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Abyssinia Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants Ethiopian Restaurants African Ethiopian, African [Edit]
913 4th StSanta Rosa, CA 95404
(707) 568-6455
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
74 reviews for Abyssinia Restaurant
Review Highlights
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"Steak tar tar and honey wine is all I have say." In 8 reviews -
"The vegetarian combo was fantastic (and vegan." In 10 reviews -
"The spiced tea is fantastic on a cool day." In 6 reviews
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74 reviews in English
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Review from Tara H.
Santa Rosa, CA
4/18/2012
I don't think I could ever get enough of this place! My boyfriend and I, the hard to please vegans of our circle of friends, split the vegetarian combo which is $20 for 2 people; it's a great deal, and the staff is super friendly. Highly recommended!
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Review from S L.
Santa Rosa, CA
4/16/2012
The husband and I ate here for the first time last week, on a Friday night. I've been wanting to try it for awhile now, so we finally decided to take the plunge!
The restaurant itself is extremely modest, the decor and atmosphere is non-existent. I do wish it were better, as eating out for me is absolutely about atmosphere and food. But I forgave them once we tasted the food. Yum Yum!
I've never had Ethiopian food before, so I don't really know what to compare it to. But I know what I like, and what tastes good, and this food was delicious. This food felt and tasted homemade, fresh, and made from quality ingredients.
We had:
Sambusa: pastries filled with flavorful, aromatic meat. We were given two large portions, and we both thought they were delicious. Not super oily, and the pastry was light and not overly doughy or thick. The meat was very flavorful and aromatic.
Aziva: lentils with mustard and lemon juice. I really liked this too, husband not so much as he is not a mustard fan. It was like a dijon mustard, almost horseradishy, and very tasty. Weirdest thing though, the bread they served alongside this were those thin sandwich rounds you can buy in the grocery store, cut in half. That disappointed me, I wasn't sure why they didn't make their own vessel for these lentils given that everything seems to be homemade.
Yebeg Tibs: lamb with exotic spices. Delicious! Flavorful, tender, and not chewy or fatty at all.
Doro Wet: Spicy chicken stew. Now this was AWESOME! The sauce was spicy, flavorful, and just delicious. We couldn't get enough of the sauce, and kept putting it on everything.
The spongey bread was yummy, and fun to eat. The service was also attentive and friendly.
We thoroughly enjoyed our meal, and will definitely eat there again!
P.S. for the folks complaining the food isn't spicy enough, I empathize with you
as I love spicy food. But, I found the food so FLAVORFUL that the lack of heat didn't really bother me. However, the spicy chicken stew was spicy (at least to me) and that quenched my craving perfectly. -
Review from Kimberly O.
Santa Rosa, CA
1/20/2012 1 photo
came here with a friend a couple of months ago. I never tried Ethiopian food! When we came in, we were the only ones in there during the whole time we were there. Our waiter was very polite and gave us good service. I liked how he gave us warm washcloths to wash our hands with. All sit down restaurants should have this!
I had the 'Bozena Shiro'-Seasoned chick peas simmered with sauce (forget name), with beef. Spicy but good! You eat with your fingers with the sourdough flat bread. I did cheat a little with the fork. Very authentic! HUGE PORTIONS!
Great service, and friendly! would return! -
Review from Alex E.
Santa Rosa, CA
1/15/2012
there isn't much choice for Ethiopian food around here. but this is a great little place. the food is delicious. the service is friendly. you get a nice serving of food, a hot towel to clean your hands before eating, and a wet nap after eating. We tried the Abyssinia Combo which is pretty much their main dishes in one plate.
Great place is you like Ethiopian food. Highly recommend. Plus: if you've never experienced ethiopian food, this is a good place to experience it.
Don't ask for a fork and knife. :P this is true "finger" food. -
Review from Jackie W.
Petaluma, CA
Love love love the food.
The staff are great and friendly :)
Love love love the food :) -
Review from Courtney H.
Santa Rosa, CA
2/26/2012
this place is seriously the JAM! Though it may look like a front, their food quenches all of my thirsts. Their spongey fermented bread is amazing. My favorite thing to get is the vegetarian combo for 2. It is definitely an exciting place to go because you get to eat with your hands! Note: make sure you go with people you are comfortable to share food, in this way, with. great lunch specials and nice location. All of their vegan options are noted in the menu. happy to have abyssinia around.
