Addis Ababa Restaurant

752 S Goodman St, Rochester
(585) 244-0073

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Customers' Favorites

Miser Spicy Split Red Lentil Stew
Full Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Vegetarian Sampler Platter
TIBS Ketfo Yebeg-Wet
Gomen Collard Greens
Vegetarian Platter
Shiro Chickpea Stew
Doro-TIBS Shiro
Addis Special
Yebeg Cha Cha

Menu

Featured items
Vegetarian Platter
Shiro, Miser, Ater, Dinech Wot, Gomen, Cabbage, Salad, Azifa, Beets, and Yesufand Tomato Fit-Fit. Serves two to three people.
Doro We't
Chicken cooked and perfectly simmered with seasoned berbere sauce with hard-boiled egg.
Kitfo
Uncooked minced meat seasoned with herbed butter and mitmita (chilli powder).
Sambusa
Three crispy sambusas served stuffed with your choice of either minced beef or lentils
Tibs
Tender beef cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning cooked with hot green peppers and onions.

Chicken Entrees
Doro We't
Chicken cooked and perfectly simmered with seasoned berbere sauce with hard-boiled egg.
Addis Special
Chicken, Beef, Lamb, and Choice of your own 4 Vegetable Sides You can choose from: Cabbage, Collard Greens, Lentils, Green Beans, Potato Stew, and Split Lentils.
Doro Alicha
The milder version of the classic Ethiopian chicken stew, doro wot, trades hot berbere spice for a mild turmeric sauce heady with ginger and garlic. Served with injera for mopping up the sides of the bowl.
Doro Tibs
Boneless, skinless, marinated chicken sautéed with onions, Jalapeño, tomatoes, and garlic.
Chicken Cha Cha
Tender pieces of chicken seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chaffing dish.

Beef Entrees
Kitfo
Uncooked minced meat seasoned with herbed butter and mitmita (chilli powder).
Tibs
Tender beef cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning cooked with hot green peppers and onions.
Gored Gored
Lean beef cubes mixed with mitmita, butter, and peppers served raw or very rare.
Addis Special
Chicken, Beef, Lamb, and Choice of your own 4 Vegetable Sides You can choose from: Cabbage, Collard Greens, Lentils, Green Beans, Potato Stew, and Split Lentils.
Alitcha Wat
A milder stew for those trying to avoid the spicy!
Bozena Shiro
Shiro (chickpeas) with cubed meat
Beef Cha Cha
Tender pieces of beef seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.
Gomen with Beef
Beef cubes and fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Yetibs Wat
Lean beef, simmered in hot pepper sauce.

Lamb Entrees
Addis Special
Chicken, Beef, Lamb, and Choice of your own 4 Vegetable Sides You can choose from: Cabbage, Collard Greens, Lentils, Green Beans, Potato Stew, and Split Lentils.
Yebeg Alicha
Fresh and tender lamb cooked with tumeric, onions, and garlic.
Yebeg Tibs
Chunks of lamb, sauteed in seasoned butter, and garnished with green peppers
Lamb-Yebeg We't (Key We't)
Fresh and tender lamb cooked with berbere (chilli powder)
Yebeg Cha Cha
Tender pieces of lamb seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables

Appetizers
Sambusa
Three crispy sambusas served stuffed with your choice of either minced beef or lentils
Tomato Fitfit
Diced tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers mixed with pieces of garlic or injera. Served cold.
Addis Salad (House Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, lettuce, onion, olive oil, and dressing.
Vegetable Soup
Lentil, carrot, garlic, celery, minestrone, and tomatoes.

Vegetarian
Vegetarian Platter
Shiro, Miser, Ater, Dinech Wot, Gomen, Cabbage, Salad, Azifa, Beets, and Yesufand Tomato Fit-Fit. Serves two to three people.
Miser (Spicy Split Red Lentil Stew)
Lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce, onions, garlic, and ginger.
Tikel Gomen (Cabbage)
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, carrots, and turmeric.
Shiro (Chickpea Stew)
Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce and spiced with butter.
Fish Fry
Served with cabbage and miser stew with injera or bread.
Yenkulalshiro
Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce and spiced with hard-boiled egg.
Yeshenbra Assa
Ground chickpeas fired with peppers and garlic sauce.
Ater (Split Pea Stew)
Split peas stewed in a special sauce, onions, garlic, and ginger.
Gomen (Collard Greens)
Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Dinech Wot (Potato Stew)
Potatoes simmered with berbere, onions, garlic, and other spices.

Fir-Fir
Chicken Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with succulent chicken meat and hard-boiled egg.
Quanta Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with tasty dried pieces of beef.
Ground Beef Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with delicious ground beef.
Vegetarian Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce.
Lamb Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with tender lamb meat.

Beverages
Cold Soda
Spiced Tea
Bottled Water
Perrier Water
Coffee
Espresso
Cappuccino
Ethiopian Coffee

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Recent Reviews

Great mom-and-pop institution. We arrived shortly before closing but were warmly greeted with excellent hospitality and without a rush. The platters of food were delicious, easily accommodating both vegetarian and pescatarian diets. Would highly recommend!
June 2025
This place is amazing! They have a whole vegan platter and everything was delicious! Definitely too much food (which isn't a bad thing!) I dream about their sponge bread (which they give you a lot of!) Everyone is so sweet and genuine!
January 2025
I was visiting Rochester from out of town and stopped in for lunch with another person. We shared the vegetarian platter and had lentil filled Sambusas which are like samosas. The vegetable dishes were the standard ones I've had at every Ethiopian restaurant I have ever eaten at, but they did an excellent job with seasoning and flavor. The veggies were not overcooked at all. I would honestly say they made the best versions I've ever had. The injera seemed authentic to...
October 2024

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Addis Ababa Restaurant

752 S Goodman St, Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 244-0073