The Oni’s Serving Up a Change to Nigerian Cuisine

Meet the Couple Bringing Modern Nigerian Cuisine to the London
restaurant scene, Segun and Dare Oni, the founders of Onidodo.

As lovers of good food and the experience of dining out; husband and wife
duo, became disenchanted by the standards of restaurants offering food from their country of origin, Nigeria. The frustration of
not finding a Nigerian restaurant in London that offered an outstanding level of service and food compared to other restaurants compelled them to launch Onidodo. Onidodo started as a supper club in 2014 and became a fully-fledged restaurant in 2018, when they opened their North London site.

Onidodo means plantain seller in Yoruba but the name came from their
surname Oni and Dare’s favourite food plantain, which is called “Dodo” in
Yoruba (A Nigerian language).

Onidodo is a modern Nigerian restaurant which passionately brings an
authentic taste of Nigeria with a modern twist to the London food scene. For too long other international cuisines have seen mass market appeal, whilst Nigerian cuisine has yet to enjoy the same brand recognition despite having so much diversity of flavours and dishes.

“It is time to showcase Nigerian food in the UK. It is time for Nigerian
restaurants to be an option when families and friends want to dine out on a Friday night. Food lovers should be able to see Nigerian food in the same way that they see Turkish, Chinese, Indian, Italian and other global cuisines.” – Dare Oni, Head Chef.

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