Inside Checkmate Restaurant and Bar on Mesnes Street, Wigan — guests dining in the Afro Fusion Cuisine dining room

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Checkmate

Afro Fusion Cuisine

Afro fusion plates, great drinks and a game on the table in the heart of town. Your move.

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4.5★
Rated by 16 guests
Closed
Mondays
1am
Fri & Sat nights

Afro Fusion Cuisine

Our menu

Small chops & grilled favourites

  • Small Chops

    £4.95

    Puff puff (fried dough balls).

  • Suya

    £12.10

    Spicy mixed grilled meat.

  • Tabba

    £12.10

    Congolese special mixed grilled meat.

  • Asun

    £15.40

    Spicy grilled goat meat.

  • Meat Pie

    £3.30

  • Chicken Pie

    £3.30

Choice of protein

  • Assorted Meat With Sauce

    £11.00

  • Beef With Sauce

    £11.00

  • Oxtail With Sauce

    £11.00

  • Steamed or Fried Fish With Sauce

    £12.10

  • Goat Meat With Sauce

    £11.00

  • Assorted Ayamase Sauce

    £11.00

  • Peppered Snail

    £16.50

  • Peppered Ponmo

    £6.60

    Cow skin.

  • Peppered Roundabout Meat

    £11.00

    Cow intestine.

  • Mixed Seafood

    £16.50

African sides

  • Coconut Rice

    £14.30

    Vegan option.

    Vegan option

  • Jollof Rice

    £13.20

    Vegan option. Rice in tomato sauce.

    Vegan option

  • Fried Rice

    £13.20

    Vegan option. With prawns or veg- pls specify.

    Vegan option

  • White Rice

    £6.60

    Vegan option.

    Vegan option

  • Ofada Rice

    £13.20

  • Mashed Beans (Ewa Aganyin)

    £11.00

  • Fried Yam and Beans with Sauce

    £9.90

  • Boiled Yam and Fried Eggs or Veg

    £13.20

Tradi Bukka soups

With choice of protein.

  • Gbegiri and Ewedu

    £7.70

    Beans and molokhai leaves soup.

  • Efo Riro

    £8.80

    Vegetable soup.

  • Egusi Soup

    £8.80

    Melon seed soup.

  • Okra Soup (White)

    £5.50

  • Ogbono Soup

    £11.00

    Bush mango seed soup.

  • Special Okra Soup (Ila Asepo)

    £11.00

Swallow (Okele) meals

With choice of soup and protein.

  • Iyan (Pounded Yam) Swallow (Okele)

    £22.00

  • Amala (Yam flour Abula) Swallow (Okele)

    £19.80

  • Eba (Dried Cassava Flakes) Swallow (Okele)

    £19.80

  • Semolina (Semovita) (Wheat Flour) Swallow…

    £19.80

  • Fufu (Akpu) Swallow (Okele)

    £22.00

  • Plantain Fufu Swallow (Okele)

    £19.80

Swallow (Okele) only

Without soup or protein.

  • Iyan (Pounded Yam) Swallow (Okele)

    £2.20

  • Amala (Yam or Plantain Flour) Swallow (Okele)

    £2.20

  • Eba (Dried Cassava Flakes) Swallow (Okele)

    £2.20

  • Semolina (Semovita) (Wheat Flour) Swallow…

    £2.20

  • Fufu (Akpu) Swallow (Okele)

    £2.20

  • Plantain Fufu Swallow (Okele)

    £2.20

Desserts

  • Rum Cake and Ice Cream

    £5.00

    Slice.

  • Checkmate Deluxe Puff Puff

    £7.00

  • Coconut Ice Cream

    £4.40

    2 scoops.

  • Coconut Cheese Cake

    £4.95

    Slice.

  • Mango Rice Pudding

    £6.05

Soft drinks

Pint and 398ml, as printed.

  • Pepsi (Max, Diet, Cherry) — Pint

    £2.95

    2kcal options.

  • Pepsi (Max, Diet, Cherry) — 398ml

    £3.15

    2kcal options.

  • Africa Coke, Fanta, Seven-up — 398ml

    £3.00

    2kcal.

  • Coke, Coke Diet, Fanta Twist, Lemonade — Pint

    £3.15

  • Coke, Coke Diet, Fanta Twist, Lemonade — 398ml

    £2.95

  • Rubicon — 398ml

    £2.95

    2kcal.

  • Malta Guinness, Maltina — Can

    £2.00

  • Malta Guinness, Maltina, Supper Malt — Bottle

    £2.50

  • Ting — Can

    £2.50

  • Jamaican Ginger Bear — Can

    £2.50

    Non-alcoholic.

  • Water (lime) — 398ml

    £1.00

For allergies or food intolerances, speak to staff before ordering. Fried Rice is available with prawns or vegetables; please specify your choice.

What's on

Come for the occasion

Music in the room, buffets laid on for groups, and tables set for the moments worth marking. Tell us what you're planning and we'll sort the rest.

MusicAfrobeats

A soundtrack for the evening, and something extra on certain nights. Ask what's on the week you're coming in.

BuffetsEvery Sunday

Food laid on for groups, from grazing boards to a full spread. Tell us the headcount and what you'd like to spend and we'll plan it.

Gatherings

Office parties and year-end gatherings — and there's a lounge upstairs you can book to yourself. Friday and Saturday nights run to 1am, so nobody has to watch the clock.

Special Occasions

Birthdays, anniversaries and celebrations worth marking. Tell us the occasion and we'll set the table for it.

Send a booking requestCall 07301 341534

Reservations

Book a table

Tell us when you'd like to come in and we'll call you to confirm. We're closed Mondays, and last seating is half an hour before we close.

We'll call you to confirm. For parties over 40, or a booking today, please phone 07301 341534.

However you play it

Afro fusion cooking, served how you like it — at the table, picked up on your way, or brought to your door.

What to look out for

The wooden frontage on Mesnes Street

Opposite the Wigan Market. Honey-coloured timber panelling, CHECKMATE in white block letters, and Restaurant & Bar · Afro Fusion Cuisine spelled out alongside. The round emblem sits above the window and the same sign is frosted into the glass — if you can see the wood, you're here.

Get directionsCall 07301 341534
The Checkmate Restaurant and Bar frontage on Mesnes Street, Wigan — honey-coloured wooden facade with the CHECKMATE sign, Restaurant & Bar and Afro Fusion Cuisine lettering

Find us

31–33 Mesnes St
Wigan WN1 1QP

Deliveries

Call

07301 341534

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Hours

  • MondayClosed
  • Tuesday13:00–23:00
  • Wednesday13:00–23:00
  • Thursday13:00–23:00
  • Friday14:00–01:00
  • Saturday14:00–01:00
  • Sunday13:00–23:00

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