Best Ethiopian Restaurants In Toronto Near Me

4worldlovers: Where culinary authenticity and fine ingredients meet expert Ethiopian preparation. Address: 4 Irwin Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1K9, Canada

In the best traditions of Ethiopian hospitality, Toronto's esteemed East African establishment invites you to a place where good dining and good friends meet. Savor the delights of Ethiopian cuisine - a gastronomic adventure par excellence. To first time guests and regulars alike, the whole team at Ethiopian House invite you to sample an adventure in taste.

The House's Injera (bread) is an Ethiopian staple served with meat or vegetables. Often folded like a large napkin, it serves as a spongy bed for meat or vegetables - and it's a side dish as well. Small pieces of Injera are broken and with the fingers of the right hand, are used to enfold the meat or vegetables - sauce and all.

Here, meats are specially prepared for individual tastes by an experienced chef and a host of talented kitchen staff. Vegetarian dishes include spicy split peas, chick peas rich in garlic, lentils, crunchy collard greens and smooth-roasted potatoes.

There is undoubtedly a wealth of choices when it comes to African food in Toronto. However, this Ethiopian restaurant is more than just a dining room but a "house" with all the warmth and atmosphere you'd expect in such an intimate setting.

"At the Ethiopian house, a trendy restaurant at Yonge and Irwin in the heart of Downtown - the injera rules supreme. Those who get hooked on it, keep coming back for more."

"Each serving occupies its own little space on the injera magic carpet."

Hours: 12pm - 11pm (Thursday-Saturday) / 12pm - 10pm (Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday)

The House is committed to using only the finest and freshest authentic ingredients. Please note that menu items are subject to availability. New additions may be made. Specials can also vary as well as wine lists. Reach out to the restaurant directly for the most current information and prices. Spices/ingredients marked with an asterix are explained in the glossary below.

Whole lentils boiled and mashed with lemon green chilli and seasonings (served cold)

Pieces of Injera mixed with tomatoes, onions, green chillis in oil and lemon dressing

Pieces of Injera mixed with tomatoes, onions, green chillis in oil and lemon dressing. Injera mixed with dried pea flour (served cold).

Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, with oil and lemon dressing (jalapeno peppers, onions optional). May be served with bread or injera.

Strips of beef prepared with berbere or awaze* and salt and pepper, dried and served in small pieces mixed with injera

Injera sauteed in pan fried beef with dried hot green peper topping

Pan fried beef sauteed with onions, garlic, green peppers, tomatoes and awaze* with injera

Steak tarter sauteed with warm keebe* and a dash of hot pepper sauce to taste (served raw, rare, medium or well-cooked, with injera, aib* and kale)

Chunks of tender beef mixed in seasoning, awaze*, keebe* and sauce (served raw, rare, medium or well-cooked, as desired, with injera). Best served rare.

"Of Each Kind" small servings of Nos.9 and 11 (Tibs and Kitfo Special) with Gomen (collard greens) and aib*

A dry pepper powder, the end-product of an intricate process in which numerous spices are carefully blended.

A paste made from small hot red peppers, cardamon, and cloves or afrinji made from red pepper.

A powder made from small hot red peppers, cardamon, and afrinji made from red pepper seeds, ginger, garlic, onions and black pepper.

Ethiopian butter which is clarified. In the process, chopped ginger, garlic and onions are added along with other spices, including fenugreek, white cumin, basil, cardamon, oregano and turmeric.

Tibs (pan fried beef), Tikil Gomon (cabbage & carrots), Atakelet wot (string beans & potatoes)

Fresh collard green with fried beef sauteed with seasoned butter, fresh tomato, berbere, green pepper and onion

Highly-seasoned chick peas (powder) in berbere sauce mixed with cubes of beef

Mixed vegetables - string beans, carrots, potatoes - cooked in tomato sauce

4worldlovers: Wazema is a family restaurant so our food is prepared the way mom makes it at home, except that our mom also cooks for all our customers that cross our door. We proudly serve Ethiopian food and offer a variety of vegan and vegetarian dishes. Try dishes customers are raving about like the Zil Zil ...


1360 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4J 1M9, Canada, Toronto, M4J 1M9

4worldlovers:
Located at 977 Bloor Steet West in Toronto. When you visit us at African Palace, you are in for a treat. Experience our traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean dishes. We pride ourselves on our creative combinations of spices and sauces and use of the freshest ingredients, choosing locally grown produce as much as possible.

Our warm atmosphere and attentive staff makes African Palace the perfect destination for your next night out, whether an intimate dinner for two or a large group celebration. We serve dinner 7 nights a week, as well as our traditional Coffee Ceremony. We also offer many vegan and gluten-free options, including 100% teff injera . Come visit us today!

4worldlovers: Travel to Africa with Rendez-Vous restaurant. Rendez-Vous Restaurant Bar & Cafe is specialized in Ethiopian and Eritrean Cuisine. Savour the dishes of the exotic continent and immerse yourself in the alluring environment of traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine, the best traditional coffee from its birthplace and roasting rituals. Rendez-Vous offers courteous service that will invite you to travel to Africa over and over again and mark our word of that !!

(LENTILS SPICY OR NOT-SPICY WET SOCKED IN INJERA AND SERVED ROLLED).

