Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
“Everything was delicious and well-spiced, and we were promptly offered more fresh injera when we were almost finished w/ ours.”
“I enjoyed the beef tibs and the Awash chicken, and all the sides that accompanied them.”
“Whether eating in or ordering delivery, the food is consistently delicious, with each of the dishes being delicately spiced to perfection.”
Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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First time here, definitely will return. As other reviews state, you will leave full.
Staff was friendly, helpful, and the food came out pretty quickly.
Everything was tasty. Shared the combo for two and we didn't even finish it due to being too full. Considering it was under $30 for two people, you really can't go wrong.
If you try it and aren't sure what things are, they'll be more than willing to explain / recommend options.
Tremendously good Ethiopian restaurant capped off by caring and knowledgeable staff who were attentive to our needs. I've had a lot of Ethiopian food, and their selections were good. Every possible taste is catered to including vegans (tofu tibs, anyone?). The stars here are the Yetamatim Fitfit (an ingenious dish involving chopped up injera, tomatoes, garlic, and onions served ironically with more injera); Awash Chicken; Yemissir Kik Wat; and Doro Wat. The combo platters are the way to go.
I'm not sure that Ethiopian food is really my thing.
(However, my lady friend was able to convince me to come to Awash because we were going to South Africa and we should try the cuisine. Somebody should tell her that South Africa is about 4,000 miles away from Ethiopia. I would've, but I value my health/happiness.)
So take it for what it's worth when I say that although our meal at Awash was pretty solid, I'm not going to be rushing back anytime soon.
From the sambussas (nearly identical to samosas) to the mushroom tibs to the Awash tibs to the special tibs (lots of tibs) to the collards, lentils and beets, everything was well-executed, heavily spiced and decently flavorful. I actually prefer Awash's injera to the three or four other injeras I've been lucky enough to sample, and as a caveman at heart, I have no issue eating with my hands.
But again, it's not really my thing.
If you are particularly enamored of Ethiopian cuisine, I imagine you'd love Awash.
If you've never had it, Awash is a great introduction.
If you don't really like Ethiopian food, you probably shouldn't go, and you probably should've stopped reading this review a while back.
After craving Ethiopian food for a few months, I am in a position a lot of 1st generation Habesha (Ethiopian/Eritrean) people find themselves in. Our parents make the authentic thing at home but we were not taught how to make it for ourselves, so there you have it. I have been in NY for half a year and away from the home cooked meals (insert sad face with tears here…and a tiny violin).
So I ventured on Yelp to find a place with good food, good portions and good service, especially from trustworthy Yelpers (a lot of reviews, friends and pictures). This is where my dear search left me. Auto correct insisted I call it a "dear search" go figure.
The place looks just like it does on the photos, very beautiful. Great location because it is right across the street from Cobble Cinemas and looks like a lot of nice places to explore in this area.
My waiter was the best! He was Indian…his name sounded something like Query or Keeri (sorry for botching it up). I came with my daughter who just turned 5 and LOoooOoves attention. He was excellent in keeping her happy that I had to grab her from following him to the other tables lol.
I was very impressed with how quickly he took my order and how quickly the food came out. I ordered the veggie combo so I was able to try five veggies!
The food tasted great! Veggies were properly seasoned with the right textured injera to complement each flavor. I ate until I was stuffed and was looking forward to eating the rest for lunch the next day. I asked for the bill and a to go box but he didn't hear me ask for the box and it was already tossed. I was super sad so he offered to recreate what I had and I felt super relieved and happy. The epitome of excellent customer service. The busboy was awesome, joking with the little one about her obsession with the wet napkins and cleaning the chairs with them for her entertainment lol. Every interaction with everyone was positive.
To sum it up, I highly recommend you give it a try. And yes, you can trust my review (Yelp Elite stamp).
Not a huge variety, but fresh, quick, friendly service. It is a shame that more people in the neighborhood don't go here. Maybe they need to offer brunch? Anyway, everyone was happy with what they ordered, from fish to vegan sample to chicken.
While neighborhood hunting this afternoon we stumbled upon Awash.
Ethiopian food was recommended to me by a friend of mine who raved about the cuisine.
