Customers say that we are the best Ethiopian restaurant in the greater Boston area- and we have menu items for both vegetarian and meat lovers. People also talked about our sambusas and vegetarian mix with fried fish and there’s a lot more that they simply can’t resist.
Ethiopian place offering family-style meals eaten with injera in a cozy dining room with large bar. Based on 499 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
535 Main St, Malden, MA 02148
Phone: (781) 399-0868
Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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5–11 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Sunday | 12–11 PM |
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Reviews
Palesa Mello
The food was less than average, the injera did not taste like the original at all, it just looked like it. The veggies and meat lacked taste and spices. I would not recommend to anyone who knows how Ethiopian food tastes like. The service was great.
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R C
They must hire people to lie on their reviews. The food sucks! Overpriced burnt food. They claim that the prices online are from an “old menu” $9 kids meals( better off at McDonald’s)were overcooked,!! I think that they burned the food to try and get rid of the rotten chicken that they serve.! veggie & meat Sambusas were burnt! Fish was burnt! Do they only eat Burnt food in Ethiopia?? The waitress kept forgetting my spiced tea had to remind her multiple times. Took forever to get our food. A “Karen” kept gawking at me and my kids. (Instead of paying and leaving she decided to stare) Don’t u know it’s rude to stare? Her boyfriend kept coughing without covering up his Covid cough mouth… no manners. No ventilation in the place. . They weren’t prepared for our party of 6 Even though I called a day earlier and made “reservations “. I felt like they overcharged us for everything because we’re American(and I told them so). $175+ I didn’t make a scene, I just Won’t be coming back. I tipped out of pity, but the food was horrendous. BOH needs to be notified!
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Gowtham Na
By far the worst experience I had so far. I told the waitress explicitly that my wife is vegetarian and requested to get the meat dish separately. But she brought everything together and mixed both the dishes together. When asked she suggested my wife to eat around the corners that did not mix with the meat portion. No apologies offered. We decided to leave and asked her for check when she got a Togo box and just threw everything in. Won’t recommend or return to this place.
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Astral
The food was great! I enjoyed all of the dishes. The servers were amazing and made sure that all of our needs were met. This felt like a genuine Ethiopian restaurant experience.
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Sonia Energy Healer
Went as a party of 6 and we were immediately seated. There was 1 woman doing everything while an older gentleman was standing around and would occasionally help. The service was slow but I feel like she was doing her best handling a dozen tables at the same time. Food was delicious. I would go back but not when I’m in a rush.
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Peter G
I ate here 3 days ago and I’m still thinking about it. You can’t find a better Ethiopian restaurant in Boston, probably the entire state. Yebeg tibs were preposterously good, I’m going to try something else next time but that’s as good as what you’ll eat at an Ethiopian friend’s house!
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David C
In order to broaden my parent’s exposures to other country’s food, I introduced Ethiopian cuisine to them . After few rounds of deciding which restaurant to go, we selected Habesha Restaurant in Malden. We went there for a late lunch in a hot day and upon entering the restaurant, we realized the AC was not working, but regardless, we decided to stay and not let this inconvenience to spoil our experience. Based on my previous experience, I ordered a veggie combo and fried fish (Whole tilapia), Sega Tibs (Beef) and Doro Wot (Chicken). The veggies were very close to what I had before elsewhere, but the fried tilapia was excellent. Similarly, Doro Wot was tasty but Sega Tibs was way better than what I had before. Yes, it took some getting used to eating the meal by bare hand with Injera but overall, my parents and my brother enjoyed the food. We will definitely stop by again in the future and hopefully, the AC would get fixed by then.
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Tomas Pardiñas
First time eating Ethiopian food and it was delicious !
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jim phillips
We had been intending to try this restaurant for some time, after being told about it by an Ethiopian gentleman, who once won the NYC Marathon, and who eats here regularly.
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Mimi Hagos
If it was possible to give half a star, I would. I ordered a whole fried Tilapia with habesha salad. The salad was not included in the order. The fish was wrapped in aluminum foil. As if this wasn’t bad enough, it didn’t have any injera. So, what was I supposed to eat the fish with?!?! Wouldn’t recommend this place.
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