Serves meat, vegan options available. Ethiopia's oldest hotel, est. 1898, houses a restaurant that offers a vegan Ethiopian food buffet every day at lunchtime ti 2:30pm. Open Mon-Sun 12:00pm-2:30pm.
Although food does tend to be cheap in Ethiopia, I still found the vegan buffet super worth it at ETB 104 (about USD 5 with taxes). The place stands close to the National museum, in the northern part of Addis, so it comes out as a practical lunch for tourists. I haven't tried their dinner options, but lunch definitely pleased me: traditional and simple Ethiopian food, just what I wanted!
Yes--it's good that there's an all-you-can-eat vegan buffet open every day for lunch in Addis. And the old hotel itself had an interesting ambiance. However, the day I went (Saturday) was really crowded, and it took a long time to get a seat (and even longer to get the water I ordered). While the variety of the food was decent (injera--multiple kinds, rice, spaghetti, various lentil/bean dishes, vegetable dishes and salads), the quality was a little below average for Ethiopian standards (the rice was bland and dry, some of the vegetable dishes had little or no spice). Usually getting the atkilt bayinetu (the injera with a mixture of veggies and wots) at a typical restaurant in Ethiopia will result in better food. I was deciding in my mind between 2 and 3 stars for this place and then saw one of the waitresses kick a cat that had walked into the restaurant--not cool. 2 stars.
3 Reviews
First Review by westcornersville
bfeitosa
Points +5368
Practical and cheap - Edit
Although food does tend to be cheap in Ethiopia, I still found the vegan buffet super worth it at ETB 104 (about USD 5 with taxes). The place stands close to the National museum, in the northern part of Addis, so it comes out as a practical lunch for tourists. I haven't tried their dinner options, but lunch definitely pleased me: traditional and simple Ethiopian food, just what I wanted!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2017-09-19
Pros: Cheap, Good variety, Good location
Guest
mtravel
Points +748
i was happy with the options - Edit
It's nice to sit outside and eat a lot of veggies. I was happy with the buffet and really liked the yellow lentil stew. Would def go again.
Read morePros: all vegan lunch Buffet
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westcornersville
Points +663
A little disappointing - Edit
Yes--it's good that there's an all-you-can-eat vegan buffet open every day for lunch in Addis. And the old hotel itself had an interesting ambiance. However, the day I went (Saturday) was really crowded, and it took a long time to get a seat (and even longer to get the water I ordered). While the variety of the food was decent (injera--multiple kinds, rice, spaghetti, various lentil/bean dishes, vegetable dishes and salads), the quality was a little below average for Ethiopian standards (the rice was bland and dry, some of the vegetable dishes had little or no spice). Usually getting the atkilt bayinetu (the injera with a mixture of veggies and wots) at a typical restaurant in Ethiopia will result in better food. I was deciding in my mind between 2 and 3 stars for this place and then saw one of the waitresses kick a cat that had walked into the restaurant--not cool. 2 stars.
Read morePros: ambiance, decent variety in buffet
Cons: waitress was inhumane to a stray cat, some of the food sub-par, crowded/slow service
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