Meskie's Ethiopia Restaurant

2955 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley
(510) 843-1992

Recent Reviews

Taylor Langos

Food is amazing and supper filling.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nenee 'Wee Choose 5 Vegetarian Dishes, Meat Combination, Meat Combo and Veggie Combo

Andrew Corso

Food is delicious, affordable, and restaurant is beautiful. Definitely worth checking out if you are into Ethiopian food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Elyse Austin

An absolute gem! Food is delicious and staff is super friendly. Always left feeling satisfied :)

Randy Gomez

I haven't eaten Ethiopian food in over a decade! I was delighted, GLAD my client took me there! Definitely a must!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Samboussa, Meat Combination

Soraya

Beautiful restaurant. Cozy but spacious, with gorgeous art on the walls and nice music. My server was absolutely lovely. The food was amazing. I got the meat combo with red lentils (you add a veggie like a side for free). The we't and red lentils were all amazing, and the injera had a nice texture (free refills on injera).Vegetarian options: Red lentils were amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Injera, Meat Combination

Dennis Phan

Really good place to enjoy Ethiopian food with a group of friends! Loved the choice of combining both vegetarian and meat dishes on a shared plate.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lauren Haley

I LOVE Ethiopian food and this place definitely delivered when it came to the quality and quantity of food! I got the vegetarian combo which was only about $13, and it ended up being more than I could eat. There was a lot of injera and a nice variety of dishes, each of which was great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Utkarsha Ranade

The food was decent but the server gave me a glass of water which had lipstick marks on it at the rim and had clearly been used by someone. The restaurant only had 2 tables occupied, and with less work, the server was sitting at her desk with earphones on, so clearly this wasn’t a mistake because she had too much to handle, but it was pure carelessness.I had to walk to the back of the restaurant and ask for a new glass because the server didn’t come even once to check on us after we had been served.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Ray Buch

Neighborhood restaurant; solid family owned and operated dining. Dishes were very good and were about the same as other Ethiopian restaurants.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Combination

Kittii A.

The food was great and I had a great experience over all. I enjoyed the platters w/ the varieties of the meats, starches, and greens to eat with the injera bread of course. The Ethiopian honey wine (Tej) was the best wine I've ever had. Definitely a hidden gem i'll be back at. Good customer service. Thank you ladies (:

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Carrot, Meat Combination, Yebeg TIBS, Vegetable Plate, Injera

Dav Id K-OS

I usually do take out here, but, when I choose to dine in, I choose the nice patio area. Always good food and service.Vegetarian options: I believe there are six vegetarian options on the menu and two pescatarian options that I know of (Shrimp Tibs and Fillet Fish Tibs). Not sure of any vegetarian/meat cross contamination, so be sure to call ahead of time and ask about it. It's not a problem for me.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Samboussa, Tofu TIBS, Vegetarian Combination, Salad, Alicha Fitfit, Doro Firfir, Meat Combination, Yebeg TIBS, Gluten Free

Holly B. Robison

This was one of my favorite experiences in this area. Everything about this place is stellar - the food so unique and delicious, the service so happy and friendly and helpful, they even have games to play! I want to go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Combination, Vegetable Plate

Andrew Young

Horrible service. Walked in, looked at staff, no one greeted us or instructed us. Sat down. No one came to give us water or take our order for 20-30 minutes. We walked up twice to ask and they just told us “we’ll get to you”. Watched other tables get sat down, have their heaters turned on, get their orders taken. Finally intercepted a waitress after she took another tables order to tell her we were ready. The service was terrible, and even when we asked staff if we could be helped they were rude. Not worth your time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Victoire Chochezi

Good food, nice atmosphere, sweet people. Found a parking space right in front. Enjoy!Vegetarian options: As per expected.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Samboussa, Vegetable Plate

Suhas Jog

I get excited to go to Ethiopian restaurants but often come out disappointed. It may be because my palette is used to Indian spices and breads. Injera is too sour for my taste and veggies are pretty blandThis huge place was largely empty and bit disorganized. Food was average but people were super sweet

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