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Review from p w.
Petaluma, CA
4/16/2012
I truly enjoyed my dining experience at Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant. The owner was very warm and welcoming. The atmosphere is relaxed. I tried their sampler. It was a very delicious mix of chicken, beans, and vegetables with just the right amount of spices. I love the specialty bread. And what a great place. You can eat with your hands using the thin bread to scoop up your food and it is socially acceptable here. Portion size was large. Very reasonable prices. Excellent customer service. A must try if you enjoy new ethnic food experiences. You will be a fan.
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Review from Alexa S.
Santa Rosa, CA
9/12/2011
The Good:
Quiet and mellow even though the place was packed.
Nice service, especially since there was one waiter serving a full house.
They serve a hot damp towel before the meal to clean your hands (nice touch!)
Authentic, good quality ethnic food with large portions and very interesting flavors.
I enjoyed eating with my hands!
The Bad:
Extremely spicy!!! No warning on the menu whatsoever. I could not eat more than a few bites, so I will most likely not be back.
Small, simple restaurant with very little decorations. Only a few pieces of art on the walls and some baskets. I was expecting a little more cultural ambiance...
Overall, quiet but boring atmosphere, and the food was tasty but way too spicy. -
Review from Malia Y.
Santa Rosa, CA
4/17/2012
Vegetarian combo plate is my FAVORITE. It is even vegan! So yummy for lunch or dinner. The best Ethiopian food in the bay area.
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Review from Judith F.
Santa Rosa, CA
7/24/2011
So happy we have an Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant in Santa Rosa. Its one of my favorite cuisines.
I always get the Meat Combination. Its so delicious. I really enjoy eating with my hands and licking my fingers at the end of the meal.
The 1 thing that this place is missing is Ginger Beer!
That wont stop me from going back though. The food is great and service is friendly. -
Review from Brandon C.
Santa Rosa, CA
2/4/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Frickin' bomb-bomb.
Came here with my family, which is large (in numerical value, not girth); we enjoyed the equally large portions of delicious, nummy, and extremely filling East-African cuisine.
I recommend the platter dishes, especially the vegetarian, even if you aren't vegetarian. I believe they say they feed two, but if you aren't half-starved when you walk in, it'll feed 3. 2 combo platters fed us 5 with the leftovers to go. I also enjoyed the spiced tea, and the imported beer my father ordered went well with everything.
You'll wait a while, most likely, but what are you expecting? This is good quality food, not cheap drive-thru crap. Thus, you'll pay a little more too. The woman who served us was considerate and helpful.
If you ask questions about the food, and get involved in learning about the culture of the cuisine, you'll be happily rewarded. -
Review from Dwight M.
Philadelphia, PA
10/8/2011
Never had Ethippian, funny all my travels. But i liked this place and food. We had the combination which included lamb, chicken and some awesome collard greens
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Review from Robert S.
Santa Clara, CA
6/22/2011
My son, a friend of his and myself ate here while on our annual Sonoma wine/beer tasting weekend and general "guy" weekend this spring. I was happy to see that Ethiopian cuisine has made it to the North country and thus we had to try it out.
We ordered the Vegetarian combo, Yebeg Alecha and Doro Wot. I was actually a bit shocked -- my usual experience in Ethiopian restaurants is that service is normally rather slow-paced, but our food was actually delivered very quickly. The injera here is different than what I'm used to (South Bay) -- rather lighter and less sour -- and quite good as a change. The food itself was well-prepared, with the fragrance, flavors and textures one expects from good Ethiopian (and Eritrean) food. One of the best things about eaten Ethiopian is that even after you wash your hands, the essences of the spices remain on your fingers for hours...
Anyway -- we visit Santa Rosa not infrequently, and plan to continue coming to this restaurant. Highly recommended. -
Review from Anne-Marie M.
Arcata, CA
12/4/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Steak tar tar and honey wine is all I have say! Oh also the hard boiled eggs...so delicious!
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Review from Melaine M.
Rio Nido, CA
8/6/2010
My experience here was one of my more bizarre dining experiences to date. The food was decent, nothing special but it was decent. If I were writing this review purely based on the food I would have awarded it at least 3 stars, possibly verging on 4. The ambiance was nothing special but it was clean, which is really all I cared about. What makes me give the Abyssinia only 2 stars is the service. The service was just bizarre. There is really no better word to describe it.
