Gojo Ethiopian Cafe and Restaurant

415 W Thompson Ln, Nashville
(615) 332-0710

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Combo of 2 Meat 2 Veg with Lamb Beef Beets Potatoes \u0026 Mushrooms
Combo of 2 Meat 2 Veg with Lamb Beef Beets Potatoes & Mushrooms
Avocado Salad and Ayib Begomen
Ethiopian Coffee Regular
Ethiopian Bread Injaera
Meat and Veg Combo
Minchet Abish Deqa
Vegetarian Combo
Chicken Sambusa
Special Coffee

Menu

Appetizers
1. Ayib Begomen
Farmer's cheese mixed with collard greens, spiced butter and a touch of miamita chili powder. Served over Italian bread.
2. Yesga Sambusa
Pastry shell filled with ground beef, onion, jalapeno, herbs and spices then pan fried and served hot.
3. Yemiser Sambusa
Pastry shell filled with lentis, onion, jalapeno, herbs, and spices then pan fried and served hot.
4.Chicken Sambusa
Pastry shell filled with chicken, carrot, onion, Jalapenos, herb's, and spices then fried and served hot.

Salads
5. Gojo Salad
Fresh cut romaine hearts, tomato and onion tossed with house dressing.
6. Timatim Salad
Fresh, diced tomato, onion and jalapeno tossed with fresh lemon juice and olive oil sprinkled with roasted, and ground flaxseeds.
7. Avocado Salad
Onion, tomato and jalapeno.
8. Azifa
Lentis blended with olive oil, lemon, green peppers, onion and spices.

Entrees
9. Kitfo
Like steak tartar. Ground prime beef mixed with butter, miamita chili powder served rare or well done. Add Ayib Begomen farmer's cheese for an additional charge.
10. Awaze Tibs
Cubed prime beef sauteed and simmered in hot sauce and seasoned with spices and fresh herbs.
11. Beef Tibs
Cubed prime beef sauteed and simmered in mild sauce and seasoned with spice and fresh herbs.
12.Chicken Tibs
Cubed prime chicken sauteed and simmered in MILD sauce and seasoned with spice and fresh herbs.
13.Awaze Chicken Tibs
Cubed prime chicken sauteed and simmered in HOT sauce and seasoned with spice and fresh herbs.
14. Yebeg Tibs
Chunks of lamb, marinated with rosemary, then sauteed with onion finished with jalapeno.
15. Awaze Tibs Firfir
Pieces of enjera sauteed in Awaze Tibs.
16. Asa Goulash
Fillet fish sauteed and simmered in hot sauce, seasoned with spice and fresh herbs.
17. QeyW'et
Fresh tender beef stew with onion, garlic, fresh ginger, berbere, hot pepper and spiced butter.
18. Yebeg Alicha
Tender pieces of lamb simmered in mild sauce and seasoned with fresh ginger garlic and turmeric.
19. Doro W'et
2 chicken legs marinated in lemon juice, then sauteed in spiced butter and seasoned with pepper, garlic, onions, ginger and spices. Served with a hard-boiled egg.
20. Minchet Abish Deqa
Finely chopped prime beef, sauteed in butter and simmered in hot sauce seasoned with spices and fresh.

Vegetarian Dishes
21. Miser W'et
Split lentils cooked with onion, garlic, and ginger in house special sauces and hot pepper. Vegetarian.
22. Kik Aletcha
Yellow split peas cooked with fresh ginger, garlic, onion and finished with turmeric sauce. Vegetarian.
23. Shiro W'et
Ground and highly seasoned chickpeas cooked with onion and garlic. Vegetarian.
24. Tikle Gomen
Fresh cabbage, sauteed with garlic ginger, then seasoned with a touch of turmeric powder. Vegetarian.
25. Potato W'et
Potato cooked with onion, garlic and ginger in-house special sauces and hot pepper. Vegetarian.
26. Potato and Beets
Potato and Beets sauteed with onion and garlic in favorable sauce.
27. Turner and Collard Grees
Chopped onions cooked with oil, tomato, jelepino and garlic. Vegetarian.
28. Ye'atkilt W'et
Fresh string beans, carrots, and onions sauteed in flavorful mild sauce. Vegetarian.
29. Mushroom Wet
Juice and tender mushroom cubed with onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and spices.
30. Foul
Lightly crushed fava beans served with raw onion, tomato, and jalapeno. Finished with seasoned butter or olive oil with pita bread. Vegetarian.
31. Vegetarian Combo
Select 4 vegetables from #21 - #29
32. Meat and Vege Combo
Select 2 veggies from #21 -#29 and 2 meat dishes from #17 -#20.

Rice Dishes
33. Chicken Curry and Peas
Chunks of chicken legs and thighs simmered with onion, garlic and fresh ginger seasoned with Indian spices.
34. Deqa Minchet Abesh
Finely chopped prime beef sauteed with onion, garlic, ginger, red pepper and spices then garnished with fried onions and carrots.

Drinks
Coca Cola
Water
Perrey
Diet Coke
Apple Juice
Lemonade
Sprite
Fanta
Dr Pepper

Coffee and Spice Teas
Ethiopian Traditional Coffee
For each additional person, there will be an increase of $2.
Sweet Tea
Ethoipian Coffee Regular
Regular.
Hot Tea
Unsweet Tea
Iced coffee

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Recent Reviews

Best Ethiopian food in Nashville! Great selection with allergy friendly options and the special Ethiopian coffee is delicious if you like black coffee. Very calm and pleasant atmosphere as well.
September 2025
The perfect dining experience imo. Delicious food (we leaned hard on the vegetarian dishes plus the chicken legs… they’re the best), great service, and you get to eat with your hands. So lucky to live close to this place.
August 2025
So glad we decided to try this out! I had heard about Ethiopian food and thought I would like it, and I was not disappointed! I heard it was very spicy, which scared me a little, but our hostess explained all the menu options to us and said they can customize the spice level! Excellent food and excellent service! Very friendly and inviting! Definitely recommend!
June 2025

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Gojo Ethiopian Cafe and Restaurant

415 W Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN 37211
(615) 332-0710