Rhapsody's - Lagos, Nigeria

If you ever plan to be in Lagos, this is one place to check out. Rhapsody is your trendy wine bar cum restaurant chill out place. It is in Ikeja City Mall. Once you get in, you get a sense of it being modern, sophisticated but simple and clean. All the seats are white leather  with wooden tables, very nice. There is a smoking and non smoking section inside (You can choose to also seat outside.), we opted to go inside as it is quite hot in Lagos and the air conditioned space seemed more welcome.

By the entrance is a display of wine and I already feel at home :-) . There is a bar in the middle for y'all drinkers, with a large selection of drinks...and tables on the side for the diners.

 

We are seated and the waitress....whose name is.....wait for it....Sexy!!for real!!!her name badge said Sexy....*eyes rolling!! Well Sexy gave us our menus and gave us some time to go through them. The interesting thing about the menu is that most of the food items were paired with a wine. If you're a wine lover this is fantastic as you get to taste and experience different wines and combinations of wines.
I ordered the seafood espetada, no wine:-( and my friend who decided he wasn't hungry ordered the deep fried calamari. So I see Sexy write my order and even nod that she has it and go the kitchen to deliver the order. What came to my table though was a chicken espetada. I ask Sexy if she confused my order and she says no that's what I ordered. She then opens the notepad and realizes that she has made a mistake. She then takes the time to try to convince me to stay with this order and not return the food. Mennnnnn!!she was lucky I did not have the time to wait for a new order...so reluctantly I agree.
So I was mad and even forgot to take a pic of the food. This is the point at which I remembered.
Sorry guys.....I didn't want the chicken..but clearly it was really good. It was flavorful, cooked just right and made you want to order another plate. Yum!!

 

I then noticed that there was a lady over on one of the other tables who had the same order as I did...so with as much zooming as I could do....this is it. The  presentation of the food is amazing. Makes your mouth water just looking at it.

So I would definitely give it a 8....food is good, ambience is good, staff are friendly...yes even though Sexy clearly didn't get my order right. The manager goes round speaking to the customers and ensuring they are fine, so it keeps the waiters on their toes. The only thing is..if you ever happen to visit...it is a bit on the pricey side..be well prepared.