Axum Ethiopian Restaurant

5501 E Colfax Ave, Denver
(303) 329-6139

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Appetizers
Azifa
Lentil salad made out of boiled whole green lentils seasoned with horseradish, jalapeno pepper and herbs.
Sambusa with Vegetables
Vegetarian pastry shell filled with sauteed whole lentils, onions and jalapeno pepper. Served with sweet chili and plum sauce.
Timatim FitFit
Pieces of injera bread mixed with chopped fresh tomato, onion, jalapeno, and Ethiopian herbs served cold.
Axum Salad
Axum special salad with tomato, onion, shredded carrot, pepper, and a touch of fresh garlic. Served with our Axum style salad dressing topped with homemade cheese.
Kategna
Mix of berbere, herbal butter and seasoning spread over freshly baked injera. Rolled and served in a bite size.

Pasta & Rice Dishes
Pasta with Meat Sauce
Your choice of spaghetti or penne served with Ethiopian style bolognese sauce.
Pasta with Vegetarian Sauce
Your choice of spaghetti or penne served with Ethiopian style mixed vegetable sauce.
Pasta & Fish
Your choice of spaghetti or penne served with your choice of sauce and with shallow fried tilapia fillet.
Rice with Lamb Alicha
Herbed steamed rice served with Ethiopian style lamb stew.
Rice with Fish
Herbed steamed rice with your choice of vegetarian or meat sauce served with shallow fried tilapia fillet.

Entrees
Awaze Tibs
Lightly sauteed tender cubed pieces of lamb mixed with our home made awaze sauce and onion, garlic and jalapeno pepper.
Melasena Sember
Beef tripe and tongue cooked in mild ginger sauce and seasoned with garlic.
Regular Tibs
Cubed tender beef or lamb sauteed with onion, rosemary, jalapeno pepper. Served with spicy berbere sauce. Cooked hot, medium, or mild.
Axum Special Tibs
Cubed tender beef or lamb marinated with our special sauce and fried with onion, rosemary, jalapeno pepper and a touch of fresh garlic. Served in a sizzling pan.
Lega Tibs
Cubed tender lamb pieces cooked medium rare with onion, jalapeno pepper, garlic and berbere sauce. Cooked hot, medium, or mild.
ZilZil Tibs
Strips of tender beef marinated with our special sauce and fried with onion, rosemary, jalapeno pepper and a touch of fresh garlic. Served in a sizzling pan.
Dero Tibs
Cubes of boneless chicken breast sauteed in a special blend of spices, onion, jalapeno pepper and touch of garlic mixed with herbal butter.
Dero Begomen
Cubes of boneless chicken breast and chopped collard greens sauteed in a special blend of spices, onion, jalapeno pepper and touch of garlic mixed with herbal butter.
Regular Kitfo
Beef tartar seasoned with our herbal butter, mitmita and cardamom. Can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
Special Kitfo
Kitfo seasoned with herbal butter, cardamom and mitmita and served with homemade cottage cheese and cooked collard green. Can be ordered raw, medium, or well done.
Kitfo Dullet
Kitfo mixed with jalapeno pepper and onion.
Gored Gored
Chunked cubed beef sauteed with homemade awaze sauce, cardamom, a dash of red wine and herbal butter. Can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
Dullet
Carefully cleaned lamb trip and liver mixed with lean red meat, diced onion, garlic, jalapeno pepper, herbal butter, cardoon and mitmita. Can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
Kitfo Sandwich
Regular kitfo. Mixed with homemade cheese served in a French bread. Can be ordered raw, medium, or well done.
Yebeg Alicha
Lamb stew simmered with onion, garlic, turmeric and herbal butter.
Dero Alicha
Chicken breast chunks simmered in mild turmeric sauce spiced with ginger, garlic, onion, and herbal butter served with a hardboiled egg.
Doro Wot
Traditional dish. Chicken drumstick simmered in medium hot berbere sauce spiced with ginger, garlic, onion and herbal better. Served with boiled egg.
Key Wot
Very lean chopped beef simmered in a medium hot and thick berbere sauce and herbal butter, with exotic spices.
Yebeg Tibs FirFir
Combination of shredded injera with lamb tibs.
Kwanta FirFir
Combination of shredded injera with spiced homemade beef jerky stew. Spiced with berbere.
Doro Wot FirFir
Combination of shredded injera with doro wot.

Vegetarian Dishes
Gomen Beayib
Axum's special collard greens simmered in mild sauce of oil, mitmita, herbs and tossed with homemade cottage cheese.
Shiro
Powdered, herbed and spiced chickpeas simmered in a rich homemade onion and tomato bullion seasoned with pinch of garlic.
Misir Wot
Split red lentils simmered in a medium hot berbere and onion sauce.
Misir Alicha
Whole green lentils simmered until very tender and thick with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Kik Alicha
Split yellow peas simmered until very tender with onions, garlic and turmeric.
Atakilit Wot
Chopped cabbage, sliced carrots and potato chunks stir fried with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric and vegetable oil.
Gomen Wot
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion and herbs.
Carrot & Fesolia
Strips of carrots and green beans sauteed with onion, garlic and berbere.

Combinations
Vegetarian Combo
Your choice of six vegetarian dishes.
Meat & Vegetarian Combo
Your choice of two meat dishes and any three vegetarian dishes.
Meat Combo
Your choice of four meat dishes.
Shifnfin
Combination of kwanta firfir or doro wot firfir. Topped with regular kitfo, slice hard-boiled egg and ayib.

Hot Beverages
Coffee
Iced Coffee
Espresso
Macchiato
Espresso with a small amount of milk, a.k.a. stained espresso.
Cappuccino
Espresso with hot milk and steamed-milk foam.
Cafe Latte
Espresso with steamed milk.
Ethiopian Coffee
Serves two Ethiopian coffee cups.
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Three rounds for three people, takes about 20 minutes, per additional person.
Tea
Black tea, earl grey tea, green tea served with Ethiopian spiced boiled water.
Chocolate Milk
Served with hot or cold.
Steamed Milk with Honey

Cold Beverages
Sodas
Coca cola, diet coke, fanta orange, sprite, ginger ale, regular iced tea.
Juices
Apple, cranberry, mango, orange.
Perrier - Mineral Water
Fresh Lemon Soda
Mineral water with fresh lemon juice & honey.

Desserts
Baklava
Dessert originating in the middle east made of phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey.
Cheese Cake

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Recent Reviews

Great selections, including Ethiopian Beer-and if you're lucky-honeywine. Easy location to meet people, with ample parking. Food made with various spice levels, so an excellent spot to try new dishes. As always, Ethiopian cuisine naturally offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. (Alternative sides to Injera are also offered here)
June 2023
The food was fantastic as always. I love getting the meat & veggie sampler and trying different dishes, and it's always a pleasure when we get to introduce new people to Ethiopian cuisine. Eating family style is a treat.

Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian options make it easy to find something you'll enjoy.
March 2023
Service was great as I walk in this waiters name Sarah came with a beautiful smile and was a friendly attitude took us to our seat and offered as a drink. Anyway I was more afraid of what kind of food they have because I'm a vegan and she's smiling show me all the choice with you I can have. I ordered sherro and some salad along with it was great and very tasteful I recommend everyone to go try their sherro. I will be coming soon to Axum.

Kid-friendliness: The...
January 2023

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Axum Ethiopian Restaurant

5501 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220
(303) 329-6139