picture of the fufus, but they were deliciously chewy. With so much praise and yet I gave it four stars, is because I tried the combo and didn't LOVE everything, but had I only have the peanut sauce dish, it would have been an absolute 5*. But then again, maybe everything was a palate cleanser for each other. Regardless, it's a wonderful restaurant to check out! It's also cool to see the main chef hanging around!

My partner and I first tried Asempe Kitchen at the Ithaca Farmers market. It was our first time trying west African food and it was love at first bite. You can just taste the amount time and love Chef Kuukua puts into her food. We are so thrilled to now have a sit down restaurant where we can have a meal without the hustle of the farmers market around us. Now onto the service. When you first walk in you are greeted by Chef Kuukua, find a table, look over menus and come back to the register to order. This is a great method for people who feel pressured to order quickly by waiting staff. We settle on the combo plate as you get a bit of everything! Definitely enough to share but I came to indulge so we each ordered our own combo. While talking over the menu Chef Kuukua made sure to ask our sp