Safia restaurant
1115 Cobden Rd, Ottawa
(613) 829-1953
Customers' Favorites
Rice and Chicken Plate
Chicken Suqar Plate
Sambosa and Soup
Beef Suqar Plate
Salad Side
Lamb Shank
Featured items
Rice & Lamb/Hilib
Tender lamb chops cooked to perfection, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice a side dish.
Rice & Chicken Suqaar
Cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice a side dish.
Chicken Wrap
Chicken Suqaar, cooked with an assortment of fresh vegetables, topped with fresh lettuce, tomatoes & delicious sauce.
Dinner for Three
Big plate with three portions of delicious basmati rice. Comes with one portion of beef suqaar, chicken drums/thigh, and lamb
Rice & Beef Suqaar
Tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers, served with hot basmati rice. Each plate comes with one red sauce and one hot sauce
Pasta & Chicken Drumstick and Thigh
Three marinated slow-roast chicken drumsticks, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Malawah (3 pcs)
3 pcs of traditional somali crépe, sprinkled with House blend butter and your choice of honey or sugar. Paired with our signature somali ginger tea.
Beer(Liver) & Malawah
Julienne cuts of liver, sauteed with traditional somali herbs and spices, served with Malawah and a cup of traditional somali ginger tea
Family Special 1
Chicken Drumsticks & Large Basmati Rice
Beef Wrap
Beef Suqaar, cooked with an assortment of fresh vegetables, topped with fresh lettuce, tomatoes & delicious sauce.
Rice & Lamb Shank
Slowly cooked lamb shank, marinated with traditional somali spices, served with sautéed mix vegetables and basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish.
Appetizers
Beef Samboos
Well cooked ground beef, onions, cilantro. Served with green hot sauce.
French Fries
Onion Rings
Bur (a.k.a Khamir/Mendazi)
Soup & Salads
Salad Platter
A plate of salad, served with your choice of Beef or Chicken suqaar.
Soup of the Day
All-day Somali Breakfast
Beer(Liver) & Malawah
Julienne cuts of liver, sauteed with traditional somali herbs and spices, served with Malawah and a cup of traditional somali ginger tea
Malawah (3 pcs)
3 pcs of traditional somali crépe, sprinkled with House blend butter and your choice of honey or sugar. Paired with our signature somali ginger tea.
Anjeero/Lahooh (3 pcs)
3 pcs of anjeero , sprinkled with sesame oil and your choice of honey or sugar. Paired with our signature somali ginger tea.
Beer(Liver) & Anjeero
Julienne cuts of liver, sauteed with traditional somali herbs and spices, served with Anjeero and a cup of traditional somali ginger tea
Beer(Liver) & Chapati
Chapati/Sabayed Wraps
Chicken Wrap
Chicken Suqaar, cooked with an assortment of fresh vegetables, topped with fresh lettuce, tomatoes & delicious sauce.
Beef Wrap
Beef Suqaar, cooked with an assortment of fresh vegetables, topped with fresh lettuce, tomatoes & delicious sauce.
Fish Wrap
Grilled tilapia, cooked with an assortment of fresh vegetables, topped with fresh lettuce, tomatoes & delicious sauce.
Rice
Rice & Lamb/Hilib
Tender lamb chops cooked to perfection, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice a side dish.
Rice & Chicken Suqaar
Cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice a side dish.
Rice & Beef Suqaar
Tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers, served with hot basmati rice. Each plate comes with one red sauce and one hot sauce
Rice & Lamb Shank
Slowly cooked lamb shank, marinated with traditional somali spices, served with sautéed mix vegetables and basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish.
Rice & Kingfish
Kingfish marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish.
Rice & Chicken Drumstick and Thigh
Three marinated slow-roast chicken drumsticks, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish.
Rice Mix
A mix of your choice of meat, served with hot basmati rice. Each plate comes with one red sauce and one hot sauce
Rice & Chicken Steak
Thinly sliced chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, herbs & spices, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish.
