Addis Ababa Restaurants

  1. 17 17

    This local, atmospheric option is usually alive with action. The food isn't the best, but it's filling and cheap. Look for lights in a tree next to a well-lit butcher.

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  2. Addis Ababa Restaurant

    Feeling like a neglected museum, this long-standing Piazza favourite continues to churn out great Ethiopian dishes and pure tej (it has its own brewery).

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  3. Agelgil

    Off Meskal Flower Rd, tucked down a dirt track next to the railway tracks, is this great option. There's live dancing and music every night (except Wednesday) at .

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  4. Aladdin

    An Armenian restaurant serving mouth-watering hummus, tabouleh and kuefteh (spicy meatballs).

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  5. Blue Tops Restaurant

    Opposite the National Museum, and the haunt of expats, this airy restaurant serves flavourful pastas (some vegetarian options), calzones and heavenly ice-cream sundaes. Pizzas join the parade evenings and at lunch Sunday.

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  6. Café Miru

    Besides great pastries, cakes and coffee, the upper section serves some decent meals.

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  7. City Café & Pastry

    Educated in the art of apple strudel and other delicious delicacies while in the States, the owner produces some of Addis' best pastries.

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  8. Dashen Traditional Restaurant

    The soft lighting and intimate surrounds are perfect for your first awkward attempts at injera . It saved us from embarrassment after accidentally inhaling berbere - don't ask! It's off Itegue Taitu St.

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  9. Family Restaurant

    Large size servings of Tex-Mex fare.

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  10. Habesha Restaurant

    For a meal that looks as good as it tastes, come to this fashionable Bole eatery where serving is an art form. There's also live music and traditional dancing every night at .

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  12. Jewel of India

    Another great Indian eatery, with more than 150 dishes.

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  13. Kaldi's Coffee

    While lawyers may eventually kibosh Kaldi's Starbucks-like sign, logo, interior, uniforms and menu, thirsty expats dropping around Br14 for fabulous frappuccinos will ensure Kaldi's contagious coffee lives on.

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  14. Leah's House British Restaurant

    Wield your fork like a Brit possessed and massacre Cornish pasties, full English breakfasts or a steak-and-kidney pies. It's the real deal - enjoy!

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  15. Lime Tree

    Tuck into a pita stuffed with tabouleh or falafel, or savour a chicken coconut curry. Its creative juices are thirst slayers.

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  16. Pasticceria Gelateria - Roby's Pastry

    Doles out refreshing homemade ice cream and mouth-watering cakes.

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  17. Raizel Café

    This slick modern café speedily serves tasty cheese burgers, tuna melts, French fries and breakfast omelettes.

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  18. Ristorante Castelli

    Famous clientele and fabulous Italian fare. We joyfully devoured the fettuccine al tartufo (fettuccini in truffle sauce) at this Piazza palace.

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  19. Sangam Restaurant

    If you've got a craving for a cracking curry, try this atmospheric option.

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  20. Serenade

    Tucked up a dark cobblestone alley in eastern Piazza is this magnificent Mediterranean eatery. Peruse the creative menu, laden with succulent treats like braised lamb with caramelized onions, lentils, lemon and raisin orange couscous. There are vegetarian delights and divine desserts.

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  22. Shangri-la Restaurant

    An atmospheric place for tere sega (raw meat), which is available on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. There's an outdoor dining area and a cosy bar serving quality tej .

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  23. Tomoca

    Coffee is serious business at this old Italian Piazza café, where beans are roasted on-site. The beans are roasted on site (you can literally smell them roasting from a block away) and Tomoca serves what’s likely the capital’s best coffee. If that isn’t enough, it’s also dripping in 1920’s atmosphere. Beans are also sold by the half-kilo.

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  24. Top View

    We could talk about the cannelloni, Parma ham and fresh seafood, but we're still thinking of its gorgeous view.

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