text: I was quite excited at the prospect of going to Bantu I have recently been learning about African culture and cuisine and was looking forward to tasting itnnI cannot say I am happy with the resultsnnThe location is decent close enough to downtown to be convenient Parking is plentifulnnThe decor is not what I would call African More an amalgam of all previous incarnations of restaurants at this location Mediterranean Italian FrenchnnThe dining room is quite small There are a few tables for four and one large raised table that seats approx The patio is quite spacious but there is a considerable amount of traffic noise from th AvenuennThe waitress started me off with fried plantains and a spicy sauce for dippingnnThe plantains tasted and felt like what I would imagine a banana flavored potato chip would taste and feel like Not at all unpleasant and I ate severalnnThe sauce while spicy was more reminiscent of Latin America than AfricannStill it was a nice complement to the plantainsnnI ordered coconut stew with chicken and rice It was quite tasty but mildly unpleasant in that the chicken was almost as much bone as meat Other diners I was with shared that complaintnnThe rice was good fluffy properly cookednnI was quite disappointed when I ordered what the waitress said was an African beer only to learn that it was in fact a Vietnamese beernnAll in all the experience was enjoyable but the food was hardly enough to draw me back