Addis Ababa Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Addis Ababa Restaurant, a charming eatery located at 752 S Goodman St, Rochester, NY. This hidden gem embraces authentic Ethiopian cuisine, offering a vibrant tapestry of flavors that cater to both vegetarian and pescatarian diets.
Customers rave about the restaurant's warm hospitality and welcoming atmosphere. Reviewers like Henry and Roxann highlight the delicious platters, particularly the Addis Special, perfect for sharing. The authentic spices and quality of the food are consistently praised, leaving diners craving more.
Recommendations include the Sambusa appetizer, which is described as "to die for," and a variety of meat and vegetarian combinations that showcase the rich Ethiopian culinary heritage. With fair prices and attentive service from staff like DJ, each visit feels special.
If you're seeking a delightful Ethiopian dining experience, Addis Ababa Restaurant is sure to impress, making it a must-visit spot in Rochester.
Vegetarian
Ater (Split Pea Stew)
Split peas stewed in a special sauce, onions, garlic and ginger.
Dinech Wot (Potato Stew)
Potatoes simmered with berbere, onions, garlic and other spices.
Yenkulalshiro
Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce and spiced with hard-boiled egg.
Fassolia
Fresh green beans sauteed with onions, garlic, and carrots.
Regular Extra Injera
Gomen (Collard Greens)
Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and ginger.
Miser (Spicy Split Red Lentil Stew)
Lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce, onions, garlic and ginger.
Yeshenbra Assa
Ground chickpeas fried with peppers and garlic sauce.
Fish Fry
Served with cabbage and miser stew with injera or bread.
Vegetarian Platter
Miser, ater, dinech wot, dinech alecha, gomen, tikel gomen, miser alecha and fassolia.
Shiro (Chickpea Stew)
Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce and spiced with butter.
Tikel Gomen (Cabbage)
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, carrots and turmeric.
Espresso
Full Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Delight your friends and family by bringing them to Addis Ababa to enjoy a full coffee ceremony, complete with the sweet smell of incense and roasting coffee beans as you get to watch us pour coffee from the traditional Jabena coffee pot in a way that has been passed down for generations.
Spiced Tea
Coffee
Ethiopian Coffee
Cold Soda
Coke, diet coke, sprite, orange crush, ginger ale, pepsi.
Cappuccino
Bottled Water
Perrier Water
Beverages
Beef Entrees
Alitcha Wat
A milder stew for those trying to avoid the spicy options!
Yetibs Wat
Lean beef, simmered in hot pepper sauce.
Bozena Shiro
Shiro (chick peas) with cubed meat.
Green Beans With Beef
Fresh green beans sauteed with onions, garlic, carrots, and beef.
Tibs
Tender beef cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning cooked with hot green peppers and onions.
Kitfo
Uncooked minced meat seasoned with herbed butter and mitmita (chili powder). Can also be served partially or fully cooked with ayeb and gomen.
Gored Gored
Lean beef cubes mixed with mitmita, butter and peppers served raw or very rare.
Cabbage With Beef
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, carrots turmeric, and beef.
Beef Cha Cha
Tender pieces of beef seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.
Gomen With Beef
Beef cubes and fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic and ginger.
Addis Special
Chicken, beef, lamb and choice of your own four vegetable sides. You can choose from: cabbage, collard greens, lentils, green beans, potato stew, and split lentils.
Chicken Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with succulent chicken meat and hard-boiled egg.
Quanta Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with tasty dried pieces of beef.
Ground Beef Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with delicious ground beef.
Vegetarian Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce.
Lamb Fir-Fir
Contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with tender lamb meat.
Fir-Fir
Lamb Entrees
Yebeg Alicha
Fresh and tender lamb cooked with tumeric, onions and garlic.
Yebeg Cha Cha
Tender pieces of lamb seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.
Lamb-Yebeg We't (Key We't)
Fresh and tender lamb cooked with berbere (chili powder).
Yebeg Tibs
Chunks of lamb, sauteed in seasoned butter and garnished with green peppers.
Vegetable Soup
Lentil, carrot, garlic, celery, minestrone and tomatoes.
Sambusa
Three crispy sambusa served stuffed with your choice of either minced beef or lentils. These treats are to die for!
Tomato Fitfit
Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapenos peppers mixed with pieces of garlic or injera. Served cold. This is a great dish to share!
Addis Salad (House Salad)
Fresh tomatoes, lettuce, onion, olive oil and house dressing.
Appetizers
Alcohol
Heineken
Stella Artois
Doro Tibs
Boneless skinless marinated chicken sauteed with onions, jalapeno, tomatoes and garlic.
Doro Alicha
This milder version of the classic Ethiopian chicken stew, doro wot, trades hot berbere spice for a mild turmeric sauce heady with ginger and garlic. Served with injera for mopping up the sides of the bowl.
Doro We't
Chicken cooked and perfectly simmered with seasoned berbere sauce with hard-boiled egg.
Chicken Cha Cha
Tender pieces of chicken seasoned to perfection with sauteed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.