Vapesoko Nairobi does not stock Core by Dinner Lady or any Dinner Lady product. This review stays online for anyone researching the range, and it is updated with what we stock in its place as of September 2026.
Please note: The Core by Dinner Lady 120ml is no longer stocked by Vapesoko. This review is preserved as a reference. For currently available e-liquids, browse our e-liquids range.
If you are here because you want a big bottle of freebase liquid rather than this brand specifically, that is well covered: Ultimate Puff 120ml at KSh 2,500, Ultimate Juice 120ml at KSh 2,300 and the Doozy 100ml shortfill at KSh 2,300.
Sold to adults of 18 and over. We verify age before dispatch, and our riders may ask for ID on delivery.
What Core by Dinner Lady was
Dinner Lady's Core range was the brand's large-format everyday line: 120ml bottles of freebase liquid aimed at people running refillable devices that get through volume, rather than small pod kits.
The range ran nine flavours:
- Grape Vine
- Honeydew Melonade
- Pink Lemonade
- Strawberry Apple
- Tropic Mango Chill
- Tropic Thunder
- Vanilla Custard
- Vanilla Tobacco
- Watermelon Chill
Offered at 0mg, 3mg and 6mg. That is a low-strength freebase spread, which tells you exactly what the range was built for: sub-ohm devices and mods, where the liquid does the work and the strength stays modest.
What we will not tell you about it
We are not stating a price, a VG/PG ratio or a bottle format for Core. Dinner Lady is not in our catalogue; we have no stock, and we have nothing to verify those against. The flavour names and strengths above are the range as it was published, and we have left them because that is what people search for.
How the range actually tasted
Dinner Lady built its reputation on desserts, and it showed across the Core line. The two vanillas were the anchors. Vanilla Custard was the brand's signature profile in a cheaper bottle, thick and eggy rather than lightly sweet, and it was the reason most people bought Core at all. Vanilla Tobacco was the unusual one, a dry tobacco base softened with vanilla, and the only flavour in the range that was not sweet-led.
The fruits were straightforward and well made. Tropic Mango Chill and Watermelon Chill carried a cooling agent; Tropic Thunder and Strawberry Apple did not. Pink Lemonade and Honeydew Melonade were the sharper, more citrus-leaning end. Grape Vine was a candy grape rather than a fruit one, which tends to divide people.
The whole range mixed a little softer than premium lines, which was the trade-off for the bottle size. It was a good everyday liquid, and it was not pretending to be more.
What we stock instead
This is a large-format freebase mapping, so all three replacements are the right format for the same devices. One important note before the list: we have not named individual flavours below. Our catalogue's flavour names change with stock, and we would rather send you to the current product page than print a name here that may be out of date. What we can map honestly is the profile family and the strength.
Ultimate Puff 120ml, KSh 2,500
The closest match on format and the widest strength spread. Same 120ml bottle, 70/30 VG/PG, and made in 3mg, 6mg, 12mg and 18mg.
- It covers the 3mg and 6mg Core buyers directly, at the same bottle size
- It goes further than Core did, up to 12mg and 18mg, if the Core strengths were always a little light for you
- Fifteen flavours, which is the broadest single range we carry, so the dessert and cream family that Vanilla Custard belonged to is represented, as are the tropical and cooled-fruit profiles behind Tropic Mango Chill and Watermelon Chill
Worth knowing: all fifteen flavours are made at all four strengths. If a strength looks missing on the site, it is sold-out stock, not a combination that does not exist. Ask, and we will tell you when it is back.
Ultimate Juice 120ml, KSh 2,300
The same format for KSh 200 less. 120ml, 70/30 VG/PG, in 3mg, 6mg and 12mg.
The strength spread is closer to Core's than Ultimate Puff's is, minus the 0mg. If you bought Core at 3mg and want the nearest thing on paper at the lowest price, start here. The 12mg is there if you want a step up without going to 18mg.
Doozy 100ml shortfill, KSh 2,300
The answer if you bought Core at 0mg. This is the only one of the three that gives you a nicotine-free option, and it is the reason it belongs on this list.
- 0mg as supplied, straight out of the bottle
- 3mg if you add two 18mg nicotine shots
- 2.5mg if you add two 15mg shots
A shortfill is a large bottle deliberately left with headroom so you can add nicotine yourself, or not. It is 100ml rather than 120ml, so slightly less liquid for KSh 200 less than Ultimate Puff, and it gives you control over strength that a prefilled bottle does not. If you were a 0mg Core buyer, this is your replacement and the other two are not.
Mapping it simply
- Bought Core at 0mg? Doozy 100ml shortfill, KSh 2,300, used as supplied.
- Bought Core at 3mg or 6mg? Ultimate Juice 120ml at KSh 2,300 or Ultimate Puff 120ml at KSh 2,500. Both make those strengths.
- Bought Core for Vanilla Custard? Look at the dessert and cream flavours in the Ultimate Puff range, which is the biggest we carry at fifteen flavours.
- Bought Core for Vanilla Tobacco? Tobacco profiles are the thinnest part of any large-format range, ours included. Check the current Ultimate Puff and Doozy listings, and ask us rather than ordering blind.
Buying from Vapesoko
Vapesoko is online only. There is a store address on Biashara Street, but there is no in-store shopping, and customers cannot visit. Everything goes out for delivery.
- Nairobi delivery: typically 15 to 90 minutes
- Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Naivasha: next business day
- Rest of Kenya: 1 to 2 business days
- Free Nairobi delivery on orders over KSh 2,000
- Payment: M-Pesa and cash only. No card is required
- Sold to adults of 18 and over. We verify age before dispatch, and our riders may ask for ID on delivery
Last updated: September 2026