My boyfriend, 9 year old son, and I ate here on a week night. The place was empty except for a group in the very back to the left. Every other table in the place was empty, yet the server cum everything else sat us in the walkway at a table meant for two people. I was quite pregnant so I ended up blocking the narrow walkway. Every time someone wanted to walk by I had to squeeze into the table. This seemed odd to me since there were at least 8 other tables that were completely set and allowed much more room for diners but I figured there was a large reserved group coming later or something.
The service was extremely slow; we were there for almost an hour before our meal came, and in that time no other customers appeared so I never did figure out why we had been placed at the smallest table in the walkway. And now we get to the bizarre part. When our server did appear with the food he informed us that the table was too small for the 3 plates we had ordered. My son, boyfriend, and I had ordered three very distinctly separate plates. I had thought the server was telling us that he was going to push two tables together and responded, "Oh good," because the three of us were rather squished in on the one table. I wondered to myself why he hadn't sat us at any of the other tables, all of which were larger than the one we were at.
Well, imagine my surprise when he brought us only two plates. I kept waiting for my son's meal but it never surfaced. Finally I flagged the server over, only to be told that he had combined my son's and my meals onto one plate in order to save space. This meant we each got half as much food as we would have otherwise (I compared the quantity to what was on my boyfriend's plate.) My son eats things like the quirky 9 year old that he is, with lots of tearing up of the food and such. Trying to share a plate with him when I just wanted to enjoy a night out of not cooking was extremely unpleasant.
I still can't figure out why we were served in this manner. The only conclusion I have been able to reach is that it is a cultural thing and mothers and their children are served on one plate? In any case we were charged for three separate meals and I left scratching my head and still hungry. I would possibly order the food for take-out but my experience dining in was just too weird. -
Review from Ellen C.
7/30/2010 1 Check-in Here
4 of us (my coworkers) - my manager enjoyed it, but my other 2 did not like it at all. Ethiopian food has a very particular taste. If you're not comfortable with spices and different tastes you're accustomed to, I recommend you go with the beef strip steak. Otherwise, don't order anything else.
Service was okay. The place was really empty. We were literally the only ones there for an hour, until another person walked in himself. The guy who bussed/serviced/gave us our meal was sincerely nice and wanted to make sure we were okay. I think he reads yelp reviews! -
Review from Danny P.
Santa Rosa, CA
3/8/2011
Abyssinia Restaurant is quickly becoming one of my favorites in town, its priced fair and taste great. I'm a vegetarian and find many options to keep me coming back! I would suggest, this place to anyone with an open minded pallet...I enjoy the heat from the spices!
It's nice to have this as an option in downtown. -
Review from samanta v.
Healdsburg, CA
5/22/2009 3 photos
Interesting. I don't have a lot to compare it to, although growing up one of my neighbors was ethopian, and would bring us over interesting dishes from time to time, so I went -- excited to try anything and everything.
That chance came on Tuesday night for dinner with two of my friends. One of us ordered the Combo (#17) plate, another the Vegan combo (#10) plate and another a Chicken dish (sorry don't remember the #)
I also had the spiced tea (yummy)
Everything was fresh, and it was a lot of fun to eat without utensils. I enjoyed the flavors of all the dishes, but didn't find anything to be exceptionally spicy - the lamb dish was my favorite (in combo#17)
I can't say that this is a place that I will lay awake at night dreaming about in an i-must-have-it-now craving sorta way, but I will certainly be back with friends as it's unsual, and tasty.
This would make a great (affordable) date night place.
Service was friendly and prompt and prices were really reasonable.Listed in: Ethnic - mostly Curry based
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Review from Mike I.
Santa Rosa, CA
5/3/2008
I think this location is cursed. If you are a local, you know that this location has not fared well recently. Most recently, this was Cafe Nha Be (Korean food). The restaurant is laid out poorly. There is a small dining area up front, a long thin area of tables for two which runs next to the kitchen, and a cafeteria feeling area in the back near the bathrooms. Decor is sparse. The silverware, plates, glasses, coffee urns, and napkins are on folding tables in the seating area, adding to the cafeteria-like ambiance. Tables are, well, cafeteria like. I can definitely appreciate how much it must cost to start up a restaurant, but eating here also makes one appreciate that some attempt at decor is really necessary for success.
