Brothers Cafe & Restaurant is a Somali restaurant on Madison’s West Side that serves authentic East African food prepared fresh every day. Their menu offers a variety of dishes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner, all made with traditional Somali ingredients and flavors. Whether you’re looking for a quick bite to eat or a leisurely meal, Brothers Cafe & Restaurant has a delicious meal for you. Recently opened!
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DULAA MOTORS
Authentic Somali Taste and Great Hospitality in Madison!
I visited Brothers Café Restaurant in Madison and had an amazing experience. The food was fresh, flavorful, and 100% halal. I enjoyed the goat rice (bariis iyo hilib ari) — perfectly cooked and full of taste. The Somali tea (shaah) was smooth and rich, just like home.
The restaurant is clean, Somali-owned, and very welcoming. It has comfortable seating, a TV for entertainment, and even a restroom that’s clean and wheelchair accessible — showing they really care about all customers.
If you want real Somali sambusas, tea, and traditional food, this is the best place to visit in Madison. Highly recommended!
Brothers Café Restaurant – Somali Sambusa & Tea
✅ Halal food
✅ Somali-owned
✅ Family friendly & accessible
✅ Great tea and sambusa
… moreI visited Brothers Café Restaurant in Madison and had an amazing experience. The food was fresh, flavorful, and 100% halal. I enjoyed the goat rice (bariis iyo hilib ari) — perfectly cooked and full of taste. The Somali tea (shaah) was smooth and rich, just like home.
The restaurant is clean, Somali-owned, and very welcoming. It has comfortable seating, a TV for entertainment, and even a restroom that’s clean and wheelchair accessible — showing they really care about all customers.
If you want real Somali sambusas, tea, and traditional food, this is the best place to visit in Madison. Highly recommended!
Brothers Café Restaurant – Somali Sambusa & Tea
✅ Halal food
✅ Somali-owned
✅ Family friendly & accessible
✅ Great tea and sambusa
Pacal “DJ Pain One” Bayley
I’ve only eaten there once, but I will be back. The rice portions were huge and it’s the variety I like, not sure what the name of the grain variety is. The owner of the restaurant personally went above and beyond with hospitality and service.
… moreHamze Haji
I had a very bad experience with customer service here. I ordered my food and waited almost 25 minutes. When I finally asked about my order, then admitted they actually forgot about me.
It was not busy at all. He said he was watching a football game and forgot I was sitting there waiting. After a few minutes, he came back and asked me again what my order was. And finally left the restaurant.
I lost a lot of my time and felt ignored. I’m writing this so other customers are aware and I hope the restaurant improves their customer service. Good service is very important.
… moreIt was not busy at all. He said he was watching a football game and forgot I was sitting there waiting. After a few minutes, he came back and asked me again what my order was. And finally left the restaurant.
I lost a lot of my time and felt ignored. I’m writing this so other customers are aware and I hope the restaurant improves their customer service. Good service is very important.
Mouna A.
Updated 7/2025 —
I think this place has gone a bit downhill (perhaps the experience would be different dining in). If they even answer the phone, there’s a good chance half the menu won’t be available, even their main options. Last several times I’ve ordered carry-out, they’ve messed up my order and the meat is 1) primarily fat or 2) a tiny portion despite the higher price. It’s so unfortunate that their consistency has gone down so much – you never know if you’re gonna get the best plate of food you’ve ever had or something that shouldn’t even be served. I really want them to be successful, so hopefully something changes and there’s better consistency and stronger communication to ensure orders are correct and fair portions of quality meat is served.
Original Post —
Nowhere else in Madison can you find authentic, fresh Somali food. It is excellent food, large servings, incredibly flavorful and you’ll get kind service.
Madison has needed a Somali restaurant for awhile!
My family and I are already regulars; we have tried their goat, chicken suqaar (smaller chunks of chicken with peppers), beef suqaar (smaller cubed beef with peppers) grilled bone-in chicken, their rice and their spaghetti with meat sauce.
