This was my first time at Cafe Colucci and I couldn't have loved it more, this place is a gem.The food was amazing. We got half/half sumbussas, begue tibs, and a hot chocolate and it was all so flavorful.The vibe is really great too. You can tell that a lot of love has gone into this place. It feels good to support a local business that is mission driven and feels like such a cultural hub.Shout out to Daniel for a great evening, we will be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pier Richards
Great place for authentic Ethiopian food according to my Ethiopian friend. I like this region's taste since that's what I was introduced to when I first visited the Bay Area years ago.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Y S
It feels like a very casual restaurant. I think servers could be a little more attentive, but otherwise everyone has a great attitude and energy. It’s a mellow vibe. The food is delicious! I always get the vegan sampler. What’s interesting and a little disappointing is the serving of injera you get when you dine in versus ordering for pickup or delivery. Dining in, you’re often served a basket of injera with your meals. However when ordering to-go, you do not get any extra injera. Now, I have never looked closely at the bill when dining in to see if the unsolicited basked of injera carries an extra charge. I wouldn’t think it does. If they packed the extra injera, no doubt this review would be 5 stars.Regardless, the food is always good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Sage Cohen
Food was very good but every level of service (from host stand on) was terrible.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Vito Woldeselassie
Excellent space, food, team and many more goodness at Cafe Calucci. Merci ? Will keep coming back -
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jennifer Pete
First time having Ethiopian food and it was delicious! Recommend having a reservation as it was very busy. Friendly staff, lovely ambiance. Absolutely coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Richard Comito
Really disappointed with Cafe Colucci. I've eaten here for years and it's always been great. Not anymore. It's a rip off. The quality has gone down and so have the portions by a LOT. They replaced one of the meats in the combination with brown quinoa. It was literally a few pieces of meat a bunch of quinoa and a sorry chicken leg. It just seems really cheap. Its way too expensive for what you get. Even the vegetarian combo was pathetic. I will never recommend this place again. It used to be such a good go-to but that's over. Go somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Yuri Gottesman
Unbelievably delicious food, and great people who work there. Today actually I didn't eat...just came to buy some spices and the person (her name was maybe Seantel? But I'm sure I'm misspelling ) was so, so helpful and spent 20 minutes with me picking out the right spices and giving me advice. I am so thankful! We usually get the vegan sampler. I don't even like vegetables that much but this food is amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Chloe Martins
My family needed a quick meal before a long trip the next day. Takeout was a must and hearty!My family got a variety of dishes. The appetizer and vegan assortment plate was my favorites.Huge portions! Downside, a tad salty for my liking.Some dishes just weren't for me.My picky husband even liked his dish!Staff was friendly!A little pricey but makes sense for the portions.I'd go back and I recommend
Super sad. Used to be one of my favorite restaurants but they have shrunk their veg combo and increased its price. It's just lentils and spices! The dnitchtibs are also now just potato chips.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Milano
Great atmosphere and comfort food.Veggie selections are amazing.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Judy A
So tasty. Great service and ambiance. Vegan options too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Stefan Walters
The food here was great but we had a pretty shocking server. For the owners, the person is a stocky woman with tattooed hands. I’m sure you know who it is. She ignored what we asked for (anpps and drinks) and just told us what she thought we should order instead, then I guess that was our order. The table next to us had a similar experience and we exchanged a few confused glances.My wife has social anxiety in restaurant situations, so I’ll usually take the lead. This was certainly deemed as being part of the patriarchy and I was ignored while my wife was forced to agree with the server’s decisions on our meal. The server clearly has issues, the most noticeable in this situation being “Nobody cares about your projections on, and imaginings of, who you might be serving. Just be nice.” Honestly she was a lot. Slamming things down, bullishly pushing her way past us, other patrons and staff.What we ordered was great. What she decided we were to have was fine, but not what we wanted. Much like the table adjacent to us, we’d very much love to come back, but that server simply shouldn’t be a server.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Sahil Hegde
When you first enter the café, you're greeted with an intoxicating aroma that sets the tone for the rest of the meal. Every plate is served from a sizzling skillet and features a delightful melange of spices that perfectly complement the various cuts of meat and veggies.We sampled several dishes but my personal favorites were the doro wot (chicken in a spicy brown curry sauce), assa gored gored (tilapia), and sega tibs (cubed beef sauteed with onions and peppers).For those with dietary restrictions, there is a vegan version of nearly every item on the menu and the traditional injera is gluten free.Would highly recommend for anyone looking for a hearty, delectable meal in a lovely setting.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free and vegan options for most dishes
