• Abissinia

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Vegan-friendly
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Ethiopian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Traditional Ethiopean food, based around the injera bread with various curries. Traditional style seating. Mainly vegan menu. Wash your hands before eating as utensils are not normally given and it's bad manners to eat with dirty right hand. Open Mon 13:00-16:00, 20:00-00:00, Wed-Sun 13:00-16:00, 20:00-00:00.


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13 Reviews

First Review by Blueberries

ID#

Points +369

Vegan
15 Oct 2023

Good portion size, tasty

Pretty interior, decent portion size and tasty. Injera was good. Had some yellow lentils, brown lentils, potatoes and carrots, misir wot, non-spicy salad, and some greens I don't remember. Good assortment.

One person had additional dietary requirements. When asked if the one dish in question could be changed for another, the answer was that the others will be able to eat it, so it was left as it is. Would have been nice to have an alternative.

Pros: Vegan combi

Cons: Not able to address change request

MattiasE

Points +4172

Vegan
09 Dec 2022

Muy bonito

I went here with some friends and we enjoyed it a lot. The staff is very kind and the food really is something different. A lot was spicy which I like. You eat with your hands and can easily share the food. 👍

VRebecca

Points +1494

Vegan
05 Sep 2022

Just be careful when coming here with meat eating friends

I went here with a friend that eats meat. I ordered a vegan platter and she ordered one with some chicken and egg. What arrived was one big platter we both had to eat from and while I know this is not unusual at all for ethiopian food, I felt weird eating from this plate that had meat on it so i wish the server had told us/asked us if that was okay. The other ethiopian restaurant i went to just asked us if we want to share a plate or not. However, everything on the plate was vegan besides the little chicken wing and egg at the top and it was delicious.

kai2608

Points +36

Vegan
29 May 2022

Delicious!!

The vegan options are so delicious. The environment is super comfy and nice. Such a beautiful place, would definitely recommend!

Pros: Enough vegan options , Delicious, so flavourful , Healthy

Jameskille

Points +3327

Vegan
19 Jul 2021

Something different

It really is something different as there's nothing else quite like it in Gracia. Te menu is quite confusing but the staff are very friendly and the food is interesting

Pros: Different experience, Welcoming staff

Cons: Confusing menu

Clumi

Points +67

Vegan
24 May 2020

Opciones veganas deliciosas

Muy buenas opciones veganas, servicio muy rápido y buen precio.

Mayane

Points +39

Vegetarian
01 Dec 2019

So good !

Very tasty , and very typically restaurant. The atmosphere is very nice

milly20001

Points +242

Vegan
23 Nov 2019

Bland and greasy

They do not ferment the injera. If you know anything about Ethiopian food you will be severly disappointed. The food is bland and greasy. In Sants the restaurant Addis Ababa is marginally better. They also do not ferment the injera but they add more spices to the veggie options so they have a bit more flavour (still nothing compared to authentic Ethiopian cuisine, there are no good Ethiopian restaurants in Barcelona).

JesseWaugh

Points +415

Fruitarian
13 Oct 2018

Best Ethiopian

The overall operation might benefit from some improvement, but this is some of the best Ethiopian food I’ve had anywhere - and I’m no noobie to Ethiopian food.

Tried to give five stars but can’t do that due to it not being an all vegan restaurant.

Pros: Delicious!

Reona

Points +20

Vegan
01 Apr 2018

Friendly staff, delicious food

First time to try Ethiopian food and I loved it. Everything was so full of flavor plus the staff was lovely. She did insist we ordered meat dishes though, saying we "need" meat to live. Well, she is just one of the many people who believe that.

Pros: delicious vegan food

Cons: lady insisted a little, in a nice way, to have mea

Saskia

Points +55

Vegan
23 Sep 2017

It's a scam

We ordered 2 different injeras and they brought us one with an extra piece of bread on the side and told us everything is combined on this one plate and it's to share. They are not charging per meal but per person so we ended up paying 29€ for one plate and walked out hungry.

Pros: Tastes good

Cons: Scammers, Unfriendly, Expensive

MichielVanD

09 Feb 2018

This is common at Ethiopian restaurants, the food is meant to share and everyone eats from the same large plate. Hope you did enjoy the food.

Saskia

21 Feb 2018

I've been to other Ethiopian restaurants and I know the concept of sharing. But serving only injera when two different(!!!) ones were ordered and then telling us they mixed the toppings so it is what we ordered, that I have never experienced and to me is a scam! We were so hungry when we got there and excited to have each one his own. And 29 Euro later we left still hungry.

JenniferKoukla

Points +147

Herbivore
10 Sep 2014

yum and flavourful

Extremely nice people and food was great. So many spices and tastes, not spicy, very healthful. The menu was a large refillable tasting platter. All good!

Pros: quality, service, ambiance

Blueberries

Points +250

Vegan
11 May 2011

Great food and a new experience!

I had my first experience with Ethiopian food here, and it was amazing! We ordered the vegetarian platter for two which I think was about 25€, but it wass all vegan and all good! It's also fun getting to eat with your hands :D

Pros: Goodvegan food and portion sizes, Nice atmosphere, Good service




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