Ethiopia Restaurant, Berkeley

Great lunch buffet, very friendly, I'll go back soon.

The food is great-a wonderful ethnic experience. The service is a bit slow at times, and sometimes the wait staff acts a bit aloof. Also, I have gone at opening time and they were not only NOT open on time, they were no where close to being ready for customers.

This is a great Ethiopian restaurant. If you've never had Ethiopian food before, this is a great place to try it out - best if you bring a group of friends. I usually get the vegetable combo - they let you choose five vegetarian dishes out of a list of 12. I like the non-cold dishes better - my favorites are probably the mushroom stew and the carrot/zucchini. I also get the meat combo - it comes with the chicken, beef, and lamb stews. I absolutely love the chicken stew (doro we't). You get a whole drumstick in some heavily seasoned/spiced stew. The chicken is very tender and comes right off the bone. I think my boyfriend's favorite is the beef stew (t'ibs we't); the chunks of beef are very tender, and the stew is a bit spicier than the other two. The service is great, and the prices are very reasonable ($10-12 for the meat stews). The only recommendation I could make is to have better lighting inside the restaurant.