Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant Menu (Updated September 2025)

Veggie Sambusa (3 Pcs)

A triangular shaped savory filled with lentils spiced and seasoned with a green chill, coriander, and lemon.

Timatim Fitfit

Diced vine-ripened tomatoes, peppers, onion, and crumbled injera are toasted together in lemon and olive oil vinaigrette.

Meat Sambusa (3 Pcs)

A triangular-shaped savory filled with minced beef cooked with green chili, coriander, and spices.

Tomato Avocado Salad

Vine-ripened tomatoes, jalapenos, avocado, red onions chopped, and toss in a spicy vinaigrette.

Extra Injera

Gluten Free (Teff) Injera

Gomen Besiga

Marbled cuts of beef are slow cooked in a mild onions sauce with chopped collard greens, garlic, and a blend of alicha seasonings.

Awaze Tibs (Beef)

Dices of beef marinated in awaze and sauteed with onions and fresh jalapeno.

Gored-Gored

Morsel cuts of beef are marinated in hot bereber-butter and minute rolled over a hot skillet Lalibela.

Kitfo

Finely chopped prime lean beef seasoned with herbed butter sauce and spices served with Ethiopian feta cheese. Prepared rare, medium, and well done.

Tibs Wot

Dices of lean beef are seared on a hot skillet then slow cooked in a hot berbere stew.

Derek Tibs

Cubed beef marinated in spiced butter and cooked until dark and crispy.

Special Kitfo

Extra lean cuts of prime beef are finely chopped and soaked in basil clarified butter and mitmita. Served with a mash Ethiopian feta cheese and collard greens.

Bozena Shiro

Lean dice of marinated beef are simmered in traditional chickpea gravy.

Lalibela Special Tibs

Tender cubes from the shoulder of lamb are rubbed with chef’s blend of Ethiopian seasonings and stir fried with onions, fresh rosemary, and garlic.

Awaze Tibs (Lamb)

Strips of a leg of lamb marinated in awaze and sauteed with onions and fresh jalapeno.

Lega Tibs

Tender cubes from the leg of a lamb marinated in white wine and kibe then sauteed to perfection.

Doro Wot

Legs of range chicken are slow-cooked in a dense stew of onions, berbere, and kibe. Boiled eggs are knife poked and simmered in the stew. A high holiday treat served with two legs, egg, and injera.

Doro Tibs

Cubed chicken fried with red onion, fresh tomatoes, and seasonal vegetables.

Gomen Wot

Finely chopped collard greens are cooked in their stem with mild seasonings and olive oils.

Beetroot

Fresh beetroot and long cut carrot are cooked in tomato sauce with our rich blend of seasonings.

Cabbage

Cabbage, potato, and carrot cooked with onion and garlic with a touch of turmeric.

Shiro

Split peas are milled together with a perfect blend of berbere, herbs, and onions. Slow cooked into a creamy dip for your injera.

Miser Wot

Split lentils are stewed with onion, garlic, and a blend of mild Ethiopian herbs.

Atakilt Wot

Fresh string beans and long cut carrot are cooked in tomato sauce with our rich blend of seasonings.

Kik Alicha

Split peas are cooked in onion, garlic, and olive oil. Mild yellow dish with a touch of turmeric subtle blend of herbs and spices.

Lalibela Sampler

A special combination of tibs wot, ye beg alicha, doro wot, cabbage, kik alicha, and gomen.

Lali Assa

Tilapia seasoned with Ethiopian herbs and spices.

Vegetable Combo

A combination of gomen, kik alicha, mesir wot, atakilt, and shiro.