Zani's Restaurant & Cafe

2655 University Blvd W, Silver Spring
(240) 242-3032

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Veggie Combo 6 Items
Dereq TIBS

Breakfast
Chechebsa
Thin wheat bread pieces mixed with Ethiopian kibe butter and mitmita.
Kinche
Crushed wheat barley cooked to tender, seasoned with Ethiopian butter and mitmita.
Scrambled Egg
Egg with tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers served with 2 bread.
Chicken Wings (6 pcs)
Six buffalo wings breaded and deep fried.
Beef Burger
Already prepared beef patties grilled and sandwiched with a burger served with French fries or salad.
Fule
Heart chile-like broad beans, smashed, spiced, then garnished with fresh diced tomatoes, jalapeno, and onions served with olive oils.
Tuna Sandwich
Miled tuna, celery, onion, mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt pepper, spread on bread slices, held together, and served.

Vegetarian Entrees
Shiro Tegabino
Split lentil powder stew with spicy berbere and garlic served with a side.
Kik Alecha
Yellow split summered in spicy sauce.
Misir Watt
Split lentil stew with spicy berbere and garlic served with side salad.
Veggie Combo Spicy
8 items. Spicy lentils, yellow peas, collard greens, cabbage, carrot mix, house salad, beetroot, and green lentils.
Yetsom Firfir
Injera mixed with tomato, onion, green pepper, and garlic.
Fried Fish
Whole fish. Well-fried tilapia medium-sized fish, lemon on the side, and served with house salad.

Pasta and Fish Specials Vegetarian Entrees
Burrito
Quesadilla
Tacos
Spaghetti with Injera
Spaghetti mixed with Ethiopian meat sauce served with injera fit.
Assa Gored Gored Fish
Cubes of tilapia fish mixed with seasoned butter and mitmita hot pepper.
Assa Dulet
Fish dulet. Ground tilapia cooked with onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeno, and olive oil.
Fish Gullash
Minced fish, onions, hot green peppers garlic, olive oil, and mitmita Ethiopian.

Beef and Lamb Entrees
Lega Tibs
Tender beef cubes sauteed with rosemary, tomato onion, green peppers, and Ethiopian butter.
Doro Wot
A traditional dish, chicken stew simmered in berbere sauce and served with herbal butter.
Derek Tibs
Beef tartare seasoned with herbed butter, mitmita, and cardamom.
Dulet
Lamb tripe mixed with lean red beef, diced onions, garlic, jalapeno, cardamom, mitmita, and herbal butter.
Special Kitfo
Beef tartare seasoned with herbed butter, mitmita, and cardamom, served with collard greens, and homemade cottage cheese.
Regular Kitfo
Beef tartare seasoned with herbal butter, mitmita, and cardamom.
Yebeg Tibs
Lamb. Chunks of lamb sauteed with onions, jalapenos, garlic, butter, tomato, and rosemary.
Yametade Tibs
Cubed beef sauteed until crisp and seasoned with onion, red pepper, and served with our special awaze paste and tomato salad.
Awaze Tibs
Strip of beef sauteed in seasoned butter, hot peppers, tomato, onions, and awaze paste.
Dessie Special
Kitfo, lega tibs, kuanta firfir, and doro wot.
Quatra Firfir
Beef jerky cooked garlic, tossed with onion, tomato, berbere, and injera.
Bozena Shiro
Crispy cubed beef simmered with shiro wot.
Key Wot
Spicy beef stew.
Beef Alicha Wot
Mild beef stew.
Kikil
Lamb shank, beef tripe, cooked with onion, garlic, and ginger tossed with injera.
Gomeng Yesiga
Chopped collard greens mixed in mild Ethiopian sauce and beef.

Beverages
Water
Soda (Can)
Perrier
Mango
Coffee
Tea
Espresso
Macchiato

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Recent Reviews

I had such a wonderful experience here I ordered the veggie combo and it was absolutely delicious everything was flavorful fresh and beautifully presented You can really taste the care that goes into each dish

The service was just as amazing so warm attentive and genuinely welcoming which made the whole experience even more enjoyable On top of that the atmosphere is stunning The space has such a cool aesthetic vibe that feels both relaxing and unique

Overall...
March 2026
Really lovely and welcoming owner. They make some of my Sri Lankan childhood favorites. The hoppers are lovely and come with a really nice sweet onion (seeni sambol) and hot chili sauce. Fantastic kottu roti (Sri Lankan Street food). I wish they were in Baltimore!
October 2025
Yesterday I got hoppers and Lunumiris.
Excellent food. 👍

Thank you very much to the Chef Mr. kuda who cooked the food.
And today I got pork curry cooked by cook Mr. Micheal. It’s very tasty 😋 and good customer service.
October 2025

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Zani's Restaurant & Cafe

2655 University Blvd W, Silver Spring, MD 20902
(240) 242-3032