Plain Rice
Plate of our signature rice
Rice & Salmon
Salmon marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish
Pasta
Pasta & Chicken Drumstick and Thigh
Three marinated slow-roast chicken drumsticks, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Kingfish
Kingfish marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Beef Suqaar
Tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta Mix
A mix your choice of two proteins, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Lamb
Tender lamb chops cooked to perfection, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Chicken Suqaar
Cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Salmon
Salmon marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection, served with basmati rice. Each plate comes with Red sauce, hot sauce and your choice of a side dish
Pasta & Lamb Shank
Slowly cooked lamb shank, marinated with traditional somali spices, served with sautéed mix vegetables and hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Plain Pasta
A plate of our Signature Pasta
Pasta & Chicken Steak
Thinly sliced chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, herbs & spices, served with hot sautéed pasta. Each plate comes with red sauce, hot sauce, and your choice of a side dish
Federation
Federation Mix
A mix of your choice of two proteins, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Beef Suqaar
Tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Chicken Suqaar
Cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Lamb
Tender lamb chops cooked to perfection, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Lamb Shank
Slowly cooked lamb shank, marinated with traditional somali spices, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Chicken Drumstick and Thigh
Three marinated slow-roast chicken drumsticks, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Chicken Steak
Thinly sliced chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers, herbs & spices, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Beef Steak
Thin sliced steak seasoned with spices & cooked with onions & green pepper, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Kingfish
Kingfish marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Federation & Salmon
Salmon marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection, served a combination of hot Bismati rice and sautéed pasta.
Meats/Hilbo
Lamb
Individual portion of our tender lamb chops cooked to perfection
Beef Suqaar
Individual portion of tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers
Chicken Suqaar
Individual portion of cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers
Lamb Shank
Slowly cooked lamb shank, marinated with traditional somali spices, served with sautéed mix vegetables
Kingfish
Kingfish marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection
Salmon
Salmon marinated with ground pepper, lemon juice, cilantro & cooked to perfection
Sabayed/Chapati
Chapati & Beef Suqaar
Tender beef cubes cooked with onions & green peppers. Served with hot chapati & bowl of mixed vegetables & spinach.
Chapati & Chicken Suqaar
Cubes of chicken breast cooked with onions & green peppers and served with hot chapati.
Chapati Mix
A mix of your choice of proteins, Served with hot chapati & bowl of mixed vegetables & spinach.
Chapati & Lamb
Chapati & Kingfish
Chapati & Beef Steak
Thin sliced rib eye steak seasoned with special spices, cooked with onions & green peppers served with hot chapati.
Chapati & Chicken Steak
Chapati & Chicken Drumtick and Thigh
Chapati & Lamb Shank
Chapati & Salmon
Soor & spinach
Soor & Chicken Suqaar
Soor & Beef Suqaar
Soor & Kingfish
Soor Mix
Soor & Chicken Drumstick and Thigh
Soor & Lamb
Soor & Beef Steak
Soor & Chicken Steak
Soor & Salmon
Soor & Lamb Shank
Dinner Combos
Dinner for Three
Big plate with three portions of delicious basmati rice. Comes with one portion of beef suqaar, chicken drums/thigh, and lamb
Dinner for Two
Big plate for two portions of delicious basmati rice. Two portions of tender protein.
Dinner for Four
Big plate with four portions of delicious basmati rice.
Family Specials
Family Special 1
Chicken Drumsticks & Large Basmati Rice
Family Special 2
Large Rice with Chicken and Beef
Cold Beverages
Can of Pop
Fruit Juice
Barbican
Bottle of Water
Hot Beverages
Shaah/Somali Sweet Ginger Tea
A sweet mildly spiced tea. (10 oz.)
Desserts
Halwa
0.5 KG
Sauces
Extra sauces
Family Sized Housemade Salad Dressing
Family Sized portion of our house Ranch Dressing
Family Sized Hot Sauce
Family sized portion of our signature hot sauce
Family Sized Red Sauce
Family sized portion of our signature Red Sauce
Extras
Plain Chapati/Sabayed
Extra Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, carrots & Chef's dressing
Plain Anjeero (1 pc)
Plain Malawah (1 pc)
Banana
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Recent Reviews
This has to be the best Somali food in the city 😍 The food is always fresh and always ready quickly. The young man who took my order was so kind and friendly. Some of the best customer service which is hard to find these days. We come here often and this is why we keep coming back.
September 2025
A hidden gem in Ottawa. Some of the best meats dishes and a welcome change from shawarma.
Their usage of spices is amazing and the folks are so warm and energetic.
Their usage of spices is amazing and the folks are so warm and energetic.
November 2024
This restaurant is really 11/10. The food is absolutely amazing and the portion sizes are huge. The rice is always good and fresh and the chicken just falls off of the bone. If you get a mix plate all the meat is so flavourful and delicious. Not to mention their sambusa is amazing as well, the meat and onions are so good and the outside is always super crispy. They have so many options to choose from so anyone could try.
The staff is also fantastic, nice and...
The staff is also fantastic, nice and...
November 2024
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