All that aside, I really wanted to try this place because as a new vegetarian/vegan/hypocrite, I noticed there was a large vegetarian section of the menu. Not that I have a thing about eating animals. God would not have made them so delicious if they weren't meant to be eaten. I'm just trying to knock down a few cholesterol points.
My friend an I walked here for dinner last night with my 7 month old son. When we stepped in, the heat of the interior really hit us. It was a cool evening outside, but felt like 80 degrees inside. We stood around at the counter for a few minutes before anyone noticed us and took us to a table. There were 4-5 other full tables in the mostly empty restaurant. If you shop at Community Market, eat at Govinda's, or are from Sebastopol, you'll probably run into people you know here (I did).
My friend ordered the meat combo and I had the vegetarian combo. As a previous review mentioned, food is served on a pancake bread with some extra bread on the side. We were told how to eat Moroccan style (food is picked up with the bread sans utensils), but were offered utensils if we wanted them. Everything was fine. Nothing very flavorful or spicy. I asked the waiter if we could have some hot sauce. He brought a dish of red powder, which he warned us was very hot. It was less spicy than the medium Taco Bell sauce. The meal was filling. I had an Ethiopian beer (stout no less!) which was nice, but small for the price (333 ml for $5.50 [a pint is 450 ml]).
Definitely enough food, but nothing was outstanding. It reminded me of the Indian food you can buy in pouches at Trader Joe's. Good, but not restaurant quality.
I suspect this place will be here another 6 months or less. -
Review from Corissa H.
Sonoma, CA
9/27/2011
I was very pleased to learn about a Ethiopian place to eat in the North Bay... as Oakland sometime is just too far to drive.
I decided to go for my birthday..and they were reasonably price, tasted good and the staff work was absolutely friendly as can be.
An overall good experience. I would recommend. -
Review from Geoff L.
Oxford, OH
3/31/2010 2 photos
Totally run-of-the-mill Ethiopian food. That being said, if you're in Santa Rosa and have never had Ethiopian before, you should go, because it's interesting and tasty. Ethiopian Food 101: several small piles of meat and/or veggies in a uniquely-spiced sauce, all on top of a big sourdough pancake, plus extra sourdough pancakes.
The food is fine, but the service was nonexistent. First, the only staff we encountered was one guy walking around in jeans and a polo shirt. He acted as host, server, food runner and busser. He didn't bring us water until I asked him for it ten minutes after we were seated; how do you miss that?
I found the ambiance slightly weird. There was a plasma screen playing Ethiopian TV. Pretty much, it's a bunch of Ethiopian people in seemingly-authentic dress, dancing all over their village. For our entire meal, they were doing the same dance, in the same village, with the same music. It was overkill, especially when the restaurant looked very plain aside from a few African weaved baskets. -
Review from Dustin S.
Petaluma, CA
9/19/2011 1 Check-in Here
Me and my girl love this place, vegetarian combo every time.
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Review from Wally W.
Santa Rosa, CA
1/11/2010
Went there for lunch. It's a Monday, but while we were there (a group of us), there were zero other people! Had we not gone there for lunch, they would have gotten no business.
The food is really tasty and filling (due to the spongy bread). I ordered a meat combo and it's served on the spongy bread (4 colors of different food stuff) and you scoop that with the bread to eat. It's quite organic to eat sans utensils.
They offered hot towels before the meal and wet-napkins (packets) and cinnamon mints at the end. Overall, it was a good experience. -
Review from Brooke B.
Monte Rio, CA
I think this place is pretty damn good. I've been there twice and have really enjoyed everything I ate. The gentlemen that basically runs the place, is very gentle and friendly.
I recommend the combo platter. They also offer a vegetarian combo platter too.
I wish they played traditional music, I don't think they did.
And try to either play some movies from Ethiopia or t.v. (not American sports)... I want to feel like I totally left Santa Rosa. -
Review from Jami W.
Oakland, CA
4/24/2009
I've only had one dish here, the vegetarian combo platter, but it's good enough that I haven't felt the need to try anything else. (especially since I'm vegetarian and won't be trying the meat dishes.) You get seven or so items arranged atop a huge circular piece of injera, the delicious, spongy Ethiopian flatbread, along with another large piece of injera. It's enough for two people with leftovers, which you can then roll up and eat as an Ethiopian leftover burrito later. Yum!
If you like eating with your fingers as much as I do, Abyssinia is worth it just for the experience. They also have some cool imported African beers and honey wine, which is sweet, floral, and very tasty. -
Review from Jennifer d.
