About Us
The Calabash African Restaurant is a African takeaway in Glasgow. Why don't you try our Isi Ewu or Sukuma Wiki (V)?

Reviews
194 reviews
Rachel
"I’m very happy with my order, nyama choma is the best on the menu for me, the delivery was just on time, I will be ordering again thanks"
20/02/2021
Stella
"Outstanding service and delicious food."
17/02/2021
Waqt
"The food is always amazing and it arrived on time, I am very happy and I will definitely order again ."
15/02/2021
Martin
"Delicious."
11/02/2021
Menu
Samosa Seasonal Lamb
Deep fried thin, tri-shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb OR seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon
£4.50
Samosa Seasonal Vegetables
Deep fried thin, tri-shaped pastry filled with seasoned lamb OR seasonal vegetables, served with a slice of lemon
£4.00
Chicken Wings
Flamed grilled marinated peri peri chicken wings, served with salad
£4.50
Soup of the Day
Fresh Soup Served with warm bread and butter.
£3.50
Platter
Chicken Wings, Samosas, served with warm bread,
kachumbari (African salsa) & salad
kachumbari (African salsa) & salad
£14.00
Chicken Livers
Chicken livers pan fried with The Calabash Special sauce, served
with bread
with bread
£5.00
Cassava (Manioc) (V)
Deep fried Cassava slices, served with a hot & sweet chilli sauce
£4.50
Githeri Salad (V)
Mixed beans with sweetcorn & lettuce flavoured with African seasoning
& olive oil
& olive oil
£4.50
Mchuzi Wa Kuku (Chicken Curry)
Simmered portions of chicken with mixed vegetables & a special East
African blend of spices.
Served with rice.
African blend of spices.
Served with rice.
£7.95
Khima Curry
A Tanzanian style minced lamb curry with mixed vegetables with a blend of African spices.
Served with rice.
Served with rice.
£9.00
Lamb Curry
Lamb cubes curry. Served with rice.
£9.95
Lamb & Tomato Stew
Slowly stewed chunks of Lamb with sweet ripe tomatoes with a special
Calabash blend of African Spices.
Served with rice.
Calabash blend of African Spices.
Served with rice.
£9.50
Madodo (V)
African Kidney Beans stew with tomato, onions capsicum & mixed
spices.
Served with rice.
spices.
Served with rice.
£7.95
Seafood Special
Panfried King Prawns in shell. Cooked with all African seasoning,
ginger, garlic, served with fried rice & salad
ginger, garlic, served with fried rice & salad
£14.00
Peanut Soup
Traditional Gambian soup made with meat, tomatoes, peanuts and
African spices.** Served with rice or pounded yam
African spices.** Served with rice or pounded yam
£13.00
Vegetarian Special (V)
Spinach slathered in a tomato & peanut butter sauce & served with
whole roast plantain.**
whole roast plantain.**
£11.00
Katogo (Ugandan Dish) (V)
Green bananas stewed with lamb, tomato, onions & mixed spices.
No side
No side
£9.95
'The Mama Special' Muriyo wa nyama (V)
Served with Sadza. succulent portions of lamb cooked with a mixture of
spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like Mama makes or seerved with rice.
spinach & sukuma wiki served with ugali just like Mama makes or seerved with rice.
£9.00
Pepper Soup - No side
Very spicy soup made with assorted types of meats mostly tripe.
Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices.
Kidneys and Goat meat seasoned with pepper and other spices.
£8.95
Fish Pepper Soup - No side
£11.00
West African Soup Egusi
(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam)
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
£11.50
West African Soup Ogbono
(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam)
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
£11.50
West African Soup Vegetable Soup
(Served with Rice or Pounded Yam)
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
Hot spiced ground melon seed soup cooked with tripe, goat meat and
crayfish. Highly nutritious and very satisfying
£11.50
Coconut Rice (Wali Wa Nazi) (V)
Rice cooked in coconut milk, special blend of spices, mixed vegetables, chicken and £1 extra for lamb
£8.95
Jollof Rice Chicken
Boiled Rice in a tomato sauce & mixed peppers curry, served with fried
chicken or pan fried spinach
chicken or pan fried spinach
£9.00
Caribbean Goat Curry
Marinated flavours of curry powder, chopped onion, escallion, garlic,
ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowely cooked with chunks of goat
meat and potatoes
ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowely cooked with chunks of goat
meat and potatoes
£11.99
West African Soup - Okra Soup
£11.50
Cake of the day
£4.00
Murzig Masaai/ Kalenjin desert
£4.00
Sticky Toffee Pudding
served with Ice Cream
£4.00
Plantain served with Custard or Ice Cream
£4.00
Ice Cream (3 scoops)
£4.00
Amarula Delight
£4.00
Mango Lassi
£4.00
Rice
Plain white boiled basmati rice
£3.00
Ugali (V)
(Sadza, Nshima, Fufu Corn) - Maize meal flour made into
a soft mash
a soft mash
£3.00
Mukimo (V)
Traditional Kenyan mash of potatoes, green peas, corn
and greens sautéed with onions
and greens sautéed with onions
£3.00
Pounded Yam (V)
Yam flour cooked into a soft mash
£3.00
Spinach (V)
Leafy greens sautéed with tomato, red onions and
mixed spices
mixed spices
£3.00
Chips (V)
Deep fried
£3.00
Sweet Potato Chips
£4.00
Kwanga (V)
(Manioc) - Fermented Cassava flour mash
£5.00
Green Bananas (V)
Deep fried slices of African green banana
£4.00
Plantain (V)
Deep fried Tropical cooking bananas (Yellow plantain).
