My husband and I enjoyed a delightful meal at The Blue Nile on a Monday afternoon. The place was quiet, but the food was fresh and delicious! We've eaten at many Ethiopian restaurants over the years in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, beginning with the first restaurant named The Blue Nile when it was on Lake and Lyndale (no relation). It's great to finally have a good Ethiopian restaurant that is outside of the Twin Cities! The food is presented attractively when you order the sampler, but more importantly, everything we ate was delicious. The Ethiopian honey wine was a perfect accompaniment, and we started the meal with two veggie and two beef sambusas, both of which were great. The owner is very friendly, and I have been recommending Blue Nile to colleagues, many of whom have told me how much they enjoyed their visit to this restaurant as well. We look forward to going back soon.
The servers are excellent, and there is good customer service with authentic Ethiopian food with homemade 100% Teff gluten-free injera. Traditional coffee ceremony with good music selection. This place is always neat and friendly at all times. I would highly recommend checking it out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Sambusa, Half Kitfo & Half TIBS, Injera Roll Sampler, Beef TIBS, Chicken TIBS, Misir Wot, Tour of Ethiopia
Steve Bye
Friendly and helpful staff, especially for people who don't know much about Ethiopian food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken TIBS
Marti Benson
Cane in, sat ourselves. Decent chairs and spacing. Not loud very relaxing. Smaller menu with great options. We loved everything it was delicious with good portions of food. Leaving very happy and full
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Injera Roll Sampler, Chicken TIBS, Shiro Wot
Logan Elizabeth
Delicious food with a great atmosphere, definitely recommend to anyone even if you haven't tried Ethiopian food before! A real crowd pleasing place, so many good options. Love how clearly labeled the vegetarian options are
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carolyn Koleske
Excellent menu for meat eaters and vegetarians. Attentive service. This was our first visit and all of our questions were answered. Absolutely delicious food!Vegetarian options: Excellent variety of vegetarian options. The injera sampler appetizer was all vegetarian and very delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Injera Roll Sampler, Chicken TIBS
Leah Holton
Food was delicious. I got the doro wat. The only complaint I have is that for $18 you get one small chicken drumstick and a hard boiled egg in a vat of (albeit delicious) sauce. They use organic chicken, so it was even smaller than normal - just a bit larger than what you see when you get buffalo wings. So buyer beware.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Christy Holland
We love Ethiopian food, so we're very excited to try out Blue Nile. They have great service, flavorful food, a wide variety of (Ethiopian) options to order, and great friendly service! Their prices are very reasonable as well!Definitely recommend them!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rebecca T.
Excellent veggie platter and wonderful service. We appreciate the vegan options and the late hours.Dietary restrictions: Vegan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paula Fayter
We got the tour of Ethiopia for us and the kids and we really liked everything we ate and still had leftovers. All the meat we had was so good but the vegetarian dishes can totally stand alone. We’re excited to return!Vegetarian options: They do something miraculous to lentils. I could eat them every day for the rest of my life.Kid-friendliness: They have some American kid standards but mine liked sharing the grown up food and they really liked using bread instead of forks. They stock napkins at the tables too, that’s always a win for child diners.Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs and chairs that pull out. I’ve not personally attempted navigating a wheel chair into this restaurant but on retrospect I believe it’s doable. The doors do need to be pulled open so that’s a potential obstacle.
Very nice - good food, good service. Liked the samosas and vegetarian sampler dinner.
