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
Gored Gored
Zilzil TIBS
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

In town from Chicago and DC ( me and my sister) and the food is amazing! Everything was delicious and I love that this looks and feels like a family run spot and incredibly welcoming! Being from DC we know Eritrean and Ethiopian food and I cannot say enough about the food and the atmosphere- please please don’t miss this place. It was delicious all around!
November 2025
My family and I have been coming here if not every week - at least every other week and it is the best Ethiopian food in the Bay Area! The food is super consistent regarding taste, portion size, and commitment to excellence!

We love this place and we know you will too!
September 2025
The food was okay. A bit smaller portions for the price and it could have used more spices. It would have been nice to be able to order a combo of veggie and meat but for one person. There were only 3 of us so it made it hard to get a good sample of different dishes when most everything came in full size.
August 2025

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Asmara Restaurant

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