Effoi Restaurant

8233 Fenton St, Silver Spring
(240) 366-4263

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Vegetarian Platter Fish Gulash Beef Combo
Pasta with Vegetables
Enjera Imported
Geba Weta TIBS
Kitfo Sandwich
Special Kitfo
Gaslight TIBS
Effoi Special
Veggie Combo
Vegan Dulet

Menu

Lunch and Dinner
Effoi Special
Serves for 3-4 persons. Kitfo, well-done beef, gored gored, and cheese.
Shifnefen
Quanta firfir, kitfo, cheese, and egg.
Doro Wot
A traditional chicken stew cooked for hours with berbere and served with hard-boiled eggs.
Beef Combo
Kitfo, ribs, key wot, gomen, cheese, and salad.
Special Kitfo
Ground beef seasoned with traditional butter, cheese, kocho, and mitmita.
Derek Ribs
Dry beef with onion, tomato, and jalapeños.
Regular Kitfo
Ground beef seasoned with traditional butter and spicy.
Omega
Small cut ribs with onion and green pepper.
Awaze Ribs
Beef with onion, tomato, green pepper, and chili powder.
Golden Ribs
Well-done beef ribs, with onion, and green pepper.
Lega Ribs
Beef with onion, tomato, and green pepper.
Zil-Zil Ribs
Well-done beef with onion and green paper.
Geba Weta Ribs
Beef with herb, onion, jalapeños, and garlic.
Quanta Wot
Traditional beef jerky cooked in stew sauce.
Key Wot
Traditional stew with chunks of beef, spicy-optional, and with or without alecha.
Gomen Be-Sega
Collard greens cooked with beef.
Gaslight Ribs
Ground tenderloin and beef with onion and jalapeños.
Gored Gored
Beef with mitmita, chili powder, and butter.
Bozena
Chickpea stew with beef.
Kappa
Beef with onion, chili, jalapeños, garlic, traditional butter, black pepper, and other spices.

Lamb
Yebeg Derek Ribs
Chunks of well-done lamb with onion, garlic, jalapeños, and traditional butter.
Yebeg Ribs
A chunk of lamb pan sautéed with traditionally clarified butter, onion, and tomato.
Yebeg Kikil
Traditional lamb bones stew mixed with turmeric.
Yebeg Key Wet
Housemade traditional stew with chunks of lamb, options spicy or non-spicy.
Yebeg Ribs Awaze
A chunk of lamb pan sautéed with traditionally clarified butter, onion, tomato, and berbere.

Vegetarian
Veggie Combo
Misir (red lentil stew), ater kik (turmeric chickpea stew), gomen (collard greens), shiro (chickpea stew), tikil gomen (cabbage), mixed veggie (carrot, potato, green beans), salad, key sir (beat roots), and alcha misir (turmeric lentil stew).
Yetsom Injera Firfir
Shiro Wot
Chickpea stew with garlic, onions, and tomato.
Special Veggie Combo
Veggie combo and buticha, siljo, suf fitfit, and stuffed peppers.
Atkilt Wot
Green beans, carrots, potatoes, and jalapeños with spices and herbs.
Misir Wot
Spicy lentil stew with berbere and garlic.
Pasta with Vegetables
Pasta with Tomato
Spaghetti with onions, garlic, and tomato.

Breakfast
Fule
Chechebsa
Wheat with butter or olive oil.
Kita with Sils
Bula Genfo with Quanta
Bula with cured beef and butter or olive oil.
Dullet
Ground tenderloin and lamb tripe with diced onion and jalapeños.
Bula Genfo
Bula with butter or olive oil.
Chechebsa with Aja and Gebs
Butter or olive oil.
Kenche
Aja with butter or olive oil.
Egg & Omelette with Cheese
Served with toasted bread.
Scrambled Egg
Served with toasted bread.
Egg with Sils
Served with toasted bread.

Kids Menu
Effoi Buffalo Wings
French Fries

Sandwich
Burger
Blended with onion, tomato, lettuce, provolone cheese, and mayonnaise, served with salad or French fries.
Tuna Sandwich
Tuna salad sandwich blended with mayonnaise, pesto, and spices all on toasted bread.
Tilapia Sandwich
Grilled or fried with olive oil, old bay seasoning, and garlic, served with toasted bread and side with salad or French fries.
Ribs Sandwich
Beef served in a bread, mix with onion, garlic, jalapeño, and pepper.
Kitfo Sandwich
Served with a bread, onion, garlic, jalapeño, pepper, herbal butter, cardamon, and mitmita.

Appetizer
Sambusa
Choice of beef or lentil puff pastry crust filled with peppers and onions.
Effoi Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, jalapeños with quinoa, and homemade dressing.
Tomato Fitfit
Veggie Soup
Vegetable with herb, tomato, onion, and garlic.

Desserts
Cheesecake
Tiramisu
Baklava

Side Extra
Injera (Imported)
Kocho
Cheese

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Recent Reviews

Effoi Restaurant is just amazing. Authentic foods and very friendly customer service.Ella made us feel at home(She is awsome)
We ate Tihlo(Traditional food from Adigrat, tigrai, Ethiopia which is made of Barley(very healthy by the way) and it felt like home.
The tihlo pinch-thrower( new word alert for mewdekit lol) girl was very clean and skillful too.
January 2026
Love this place. Delicious, flavorful food and super friendly. Ella has served us several of the times we have dined here. She is awesome. Great service and helpful recommendations as to new dishes to try, all of which have been great.
January 2026
Amazing!!! Cannot overstate how good the food here is. The service and ambiance is fantastic as well. We were served by Nevayt, who was incredibly responsive and helpful. My favorites are the Awaze and Derek tibs. Love this restaurant!
December 2025

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Effoi Restaurant

8233 Fenton St, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(240) 366-4263