King County Health Department Closed: December 19, 2023 at 12:30 pmReasons: Excessive red critical food safety violations including:No designated Person-in-Charge of food safetyNo evidence of food worker cards.Storing bottled beverages in ice used as food/drink additive.Improper cooling of cooked foods.Improper reheating of cooked and cooled foods.No thermometer available for monitoring food temperatures.Excessive sanitizer concentration.No vomiting/diarrhea clean-up kit.Food not date-marked.Improper thawing of frozen foods.Warewashing machine not dispensing sufficient sanitizer.Status: Closed
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Yared Mengesha
My favourite restaurant and bar. Best food and customer service. Nice instrumental music. Hilina is the best. She goes above and beyond. Thank you.
A I
Went there with someone at around 6pm or so. The place seem to have a nightclub vibes. Loud music and darker settings. We ordered two tibsis and habesha beers. The server greeted us and sounded friendly at the beginning. Our food came relatively faster since the restaurant didn't have that many people. Our food wasn't cooked well and was fatty. The injera was good and plenty to make both of us full. The server then left for the day before we had to pay and leave. The second server came with a credit card reader that has no payment or order details but large tip percentages. I was confused since I didn't get a chance to review the payment details you usually see in all restaurants. I selected a percentage anyway and I was expecting her to give me a receipt. That never happened. Then I asked her for a receipt and she proceeded to tell me that she has no idea what we had. I was not expecting that but I politely told her what we had before she contacted the owner. She came back and apologized for the fact that the server had left already and she doesn't know bla bla... It was my first time to go there and I am sure I will never be back. Very low customer service. I am not sure how they are rated at more than 4 stars. Terrible place run by incompetent owners.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Timothy Viel
Great experience overall here people are amazing along with East African culture food and music. Very accepting of everyone and the owners are genuine human beings.A must go for sure !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Veggie and Meat Combo, Fish
Sam Woodward
I loved this place. I didn't really know what to expect, but ended up really enjoying my time there. I went for lunch during a work day and shared the meat combo with a friend, and it was delicious and timely.The vibe of the interior is amazing. I know little of Eritrean culture, but the decor in that place was fun- and it looked like it would be a great place to go for a drink too. I definitely want to return at some point!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tes A
This place is a real authentic Eritrean, Ethiopian vibe. Top notch quality food at reasonable price. For someone that need fun and quality. The owner Eseyas is always on the top of everything. Full attention to his guests and servers are super fast. Thank you Esu for bringing an awesome vibe to the community.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brandon D
I am open to change my review down the road but when I try to order some food. They told me that they was not serving food anymore and that wouldn't be no problem but people that ordered food after me got food. And how I know is, I'm the one that gave them the menu after I was done with it. And they couldnt really give me an explanation Of why that is what it was.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Ghirmai Estifanos
It's the worst habesha restaurant I have ever seen. Poor customer service. You feel very disappointed, and your mood is ruined as
2.5 ⭐I have been here several times and will never come back!Food: The beef was flavorful but was not tender and was very fatty. I feel like it's hit or miss as I've come a few times and it was satisfactory (that's the .5⭐)Service: Unwelcoming! The only time staff communicated with us was to take our order, we had to take it up on ourselves to ask for drinks. When the food came out it wasn't what we ordered so I let the lady know. The server rolled her eyes as she was taking the food back and said they couldn't change it!! However, if we place a new order they could correct it and charge us for the incorrect order??.Ambiance: music is loud (possibly why there was a miscommunication), dark club vibe.Check out DELISH if you're looking for excellent, fast and attentive service! Would have gone here but their kitchen was closed (95 degrees out) smaller but home like setting.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
David Roebuck
I was so disappointed! I love African food been to a few in the city but this was my first time here and my experience was terrible!! First off they weren’t welcoming at all , they messed up on our order and refused to take it back, I’ve never had that happen ever at any establishment.. Customer service was horrible! They never came to check on us and the food was mid, good flavor but meat wasn’t tender and fatty .. I just feel if I was Habesha I wouldn’t have gotten that kind of service , all I can say is do better..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Renate H.
2.5 I have been here several times and will never come back!Food: The beef was flavorful but was not tender and was very fatty. I feel like it's hit or miss as I've come a few times and it was satisfactory (that's the .5)Service: Unwelcoming! The only time staff communicated with us was to take our order, we had to take it up on ourselves to ask for drinks. When the food came out it wasn't what we ordered so I let the lady know. The server rolled her eyes as she was taking the food back and said they couldn't change it!! However, if we place a new order they could correct it and charge us for the incorrect order. Ambiance: music is loud (possibly why there was a miscommunication), dark club vibe.Check out DELISH if you're looking for excellent, fast and attentive service! Would have gone here but their kitchen was closed (95 degrees out) smaller but home like setting.
