Senegalese kitchen · 151 W 116th St, Harlem
Dakar's kitchen, open till midnight.
Thiebou dienne at lunch, dibi off the grill at night, and a $10 breakfast sandwich with Café Touba at 8:30 AM. Home cooking from Senegal, seven days a week.
Why people come back
Home is three things
Your mother's recipe
Broken rice, stuffed fish, tamarind and lime. We cook the dishes the way they are made in Dakar and Thiès, so the first bite takes you home.
Open when you're hungry
Breakfast at 8:30 AM, lunch plates through the afternoon and the grill until midnight. After a late shift, there is still a hot plate waiting.
Fed like family
Generous portions from $18, a side of your choice with every grill plate, and a free coffee with breakfast. You leave full.
Mornings, 8:30 AM to 2 PM
Breakfast, the Dakar way
Hot sandwiches on fresh French bread, filled to order while you wait.
- Beef
- Chicken
- Tuna
- Ndambe
- Liver
How we serve you
Eat it your way
Sit down, grab it to go, have it brought to you, or come watch the match with a plate of dibi.
Our guests
They said it first
The thiebou dienne tastes exactly like my mother's in Thiès. I come every Monday now.
Dibi at 11 PM after work, with onions and mustard. Best late-night plate on 116th.
Ten dollars for a real ndambe sandwich and coffee. That's my breakfast settled.
Generous portions, always hot, and the staff treat you like family.
Our story
Keur Serigne Saliou
Keur means "house" in Wolof. Sene Fast Food is the house of Serigne Saliou: a family kitchen that opened on West 116th Street in May 2025.
It started with a simple idea. Little Senegal has always had people who miss the food of home, and plenty of neighbors who never tasted it. We wanted one place where both could sit down to the same plate of thiebou dienne.
Talla Sylla and his wife run the restaurant together. The kitchen cooks two lunch plates a day on a fixed weekly rotation, lights the grill in the evening for dibi, and opens at 8:30 AM for breakfast sandwiches and Café Touba.
You'll find us inside the community center building at 151 W 116th Street. There's no storefront on the sidewalk, so the people who find us usually heard about us from someone who already eats here.
Our mission
Serve Senegalese home cooking in Harlem the way it is made at home, at a fair price, from morning until midnight.
What we promise
A hot plate, a generous portion and a warm welcome, whether it's your first visit or your hundredth.
Hospitality
Senegal's word for welcoming guests. Everyone who walks in is treated as family.
The real recipe
No shortcuts on the classics. Thiebou dienne is cooked the long way, every day it's on.
Generosity
Full plates and fair prices. Nobody should leave hungry.
Community
We cook inside a community center, screen the big matches and know our regulars by name.
Most places pick one meal. We do all three: Senegalese breakfast in the morning, a rotating plate of the day at lunch and the grill at night, all from one family kitchen.
Good to know
Questions
How do I find you? I don't see a storefront.
We're inside the community center building at 151 W 116th Street, between Lenox and Adam Clayton Powell. Come through the main entrance and follow the smell of the grill. If you get lost, call 917-569-6057.
What are your hours?
Every day from 8:30 AM to midnight, weekends included. Breakfast sandwiches run until 2 PM and the grill opens in the evening at 7 PM.
When can I order dibi and grilled dishes?
The grill fires up at 7 PM and we start taking grill orders from 7:30 PM. Call ahead and we'll have it ready.
What's on the lunch menu today?
We cook two plates a day on a weekly rotation. The "On the stove today" card at the top of this page updates itself, or ask Khady in the chat.
Do you deliver?
Yes. Call 917-569-6057 or 917-569-6871 and tell us whether you want delivery, pickup or to eat in.
How much does a meal cost?
Lunch plates start at $18, evening grill plates at $20, and breakfast is $10 with a free Café Touba.
Visit
Come eat with us
Hours
- Every day8:30 AM – 12:00 AM
- Breakfast8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
- Evening grillfrom 7:00 PM
