Zehabesha Traditional Ethiopian Restaurant

This food is heaven!! Highly recommend! Phenomenal vegan options. Beef tibs and platter were exquisite.

Went here twice during our trip and had the numb 3 combo. One of the best Ethiopian restuarants I have been to. Highly recommended!

We loved this restaurant and the food! One of our favourite places for sure in Yellowknife. Big portions, fair price, high quality food. We got #3 the sampler platter and recommend it to anyone looking to try different dishes who has never had Ethiopian before.

The only “bother” was the man sitting at the front lobby was watching a show on his phone without headphones at the highest volume. It definitely negatively affected the atmosphere. A small thing but not exactly the most professional or visitor-friendly thing to do.

A hidden gem of YK. Placed in downtown in an unassuming building, the food was delicious and the service was good. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, if a little simple. It's clear the owners are proud of the restaurant, and they should be - it's well awarded and there's a nice article on the wall about the place. My wife and I got the goat curry with extra njera. That was a large portion for two weary people trudging through the snow all day to share. Enjoy, you won't regret it. I recommend this establishment.

Generous portions, consider sharing a plate unless you are quite hungry. The injera platter and curried goat are really tasty. Yet the highlight for us was the traditional ‘buna’ coffee… arguably the best caffeine hit in town!

Tasty Ethiopian food. it was recommended by our taxi driver who is from Eritrea. Large portions of meat and veggie dishes served with traditional injera. My wife and I shared a meat combo, little portions of food that you eat by ripping the injera bread and picking up with your fingers before stuffing your face with it! Forks are overrated!

Found this restaurant while walking to dinner somewhere else and tried it on a whim. Absolutely delicious food. Ordered the Mahiberawi combination with injera followed by Ethiopian coffee. All the curries were absolutely delicious and the injera complimented the flavours beautifully. The coffee was stunning as well. All in all a culinary delight which I did not expect to be hidden away in Yellowknife. Highly recommend anyone visiting to come try it for themselves.

This was our first time trying Ethopian cuisine and fell in love. Every dish was delicious. Portion size was very good for the price. Clean ambience and lovely staff !!!

Excellent curried chicken

Great food, very flavorful curried goat and stew beef kikl. I ate everything including the veggies (I normally don’t like to eat carrots)

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Have been here for lunch and dinner. Good affordable chicken wrap for lunch. Dinner was one of the curries. Will be returning soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Traditional Ethiopian Coffee 'Buna'

Very amazing exotic cuisine, especially the curry lamb recommended by a friend. It is soft and tender in the mouth and fragrant with curry. It is highly recommended for travelers who want to see the Aurora to try the Ethiopian food here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

The best food in town

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had the big vegan combo with lots of different lentil and veggie stews plus salad served on a huuuuuge injera bread. Everything was incredibly fresh and tasty, with just the perfect amount of spices! Not to be missed if you find yourself in Yellowknife.

I ordered the #4 vegan platter and it was disappointing. Not as good as I remember from the last time I was in town and some of the items were very salty and everything kind of tasted the same. I was looking forward to this all week :( Maybe it was an off day but I don't think I would try again with the $40 price tag.

Food: 2