Fremont, CA
1/23/2009
The husband and I shared the vegetarian combination platter, and came away very satisfied. The collard greens were especially delicious. Each item -- there were also lentils, a garbanzo bean stew, and cabbage and potatoes -- had its own character, ranging from mild to spicy, with complex flavors.
You should absolutely try the Hakim stout if you're a beer drinker. It is wonderfully smooth and mild and goes with the food perfectly. The honey wine (I had the sweet one) is also very good.
The decor is very plain, but it doesn't feel sterile or uncomfortable. All the tables were filled while we were there with people enjoying themselves, and that makes for a nice atmosphere. -
Review from jason l.
Santa Rosa, CA
6/7/2011
Let me start by saying that Ethiopian cuisine is my favorite. I love it! So, with that said I've eattin at a lot of Ethiopian restaurants all over the country. This place serves awesome quality food. I always eat the combo platers. I suggest doing the same. It's the best way to get a good sample of what they have to offer.
For those who have never eattin Ethiopian food before I'll give you an idea of what to expect. First of all it's customary for the food to be served in small portions on top of a thin flat bread called injera. (injera taste sort of like sourdough but is a thin like a tortilla, but unlike a tortilla it has a stretchy consistency ) the dishes consists of vegetable and meat , usually in the form of "wat" which is like a thick stew. The meat used is beef, lamb, goat, chicken and sometimes a fish. A lot of legumes are used. The vegetables used are potato, carrot, onion, garlic, chard, and okra. You eat with your hands by tearing a piece of injera and picking up the food with it. There's not much else to say, the food speaks for it's self! I do how ever suggest ordering extra injera, which is the bread that is served with your meal. I love it! If have never tried Ethiopian cuisine I highly recommend giving it a try. And for those of you who are familiar this is a great place to eat. -
Review from Heidi F.
San Francisco, CA
1/3/2010
This was a delight to stumble upon and might even be a good reason to travel from SF to Santa Rosa. The food was really good and a great deal. We ordered a starter, two meaty mains (one a large combo platter), a veggie main, a bottle of red wine and two glasses of honey wine, but walked out for just over $20 per person.
The standout for me and a couple others was the kitfo (ordered raw) that was spectacular. Granted, it is raw beef but it can also be served cooked.
Everyone working there was incredibly nice and helpful. The only drawback is that it lacks atmosphere, but as we were just a group of friends chatting and laughing for a couple hours it was also nice not to be rushed or surrounded by people attempting a romantic evening. -
Review from J R.
Pacific Grove, CA
4/3/2011
Good, solid Ethiopian food (or what I expect in a US Ethiopian restaurant). Gf & I have have enjoyed the vegetarian combo on a couple of occasions, and yesterday we treated a friend to a more carnivorous treat. The Ethiopian stout was a cold, refreshing treat, and two of us enjoyed very generous dishes of fruit sorbet after the meal. Hot towels to start the meal were nice as well. Service a bit lackadaisical, considering we were the only customers present. Warning to the uninitiated--this is messy finger food at its finest--no silverware (exceptions granted for sorbet!)!
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Review from Barbara P.
Santa Rosa, CA
9/19/2008
First time having Ethiopian/Eritrean food & I'm a fan. Had the Abyssinia Combo with a friend and loved everything but the American-style salad which was nothing special. The two lamb dishes were best with medium hot spice. The Doro We't is a chicken dish that was good if you aren't a lamb lover. That bread is like a sponge & so much fun to eat with.
I agree with others that there is really no decor to speak of, but it's clean & the server & chef were friendly & the food came fast. I definitely recommend trying it - especially one of the combos if you want to try a bunch of the dishes and don't have a big group. -
Review from Polly P.
12/26/2008
Abyssinia is a solidly good example of Ethiopian fare complete with Hakim stout, a fantastic, ferric "icing" on the experience.
We usually get the combos, one veg and one meat. It is a bit on the salty side, as many Ethiopian restaurants' are, and my husband usually finds the meat to be a bit too hot on the spices.
The atmosphere is fun, often Ethiopian pop-music videos are on tv. The staff is very helpful. Service is initially slow (i.e. drink orders) but never so much time that the experience is bad.
Hearty, yummy - you wont come away disappointed. -
Review from Aaron S.