Aklilu gezahegne
Visit & enjoy blue Nile
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lauren
Delicious, welcoming and great portion sizes! Will definitely return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Kitfo
Veronika Polovinkina
It was my first time trying Ethipion cuisine. The staff was very kind and genuinely care about your dining experience. They recommended the Half and Half meat and veggies combination platter for two people and it was delicious! We also got the Sambusa's as a starter which tasted very fresh and flavorful. Couldn't get enough of the sauce. Definitely will be returning to try other dishes!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian optionsDietary restrictions: Injera is gluten freeMany gluten free options
My husband and I enjoyed a delightful meal at The Blue Nile on a Monday afternoon. The place was quiet, but the food was fresh and delicious! We've eaten at many Ethiopian restaurants over the years in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, beginning with the first restaurant named The Blue Nile when it was on Lake and Lyndale (no relation). It's great to finally have a good Ethiopian restaurant that is outside of the Twin Cities! The food is presented attractively when you order the sampler, but more importantly, everything we ate was delicious. The Ethiopian honey wine was a perfect accompaniment, and we started the meal with two veggie and two beef sambusas, both of which were great. The owner is very friendly, and I have been recommending Blue Nile to colleagues, many of whom have told me how much they enjoyed their visit to this restaurant as well. We look forward to going back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Sambusa, Half & Half Meat Veggie Combinations
The servers are excellent, and there is good customer service with authentic Ethiopian food with homemade 100% Teff gluten-free injera. Traditional coffee ceremony with good music selection. This place is always neat and friendly at all times. I would highly recommend checking it out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Sambusa, Half Kitfo & Half TIBS, Injera Roll Sampler, Beef TIBS, Chicken TIBS, Misir Wot, Tour of Ethiopia
Friendly and helpful staff, especially for people who don't know much about Ethiopian food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken TIBS
Cane in, sat ourselves. Decent chairs and spacing. Not loud very relaxing. Smaller menu with great options. We loved everything it was delicious with good portions of food. Leaving very happy and full
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Injera Roll Sampler, Chicken TIBS, Shiro Wot
Delicious food with a great atmosphere, definitely recommend to anyone even if you haven't tried Ethiopian food before! A real crowd pleasing place, so many good options. Love how clearly labeled the vegetarian options are
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent menu for meat eaters and vegetarians. Attentive service. This was our first visit and all of our questions were answered. Absolutely delicious food!Vegetarian options: Excellent variety of vegetarian options. The injera sampler appetizer was all vegetarian and very delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Injera Roll Sampler, Chicken TIBS
Food was delicious. I got the doro wat. The only complaint I have is that for $18 you get one small chicken drumstick and a hard boiled egg in a vat of (albeit delicious) sauce. They use organic chicken, so it was even smaller than normal - just a bit larger than what you see when you get buffalo wings. So buyer beware.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
We love Ethiopian food, so we're very excited to try out Blue Nile. They have great service, flavorful food, a wide variety of (Ethiopian) options to order, and great friendly service! Their prices are very reasonable as well!Definitely recommend them!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent veggie platter and wonderful service. We appreciate the vegan options and the late hours.Dietary restrictions: Vegan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We got the tour of Ethiopia for us and the kids and we really liked everything we ate and still had leftovers. All the meat we had was so good but the vegetarian dishes can totally stand alone. We’re excited to return!Vegetarian options: They do something miraculous to lentils. I could eat them every day for the rest of my life.Kid-friendliness: They have some American kid standards but mine liked sharing the grown up food and they really liked using bread instead of forks. They stock napkins at the tables too, that’s always a win for child diners.Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs and chairs that pull out. I’ve not personally attempted navigating a wheel chair into this restaurant but on retrospect I believe it’s doable. The doors do need to be pulled open so that’s a potential obstacle.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tour of Ethiopia
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Very nice - good food, good service. Liked the samosas and vegetarian sampler dinner.
Visit & enjoy blue Nile
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious, welcoming and great portion sizes! Will definitely return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Kitfo
It was my first time trying Ethipion cuisine. The staff was very kind and genuinely care about your dining experience. They recommended the Half and Half meat and veggies combination platter for two people and it was delicious! We also got the Sambusa's as a starter which tasted very fresh and flavorful. Couldn't get enough of the sauce. Definitely will be returning to try other dishes!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian optionsDietary restrictions: Injera is gluten freeMany gluten free options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Sambusa, Half & Half Meat Veggie Combinations
Good food and nice and clean
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4