£4.00
Sukuma Wiki (V)
Fresh Kale cooked with special Calabash sauce
and lightly seasoned
and lightly seasoned
£4.00
Fried Rice
Basmati rice fried with onions & mixed peppers, seasoned
with special spices
with special spices
£4.00
Banku/Kenkey
Ghanian dish cooked with fermented corn and cassava dough
£5.00
Kachumbari
(African salsa) tomato,onions, coriander and lemon juice
(Side not offered with main meals)
(Side not offered with main meals)
£3.00
Chapati
Unleavened home-made wheat flour flatbread
(Side not offered with main meals)
(Side not offered with main meals)
£4.00
Cassava Chips
Deep fried portions of Cassava
£4.00
Pounded Gari (V)
Yam flour cooked into a soft mash
£3.00
Calabash Hot Chilli
£1.00
Mshikaki (Bruschette) Skewers Chips
Flame grilled spiced Lamb, onions & mixed peppers skewers, served
with deep fried East African Green Bananas or Chips
with deep fried East African Green Bananas or Chips
£11.00
Vegetarian Choma (V)
Vegetables in season marinated with mixed spices & lightly roasted
over charcoal
over charcoal
£11.00
Nyama Choma (roast meat) Full
Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; with a
choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with
tomato, onions & spices. No side
Served with chilli and kachumbari.
choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with
tomato, onions & spices. No side
Served with chilli and kachumbari.
£18.00
Nyama Choma (roast meat) Half
Flame grilled (roasted) marinated & lightly spiced lamb meat; with a
choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with
tomato, onions & spices. No side
Served with chilli and kachumbari.
choice of Fry option (£1.00 extra) - Flame grilled then pan fried with
tomato, onions & spices. No side
Served with chilli and kachumbari.
£11.00
The Calabash Mixed Grill
Portions of mshikaki, chicken wings, nyama choma, mixed peppers & side salad
£15.50
Samaki Choma Large Large
Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
£17.50
Samaki Choma Large Medium
Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
£14.50
Samaki Choma Large Small
Deep fried fresh water tilapia fish. Deep fried Tilapia Fish served on a
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
bed of salad with the special calabash sauce & slices of lemon
£10.50
Kuku Choma (roast chicken) Peri Peri Sauce Full
Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri OR reggae-reggae sauce
Served with chips & salad
Served with chips & salad
£17.00
Kuku Choma (roast chicken) Peri Peri Sauce Half
Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri OR reggae-reggae sauce
Served with chips & salad
Served with chips & salad
£11.00
Kuku Choma (roast chicken) Peri Peri Sauce Quarter
Flame grilled chicken marinated in peri-peri OR reggae-reggae sauce
Served with chips & salad
Served with chips & salad
£8.00
Jerk Chicken
Quarter chicken lovingly marinated in jerk spices and grilled to perfection served with caribbean rice and peas.
£11.00
Caribbean Goat Curry
Marinated flavours of curry powder, chopped onions, escallion, garlic, ginger, thyme and scotch bonnet slowly cooked with chunks of goat meat and potatoes.
£12.00
(Nigerian) Guiness Foreign Extra Stout - 33cl
7.5% ABV
£3.00
Bitter Lemon Schwepps - 29cl
£2.50
Malta Guinness - 33cl
£2.50
Barbican (Pineapple) - 33cl
£2.50
Coke
£2.00
Diet Coke
£1.50
Irnbru
£1.50
Diet Irnbru
£1.50
Redbull
£2.50
Ginger Beer
£2.00
African Fanta - 500ml
£3.50
Beyayenetu
A selection of different vegetarian dishes served with injera.
Served with salad.
Served with salad.
£13.99
Chikina Awaze Tibis
Lamb cubes sauteed with onion, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno, butter and
awaze served with salad and injera
awaze served with salad and injera
£12.99
Special Tibis
Sizzling lamb cubes, toasted in a blend of house spices, onions and
mixed peppers served with salad and injera
mixed peppers served with salad and injera
£12.99
Shiro
Mild split peas sauce prepared and served with injera and salad
£9.99
Doro Wot
Marinated dish, chicken stew in spicy red pepper and boiled egg served
with salad and injera
with salad and injera
£11.99
Jumbo Tapas
A delicious taste of African cuisine containing a portion of ugali,
mukimo, plantain, coconut rice, nyama choma, kuku choma, khiama curry, spinach, boerewors all superbly flavoured local delicacies with kachumbari (African salsa) & BBQ dip. Sharer enough for Three
mukimo, plantain, coconut rice, nyama choma, kuku choma, khiama curry, spinach, boerewors all superbly flavoured local delicacies with kachumbari (African salsa) & BBQ dip. Sharer enough for Three
£55.00
Isi Ewu Goat / Lamb Head - No side Goat Head
Slowly boiled goat / lamb head with a blend of African herbs & spices.
Nigerian Style - no side
Nigerian Style - no side
£18.00
Isi Ewu Goat / Lamb Head - No side Lamb Head
Slowly boiled goat / lamb head with a blend of African herbs & spices.
Nigerian Style - no side
Nigerian Style - no side
£18.00
Grilled Family Box
Whole chicken, meat samosas, fried rice, plantine and chips served with salad.
£35.00
African Style Home Made Pizza
(Halal)
£14.00
Contact Us
Find Us
57 Union Street, Glasgow, G13RB
Opening Hours
Monday
12:00 - 23:59
Tuesday
12:00 - 23:59
Wednesday
12:00 - 23:59
Thursday
12:00 - 23:59
Friday
12:00 - 23:59
Saturday
12:00 - 23:59
Sunday
12:00 - 23:59
Please note, delivery times may vary.
We deliver to
G1, G11, G12, G13, G14, G15, G2, G20, G21, G22, G23, G3, G31, G32, G33, G4, G40, G41, G42, G43, G44, G45, G46, G5, G51, G52, G53, G61, G64, G66, G72, G73, PA1