The restaurant itself it very comfortable and at around 3 PM was fairly busy but I suppose not so much for a Saturday afternoon.
I had the Awash Chicken which included beets and red lentils. Having never eaten this type of food before I was very excited and pleasantly surprised. The chicken was amazing, I think even my husband (who got beef was jealous of it).
My husband has the Special (Beef) Tibs which was also delicious and came with a side of sauce and collard greens, which I wished came in place of my beets since I'm not a huge fan of these.
The menu itself does not indicate what sides come with what dish, all that you know that you are getting is the entree and injera.
The injera itself it very good, springy and best when served warm.
The only complaint is that the injera that my chicken dish was served on soaked up a lot of oil, which sort of rendered it inedible to me.
Definitely excites me to continue to expand my experiences with Ethiopian food.
I wanted my family (there were four of us at dinner) to try a different cuisine so, I decided to take them to Awash. It was their first time eating Ethiopian food, but not mine. I live in the DC area where there are an abundance of Ethiopian restaurants. I found a groupon deal where you pay $30 for $50 worth of food (this is for the Brooklyn location). I'll discuss the food first, and then I'll discuss the service:
Food–before I start, I'll state that I'm not an Ethiopian food connoisseur, aficionado or expert–I had it just enough times to make a decent comparison. We got the meat sambusas and the yater kik fitfit for appetizers along with a round of St. George beer. The sambusas were delicious as was the yater kik fitfit. My mom and cousin order honey wine–my cousin loved it. Next, we ordered our entrée which was the vegetarian combo platter because my step-father is pescatarian and I didn't want to cross-contaminate the platter with meat. The veggie platter was disappointing. The key sir alicha (red beets) was salty, which made me sad because I love beets (my mom thought it was salty too). I was not feeling the gomen (collard greens)…I can't really put my finger on it, all I know is that it wasn't good. The yatakilt alicha (cabbage) and yemissir kik wat were okay, just okay–nothing memorable. The best thing on the platter was the shiro (chickpeas). I didn't like the injera–it was thicker than I care for, and after a while, I noticed that I had this grittiness on my fingers (I later talked to an Habesha friend of mine and he told me that they probably didn't let the injera air out long enough).
Now, let's discuss the service. The waitress greeted us and seemed pleasant. The waitress offered us forks–my step-father and I declined but my mom and cousin took them. Every so often, she would ask us how we were doing. She asked us if we wanted more beer, which we did. Here is where things go wrong: we asked for the check and I told her that I have a groupon. She said "you have to present it at the beginning" and I replied "well, I'm showing it now." She repeated herself like five times as if I didn't hear her the first time. I told her that I don't live here so I need to redeem it now. At this point my mom just wants to leave and is like forget the groupon–my cousin and I refused to back down and the waitress said that she'll call her boss but that she can't promise anything (that old chestnut). She called her boss and then told us that she will accept it. I tried to give her the printed copy (the app on my phone isn't working) but she insisted that I use my phone. I had to find the email, log in via the mobile website and pull it up from there (as she was hovering over me). I couldn't understand why she was griping over the fact that I didn't give it to her at the beginning. I know, I know, the voucher says to pull up groupon, present groupon and enjoy but all vouchers say the same damn thing. Furthermore, I've been several places where I presented the groupon at the end and it wasn't a problem. Also, I read the fine print–I made sure we went on Thursday (it was only valid Sunday thru Thursday), we spent way more than $50 worth of food (try $161 before groupon discount) and it was before the expiration date. She made a big deal for essentially $20. She never gave a reason as to why the groupon had to be presented at the beginning–I can only deduce that the service would not have been the same. In fact, everyone I told pretty much said the same thing. I actually thought that my mom would never try Ethiopian food again but she said she would–just not Awash.
This Cobble Hill Ethiopian gives my Park Slope old -favorite a run for its money. Only thing setting them apart is service. Service here, though friendly and welcoming is slow. Fantastic doro wett served super spicy and full of flavor. The goat aletcha was very good as well. Served with two types of lentils, beets, collard greens, carrot and cabbage, it was a big flavorful meal when scooped up with the tangy injera bread. Prices are a bit high but order the combinations for a much better price. Worth coming here and highly recommended but you'll need to be patient.