Abyssinia

554 S 5th St, Louisville
(502) 384-8347

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Abyssinia Beyaynetu Appetizer Sample Platter
Baklava Sweet Crispy & Nutty Dessert
Abyssinia Salad House Salad
Meat Combination Sampler
VIII Abyssinia Beyaynetu
Abyssinia Veggie Combo
Meat Sampler Platter
Abyssinia Lamb Tips
Abyssinia Beef Tips
Gomen Collard Greens

Menu

Appetizers
I. Abyssinia Sambusas
Pastry filled with vegetables and your choice of chicken, beef or lentil.
VII. Seneg Karia
Stuffed jalapenos or green peppers with diced onions, tomatoes and seasonings in lemon dressing better served with main dishes. 2 pieces.
V. Tumatim Fit-Fit
Injera bread diced in a flesh of tomato, onions, green pepper and olive oil. Cold.
II. Kosta Wrap
Collard green or green bean sauteed with diced onion and garlic wrapped with inera. 4 pieces.
IV. Chicken Kosta Wrap
Sauteed chicken strips with collard green, onions and garlic mix wrapped with injera.
VI. Abyssinia Salad
Tomatoes, lettuce, onions, olive oil tossed in a house dressing.
VIII. Abyssinia Beyaynetu
Kosta or fossolia wrap, timatim fit-fit and a choice of two sambusas.

Vegan
19. #1 Veggie Combo
Red lentils, split peas, cabbage, collard greens and fossolia green bean and carrot medley.
21. #3 Abyssinia Combo
Red lentils, collard green, yellow split peas, cabbage potatoes and salad.
20. #2 Veggie Combo
Red lentils, split peas and collard green, potatoes and salad.
27. Shiro
A popular dish made of roasted chi pea powder simmered with onions and berber sauce.
25. Tikil Gomen
Sliced cabbage, carrot and potato shanks cooked in mild sauce.
22. Yemissir Watt
Red lentil stew marinated in berbere red pepper sauce and spices. Red lentil.
26. Abyssinia Mushroom Stew
Mushroom sauteed with onion, tomato fresh garlic and mild spicy green peppers.
23. Kik Alicha
Yellow split peas in mild simmered with onion and garlic.
24. Gomen
Fresh chopped collard greens cooked with onion and garlic mild. Collard green.

Chicken
3. Doro Wot
Spicy, tender chicken cooked with onions, butter and mild spicy served with hard boiled egg.
2. Doro Gomen Tibs
Boneless chicken cooked and mixed with collard green or mushroom. Mild or spicy.
1. Doro Tibs
Spicy, tender chicken cooked with onions, butter and mild spicy served with hard boiled egg. Mild or spicy.
4. Abyssinia Chicken Tips
Lean cubes of chicken sauteed with onion, tomato, garlic and awaze herbal red pepper sauce. Mild or spicy.

Lamb
7. Abyssinia Lamb Tips
Lean lamb cubes sauteed with onions, garlic, jalapenos, tomatoes and awaze herbal red pepper sauce.
6. Lamb Tips
Pan roasted strips of lamb simmered with onions, butter, garlic with collard green or mushroom.
5. Lamb Alicha
Cubes of lamb, stewed with curry simmered with onions, garlic and butter and mild spices. Mild.
8. Girgiro
Tender lamb or beef cubes marinated and pan fried with tomatoes and onions with jalapeno served on hot plate.

Beef
16. Meat Combination Sampler 3
Beef wot, chicken wot, beef alecha mild sauce wot and 4 veggies. For two.
15. Meat Combination Sampler 2
Two beef stew and chicken stew served with 2 veggies.
10. Beef Tips
Pan roasted strips of beef simmered with onions, butter, garlic and spices with collard green or mushroom. Mild or spicy.
12. Kitfo
Freshly minced extra lean beef, seasoned with mitmita hot herbal red pepper served raw, medium leb-leb or well done. Spicy.
11. Abyssinia Beef Tips
Lean cubes of beef sauteed with onions, tomatoes, garlic and awaze herbal red pepper sauce.
14. Meat Combination Sampler 1
Beef wot chicken wot and beef alecha mild sauce wot.
13. Gored Gored
Cubes of tenderloin tips served very rare in awaze and butter dip hot or spicy.
9. Beef Wot
Cubers of beef simmered with berbere red pepper sauce, onion butter and mild spices.
Kuanta Firfir

Seafood
18. Fish Tilapia
Steamed tilapia served with injera or rice.
17. Abyssinia Tilapia Tibs
Sauteed tilapia with onion, tomato, fresh garlic and awaze herbal pepper sauce served with injera or rice mild or spicy.

Lunch Special ( 11AM-3:00pm Monday-Friday)
Meat Combo
Two type of beef stew and chicken stew with veggie.
Abyssinia Veggie and Meat Combo
Meat Combo served with three sides.
Veggie Combo
Red Lentils, Split peas, Collard Greens & Cabbage.
Veggie Combo and Meat Combo for two
Beef Tibs
Red lentils, split peas and collard green potatoes and salad.
Lamb Tibs
Stir fried lamb cubes with onion, butter and garlic served with two sides.
Chicken Tibs
Stir fried chicken breast cubes with onion, pepper, butter and garlic served with two sides.
Abyssinia Mushroom Tibs
Stir fried mushroom with onion, pepper and garlic served with two sides.
Abyssinia Tilapia Tibs
Stir fried tilapia cubes with onion, butter and garlic served with two sides.

Natural Drinks
Abyssinia Comfort & Smoothie
Comfort blender mixed fruit, banana oranges and honey.
Smoothie
Blended mixed fruits banana and orange.

Drinks
D. Soft Drink
Please contact the merchant for the desired flavor selection.
D. Ethiopian Coffee
D. Tea
E. Ethiopian Tea
H.Cappuccino
H. Latte
H. Espresso

Desserts
Baklava
Layers of phyllo dough and mixed nuts marinated in honey syrup.
Cheese Cake

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Recent Reviews

The veggie combo deal is a great value, generous portions that are perfect for sharing, fresh flavors, and a nice variety. One combo easily serves two people, making it ideal to bring a friend. Everything tasted fresh and satisfying, and the deal makes it even better. Definitely worth it if you’re looking for a filling, vegan-friendly option.
January 2026
The veggie combo and lentil sambusas were absolutely delicious! I had the lunch special which included five vegan dishes along with a salad on injeera bread. I highly recommend this restaurant!
November 2025
I was surprised and pleased to find an Ethiopian restaurant within walking distance of the hotel (Omni Louisville). Went with a group of colleagues and we had a wonderful time.

We were a party of 10 so made a reservation. They were ready for us when we arrived. The food options were plentiful. I had the Beef Tibs (mild) and they were very tasty and well spiced. The lentil sambusas were also excellent and for dessert the biggest piece of baclava I’ve ever seen.

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August 2025

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Abyssinia

554 S 5th St, Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 384-8347