Asmara Restaurant

5020 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
(510) 547-5100

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Family Style for 4 People Lamb Chicken Beef Three Different Lentils and Salad
Kik Alicha Yellow Lentils
Vegetarian Combination
Ye-Beg Alicha Lamb
Meat Combination
Veggie Combo
Meat Sampler
Zilzil TIBS
Gored Gored
Doro Tibsy

Menu

Featured items
Vegetarian Combination
Combined items of tempo watt, yemisr watt, kik alicha, ye-gomen Alicia, and brown split peas. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Meat Combination
Combined items of a ziggy watt, key watt, doro watt, and ye-beg alicha. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Assa Tibs (Fish)
Catfish fillet sauteed with onions, tomatoes into our Asmara spices
Doro Watt (Chicken)
Chicken is slow-cooked in a spicy berbere sauce served with a hard-boiled egg. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Shiro
Roasted grounds peas cooked in berbere sauce.
Yebeg Tibs (Lamb)
Boneless strips of lamb simmered with onion butter and hot spices.

Entrées
Doro Watt (Chicken)
Chicken is slow-cooked in a spicy berbere sauce served with a hard-boiled egg. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Meat Combination
Combined items of a ziggy watt, key watt, doro watt, and ye-beg alicha. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Ye-Beg Alicha (Curry Lamb)
Cubes of lamb stewed and simmered with curry, onion, garlic, and spices. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Ziggni/Key Watt (Beef)
Beef marinated with authentic homemade Asmara butter and spices. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Kitfo
Chopped tenderloin of beef with spicy butter and mitmita, garnished with cottage cheese
Beef Tibsy
Pan roasted strips of beef simmered with garlic, onion, butter and mild spices. Chose either spicy or not-spicy

Vegetarian Entrées
Vegetarian Combination
Combined items of tempo watt, yemisr watt, kik alicha, ye-gomen Alicia, and brown split peas. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Red Lentils (Yemisr Watt)
Red lentils are slow-cooked and marinated with berbere sauce, onion, and garlic. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Yellow Lentils (Kik Alicha)
Yellow spilled peas cooked in a mild and flavorful onion, ginger, garlic, and turmeric. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Collard Greens (Ye-Gomen Alicia)
Collard greens are slow-cooked with onions, garlic, and ginger. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.
Brown Split Peas
Brown lentils are slow-cooked with onion, garlic, turmeric, and ginger. 100 percent vegan. Served with fresh salad and injera.

Cold Drinks
Sprite
Coke
Ginger Beer (12 oz)
Bunderburg ginger beer (non-alcoholic).
San Pellegrino Mineral Water
Canada Dry
Fanta
Diet Coke

House Specialties Dinner
Yebeg Tibs (Lamb)
Boneless strips of lamb simmered with onion butter and hot spices.
Assa Tibs (Fish)
Catfish fillet sauteed with onions, tomatoes into our Asmara spices
Lega Tibs
Chunks of beef seasoned and marinated with onion, garlic and jalapenos.
Shiro
Roasted grounds peas cooked in berbere sauce.
Doro Tibsy (Chicken)
Boneless chicken stir fried with peppers onions butter and asmara spices. Spicy.
Tibsy Fitfit
Pieces of injera soaked in spicy tibsy sauce beef.
Quanta Firfir
Beef jerky mixed with injera in seasoned sauce.
Tikil Gomen
Sliced cabbage and carrots cooked in mild sauce.
Doro and Gomen (Chicken & Greens)
Boneless chicken mixed with mustard greens. Spicy.
Zilzil Tibs
Strips of beef sauteed in seasoned and marinated with onion, garlic and jalapenos.
Yebeg Kay Wat
Succulent lamb meat cooked in berbere sauce.
Salad a La Asmara
Simply fresh tomatoes, onions, olive oil, homemade cheese tossed with lettuce.
Gored Gored
Cubes of tenderloin tips served very rare in a awaze and butter dip.
Alicha Fitfit
Lamb Pieces of injera soaked in alicha watt lamb.
Derek Tibs
Bite size lamb cooked extra well done, sautéed with onions, jalapeños and mixed herbs
Gomen Besega
Collard greens cooked with beef and spiced with butter, onion, garlic and jalapenos.

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Recent Reviews

Well-remodeled interior, dark wood finishes make for an intimate dining experience.

A wide selection of Eritrean classics — vegan, vegetarian and meat.

Manageable portions, a wonderful place to gather for an intimate meal. Traditional dining available in the back of the dining room.
July 2025
This place has the friendliest staff and it’s cute and warm feeling inside. The food is consistently delicious, highly recommend the vegetarian plate. They are fairly quick even when they’re very busy (which is often).
June 2025
Great admispher, service was above and beyond, and next door is the next best thing the sons have a bar lounge with exotic drinks with a back patio out of this world with heaters and tables and barbecue hosted by smokland brisket sandwiches and mac&cheese and light music is always playing not to loud so you can sit have a drink and speak with friends bring your ID because they have a security guard who checks before you enter who is a large teddy an super friendly.
October 2024

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Asmara Restaurant

5020 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 547-5100