Red Sea Ethiopian Restaurant

4717 University Ave, San Diego
(619) 285-9722

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Vegetarian Combination
Vegetables - Alcha
Coffee Ceremony
Lamb White TIBS
Veggie Special
Yebeg Siga Wot
Special Shiro
Zilzil TIBS
Yedero TIBS
Ye Doro Wot

Menu

Appetizers
Green Salad
Ethiopian style. Green salad, tomatoes, and onions with dressing.
Timatim Selata
Fresh tomatoes sliced in our style with green pepper, onion slices, and dressing.
Sambussa
Pastry shell filled with a choice of either lentils and green peppers spiced with cumin and green onion with a touch of nutmeg.

Entrees
Tibs
Pan-roasted strips of beef simmered with onion, butter, BBQ sauce, and spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Yebeg Tibs
Pan-roasted strips of lamb simmered with onion, butter, BBQ sauce, and spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Quanta Fir-Fir
Dried strips of beef mixed with injera in a deliciously seasoned sauce. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Shifinfin
Beef or lamb stew mixed with injera and deliciously seasoned with spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
kitfo
Finely chopped lean beef with spiced butter and mitmita hot chilies. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Special Kitffo
Finely chopped lean beef with spiced butter and mitmita hot chilies. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Yebere Siga Wot
Spicy beef stewed in red pepper sauce with an assortment of spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Yedero Wot
Spicy chicken stewed in red pepper sauce with an assortment of spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Yebeg Siga Wot
Mild lamb stew, delicately spiced with garlic, ginger, and other spices. Served with injera, and salad.
Combination
A combination of 3 items tibs, yebere siga wot, and yedero wot. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Shifinfin Lamb

Vegetarian Entrees
Special Shiro
Ground peas cooked with a sauce, assorted spices, and tomatoes. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Split-Pea Alicha
Steamed split-peas with onions, and seasoned with garlic, and ginger. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Lentils
Split lentil in red pepper sauce and seasoned with assorted spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Collard Greens
Collard green steamed and seasoned with garlic, and green pepper. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Vegetables-Alcha
Steamed vegetables cabbage, potato, carrot, and onion. Seasoned with assorted spices. Served with fresh salad, and injera.
Vegetarian Combination
A combination of 4 items: split-pea alicha, lentils, collard greens, and vegetables-alcha.
Awaze Tibs
Tender beef cooked in spice and a special red pepper paste called awaze. Served with fresh salad, and injera.

House Specialties
Yebeg Wot Fit-Fit
Pieces of injera soaked in lamb stew wot.
Gored Gored
Cubes of tenderloin tips. Served very rare in awaze and butter dip.
Zilzil Tibs
Pan-roasted strips of beef simmered with garlic, butter, BBQ sauce, and spices.
Yedero Tibs
Pan roasted strips of chicken simmered with onion,butter, berbere sauce and spices

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Recent Reviews

My wife and I have been on the Ethiopian kick, and this by far is the best place we've been to. In San Diego.
She loves the vegetarian combo I love the zilzil tibs so good!!
September 2025
A friend and I shared the veg platter and left satisfied. Each component was delicious, but I especially loved the injera and greens. It was quiet on a Friday evening; the food came out quickly, and the service was good. As an extra seal of approval, my friend, who is Ethiopian, mentioned several times that this is now her favorite Ethiopian spot in San Diego. I look forward to visiting again. Updated from previous review on 2024-11-15
November 2024
Great spot we've been coming back to. Delicious food, nice people, presentation, well priced. We usually get some meat dish with a veggie combo, take home some leftovers. We love it and will keep coming back.
October 2024

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Red Sea Ethiopian Restaurant

4717 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 285-9722