Abdalla Zack
Best Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant the food was fresh the place looks amazing clean bathroom great customer service the sisters there are friendly with bright smile, I work 4 minutes away from the Resturant I will always come back
A place that satisfies me the most.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious African food at affordable
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
King County Health Department Closed: December 19, 2023 at 12:30 pmReasons: Excessive red critical food safety violations including:No designated Person-in-Charge of food safetyNo evidence of food worker cards.Storing bottled beverages in ice used as food/drink additive.Improper cooling of cooked foods.Improper reheating of cooked and cooled foods.No thermometer available for monitoring food temperatures.Excessive sanitizer concentration.No vomiting/diarrhea clean-up kit.Food not date-marked.Improper thawing of frozen foods.Warewashing machine not dispensing sufficient sanitizer.Status: Closed
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
My favourite restaurant and bar. Best food and customer service. Nice instrumental music. Hilina is the best. She goes above and beyond. Thank you.
Went there with someone at around 6pm or so. The place seem to have a nightclub vibes. Loud music and darker settings. We ordered two tibsis and habesha beers. The server greeted us and sounded friendly at the beginning. Our food came relatively faster since the restaurant didn't have that many people. Our food wasn't cooked well and was fatty. The injera was good and plenty to make both of us full. The server then left for the day before we had to pay and leave. The second server came with a credit card reader that has no payment or order details but large tip percentages. I was confused since I didn't get a chance to review the payment details you usually see in all restaurants. I selected a percentage anyway and I was expecting her to give me a receipt. That never happened. Then I asked her for a receipt and she proceeded to tell me that she has no idea what we had. I was not expecting that but I politely told her what we had before she contacted the owner. She came back and apologized for the fact that the server had left already and she doesn't know bla bla... It was my first time to go there and I am sure I will never be back. Very low customer service. I am not sure how they are rated at more than 4 stars. Terrible place run by incompetent owners.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great experience overall here people are amazing along with East African culture food and music. Very accepting of everyone and the owners are genuine human beings.A must go for sure !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Veggie and Meat Combo, Fish
I loved this place. I didn't really know what to expect, but ended up really enjoying my time there. I went for lunch during a work day and shared the meat combo with a friend, and it was delicious and timely.The vibe of the interior is amazing. I know little of Eritrean culture, but the decor in that place was fun- and it looked like it would be a great place to go for a drink too. I definitely want to return at some point!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is a real authentic Eritrean, Ethiopian vibe. Top notch quality food at reasonable price. For someone that need fun and quality. The owner Eseyas is always on the top of everything. Full attention to his guests and servers are super fast. Thank you Esu for bringing an awesome vibe to the community.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am open to change my review down the road but when I try to order some food. They told me that they was not serving food anymore and that wouldn't be no problem but people that ordered food after me got food. And how I know is, I'm the one that gave them the menu after I was done with it. And they couldnt really give me an explanation Of why that is what it was.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
It's the worst habesha restaurant I have ever seen. Poor customer service. You feel very disappointed, and your mood is ruined as
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Best Food with Great Customer Service ????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Veggie and Meat Combo
2.5 ⭐I have been here several times and will never come back!Food: The beef was flavorful but was not tender and was very fatty. I feel like it's hit or miss as I've come a few times and it was satisfactory (that's the .5⭐)Service: Unwelcoming! The only time staff communicated with us was to take our order, we had to take it up on ourselves to ask for drinks. When the food came out it wasn't what we ordered so I let the lady know. The server rolled her eyes as she was taking the food back and said they couldn't change it!! However, if we place a new order they could correct it and charge us for the incorrect order??.Ambiance: music is loud (possibly why there was a miscommunication), dark club vibe.Check out DELISH if you're looking for excellent, fast and attentive service! Would have gone here but their kitchen was closed (95 degrees out) smaller but home like setting.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
I was so disappointed! I love African food been to a few in the city but this was my first time here and my experience was terrible!! First off they weren’t welcoming at all , they messed up on our order and refused to take it back, I’ve never had that happen ever at any establishment.. Customer service was horrible! They never came to check on us and the food was mid, good flavor but meat wasn’t tender and fatty .. I just feel if I was Habesha I wouldn’t have gotten that kind of service , all I can say is do better..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
2.5 I have been here several times and will never come back!Food: The beef was flavorful but was not tender and was very fatty. I feel like it's hit or miss as I've come a few times and it was satisfactory (that's the .5)Service: Unwelcoming! The only time staff communicated with us was to take our order, we had to take it up on ourselves to ask for drinks. When the food came out it wasn't what we ordered so I let the lady know. The server rolled her eyes as she was taking the food back and said they couldn't change it!! However, if we place a new order they could correct it and charge us for the incorrect order. Ambiance: music is loud (possibly why there was a miscommunication), dark club vibe.Check out DELISH if you're looking for excellent, fast and attentive service! Would have gone here but their kitchen was closed (95 degrees out) smaller but home like setting.
Best Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant the food was fresh the place looks amazing clean bathroom great customer service the sisters there are friendly with bright smile, I work 4 minutes away from the Resturant I will always come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5