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Address: 844 Broadway Ave S, Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: (507) 206-0695
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Enat Ethiopian Kitchen
New Ethiopian restaurant in town is amazing | Rochester, MN
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We gave Enat Ethiopian Kitchen a try tonight and we are very impressed.
The service was quite good but a few minor attention to details made me give them a four star rating for Service — no napkins at our table was the most noticeable issue.
We had vegie Sambusas for our appetizer. It was quickly delivered and it was very good. Tasty, crispy, and hot; very nice. There is a reasonable selection of tap beer and I ordered a Peroni. There are also canned/bottled beer and mixed drinks are also available.
For our entrees we had a Mehaberwi Combo — spiced beer stew (nicely spicy), red lentils, green lentils, cabbage with carrots, potatoes, and beets; Rice with Chicken; and Tibs — key (spicy), beef lega (juicy). Two of the meals came with injera — the staple flatbread of Ethiopia. The injera was good — spongy, bubbly, and with a nice tangy taste. It complemented our entrees well besides being our primary utensils besides our fingers.
It was all very good and plentiful. We each brought leftovers home and will enjoy this reheated.
The staff is very friendly and the owner is quite personable. We recommend this restaurant and I think you should give it a try.
We just had water to drink with meal. We did have to ask for more. No one comes back around to check on you like traditional American restaurant.
Our hostess was great when delivering our food to our table. Taking time to educate us what each items was. This made the difference between on okay experience and one we will return to get our favorites.
Having tried the variety of things together, I can return and order an individual items I loved. We finished the meal with the traditional coffee . So very strong. Not sure if they have cream or anything to add to it. Nothing offered.
The food was delicious. All the traditional vegetarian dishes were available. We got the family vegetarian combo which served the two of us well.
Ethiopian food is traditionally eaten with your hands by tearing small pieces of tangy pancake-like bread (injera) and using the bread to pick up bites of the other dishes. Vegetarian fare includes dishes of yellow lentils, regular lentils, carrot/cabbage/potato stew, beets, spicy lentils, and salad.
We tried the peach cobbler dessert which came with a tasty kind of homemade vanilla ice cream.
Our only disappointment is that they do not have the traditional Ethiopian honey wine (tej), although they have an assortment of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks.
I ordered the vegetarian platter, but carnivores will find great options too.
For 17$, They brought me a huge plate of food that was spiced perfectly and a piece of house made bread on the house for a treat.
Then, they added a salad.
So good. Terrific new vegan option (plenty of meat on the menu for carnivores) in Rochester.
They have beer, wine, and cocktails.
Easy parking in the lot outside the front door.
Highly, highly recommended!
I went here with some friends for dinner. Two of us ordered the mixed plates (authentic Ethiopian doro wat and various vegetables), one an Ethiopian beef stew, and two others including my fiance got a chicken and rice dish. My food was tasty. However, my friend who got the beef had to eat most of it with injera with his hands, because no silverware was ever brought to the table. We were also never asked if we would like some, which would be common courtesy at a minimum. They also never brought a pitcher to a table of 7, or checked to fill our waters. Then, when they finally filled one of our waters up (one at a time in the back instead of just using a pitcher?), one of the cups was watered down sprite. I just don’t know how this happened. Also never got a beer I’d ordered. Moreover, the two folks who got the chicken and rice waited A FULL HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES, only to be served ***plain white rice with Sam’s Club frozen diced vegetables in at and some air fried chicken wings*** (see pictured). No sauce. No seasoning. I can’t make this up. $17. What a joke. I wouldn’t have paid for it if it had been me and my fiance alone. The sauce in the rice pictured was added later at home. Fixed that for ya.
The icing on top of my experience with this poorly run nightmare was when they didnt split the checks as they were asked to, followed by me having to bring the check up to them after 30 minutes of waiting for them to come take it and run the card.
In summary, the food (while it can be good) is laughably inconsistent and the service is absolutely atrocious. I will never eat here again. This place is not being run well, and you can imagine what’s going on in the kitchen. It can’t be organized or sanitary if this is what things are like out front. I would be shocked if they lasted a full year before going under.
Also.. after you fix everything going on inside your restaurant… you should backlight your sign.
The music was also great vibes.
This is a picture of Peach Crumble. We will definitely come back!