Setting the table
Setting the table
We just set the table properly. Contemporary African cuisine inside Lagos' finest house of creativity — where Chef Pierre Thiam cooks like he has something to prove.
"You have been meaning to come. Tonight is a good night to stop meaning to."
Reserve NowPrefer to speak to someone? Call us. We answer Tuesday through Sunday during service hours.
0908 561 4815
Send us your preferred date, time, and party size. We confirm within a few hours.
reservations@nokbyalara.com
12A Akin Olugbade Street
Victoria Island, Lagos.
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Reservations are recommended, particularly for dinner and weekend brunch. Walk-ins are welcome when space allows.
We are closed on Mondays.
Book By Email| Tuesday – Thursday | 12pm–4pm & 6pm–10pm |
| Friday | 12pm–4pm & 6pm–10:30pm |
| Saturday | 12pm–4pm & 6pm–10:30pm |
| Sunday | 12pm–4pm & 6pm–10pm |
| Monday | Closed |
| #NOKOUT Delivery & Collection | 12pm–10pm Daily |
| Collection Only | After 7pm |
"First time at Nok? Come for dinner on a Friday. Sit in the garden if the evening is kind. Order the Chocolate Tart with Baobab Ice Cream. You will understand everything by the time the bill arrives."
Email To Reserve NowNestled within a lush, bamboo-framed garden, NOK is an intimate dining space displaying contemporary Art and Design from all over the continent.
The walls are black — not cold, but intentional. They exist so the rotating collection of contemporary African art can breathe. Each work is chosen with the same care as the menu. With a point of view. With intention.
You will leave having eaten well. You will also leave having seen something.
The artist wall at NOK is currently featuring 'Gallery Stairs' by Logor.
Reserve InsideYour water glass is never empty. The lighting shifts as evening arrives. Your waiter knows the menu the way a sommelier knows wine — not by memory alone, but by love.
The orange chairs. The art on the walls. The warmth of a room that was designed to make you stay longer than you planned.
Nok does not chase loud. It earns remembered.
View Our MenusVictoria Island prepares you for many things. A bamboo-framed outdoor terrace that feels like it exists in its own timezone is not one of them.
This is where the grill is alive. Where the afternoon stretches without guilt. Where you remember what it feels like not to be in a hurry.
The garden features furniture and art created by some of Africa's current design masters. Every chair, every surface, chosen as deliberately as every dish on the menu.
Reserve The GardenCome here when you want nowhere else to be. The beef suya. The sweetcorn bread. The grill alive with everything the continent knows how to cook over an open flame.
Book The GardenA glimpse of what awaits. The full experience requires a reservation.
Experience the tastes of NOK with our catering services for personal events, corporate events, celebrations and special occasions of any size.
Choose from our selections of platters, or special menus can be curated from the full NOK offering. Custom dishes can also be developed and created by NOK's Head Chef upon request.
For events, our fully trained team of Front-Of-House staff and Bartenders can be provided to offer a high quality service.
To enquire, call or WhatsApp 0908 561 4815 or email reservations@nokbyalara.com
From intimate dinners to milestone celebrations. Custom menus developed by our Head Chef. We bring the full Nok experience to your table, wherever that is.
The kind of catering that closes deals without anyone feeling sold to. Our fully trained Front-Of-House team and bartenders provided for a seamless service.
Birthdays. Anniversaries. Milestones. We handle every detail so you can be fully present for every moment that matters most.
Our curated platters bring the best of Nok in a form that travels beautifully and feeds a room effortlessly. Perfect for events of any size.
Tell us the occasion. We will handle the rest.
News, specials, events and reasons to come in this week.
It's Thursday, and Amala is on. Pull up for a satisfying plate that hits every single time. No reservation needed for lunch — just come.
The best Sunday in Lagos. From 12pm. Come hungry. The garden is open. The brunch menu is waiting. Bring someone worth sharing it all with.
Can't make it in? Bring Nok home. Available for delivery and collection daily from 12pm to 10pm. Collection only after 7pm.
Our artist wall currently features 'Gallery Stairs' by Logor. Come in. Look up. The art changes. The feeling stays.
The Chocolate Tart with Baobab Ice Cream. The Agege French Toast. Pierre Thiam has been busy. Come find out what else is new.
For the freshest news, specials, and behind-the-scenes at Nok — follow us on Instagram. 29,000 people already have. Join them.
NOK by Alara is the vision of Reni Folawiyo — founder of Alara Lagos, Africa's finest concept store for fashion, art, design and lifestyle. Nok is where that celebration of African creativity moves from the shelves to the table.
NOK by Alara is a contemporary African restaurant, and the culinary extension of Reni Folawiyo's concept to celebrate and elevate all aspects of African lifestyle.
At NOK, we reinvent classics of African cooking — giving foods with which we are familiar an innovative twist. Nestled within a lush bamboo-framed garden, NOK is an intimate dining space displaying contemporary Art and Design from all over the continent.
With the Senegalese New York-based Chef Pierre Thiam as Executive Chef, NOK gives you a rare dining experience that celebrates the distinctive flavours from all over the African continent.
Pierre Thiam is a Senegalese chef, author and food activist based in New York. Celebrated for his work championing West African cuisine on the global stage, he brings that same conviction to every service at Nok.
He cooks like he has something to prove. He does. And he does.
For reservations, events, catering enquiries, press or any other questions — our team is here.