Shewa Ethiopian Restaurant

1824 Benning Rd NE, Washington
(301) 905-2823

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Gluten Free Ethiopian Ingera
Shewa Special Veggie Combo
Shewa Vegetarian Sambusa
Veggie Combo Platter
Mixed Pepper Powder
Shewa Bozena Shiro
Shewa Meat Combo
Shewa Derek TIBS
Vegetarian Combo
Shewa Lamb TIBS

Menu

Lunch and Dinner
Meat Combo
Three of our spicy meat dishes on top of injera: Doro Tibs, Bees Tibs, Doro Wot, Side of Veggie.
Derek Tibs
Prime short ribs, deep-fried, then sauteed with herbal butter, onion, jalapeno, tomatoes, and fresh garlic. Comes with salad.
Doro Wot
Traditional dish, chicken stew simmered in berbere sauce, herbal butter, and boiled egg. Served with injera.
Doro Tibs
Tender, marinated piece of chicken sauteed in spiced butter with peppers and onion.
Tibs Awaze
Cubed tender beef, marinated and cooked with tomatoes, garlic, and berbere sauce.
Tibs Lega
Cubed tender beef or lamb, cooked with tomato, jalapeno pepper, and garlic (lamb).
gluten free ethiopianingera
Fish Cutlet w/ rice and side salad
Chicken with Rice and Side Salad
Gored Gored
Chunks of beef lightly cooked with onion.
Gomen Besiga
Mild beef stew prepared with collard green.
Kitfo Regular
Beef tartar seasoned with herbal butter, mitmita, and cardamom served with collard green and homemade cottage (ayib). Comes with salad.
Key Wot
Spicy beef stew. Comes with salad.
Kitfo Special
Beef tartar seasoned with herbal butter and mitmita.
Alicha Wot
Mild lamb stew. Comes with salad.
Bozena Shiro
Finely ground yellow peas simmered with chopped onion and cooked in mi led red pepper sauce.
Fish Cutlet
Steamed fish chopped with spices, combined with potatoes, and fried.
Extra Ingera
Spaghetti with meat saucee
Spaghetti Marinara

Appetizer
Sambusa Lentil
Triangular shaped pastry rolls filled with lentils, spiced with onion, garlic, and jalapeno pepper.
Sambusa Meat
Triangular shaped pastry rolls filled with beef, spiced with onion, garlic, and jalapeno pepper.

Desserts
Baklava
Ice Cream
Tiramisu

Drinks
Canned Soda
Bottled Soda
Juice
Bottled Water

Vegeterian Delight
Veggie Combo (6 Items)
Shiro, spicy lentils, cabbage, yellow peas, split peas, and gomen.
Shiro Wot
Finely ground yellow peas simmered with chopped onion and cooked in mi led red pepper sauce.
Timatim Fitfit
Pieces of injera soaked in the juice of tomatoes and jalapeno pepper.
Cabbage
Cabbage, carrots, onion, and potatoes cooked in hot oil and later in the water. Stirred in salt, pepper, cumin, and turmeric.
Kike Alicha
Boiled split peas with onions, garlic, olive oil, turmeric, and salt.
Gomen
Collard greens boiled and seasoned with turmeric, paprika, allspice, and ginger.
Misir Wot
Lentils with onions and tomatoes.

Breakfast
Fir Fir
Shredded flat bread, spiced clarified butter, and the hot spice bere-bere.
Che Chebsa
Kita (flatbread)torn into small pieces and mixed with berbere and niter kibbeh (spiced butter) until it's a moist and soft mixture.
Kinche
Cracked wheat blended with herbal butter or olive oil.
Ful
Hearty chile-like broad beans, smashed and spiced, then garnished with fresh diced tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, and onions. Served hot with olive oil.
Breakfast Combo
Scrambled egg, kimchi, and fir.
Scrambled Egg
Served with tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers served with two French bread.

Drinks
Canned Soda
Bottled Soda
Juice
Bottled Water

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Recent Reviews

I ordered a meat combo with some veggie dishes on the side. When I say I was impressed, that’s a serious understatement. This was easily some of the best food I’ve had in a very long time. It was spiced perfectly and I was able to taste the zing without burning my mouth off. The service was incredible: the workers kind, friendly, and provided a relaxed atmosphere that allowed me to feel at home. I honestly couldn’t ask for a better introduction to Ethiopian food.
June 2025
I had an absolutely wonderful experience at Shewa tonight. The owner served me and he was very attentive. It was my first time eating Ethiopian food, so he guided me and I ended up ordering the Shewa Meat Combo. Comes with injera, chicken, beef, lamb and 2 veggie dishes. All of them were very flavorful! Paired it up with their homemade honey wine which was delicious as well.

I will definitely come back to try more of their menu!
June 2025
We had such a fabulous time at the restaurant. Food was delicious! Service was outstanding. Michael was very friendly and respectful. He shut down the restaurant for the whole evening so that we could have a private family dinner. He went out of his way to make sure my son’s graduation dinner went well. Price was very fair to say the least.
June 2025

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Shewa Ethiopian Restaurant

1824 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC 20002
(301) 905-2823