My family and I just went to Ethiopia and we couldn’t get enough of the Ethiopian cuisine. My husband was adopted from Ethiopia, so we know authentic food when we taste it.This restaurant has such authentic Ethiopian food, it feels as if you’re in Africa.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lauren Redmore
Great food, even better service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joshua Awesome
Absolute perfection as always. This has been one of my favorite places to get a delicious vegan meal for the past decade or so. So grateful to the owner and the wonderful staff :-)Vegetarian options: Most of the vegetarian menu is also vegan and one of the reasons that I love this place so much.
Love this place. It's so pretty inside and you can smell the delicious spices before you even get through the door. The staff is so sweet and the food is excellent.
Jody Baum
Absolutely wonderful food as always! So glad I got a chance to stop in for the first time in years.
Overall an amazing experience. This was my first time trying Ethiopian cuisine and I was blown away. It can be daunting to initially see the menu but the staff was super helpful and accommodating to my dietary preferences. Also, try their honey wine! 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kitfo
Greg n.
Really good spicing. Injera was cold which was disappointing. Was overall well recommended. We had a vegetarian platter and added doro wet. Tastes were on point. Nice jazz playing- on a short playlist but it was good jazz. People were friendly.
Abigail H
Everything was phenomenal! Highly recommend. We came in with friends who had been before but it was our first time. Our server (Elijah, I believe) was knowledgeable and very patient helping us navigate a new culinary experience. Don't sleep on The Queen!
We went there for the first time, and soon right after the place was slammed with people (I think because of a game nearby). Despite this surge in traffic, they made us fresh gluten free injera - my wife is quite sensitive to gluten, and this made her night. We really, really appreciated this effort in a busy evening. We ordered the meat/veggie combo for 2, and added red lentils. Really liked the beef, lentils, and potatoes. We finished the platter and left absolutely stuffed.
John M.
Best Ethiopian food ever!!! I ordered the meat combo and the veggie sides, my girlfriend doesn't normally like salad but loves their salad, along with the cabbage, potatoes and carrot veggie side which was sooo good, best Ethiopian food in WA
Bee
The only habesha restaurant in Spokane. Very clean and very delicious food with nice customer services.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lauri P.
Where to begin...the lone employee refused to let my partner and I sit at a table for 4 despite the restaurant being empty *at the time*. She made a single woman sit outside because, again, the only tables were for 4 people, except one, which we refused due to its proximty in front of the kitchen entrance. We sat at the table of our choice and she eventually seated a couple at the table for 2, but when she served them, she placed a platter on the table, asked the woman to hold the platter while she placed the 2nd platter, then walked away leaving the couple with nowhere to put both plates. Eventually, a family of 4 was seated, and another group of 3 came by but were made to sit in the hallway of the shopping center. The food. We ordered at the same time as a table for 4 and another table for 2. After the waitress went back to the kitchen, we smelled onions and ginger sizzling, but food was brought out immediately to all 3 tables, and nothing tasted of onions or ginger. In fact, nothing had a taste at all except the very odd artificial creamer served with the coffee. I thought it was milk, but it smelled of tree nuts and my partner said it tasted of artificial sweetener and way too much almond extract. But what was really odd - when she placed the food in front of us, she said, "Good luck." Not "here", or "enjoy", but she wished us luck. All of the lentil dishes were unseasoned, the salad had oil, but no lemon or vinegar, and the injera was made of all-purpose flour - no teff. It's a shame it wasn't any good. We used to get great Ethiopian food in other cities and I had high hopes.
Kelli Noneya
Amazing place to eat! Gluten free options for the injera. Absolutely amazing. Atmosphere is nice and comfortable. You get to eat with your hands. Enjoyable family friendly experience.Dietary restrictions: Gluten-free
My family and I just went to Ethiopia and we couldn’t get enough of the Ethiopian cuisine. My husband was adopted from Ethiopia, so we know authentic food when we taste it.This restaurant has such authentic Ethiopian food, it feels as if you’re in Africa.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, even better service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolute perfection as always. This has been one of my favorite places to get a delicious vegan meal for the past decade or so. So grateful to the owner and the wonderful staff :-)Vegetarian options: Most of the vegetarian menu is also vegan and one of the reasons that I love this place so much.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegetarian Combination Plate, Injera
Love this place. It's so pretty inside and you can smell the delicious spices before you even get through the door. The staff is so sweet and the food is excellent.
Absolutely wonderful food as always! So glad I got a chance to stop in for the first time in years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegetarian Combination Plate, Ethiopian Sweet Potato Fries, TIBS We't, Yebeg Alich'a, Combination Plate
Overall an amazing experience. This was my first time trying Ethiopian cuisine and I was blown away. It can be daunting to initially see the menu but the staff was super helpful and accommodating to my dietary preferences. Also, try their honey wine! 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kitfo
Really good spicing. Injera was cold which was disappointing. Was overall well recommended. We had a vegetarian platter and added doro wet. Tastes were on point. Nice jazz playing- on a short playlist but it was good jazz. People were friendly.
Everything was phenomenal! Highly recommend. We came in with friends who had been before but it was our first time. Our server (Elijah, I believe) was knowledgeable and very patient helping us navigate a new culinary experience. Don't sleep on The Queen!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: TIBS, Veggie Sambusa, String Beans and Carrots, Chicken Sambussa
23 and 27, thank me later
One of our family all time favorites!
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We went there for the first time, and soon right after the place was slammed with people (I think because of a game nearby). Despite this surge in traffic, they made us fresh gluten free injera - my wife is quite sensitive to gluten, and this made her night. We really, really appreciated this effort in a busy evening. We ordered the meat/veggie combo for 2, and added red lentils. Really liked the beef, lentils, and potatoes. We finished the platter and left absolutely stuffed.
Best Ethiopian food ever!!! I ordered the meat combo and the veggie sides, my girlfriend doesn't normally like salad but loves their salad, along with the cabbage, potatoes and carrot veggie side which was sooo good, best Ethiopian food in WA
The only habesha restaurant in Spokane. Very clean and very delicious food with nice customer services.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Where to begin...the lone employee refused to let my partner and I sit at a table for 4 despite the restaurant being empty *at the time*. She made a single woman sit outside because, again, the only tables were for 4 people, except one, which we refused due to its proximty in front of the kitchen entrance. We sat at the table of our choice and she eventually seated a couple at the table for 2, but when she served them, she placed a platter on the table, asked the woman to hold the platter while she placed the 2nd platter, then walked away leaving the couple with nowhere to put both plates. Eventually, a family of 4 was seated, and another group of 3 came by but were made to sit in the hallway of the shopping center. The food. We ordered at the same time as a table for 4 and another table for 2. After the waitress went back to the kitchen, we smelled onions and ginger sizzling, but food was brought out immediately to all 3 tables, and nothing tasted of onions or ginger. In fact, nothing had a taste at all except the very odd artificial creamer served with the coffee. I thought it was milk, but it smelled of tree nuts and my partner said it tasted of artificial sweetener and way too much almond extract. But what was really odd - when she placed the food in front of us, she said, "Good luck." Not "here", or "enjoy", but she wished us luck. All of the lentil dishes were unseasoned, the salad had oil, but no lemon or vinegar, and the injera was made of all-purpose flour - no teff. It's a shame it wasn't any good. We used to get great Ethiopian food in other cities and I had high hopes.
Amazing place to eat! Gluten free options for the injera. Absolutely amazing. Atmosphere is nice and comfortable. You get to eat with your hands. Enjoyable family friendly experience.Dietary restrictions: Gluten-free
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Injera