Bete-Lukas | Ethiopian Restaurant

2504 SE 50th Ave D, Portland
(503) 477-8778

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ASA Goulash Fish
Doro Alicha Wot
Chocolate Cake
Eggplant TIBS
Lentil Sambusa
Kitfo Raw Beef
Ye-Doro TIBS
Veggie Combo
Veggie Salad
Doro Key Wot

Menu

Appetizer
Lentil Sambusa
3 thin shells hand-wrapped stuffed with lentil, diced onion, and serrano peppers.
Veggie Sambusa
3 thin shells hand-wrapped stuffed with sautéed cabbage, carrots, and potatoes with a touch of turmeric.
Kategna
Warm Injera with berbere and herb infused butter.
Mix Sambusa
Two of each sambusa (two lentil and two veggie sambuse)

Salad
House Salad
Romaine heart with house dressing.
Caesar Salad
Romaine hearts, croutons, & parmesan cheese with Caesar dressing
Veggie Salad
Diced beets, potatoes, carrots, and serrano peppers with House dressing.

Weekend Specials

Engudai Tibs
Portobello mushroom sautéed with caramelized onion, garlic, onions, and tomato with a hint of rosemary. It is served either vegan or with house herb-infused butter. Only available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Special Doro Tibs
Cubed chicken and spinach sautéed with caramelized onion, garlic and ginger. Only Available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Vegetarian

Shiro
Powdered peas and berbere simmered together with or without house infused butter
Misser Wot
Lentil cooked in onion and berbere sauce.
Kik Alicha Wot
Yellow split peas cooked in ginger, garlic, and onion
Fosolia
Green beans lightly spiced and sautéed with carrots.
Gomen
Kale, ginger, garlic and onions slow-cooked to perfection with hint of serrano pepper.
Tikel Gomen
Cabbage, carrots, and potatoes sautéed in a curry sauce
Eggplant Tibs
Eggplant sautéed with ginger, garlic, onion, and tomatoes in a berbere sauce.

Fish
Asa Goulash
Cubes of tender white breaded fish sautéed with aromatic herbs, onions, and tomatoes in berbere sauce

Chicken
Doro Key Wot
Bone-in chicken thigh sautéed in a butter, berbere, and onion sauce, with a side of hard-boiled egg.
Doro Alicha Wot
Bone-in chicken thigh sautéed in a butter and onion curry sauce with a side of hard-boiled egg.
Doro Tibs
Chicken cubes sautéed with onion and tomato in a berbere sauce

Lamb
Ye-beg Wot
Tender lamb Cubes stewed in berbere and onion sauce
Ye-Beg Alicha
Succulent lamb cubes cooked to perfection with butter and onion curry sauce.
Ye-Beg Tibs
Cubes of tender lamb sautéed with onions, and serrano peppers.

Beef
Siga Wot
Beef cubes stewed in onion and berbere sauce
Bozena Shiro
Powdered peas, berbere, and cubed beef simmered together with house infused butter.
Minchet Abesh
Finely hand diced lean beef sautéed with garlic, ginger, and onion in curry sauce
Tibs
Beef cubes sautéed with onion, serrano peppers, and rosemary.
Zil-Zil Tibs
Strips of tender beef sautéed in house blended spices and onions.
Gomen Besiga
Tender cubed beef sautéed in serrano peppers, onion, garlic, and chopped kale.
Kitfo
Hand diced lean beef mixed with herb infused butter, mitmita, and cardamom served raw, medium (leb-leb), or completely sautéed. Also comes with Ayib.

Combination
Veggie Combo
Misser wot, kik alicha wot, gomen, tikel gomen, fosolia and small house salad.
Beef Combo
Siga wot, minchet abesh, gomen besiga, kitfo, and ayib with a side of small house salad.

Extras
Mitmita
Spicy powder.
Ayib
House cheese, mild in flavor.

Dessert
Cheesecake

Drinks
Ethiopian Tea
Cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.

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Recent Reviews

I had not been to Bete Lukas in quite some time and we took some friends there recently. I remember now why I love it so much! My friends loved it too. Delicious food, and Peter was, as always, quite dry and humorous. I appreciate that almost all of the food is gluten free and also very easy to make choices that are dairy free as well. I highly recommend the sampler plate so that you can try everything, and the Doro Tibs are delicious! Thank you for a lovely evening and...
June 2026
Very authentic Ethiopian food which we greatly enjoyed. The restaurant is on the second floor of a building which does not look very inviting but once inside, the restaurant looks nice. We were picking up take-out this time and the order was nicely packed up and the service was friendly.
April 2026
Dear Peter, So good to see you thriving after all these years! Thanks for heckling us for our extended absence. Clearly we forgot how much we enjoy eating at Beta Lukas! It's still delicious! Cheers, Kim and Brian
March 2026

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Bete-Lukas | Ethiopian Restaurant

2504 SE 50th Ave D, Portland, OR 97206
(503) 477-8778