From Nigeria to East Hastings

Vanye started Aboki Grill because he couldn't find Nigerian food in Vancouver that tasted like home. Not fusion, not "West African-inspired" — just proper jollof, proper suya, proper pepper soup. So he opened a ghost kitchen at 1205 E Hastings and started cooking. No dine-in. No front-of-house. Just a kitchen, a WhatsApp number, and a promise: if you order from Aboki Grill, you're getting the real thing.

Why "Aboki"

Aboki means friend in Hausa. In Nigerian slang it also means trusted stranger — the guy at the corner shop who always remembers your order. That's the feeling we want the food to give: you're not a customer, you're a friend, and we cook for you like it.

"Aboki means friend. We cook like it."

Ghost Kitchen, Real Food

Ghost kitchen means lower overhead — no dine-in staff, no rent for a dining room, no idle seats. We pass those savings back to you with direct prices that beat Uber Eats by 15% every time. The tradeoff: we don't have a space for you to sit. The upside: every dollar goes into the food, not the furniture.