Alem Ethiopian Village

Veggie special is delicious and filling. They have a garden salad and a lentil salad which are both vegan if you want a little more food. One of my favorites in the city!

This was my first time trying Ethiopian food, and everything was absolutely amazing! The flavors were so delicate, rich, and unique. Definitely a spot worth checking out you won’t be disappointed!

Really tasty Ethiopian food. Very relaxed atmosphere and a simple menu with all the staples of Ethiopian cuisine . We had the Doro Wat ( chicken in red sauce ) and cabbage and carrots ( Alitcha) and split peas in red sauce.

My wife and I had our first experience with Ethiopian cuisine at Alem, and it was extremely impressive and delicious. The sambusas, veggie combo with smaller portions of 4 different vegetarian dishes, doro tibs and juicy spicy beef tibs were all out of this world and were served with delicious injera bread. I can’t recommend this restaurant highly enough, it was truly excellent with very friendly service.

A nice place very welcoming I was shocked when I didn’t see many customers definitely recommend food is 100/100

6/7/2025, the food was terrible and injera is stale and the meat smell fishy and cabbage not sure if it’s the cooking oil or what, the food didn’t have the Ethiopian taste of spices and no smell of food in the restaurant it’s like the food were prepared overnight and served the following day. It didn’t give me the taste, smell and the feel of Ethiopian restaurants across the world. Serve water frequently because stale injera and none juicy Tips and the rest of dry vegetables doesn’t go down easily. We drive a distance to go eat Ethiopian food so I expect it to taste and smell Ethiopian cuisine not anything else because I grew up with Ethiopians from the year 2002, so I know the taste and smell. Alem need to improve cooking!

Okay... I probably wouldn't come back. I have had better ethiopian elsewhere including Ethiopian Cottage on the east side. I wish the food was spicer.

I called ahead for pick up and got the lentils and the split pea combo plate and it was DELICIOUS.

They have a whole vegan section on the menu. I ordered the lentil and cabbage entrees. Both were very good. Staff were friendly and service was very fast.

This sit-down restaurant might look like a hole in the wall joint, but it is truly exceptional! The service is fast and the staff are helpful. They offer about seven vegan entrees, all helpfully listed in a vegan section of the menu. The food is wholesome without the need for the added oils and salt that most US restaurants feel the need to add. Plates are delivered in the traditional Ethiopian style to be eaten as finger food. Western (reusable metal) forks and spoons are available upon request. The food is surprisingly cheap for an urban sit-down restaurant with such upscale ambience. If HappyCow allowed users to give restaurants that served non-vegan options 5 stars, I would give them is venue 5 stars. I highly recommend!

Fantastic food

Awesome food and service, we will be coming back!

Myself and my parnter went here last night, he has always wanted to try Ethiopian food and to say it was excellent is an understatement! The food, service, and atmosphere was beautiful. We've never had any food like this in our lives and we will definitely be going back here again. The service was quick too which is always lovely. Thank you again for the experience.

I loved the beef samosa here. Also I have tried their food and which was a different experience. Also there we tried doro wot and awaze tibz. Doro wot chicken was delicious compare to beef curry.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sambusa, Doro Wot and Salad

Made an obnoxious "MMM" sound every time I took a bite of a dish. Food was spectacular

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5