Veg platterVegan
$52for two, dine in
Shiro, lentils, cabbage and carrot, pumpkin, seasonal vegetables and salad on injera.
Ethiopian restaurant, Kensington
Slow food from the Horn of Africa
Welcome, come in. Dinner is for sharing.
Dinner Monday to Saturday, 5:30pm to 10pm.
- OpenMon to Sat, 5:30pm to 10pm
- FoodHalal, vegan options, gluten-free on rice
- ParkingFree in the streets nearby
- DrinksLicensed, BYO wine welcome
- RoomAbout fifty inside, seven tables outside
- TramRoute 57, stops near the door
Easiest way to order
The chef's platters
Let the chef choose a spread of tsebhi for your table, on a round of injera, so you try most of the menu in one go.
Mixed platter
$62for two, dine in
Lamb, chicken and fish, with shiro, lentils, cabbage and carrot, pumpkin, seasonal vegetables and salad on injera.
What to expect
How dinner works here
Injera
One of the oldest breads in the world. It looks like a big, soft, spongy pancake and tastes slightly sour, and it comes fresh every day from a bakery near us that makes nothing else. It lines the platter, and you tear pieces off to pick up the food. Photo: dbaler, Pexels.
Tsebhi
Our word for the dishes on the injera. Onions cooked down slowly in our house-made vegan ghee of olive oil and spices, then lamb, chicken, goat, fish, lentils or chickpeas, left for a couple of hours. Red ones are hot with berbere, yellow ones are mild.
Sharing
Everyone eats from the same platter. There is a saying that people who share a plate will not betray each other, and an evening here does tend to go that way. There is always cutlery if you would rather; just ask.
Coffee
After dinner, our own coffee with cinnamon and ginger, or a spiced kammam chai. Where we come from, coffee is for sitting down and talking, so nobody will hurry you.
One heart, one mind, one soul
An evening with us
People from home tell us an evening here feels like an evening back home, and we carry that with us for days. Lose an hour or two with us. Tear the bread, eat with your hands, let the coffee come to the table with the cinnamon still rising off it, and if it is your first time, say so, and we will walk you through it. The restaurant has been on Racecourse Road since 2006, ours since 2014. Come in, share a platter and take your time.
In the press
"The welcome is so warm you could cuddle it."Dani Valent, The Age Epicure
"Crackerjack dishes. Good enough to stake a claim for inclusion in the Good Food Guide."Matt Preston, The Age Epicure
Find us
Come and relax
Monday to Saturday, 5:30pm until 10pm. Closed Sundays.
277 Racecourse Road, Kensington
Tram 57 stops near the door.