Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe

Excellent Ethiopean Cuisine! By far, the best we’ve found in the Valley! If you’ve never had the extreme pleasure of enjoying a traditional Ethiopean meal, then this by far is the restaurant to begin your journey into the cuisine… it is astounding. I would venture to say, that the Zegeye Family’s offerings should be the level at which Valley of the Sun Ethiopean restaurants should be measured by. We thoroughly enjoyed everything we had. We started with Asmara Beer and fabulous Ethiopean Honey Wine. As appetizer, we enjoyed a wonderful rendition of the Sambussa, a green lentil, green peppers stuffed pastry. I started with their tasty Green Lentil Soup of green lentils, onions, carrots and spices. To best avail ourselves of multiple tastes, we dined with the Abyssinia Signature Platter sampler with Doro Wat, lamb tibs, spicy beef, white peas, lentils, tickle gomen, chickpeas and fosolia (green beans). I cannot but express how tastefully done and the tenderness of each of the incredible servings offered on this platter. This is a must eatery for Ethiopean food lovers, or if you’ve never had Ethiopean, the place to try it out for the first time! By far our place to return to. Congratulations to the Zegeye Family for both sharing their heritage and their kitchen to those of us in the Valley.