All of their meat is incredibly tender and well-seasoned.
The spaghetti could be an entree alone and will make you rethink tomato-based pasta meals.
You’ve gotta try this place out!
… moreI think this place has gone a bit downhill (perhaps the experience would be different dining in). If they even answer the phone, there’s a good chance half the menu won’t be available, even their main options. Last several times I’ve ordered carry-out, they’ve messed up my order and the meat is 1) primarily fat or 2) a tiny portion despite the higher price. It’s so unfortunate that their consistency has gone down so much – you never know if you’re gonna get the best plate of food you’ve ever had or something that shouldn’t even be served. I really want them to be successful, so hopefully something changes and there’s better consistency and stronger communication to ensure orders are correct and fair portions of quality meat is served.
Original Post —
Nowhere else in Madison can you find authentic, fresh Somali food. It is excellent food, large servings, incredibly flavorful and you’ll get kind service.
Madison has needed a Somali restaurant for awhile!
My family and I are already regulars; we have tried their goat, chicken suqaar (smaller chunks of chicken with peppers), beef suqaar (smaller cubed beef with peppers) grilled bone-in chicken, their rice and their spaghetti with meat sauce.
All of their meat is incredibly tender and well-seasoned.
The spaghetti could be an entree alone and will make you rethink tomato-based pasta meals.
You’ve gotta try this place out!
Salma
Huge portions for a good price and owners are very friendly. The food was excellent and they give you a variety of very good sauces. My only comment was that they had limited options from the menu that were available at that timr but I was also there an hour before they close so maybe the food was gone by then. Other than that, I’d recommend it
… moreCassandra S
The food was delicious and the service was great! The sambusas were very flavorful. The chicken suqaar was also great. Good Chai tea. The juices are included with lunch. Will come back again!
… moreLenny So
Don’t let the plain interior of the restaurant fool you. Brothers cafe and Restaurant is a place where you can get delicious food with huge portions with friendly servers. We ordered beef sambusa (think beef samosa) and the chicken suqar and pasta which was enough for 2-3 meals. The sambusa was flavorful with tons of spices (but not spicy) and served with a green chili sauce (spicy) on the side. The chicken suqar and pasta (served with a side salad) was very filling and also delicious. The chicken looked dry but it wasn’t. The pasta was sauteed in a meat sauce which had added great roasted flavors to the dish. The service was 10 of 10. The person who I assume is the owner was very friendly and attentive. I am definitely coming back to try other items on the menu.
… moreAmy Klarkowski
The staff was very friendly and offered our table complimentary drinks. The food was so good! I will definitely go back again! Please support this small business!
… moreDale Munger
I ordered the lamb and pasta the lamb was very good tender and tasty but the pasta was kind of flat and not tasty and very few spices or anything added to it. The fish samosa1 lackluster and had no spice title at all on it and the fish seem like ground up tuna
The salad was a joke iceberg lettuce three slices of ones onion two peppers and then they seemed surprised that I want to dressing with it
They didn’t have any salt and pepper on the table and it seemed kind of put out that I asked for salt and pepper then they brought it to us in the very little cups of salt and pepper
Service was spotty three people that came in after us got their food before us. And some people got a banana with their meal and some didn’t we didn’t get any. The waiter was not very friendly.
They were out of all diet sodas and the coke that we did get in by the water we’re not very cold.
… moreThe salad was a joke iceberg lettuce three slices of ones onion two peppers and then they seemed surprised that I want to dressing with it
They didn’t have any salt and pepper on the table and it seemed kind of put out that I asked for salt and pepper then they brought it to us in the very little cups of salt and pepper
Service was spotty three people that came in after us got their food before us. And some people got a banana with their meal and some didn’t we didn’t get any. The waiter was not very friendly.
They were out of all diet sodas and the coke that we did get in by the water we’re not very cold.
Jeremy Johnson
The food here was amazing! I had the goat dinner and was impressed! The staff was helpful and friendly too.
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