Smiling Coast Delight

Homey tropical cooking where the sea meets the stove. No bookings needed — just walk in, sit down, and smile.

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Arrivals

A little bit of The Gambia, in Wakefield

Banjul is 2,900 miles away. The food isn’t.

Five bowls of Gambian dishes laid out together on a yellow table — Nobody could decide, so we ordered everything

Two people holding bottled drinks beneath a neon Smiling Coast Delight sign — Meet you under the sign

A hand lifting a puff puff from a wooden board of fried snacks — Someone always takes the first one

Three bottled Smiling Coast Delight drinks side by side — Hibiscus, three ways

A bowl of grilled chicken with vermicelli, olives, boiled egg and plantain — This is one portion

A wooden board of puff puff, spring rolls and pastries with dipping sauces — For the table. In theory.

Par Avion · Banjul

I wish you could taste this.

Rice cooked in one pot all morning. Hibiscus so cold it hurts. There’s no way to send it in a letter — so we cook it at ours in Wakefield instead. Twelve till nine, no bookings, just walk in.

SMILING COAST DELIGHT27 THE SPRINGSWAKEFIELD WF1 1QA

Everything you’ve just looked at is on the menu.

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In the kitchen

Gambian cooking, West African soul.

Every plate at Smiling Coast Delight is a celebration of Gambian cooking, with flavours from across West Africa. We prepare our dishes from fresh ingredients each day — aromatic spices, ripe plantains, hand-pounded grains and market-fresh produce — and keep everything 100% organic, just as it’s done at home.

Made fresh, every single day