Authentic African Fare
Contemporary African Dining,
Hospitality and Celebration.
Rooted in African heritage. Created for modern dining, family occasions, corporate hospitality and unforgettable celebrations.
Plan an eventWhere African Heritage Meets Contemporary Luxury
A restaurant in London.
A house of hospitality for what comes next.
JE KOYO is a modern African dining room built for the family table, the celebration, the corporate evening and the quiet dinner alike. Culturally rooted cooking, disciplined service, and rooms designed to be remembered.
Read Our StoryCatering and corporate hospitality
JE KOYO is a modern African dining room built for the family table, the celebration, the corporate evening and the quiet dinner alike. Culturally rooted cooking, disciplined service, and rooms designed to be remembered.
Meet the Visionary
Mary Ajewole
JE KOYO began as a conviction that African hospitality could hold its own among the world's great dining institutions — served with warmth, disciplined craft and a room built to be remembered. Every menu, every service standard and every space at JE KOYO carries that founding intent forward.
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The People Behind JE KOYO
Karen
Chief Executive Officer
Karen leads JE KOYO's commercial and operational strategy, translating the brand's founding vision into a disciplined, investable business. Her focus is the systems, partnerships and standards that will carry JE KOYO from a single London dining room to a multi-location hospitality institution.
Adenike Adefila
Director of Culinary Operations
Known in the kitchen as Chef Denike, Adenike oversees culinary standards across JE KOYO, from recipe development to kitchen discipline. Her training bridges classical technique and West African heritage cooking, ensuring every dish leaving the pass meets the same exacting standard.
Our Locations
Leeds
Coming SoonOpening end of September 2026
London
83 Baker Street, London W1U 6AG
+44 20 4538 0900
Birmingham
Coming SoonComing to Birmingham, 2027
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Best Experience: Restaurant
The dining room carries itself like a five-star institution while the food stays completely honest to its roots. The suya fillet alone is worth the booking.
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Journals
From the Kitchen and Beyond
Food and Heritage
A Room that Remembers
Notes on designing a dining room that carries African identity without leaning on cliché.
Read JournalIngredients
Sourcing the Scotch Bonnet
The Caribbean-Nigerian chilli we rely on, the growers we work with, and why heat is a matter of provenance.
Read JournalBehind the Dish
The Fire Under Jollof
Why our jollof rice is finished over an open flame, and what that first breath of smoke does to the grain.
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Enjoy seasonal menus, chef’s tables, and news from the kitchen.
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