Abugida Ethiopian Cuisine and Cafe

14804 Buildamerica Dr, Woodbridge
(703) 910-4391

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Lega TIBS with Fasolia and Tikil Gomen
Senig Karia Ie Stuffed Jalapeno
Special Kitfo and Awaze TIBS
Vegan Cauliflower Appetizer
Vegetarian Sampler
Sambusa - Lentils
Vegetarian Combo
Abugida Tibs
Kik Alicha
Abeba Gomen

Menu

Starters
Sambusa
Hand-wrapped shells on thin pastry filled with your choice of lentils, beef or chicken.
Abeba Gomen
Cauliower crowns lightly breaded and fried to a golden crisp.

Tibs
Abugida Tibs
Sizzling prime beef short ribs and chunks of ribeye sauteed with onions and Jalapeno peppers with a side of house salad.
Shekla Tibs (Manchester United F.C.)
Sizzling prime ribeye beef sauteed with onions and Jalapeno pepper made with our special spicy sauce called Datha.
Awaze Tibs (Arsenal F.C)
Tender cuts of prime meat sauteed with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, topped with a fresh spring of rosemary.
Lega Tibs (Liverpool F.C.)
Tender cuts of prime meat sauteed with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, topped with a fresh spring of rosemary with a side of house salad.
Hagere Nafekegn
Shiro topped with tibs. Our own version of traditional bozena shiro.

Kitfo
Kitfo
Freshly minced extra lean beef, seasoned with mitmita and kibe, traditionally served raw steak tartar, but can be served to your liking. Comes with a side of Aybe.
Abugida Special Kitfo
A blend of freshly minced extra lean beef, mitmita, kibe, kocho, aybe and collard green. Served raw or to your liking.

Wat
Doro Wat
One of Ethiopia's most popular dishes. Seasoned chicken drumstick and hardboiled egg simmered in Abugida's special berbere sauce. Served with Aybe.
Bozena Shiro
Lean diced marinated beef is simmered in traditional chickpeas, gravy and seasoned with puried butter.

Firfir
Tibs Firfir
Pieces of injera soaked in berbere sauce with sauteed beef chunks.
Firfir
Pieces of injera soaked in berbere sauce.

Vegetarian
Veggie Sampler 5
Your choice of 5 vegetarian dishes.
Veggie Sampler 8
Your choice of 8 vegetarian dishes.
Tegabino
Shiroye. Shiro served in shekla dist.
1. Misir Wat
Split lentils simmered in berbere sauce.
2. Kik Alicha
Yellow split peas cooked with turmeric, minced onions, garlic and ginger.
3. Defen Misir
Green lentils cooked with onions and Ethiopian spices.
4. Fosolia
Green beans and carrots simmered with onions, garlic and ginger.
5. Gomen
Collard greens cooked with onions and Ethiopian spices.
6. Tikil Gomen
Cabbage and potatoes cooked with onions and peppers in mild sauce.
7. Beets
Chopped beets coked and tossed in Abugida's house dressing
8. Tomato Salad
Sliced tomatoes, onion, jalapeno peppers tossed in Abugida's house dressing
9. Shiroye
Traditional chickpeas seasoned with Ethiopian spices.

Combination
Meat and Vegetarian Combo 1
Your choice of 1 meat and 2 vegetarian dishes.
Meat and Vegetarian Combo 2
Your choice of 2 meat and 3 vegetarian dishes.

Special Meat Options
Ye Enat Gursha
A combination of kitfo, beef tibs, gomen besega, tibs firfir and aybe.

Seafood
Assa Goulash
Cube cut tilapia with tomato and green pepper, berbere served with Injera or bread.
Assa Dulet
Ground tilapia sh mixed with diced onion, jalapeno, olive oil and mitmita.
Assa Cutlet
Piecese of tilapia lets fried and served on top of lettuce and tomatoes.

Kids Menu
Kids Chicken Wings with Fries
Chicken over Rice
Chicken Wings (12 pcs)

Sides
Kocho
Enset (false banana) root bread.
Aybe
Ethiopian style cottage cheese.
Injera
Flat bread made of teff, a ne grain unique to Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Injera
Teff Injera imported from Ethiopia. Gluten Free.
Mitmita
Bird's eye red pepper spiced with cardamom, salt and other spices.
Sinigg Karia
(Hot) Jalapeños stuffed with mixed onion, tomatoes and lemon juice.
Veggie Side
Green Sauce
Abugida's special house green sauce.
Rice
Carrot, onion, garlic, salt, ginger, and oil .

Dessert
Cake
Baklava
Vegan.

Hot and Soft Drinks
Coffee
Tea
Ice Tea
Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Sunkist
Bottle Fanta
Perrier
Water
Bottle.
Pineapple Juice

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Recent Reviews

As vegetarians we love Ethiopian veggie combo plates. This place offers 2 options: 5-iten combo and 8-item combo. The 8-item combo came with 7 different items (one was served twice, I guess they ran out of other options?). The food was less salty than what we accustomed to but also felt a bit more authentic that way. Served injera was the whitest injera we have ever seen (Teff shortage?) but on the menu they did say they offer imported injera at extra charge. The service was...
July 2025
Very reasonably priced tasty Ethiopian food in a cozy restaurant! Loved how authentic everything was from the decor to the music to the food. The 8 veggie sampler was great to split among 3 people.
Would definitely come back!!!
June 2025
My first Ethiopian dining experience! I loved it, the food was so good, I’m forever a fan of this cuisine.

Ordering off the menu was a bit intimidating, but I know some dishes I like now (awaze tibs, lentils, veggies, etc) that I feel more confident for next time! And at this location it seems they prefer if you just tell them which meats and veggie dishes you want without specifying that you want a “combo”.
June 2025

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Abugida Ethiopian Cuisine and Cafe

14804 Buildamerica Dr, Woodbridge, VA 22191
(703) 910-4391