Open until 3 AM on weekends. Saint Louis Restaurant Keur Yayou Dara is where Harlem comes for thiebou djeun, dibi sénégal, and jollof rice that tastes like Friday dinner at grandma's.
Saint Louis is a port city on the northwest coast of Senegal — French colonial bones, Wolof soul, fish that swims in the morning and is on your plate by sunset. We brought that energy to 381 Lenox.
Penda makes you feel like family from the moment you walk in. The food does the rest.
— Penda & The Saint Louis Family
Senegal's national dish — saffron rice with red snapper, cassava, carrot, and our spice blend. Served Sundays best.
Charcoal-grilled lamb dressed with onion sauce. Eat it the way they do in Saint-Louis — with your hands.
Beef simmered in our peanut sauce. The dish that makes our regulars cry with nostalgia.
Marinated chicken in onion, lemon, and mustard. Three days of flavor in one bite.
The eternal debate ends here. Smoky, deep, generous. With chicken, fish, or vegetable.
Cassava leaf lamb stew. Only on Thursdays. Worth planning your week around.
The food here was genuinely good — well-prepared, flavorful, clearly made with care. The ambiance was cozy and stylish.
Hole in the wall that produces the best Senegalese food I've ever had. Lamb fall-off-the-bone, jollof complimented every dish.
Hands down the best new African restaurant to come to Harlem. Big shout-out to Penda for the unforgettable service.