Elilta Restaurant

10118 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring
(301) 244-5264

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Customers' Favorites

Fish Goulagh in a Veggie Combo Platter
Kitfo Special
Yebeg TIBS
Awaze TIBS
Lega TIBS
Injera
Samosa

Breakfast, Pastry, and Snacks
Chechebsa
Pieces of freshly baked unleaved wheat or teff bread tossed in herbal butter and Berber.
Genfo
Barley or wheat flour and water are mixed and presented in large mound with a hole in the center filled with a mixture of butter and Berber.
Foul
Crushed fava beans, garnished with fresh onions, jalapeno pepper, and fresh tomato. Served with French bread.
Yestom Firfir
Tomato, onion, green pepper, and garlic mixed with pieces of injera into a delicious sauce.
Quanta Firfir
Ethiopian beef jerky mixed with pieces of injera into a delicious sauce.
Special Foul
Crushed fava beans, garnished with fresh onions, jalapeno pepper, fresh tomato, hard-boiled egg, and feta cheese. Served with French bread.
Seltata Special
Seasonal salad with potato and avocado.
Sambusa
Pastry shells filled with lentils.

Lunch and Dinner
Derek Tibs
Tender beef sauteed in herbal butter seasoned with onion, green and red pepper, and rosemary cooked dry. Served with injera.
Lega Tibes
Stirred fried lamb or beef with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes served spicy hot, medium, or mild with injera.
Kornis
Prepared using unique blend pieces of triple dishes tibs, tibs, quanta firfir, added with tomatoes, onion, and garlic to give a distinctive flavor. Served with homemade cheese and injera.
Doro Wot Bemitad
Very spicy chicken. Served with one thigh, one leg, or any other chicken part with boiled egg and injera.
Vegan Combination
Combination of gomen, tomato salad, lentil, cabbage, split peas, yatekilt wot, beets, and whole lentils. Choose any four vegans.
Yebeg Tibes
Stirred fried lamb with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes. Served spicy hot, medium, or mild served with injera.
Keywat Bemitad
Beef stew in a tomato sauce flavored with Berber. Served in clay with injera.
Kifto
Finely chopped prime beef seasoned with purifies Ethiopian butter and mitmita. Served with injera.
Kifto Special
Finely chopped prime beef seasoned with purifies Ethiopian butter, mitmita, with Ethiopian style cheese (ayib), and gomen. Served with injera.
Awaze Tibs
Lightly sauteed tender beef sauteed in herbal butter seasoned with onion, green and red pepper, and rosemary. Served with injera.
Fish Gulash
Cubed filet fish seasoned with Ethiopian spices. Served with injera.
Gomen Besiga
Collard green and beef cubes cooked with onions and Ethiopian spices.

Hot and Cold Drinks
Soda
Perrier (Sparkling water)
Hot Coffee
Hot Tea
Macchiato
Espresso
Juice (Bottle)
Cafe Latte

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Recent Reviews

When I first walked in, I was little surprised this place is so highly rated. It's sorta a slightly mom and pop type setup.

After chowing down though, I understood the rating. Definitely some of the better Ethiopian I've had in the area, and I've tried a few places. Reasonably priced and good portions.
July 2025
First time trying Ethiopian food last week. The Doro Wat (as a PG native would say) torch. Like it was amazing. I had to come back for the Key Wat. Food is so good and hey give you a lot for 15.99. That’s a steal. The environment makes you feel like you’re actually in Ethiopia, it truly shows the true authentic culture. Customer service is just as amazing.
July 2025
The owner is such a nice lady! I had to hop on an emergency meeting for my job, and she let me come in, use her WiFi, and stay for over an hour without ordering. After my meeting, I ordered fasting firfir, and it was an amazing Ethiopian delicacy for lunch. I also loved the coffee setup—such a nice spot!
January 2025

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Elilta Restaurant

10118 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 244-5264