First time at the (not so) new location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was my first time at Cafe Colucci and I couldn't have loved it more, this place is a gem.The food was amazing. We got half/half sumbussas, begue tibs, and a hot chocolate and it was all so flavorful.The vibe is really great too. You can tell that a lot of love has gone into this place. It feels good to support a local business that is mission driven and feels like such a cultural hub.Shout out to Daniel for a great evening, we will be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place for authentic Ethiopian food according to my Ethiopian friend. I like this region's taste since that's what I was introduced to when I first visited the Bay Area years ago.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
It feels like a very casual restaurant. I think servers could be a little more attentive, but otherwise everyone has a great attitude and energy. It’s a mellow vibe. The food is delicious! I always get the vegan sampler. What’s interesting and a little disappointing is the serving of injera you get when you dine in versus ordering for pickup or delivery. Dining in, you’re often served a basket of injera with your meals. However when ordering to-go, you do not get any extra injera. Now, I have never looked closely at the bill when dining in to see if the unsolicited basked of injera carries an extra charge. I wouldn’t think it does. If they packed the extra injera, no doubt this review would be 5 stars.Regardless, the food is always good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Food was very good but every level of service (from host stand on) was terrible.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Excellent space, food, team and many more goodness at Cafe Calucci. Merci ? Will keep coming back -
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time having Ethiopian food and it was delicious! Recommend having a reservation as it was very busy. Friendly staff, lovely ambiance. Absolutely coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really disappointed with Cafe Colucci. I've eaten here for years and it's always been great. Not anymore. It's a rip off. The quality has gone down and so have the portions by a LOT. They replaced one of the meats in the combination with brown quinoa. It was literally a few pieces of meat a bunch of quinoa and a sorry chicken leg. It just seems really cheap. Its way too expensive for what you get. Even the vegetarian combo was pathetic. I will never recommend this place again. It used to be such a good go-to but that's over. Go somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Unbelievably delicious food, and great people who work there. Today actually I didn't eat...just came to buy some spices and the person (her name was maybe Seantel? But I'm sure I'm misspelling ) was so, so helpful and spent 20 minutes with me picking out the right spices and giving me advice. I am so thankful! We usually get the vegan sampler. I don't even like vegetables that much but this food is amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
My family needed a quick meal before a long trip the next day. Takeout was a must and hearty!My family got a variety of dishes. The appetizer and vegan assortment plate was my favorites.Huge portions! Downside, a tad salty for my liking.Some dishes just weren't for me.My picky husband even liked his dish!Staff was friendly!A little pricey but makes sense for the portions.I'd go back and I recommend
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Super sad. Used to be one of my favorite restaurants but they have shrunk their veg combo and increased its price. It's just lentils and spices! The dnitchtibs are also now just potato chips.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
Great atmosphere and comfort food.Veggie selections are amazing.
Food: 5
Service: 5
So tasty. Great service and ambiance. Vegan options too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Sampler
The food here was great but we had a pretty shocking server. For the owners, the person is a stocky woman with tattooed hands. I’m sure you know who it is. She ignored what we asked for (anpps and drinks) and just told us what she thought we should order instead, then I guess that was our order. The table next to us had a similar experience and we exchanged a few confused glances.My wife has social anxiety in restaurant situations, so I’ll usually take the lead. This was certainly deemed as being part of the patriarchy and I was ignored while my wife was forced to agree with the server’s decisions on our meal. The server clearly has issues, the most noticeable in this situation being “Nobody cares about your projections on, and imaginings of, who you might be serving. Just be nice.” Honestly she was a lot. Slamming things down, bullishly pushing her way past us, other patrons and staff.What we ordered was great. What she decided we were to have was fine, but not what we wanted. Much like the table adjacent to us, we’d very much love to come back, but that server simply shouldn’t be a server.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
When you first enter the café, you're greeted with an intoxicating aroma that sets the tone for the rest of the meal. Every plate is served from a sizzling skillet and features a delightful melange of spices that perfectly complement the various cuts of meat and veggies.We sampled several dishes but my personal favorites were the doro wot (chicken in a spicy brown curry sauce), assa gored gored (tilapia), and sega tibs (cubed beef sauteed with onions and peppers).For those with dietary restrictions, there is a vegan version of nearly every item on the menu and the traditional injera is gluten free.Would highly recommend for anyone looking for a hearty, delectable meal in a lovely setting.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free and vegan options for most dishes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Doro Wot, Assa Gored Gored