Family Ethiopian Restaurant

Though they unfortunately serve meat also, the veggie platter is fully vegan by default and just tastes great! A smooth and nice vegan eating experience.

Sambusa: veggie only, pretty good (4/5).
The dish with collared greens and meat was the absolute best (5/5)! Beef tibs with rice was decent (4.5/5) but I would get the collared greens in the future. Hot tea (lipton) w/ spices: tasty but I would get another drink next time (i prefer a simple straight black tea).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food ❤️
Great people ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Injera, Baklava, Dulet

Food was great at this family run restaurant. We got there at 2200 and immediately apologized for arriving so close to the posted closing time. The owners said we were fine and that they had plenty of food. Three other table filled up about 20 minutes later. DC folk don't care about closing times i s'pose. They deserve your business.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Kitfo, Injera, Sambusa

We eat here every time we visit DC. Support yummy, and the prices are excellent!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was excellent. I didn't appreciate that larger parties were prioritized for seating when parties of 2 were pushed aside and had to wait much longer to be seated.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Family Vegetarian Special

Great Ethiopian cuisine. My wife and I had the family vegetarian plate and each item on the plate was fantastic.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free available

Wheelchair accessibility: Not accessible

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

The food is good. But you have to wait 1 hr to get the food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Doro Wot

I had the pleasure of visiting the Family Restaurant three times in a row, and I can confidently say the food is authentic and the service exceptional. As an Ethiopian living near Philadelphia, this is by far one of the most authentic Ethiopian dishes I’ve had in the DC area. I highly recommend it to both local and international customers as well as food enthusiasts!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Family Vegetarian Special, Sambusa, Yebeg TIBS

Extremely poor service. They give you options, without explanation, to choose either imported or locally baked enjera. If you choose imported enjera (assuming it is of better quality), they give you a spoiled and nearly decaying food. On top of that they put $5 more on your bill for the so called imported enjera without letting you know about this at the beginning. So bad!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Had lunch, wonderful food. If you are at the conference center this is worth heading for for lunch, amazing value, very nice food. Lot's of options for the vegetarian like me.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shiro Wot

Amazing flavors, and the service was extremely fast! Everything was very fresh and hot.

Kid-friendliness: Spaghetti.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Family Vegetarian Special, Baklava, Regular Vegetarian Special

Excellent food, authentic flavors, and incredible service. You feel like dining at a friend’s house from mom's cooking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa

Awesome food and lovely place