Tempe, AZ
12/8/2008
Abyssinia provides fine Ethiopian/Eritrean cuisine at a decent price. Try starting with the combination platter, which is made up of several nicely-spiced stews ("wat" or "tsebhi") served over special "injera" bread. Over and over, I've found their single combination platters (both meat and veggie) are plenty of food for two normal people.
The food is eaten without utensils -- just scoop each tasty bite up in the spongy injera bread. Warm towels are provided before and after the meal.
This is a great addition to the downtown Santa Rosa food scene! -
Review from Aaron B.
Santa Rosa, CA
2/8/2009
One of the greatest things about this restaurant is walking through the front door. The first time I went there were two older Ethiopian women sitting on the floor roasting spices over a gas flame. We walked through the spice smoke to get to our table. That was cool. Even this time the restaurant smells amazing.
The people are very nice but the service both times has been terrible. Not because of the attitude it is just that the floor is understaffed with un- trained servers. This time we went it was bad enough that my girlfriend said she didn't want to go back. Thankfully they make food to go.
We had the sambusa stuffed with ground beef to start. It was delicious!! Then we had the Abyssinia Special for two. This was was great too. There are five or six dishes all served on top of injera. So very tasty and spicy. The food is REALLY good. It's really nice to have them in the neighborhood. I just hope they figure out the service problems. -
Review from Joan M.
Sacramento, CA
5/22/2011 2 Check-ins Here
We ate dinner here tonight and LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Not sure what I ate, and I couldn't begin to pronounce it anyway. Suffice it to say that it was the most interesting, unique food I've had in a while. Cleverly spiced stews that you eat with your hands, using a crepe-like bread to grab succulent chicken and vegetables in an other-worldly sauce. Nice staff. Public metered parking.
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Review from Roshan T.
Petaluma, CA
1/24/2009
We (me and my wife) were trying Ethiopian cuisine for the first time. Abyssinia was a pleasant experience at a decent price. We tried Vegetarian and Beef Sambusa as appetizer. Delicious! For main course we tried the Meat and Veg combination platter, which is made up of several types of nicely-spiced stews ("wat" or "tsebhi" as they are called) served over special "injera" bread. The food is eaten without silverware, just scoop up the small portions of the stews in the injera bread and relish it.
Warm towels are provided before the meal. There is nice Ethiopian pop-music playing in the background. Burst of flavors, hearty meal and good service. Highly recommended. -
Review from Rachel B.
Santa Rosa, CA
4/20/2009
I had been wanting to try this place for a few months now and I'm so glad I finally did. As a newcomer to Ethiopian food, I didn't know what to order so my partner and I shared the meat combination plate.
Everything was good but the stand out items (for me) were both the lamb (both kinds) and the cabbage/carrot stuff. We got a hard boiled egg as well which was different and cool. The bread reminded me of what a mouse pad feels like. It tasted good with the food though. Just the combination plate was enough for both of us.
I had the mild honey wine which had a nice flavor. I was worried that it would taste more like mead but it was quite refreshing.
The service was good. The gentleman who was working was very sweet and attentive. I will definitely be returning. -
Review from Rhonda H.
Santa Rosa, CA
10/13/2009
I've been here a few times - always very good and excellent service.
My favorite dish was the Foul - a bean dish with lots of spices which used to be served on their breakfast menu. Unfortunately they aren't open for breakfast any more but everything else I've had there was great.
I enjoy eating with my hands :) -
Review from mh P.
Santa Rosa, CA
7/8/2011
We are repeat customers. Great food and good-sized servings as well as great customer service. We've tried about half of the items on the menu and not a single fail among them.
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Review from Melissa K.
Rohnert Park, CA
10/10/2010 ROTD 12/17/2010
Excellent delicious food. Good service. Clean.-It's all about the food for me.This style of cooking does take awhile for those of you new to this cuisine, (like curry style cooking) that says fresh to me. It's a small locally owned authentic Ethiopian restaurant. Very quaint, mellow atmosphere- good place for an intimate date. I like the chicken or vegetarian meal for two.
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Review from Martin G.
Ukiah, CA
1/17/2011
Superb food, uniquely spiced and as far as I can tell very authentic. It feels like stepping out of the country. I have eaten here twice both times the service was excellent. The server had good suggestions and was very friendly. The combo plates are the way to go tons of food and a variety of flavors that are hard to explain, very delicious and spiced to unique perfection. I left with a big smile on my face and a full stomach.
