Food Review: Is Cravings N More worth the Sunday crowd?

It was another Sunday.

The kind of Sunday where you spend hours in church and by the time you are done, hunger is no longer a suggestion. It is a full-blown emergency.

At that point, I knew there was no way I was making it home before eating something. So I did what any reasonable hungry person would do: I found the nearest restaurant and walked in.

This time, it was Cravings N More in Ikosi Ketu.

The first thing I noticed was that I clearly was not the only one with that idea.

The place was packed.

Not slightly busy. Packed.

People were everywhere, tables were occupied, and there was a queue. For a second, I thought I might have to wait forever before getting food, but luckily, that was not the case.

A cheerful waitress came over almost immediately to take our order. The process was not exactly straightforward because we kept moving from one side of the counter to another, but somehow everything moved pretty quickly despite the crowd.

Then came the important part: the food.

We ordered two portions of native rice at ₦1,500 per portion. I have to give Cravings N More credit for one thing: they do not joke with portion sizes.

The servings were large.

Very large.

The two portions alone came to ₦3,000, and they were filling enough to make me wonder if I had overestimated how hungry I was.

We also got plantain, which cost ₦700 per portion, chicken for about ₦3,000, spaghetti at ₦1,400 per portion, and their sweet and sour fish sauce, which cost ₦2,700.

By the time everything arrived, there was food everywhere.

For three takeaways, we spent ₦20,100 in total.

And honestly?

Considering the quantity of food we got, it felt fair.

I left satisfied and assumed that would be the end of my Cravings and More story.

Apparently not.

Because on Monday, I found myself ordering from them again.

Now, I am still not completely sure why.

Maybe I was genuinely craving Cravings and More.

Maybe it was just hunger.

Or maybe they happened to be the closest option available at the time.

Whatever the reason, I found myself opening my phone and placing another order.

This time, I did not visit the restaurant. I ordered online instead.

I got one of their combo meals—a mix of jollof rice, fried rice, chicken, and plantain—which cost about ₦3,800. I also ordered a spaghetti meal that came in at around ₦2,225.

The experience was much quieter than Sunday’s crowded restaurant visit, but the outcome was the same.

Good portions.

Filling food.

No regrets.

Would I say Cravings and More is the most revolutionary restaurant in Lagos? No.

But if there is one thing my experience proves, it is that they did enough to make me come back less than 24 hours later.

And whether that was because of the food, the convenience, or a combination of both, I will let you decide.