Zemeta Ethiopian Restaurant

1015-1009 S Clinton Ave, Rochester
(585) 244-3344

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Vegetarian Combinations Vegetarian Platter
Kitefo TIBS and Ayeb Homemade Cheese
Ytikel Gomen Cabbage with Carrots
Chicken TIBS with Rice Injera
Vegetarian Combination’S
Vegan Vegetarian Buffet
Extra Egg Extra Enjera
Special Mushroom TIBS
Tikel Gomen Cabbage
Timely Gomen Vegan

Menu

Appetizers
Sambusa
Lightly fried pastries filled with your choice of beef or lentils.
Zemets Salad
Fresh salad, tomatoes. Onion green pepper and homemade dressings.

Vegetarian and Vegan Entrees
Vegetarian Combination
Consists of small portions of all our vegetarian dishes.
Potato Stew (Dinich Wet)
Potatoes simmered with berbere, onion, garlic, and other spices.
Yemiser Wot
Split lentils with garlic, onions, canola oil, and finished with berbere (hot pepper) sauce.
Cabbage (Tikel Gomen)
Fresh cabbage, carrot sauteed with onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
Special Shiro Wet
Powdered chickpeas cooked with mildly spiced herbs, tomatoes, onions, and garlic.
Collared Greens (Gomen)
Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Yekikk Alicha
Mild yellow split peas cooked with onions, garlic, and sliced green peppers.
Yedifin Misir Wet
Whole lentils with garlic, onions, canola oil, and sliced green peppers.

Chicken Entrees
Chicken Tibs
Tender chicken breast cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning and cooked to your taste with hot green peppers and onions (we serve with rice or injera).
Doro Wot
Tender chicken gently simmered in seasoned berbere (hot pepper) sauce with a hard-boiled egg.

Lamb Entrees
Misto
Ye beg alicha, ye beg to wot 50/50 lamb stew seasoned and hearty. Comes with berbere (hot pepper)sauce, tender pieces of lamb marinated with butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic, green peppers, and curry (mild).
Ye Beg Wot
Lamb stew seasoned and hearty. Comes with berbere (hot pepper), onion, and garlic sauce.
Yebeg Tibs
Tender pieces of lamb barely sauteed with onions, green pepper, fresh rosemary, and other exotic herbs.
Ye Beg Alicha
Tender pieces of lamb marinated with butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic, and green peppers (mild).

Beef Entrees
Tibs
Tender beef cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning and cooked to your taste with hot green pepper, onions, and fresh rosemary.
Kitfo
Finely chopped prime beef, mixed with spice butter and mitmita (seasonal hot chili pepper). Served raw, rare, or well done (like steak tartar). serve with rice or injera.
Gored Gored
Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper, herbed butter and awaze, and mitmita (chili pepper). Served tera (row ), rare (labeled), or, well done.
Tibs Firefer
Cubed tender beef and bits of injera (traditional Ethiopian bread) soaked in spiced red pepper sauce. Sauteed in a pan stewed with red pepper sauce.
Gomen Bessiga (Collared Green with Beef)
Sauteed cut of prime beef seasoned with garlic, onions, ginger, and then finished with collard greens.
Yetibs Wot
Choice of beef strips in specially seasoned Berbera (hot pepper) sauce. We serve with your taste medium or spicy.
Yekoneta Firifer
Seasoned sauce of beef jerky, bits of injera (traditional Ethiopian bread) soaked in spiced red pepper sauce. served hot spicy or mild.
Zilzel Tibs
Strips of tender, lean beef sauteed with homemade awaze, peppers, onions, and herbs. Served mild or spicy.

Zemetas Special Combination
Kitfo, Tibs, Gored Gored, and Ayeb
We served raw, rare (lebleb), or well done.
Kitfo, Tibs, Doro Wot and Ayeb (Homemade Cheese)
Ktifo, Tibs, and Yebeg Wot
Kitfo, tibs, and Ayeb (Homemade Cheese)

Cold and Hot
Any Soda Can
Spiced Tea
Ethiopian Coffee
Bottled Water
Perrier Sparkling Water
Spires 50-50 Tea and Coffee
Bottel Coke

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Recent Reviews

Update! Food is still awesome Ms. Z is still great and I still love this place. Support your local businesses!

Original: 2024 I love this place. Ms. Zemeta is always so nice and I love talking to her when I order take out. There is a dining section. The kitfo (rare beef) is delicious and their bread is great. So delicious. Thanks Ms. Z!
April 2026
I eat here all the time and love it. The owner is the nicest lady and always remembers us everytime we come in. The food is delicious they have s lunch buffet with lots of yummy things.
March 2026
Zemeta greets you with a smile. Her food is fresh and flavorful. Customer service is top tier. After she serves everyone she walks around ensuring you've enjoyed your meal and offering more. Gives me a feeling of a Mother's love at home. Will always return. I had some of everything and NOTHING disappointed. Absolutely hands down one of the best restaurant 🙌🏾
February 2026

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Zemeta Ethiopian Restaurant

1015-1009 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 244-3344