INJERA MIXED WITH FRESH DICED TOMATO, ONION, AND OLIVE OIL. (SERVED COLD)

INJERA MIXED WITH WATER, CHICKPEA FLOUR, AND OLIVE OIL.(SERVED COLD)

CHOPPED TOMATOES, ONION, GREEN PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, GINGER, VINEGAR AND OLIVE OIL.

BOILED AND SLICED POTATOES, ONION, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, GINGER, OLIVE OIL AND VINEGAR.

A MIX OF TUNA, ONION, TOMATO, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, GINGER AND VINEGAR.

LETTUCE, ONION, GARLIC, GINGER, BLACK PEPPER, OLIVE OIL, VINEGAR AND VINEGAR.

SPICY OR NON-SPICY SPLIT LENTILS STEW IN TICK MILD RED SAUCE SEASONING.

4worldlovers: A combination of beef tibsi, chicken tibsi and three vegetarian dishes.

Cooked collard greens, onions, green peppers, seasoned with garlic and ginger.

Sautéed mushrooms and onions with a touch of berbere and herbs

Cubed tender beef served with a berbere sauce. Served medium or rare. Goes good with Ouzo.

Tongue sautéed with caramelized onions, green peppers, spices and fresh tomato sauce.

Very lean and tender minced beed seasoned with mitmita and house butter. Served medium or rare.

One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others. ~African Proverb

Tripe and freshly minced lean lamb mixed with butter or mitmita.

Chicken in a mild white sauce or a spicy red sauce

Shrimp served spicy or mild delicately sautéed with tomatoes, peppers, onions and berbere

Chopped fish with fresh garlic, green chilli peppers and mixed with special herbs.

Sea Bass mixed with berbere and chef's special spices. Served mild of hot.

Eritrea's coffee ceremony is an integral part of their social and cultural life. An invitation to attend a coffee ceremony is considered a mark of friendship or respect and is an excellent example of Eritrean hospitality. Performing the ceremony is almost obligatory in the presence of a visitor, whatever the time of day. Don't be in a hurry though - this special ceremony can take a few minutes.

4worldlovers: We bring a contemporary approach to Ethiopian and North East African cuisine- we work to make food that is honest, Tasty, healthy and light with unobtrusive and efficient service.

In keeping with Ethiopian philosophy, our menu is based on freshness, seasonality and, where possible, organic sourcing.

During the summer months, a lot of our produce comes from the family farm in Oakville. Our chicken and beef are non-aged Mennonite when practical.

Gluten free injera is available - a 5$ surcharge applies. If you don’t feel like injera you can order couscous or rice.

We pride ourselves in making classic New Orleans style cocktails - i.E. our sazerac is made using Sazerac and Pechot’s Bitters & absinthe, our whiskey sours use farm fresh egg whites, We use proper cranberry juice (we take frozen cranberries, blend and strain them) for our cosmos.

House Special: Nunu’s Tej Cocktail - Caramelized honey with CINNAMON, nutmeg, gesho, lime juice, rum and soda - as featured in the globe & Mail.

Whiskey Sou, Cosmopolitan, Negroni, SAzerac, Gin & Vodka Martinis, Tom collins, Manhattan, Old FashioneD, Ethiopian style Caesar(with Berbere), Aperol Spritz.

We are Slowly working from A to Z through Ted Haigh’s ‘Vintage Spirits and forgotten cocktails’ and try to feature a different PROHIBITION era cocktail each week.

If you want something different or a mocktail no problem we can figure it out together.

Large salad with whatever is fresh from our garden i.e. Romaine, Radicchio, pumpkin seeds, Roasted Apple

Chicken liver pate with Nunu’s berbere and freshly made bread

Nunu’s Tasting platter of vegan dishes. The selection is based on what is super fresh at the time. Imported Pure Teff gluten free Injera is available for $5 extra.

A selection of Traditional Ethiopian meat dishes - Doro Wat (Spicy Chicken), Doro ALicha (Savoury Chicken), Tibs (seared Sirloin). Imported Pure Teff gluten free Injera is available for $5 extra.

Ethiopian Steak Tartare made with mennonite Beef, BERBERE AND FRESHLY MADE BREAD. Rare or lightly cooked.

Mennonite Beef or Chicken cutlet with Injera or couscous and salad.

All prices exclusive of HST and subject to change. Menu items may change due to availability.

Located three blocks east of Dufferin Street between the Drake and Gladstone Hotels

4worldlovers:
My experience at this establishment was exceptional! It was exceptional because of the food and service. For food, my sisters and I each got a vegetarian platter! All the dishes on the platter were incredibly delicious and flavorful!!! In terms of service, it has been the best one since I’ve been in Toronto. The staff member was very attentive and checked on us more than once. She refilled our waters and gave us more hit water for tea and was just all around fantastic!!! I have nothing but good things to say about this establishment!!! :)

Come here if you're looking to explore Ethiopian cuisine for the first time! Ate here today with a close friend, it was the first time having Ethiopian food for the both of us, and we were absolutely blown away by this restaurant. We both had Chacha, a lamb dish recommended by the very friendly server, who helped us navigate the menu. The flavour of the lamb, veggies, and hot sauce were all phenomenal. Injera was also light and had good flavour. The only critique I can make is that there were quite a few bones in my friend's dish, and only a few in mine. It didn't really bother us though as we were constantly blown away by the amazing flavour of the dish. Overall 10/10 food and service. We'll definitely be back!