5 Star Café Eritrean & Ethiopian Restaurant

8450 E Iliff Ave, Denver
(720) 242-7483

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Customers' Favorites

Shero with Homemade Chickpeas Powder Onion Tomato Garlic Jalapeno Served with Enjera
Fata with Shredded Bread Spicy Tomato Sauce Boiled Egg
Egg White Cheese Sandwich
Awaze TIBS Firfir
Pasta Spaghetti
Regular TIBS
Sandwiches
Injera
Salad
Vada

Entrees
1. Foul
Mashed Fava beans sauteed with our Ethiopian spices and garnished with fresh diced onion, tomatoes, pepper, feta cheese, scrambled eggs and served with toasted wheat bread.
2. Scrambled Egg
Sauteed with onions, tomatoes, pepper, and served with toasted wheat bread.
2. Egg Sandwich
Sauteed with onions, tomatoes, pepper, and served with toasted wheat bread.
3. Kinche
Cracked wheat cooked until tender with Ethiopian butter and spices.
4. Chechebsa
Small pieces of llatbread braised with berbere (Ethiopian spice blend composed of chili's, garlic, fenugreek and a handful of warm spices such as cardamom and black pepper) and with a choice Ethiopian butter or olive oil.
5. Omelette
Egg. diced onions, tomatoes, pepper, and feta cheese.
6. Kuanta Firfir
This mouthwatering dish contains a bite of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with a dried spiced meat.
6.Tibs Firfir
This mouthwatering dish contains a bite of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with a dried spiced meat.
7. Fata
A small pieces of wheat bread braised with tomato Sause and paper served with sour cream.
8. Breakfast Combo
Our most popular breakfast dish that includes a choice of kinche, scrambled eggs, chechebsa, or kuanta firfir and served with injera or wheat bread.
9. Shiro Tegabino
Chickpea Hour, berbere powder, garlic powder, ground cardamom, and cumin powder simmered with garlic and oil.
10. Bozena
Ethiopian style roasted chickpeas simmered in a spicy berbere sauce and cooked with beef and Kibe spiced butter.
11. Gaslight
Ground beef cooked w ith berbere sauteed, onion paper, garlic served with injera or wheat bread.
12. Kitfo Dulet
Ground beef, onion, garlic, paper, chili powder mixed with our special butter (Spicy)
11. Tibs
Beef cooked with onion, garlic paper, butter, white or red Aw'aze Sause.

Beverages
Bottled Water
Perrier
Mixed Fruit Juice
Bottled Apple Juice
Bottled Orange Juice
Ethiopian Spiced Tea
Coffee
Chal Tea
Ginger Tea
Macchiato
Caramel Macchiato
Latte
Cappuccino

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Recent Reviews

I had been craving injera for weeks, and we saw the great reviews here and had to try. The food did not disappoint and the wait staff and owner were wonderful hosts. We will be back.
July 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars for 5Star Eritrean Cafe!

I came in for a platter and a cappuccino and left with a full belly, a happy heart, and leftovers to enjoy the next day. First impression of the food? Wow. This was edible art. Perfectly plated with vibrant colors and textures, and injera that looked and tasted legit from the very first bite. Every component on the platter had its own flavor story, and together they created a masterpiece. The server...
July 2025
Nice breakfast/lunch spot. The egg sandwich was excellent, but it would have been nice to have a smaller. This portion was huge. The peppers on it were very hot. They also have some interesting Eritrean options.

Service was fast and friendly but it took a while for the food to come out. The space is nicely decorated. A video of birds chirping in a cherry garden provided a pleasant atmosphere.

There is plenty of parking in the morning,
April 2025

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5 Star Café Eritrean & Ethiopian Restaurant

8450 E Iliff Ave, Denver, CO 80231
(720) 242-7483