Dama Restaurant and Pastry

1505 Columbia Pike, Arlington
(703) 920-5620

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Vegetarian Combo
Birthday Cake
Wedding Cake
Vegan Tibis
Vegan Kitfo
Awaze TIBS
Dama Cake
Cake Slice
Meat Combo
Gomen Wot

Mains
Kitfo
Finely chopped beef tartar cooked in spiced butter served with ayib (homemade Ethiopian cheese) available rare, medium, or well done.
Awaze Tibs
Cubed beef or lamb or beef cooked with sauteed onions, jalapeno, and Ethiopian spices amaze (hot chili paste).
Doro Wot
Chicken stew simmered with spices and hot chili sauce with hard-boiled eggs.
Lamb Alicha
Lamb stew simmered in spices and turmeric.
Plain Firfir
Plain with spiced butter or no butter.
Special Kitfo
Kitfo with the addition of gomen kitfo, kekel kitfo, and assorted ayib (homemade Ethiopian cheeses) available rare, medium, or well done.
Dulet
Chopped tripe and beef cooked with sauteed onions spiced and jalapeno. Available rare, medium, and well done.
Tibs
Medium juicy or well done. Cubed beef or lamb or beef cooked with sauteed onions, and jalapeno.
Dama Special Yeshint Tibs
Beef tenderloin cooked with onions, jalapeno, and Ethiopian spices.
Dama Special Mitad Tibs
Cubed beef or lamb or beef cooked with sauteed onions, jalapeno, and Ethiopian spices awaze (hot chili paste).
Gored Gored
Cubed beef mixed with awaze (hot chili pepper served rare or medium rare).
Tibs Wot
Berbere stew simmered in Ethiopian spices and butter served with a generous portion of tibs.
Gomen be Siga
Cubed beef simmered with collard greens and spices.
Bozena Shiro
Ground roasted split peas simmered in red pepper sauce flavored with spices with a generous portion of seasoned sauteed beef.
Dama Special Shiro
Ground roasted split peas simmered in red pepper sauce and flavored with spices with a generous portion of sauteed cheese and chopped collard greens.
Dama Kurt
Raw meat with mitmita or awaze.
Shifinfin
Kitfo, Shiro, cheese, and tibs fir fir.
Meat Combo
For two people: doro, alicha, tibs (lamb or beef) gomen besiga with 3 kind of veggies.

Veggie
Misir Wot
Hearty red lentil stirred with hot chili sauce blended with garlic.
Kik Alicha
Yellow split peas cooked with onions, garlic, and turmeric.
Yatikilt Wot
A delicious blend of cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and onion sauteed in a blend of exotic herbs and turmeric.
Vegetarian Combo
The combination of vegetarian dishes: misir wot, kik alicha, yatikilt wot, gomen wot, shiro wot.
Vegan Dulet
Finely chopped homemade vegan meat cooked in spices onion and jalapeno.
Gomen Wot
A delicious blend of cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and onion sauteed in a blend of exotic herbs and turmeric.
Shiro Wot
Ground roasted split peas simmered in red chili sauce and flavored with spices.
Timatim Fitfit
Fresh injera mixture of tomato, onion, and jalapeno pepper.
House Salad
Fresh tomato and romaine lettuce mixed with jalapeno and onion.

Seafood
Fish Dulet
Chopped fish cooked with sauteed onions spices and jalapeno.
Fish Goulash
Cube cut and deep-fried tilapia with tomato sauce and jalapeno.

Market
Pack of Ethiopian Injera
Pack of American Injera
Injera Crisps

Beverages
Coca-Cola
Sprite
Ginger-Ale
Diet-Coke
Mango Juice
Sunkist Orange Soda
Bottled Water
Perrier Sparkling Water

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Recent Reviews

Amazing experience. The food was clean, warm, incredibly delicious, and perfectly seasoned—everything was cooked just right. Hands down the best Ethiopian food I’ve ever had.

The service was outstanding: professional, kind, generous, and extremely attentive. I didn’t have to ask for anything—they anticipated every need. They truly went above and beyond and even gave me more food than I ordered. Highly recommend!
January 2026
After living in Abu Dhabi, with excellent Ethiopian food, we struggled to find a comparable meal. Dama was excellent in food quality and portions. Betty, our server, could not have been more hospitable, and we loved being the only non-Ethiopian patrons! We will be back-often!
December 2025
What an amazing find on the back roads of Arlington. Real food at a great price. Absolutely authentic. The staff live the values of genuine Ethiopian hospitality and the joy of good food.
October 2025

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Dama Restaurant and Pastry

1505 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 920-5620