Abyssinia Restaurant Menu

1657 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
  • Appetizers

    • Sambusas

      Three lightly fried pastries filled with your choice of mixed vegetable, lentils or beef filling.
      $5.00
    • Tomato Salad

      Tomatoes, onions and green peppers mixed together with a lemon, salt and oil dressing.
      $6.50
    • Tomato Fitfit

      Tomatoes, green peppers and onions mixed with injera.
      $6.75
  • 6.99 Lunch Specials

    • Vegan

      Choice of two dishes form the vegetarian/vegan menu (excludes the Bozena Shiro)
    • Chicken

      Choice of Doro We’t, Doro Alicha or Doro Fitfit with one option from the vegetarian/vegan menu
  • 7.99 Lunch Specials

    • Beef

      Choice of Tibs We’t, Tibs Alicha, or Tibs Fitfit with one option from the vegetarian/vegan menu
  • 8.99 Lunch Specials

    • Lamb

      Choice of Yebeg We’t, Yebeg Alicha, or Yebeg Fitfit with one option from the vegetarian/vegan menu
    • Doro Tibs

      With one option from the vegetarian/vegan menu
  • Chicken

    • Doro We't

      Chicken drumstick and hard-boiled egg sautéed with onions and garlic, and simmered in a sharp and flavorful berbere sauce.
      $12.00
    • Doro Tibs

      Fresh chicken breast marinated in a thick sauce of garlic, ginger, onion, and berbere, sautéed and garnished with green peppers.
      $13.50
    • Doro Alicha

      Chicken drumstick and hard-boiled egg sautéed with onions and garlic, simmered in a mild turmeric flavored sauce.
      $12.00
    • Doro Fitfit

      Shredded injera mixed with Doro We’t or Doro Alicha, served with a hard boiled egg.
      $12.75
  • Lamb

    • Yebeg We't (Key We't)

      Fresh and tender lamb sautéed with onions and garlic, simmered in a sharp and flavorful berbere sauce.
      $14.75
    • Yebeg Alicha

      Fresh and tender lamb sautéed with onions and garlic, simmered in a mild turmeric flavored sauce.
      $14.75
    • Fitfit (Alicha Or Key)

      Shredded Injera combined with Yebeg Alicha or Key We’t.
      $14.75
    • Yebeg Tibs

      Strips of lamb, sautéed in onions and garlic and garnished with green peppers.
      $16.25
    • Yebeg Awaze Tibs

      A sharper, thicker take on Yebeg Tibs. Cubed lamb, marinated in a thick sauce of garlic, ginger, onion, and berbere sautéed and garnished with green peppers.
      $16.25
    • Yebeg Cha Cha

      Tender pieces of lamb seasoned to perfection with sautéed onions, garlic and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.
      $17.50
  • Beef

    • Lega Tibs

      Strips of beef sautéed and garnished with onions and peppers.
      $13.50
    • Awaze Tibs

      A spicier dish, strips of beef, sautéed with garlic fresh tomato, Mitmita (spicy chili powder), green peppers and onions.
      $13.50
    • Kitfo

      A spicier dish, minced beef seasoned with Niter Kibbeh (Ethiopian herbed butter) and Mitmita (spicy chili powder). Served rare, partially, or fully cooked.
      $14.00
    • Dulete Kitfo

      Kitfo, with the added flavor of garlic and jalapeno pepper. Served rare, partially, or fully cooked.
      $14.00
    • Gored Gored

      A spicier dish, cubes of fresh beef seasoned with Niter Kibbeh (Ethiopian herbed butter) and Mitmita (spicy chili powder). Served rare, partially, or fully cooked.
      $14.00
    • Cha Cha

      Tender pieces of beef seasoned to perfection with sautéed onions and vegetables, sizzling on a clay chafing dish.
      $15.25
    • Tibs We't

      Chunks of beef, sautéed with onions and garlic and simmered in a sharp and flavorful berbere sauce.
      $12.50
    • Tibs Alicha

      Chunks of beef, sautéed and then cooked with turmeric, onions and garlic.
      $12.50
    • Tibs Fitfit

      Tibs We’t or Tibs Alicha mixed with injera.
      $12.50
    • Shifinfin

      A combination of Doro We’t and Tibs We’t mixed with injera.
      $13.00
  • Vegetarian/Vegan

    • Shiro We't

      Powdered split peas prepared into a thick sauce with garlic and onion and simmered with berbere for a sharp and savory flavor.
      $12.00
    • Bozena Shiro We't

      A smoother take on Shiro We’t, cooked with onions, tomatoes, powdered split peas and spices imported from Ethiopia. Cooked and served in a traditional clay we’t pot.
      $13.00
    • Tikil Gomen

      Cabbage sautéed with turmeric, onions, and garlic.
      $12.00
    • Yatakilt We't

      Fresh carrots, potatoes and string beans sautéed with turmeric, garlic and onions.
      $12.00
    • Mesir We't

      Split lentils prepared with onions and garlic simmered in a sharp and flavorful berbere sauce.
      $12.00
    • Mesir Alicha

      Split lentils prepared with onions and garlic and simmered in a mild turmeric flavored sauce.
      $12.00
    • Kik We't

      A spicier dish, yellow split peas prepared with onions, garlic and a mix of Ethiopia spices, simmered in a spicy and flavorful berbere sauce.
      $12.00
    • Kik Alicha

      Yellow split peas cooked in a mild sauce of turmeric, onions and garlic.
      $12.00
    • Gomen

      Choice of collard greens or spinach sautéed with garlic and onions.
      $12.00
    • Timatim Salata

      A tomato salad with onions and green peppers tossed with a lemon, salt and oil dressing.
      $10.00
    • Timatim Fitfit

      Timatim Salata finely chopped and tossed with injera.
      $10.00
    • Beyaynetu

      Abyssinia’s vegetable combination, with your choice of five of the vegetarian dishes.
      $13.00
  • Abyssinia Specials

    • Abyssinia Special I

      Doro We’t, Yebeg We’t, Tibs Alicha, Gomen
      $13.00
    • Abyssinia Special II

      Doro Alicha, Tibs We’t, Yatakilt We’t, Tikil Gomen
      $12.50
    • Abyssinia Special III

      Doro We’t, Kitfo, Yebeg Alicha, Timatim Salata
      $14.00

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Menu Gallery

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