Lalibela Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Lalibela Restaurant, a gem nestled in Washington, D.C., offering a delightful blend of traditional Ethiopian flavors and modern dining experience. This restaurant is known for its vibrant and diverse menu, featuring a variety of wholesome vegetarian and vegan options alongside delectable chicken dishes.
- Starters: Begin your culinary journey with the Lentils Sambusa, a spiced pastry that perfectly balances flavors.
- Vegetarian Highlights: The Shiro Wot, made with ground peas cooked in a symphony of spices, captures authenticity and taste.
- Chicken Special: Indulge in the Doro Wot, a spicy chicken leg simmered to perfection with rich, flavorful spices.
With offerings for all palates, a full bar, and accommodating facilities, Lalibela Restaurant is perfect for family dinners or casual gatherings. Don’t miss the chance to savor Ethiopian cuisine in a warm and inviting atmosphere!
Starters
Lentils Sambusa
Pastry shell filled with lentils and green pepper spiced with cumin, garlic, onions with a touch of nutmeg.
Tomato Salad
Chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers served with house dressing.
Lalibela Salad
Lettuce, fresh tomato, jalapenos, onions, vegetable oil, vinegar, and garlic with house dressing.
Sardines Salad
Chopped sardines, fresh tomatoes, jalapeno, onions and topped with house dressing.
Kikalicha
Yellow split peas cooked with onion, garlic, red pepper, and vegetable oil.
Shiro Wot
Your choice of grinded peas or chickpeas, cooked with onions, garlic, and red peppers.
Dinch Wot
Potatoes and carrots, onions, garlic, turmeric, vegetable oil, and house condiments.
Meser Wot
Lentils cooked with red peppers, onions, garlic, and vegetable oil.
Tecki Gomen
Cabbage and carrots cooked with onions, garlic turmeric, and vegetable oil.
Gomen Wot
Collard green cooked with onions, garlic, and vegetable oil .
Yetsom Wot
Vegetables combination dish 2, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, and 10.
Yetsom Wot with Fish Crocker
Vegetables combination dish 2, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, and 10.
Yetsom Wot with Tilapia
Vegetable's combination dish 2, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, and 10.
Yatikilt Wot
A tasty mixed vegetables dish 7, 9, and 10.
Asa Dullet
Chopped marinated tilapia fish with exotic Ethiopian spices, sauteed in butter with onions and jalapenos served with vegetables and your choice of pasta or rice. Butter may be omitted upon request.
Vegetarian Entree
Lalibela Chicken Special
Doro Wot
Spicy leg of chicken, marinated in lemon, simmered in clarified seasoned butter (Kibe) with red hot peppers sauce (berbere), flavored with ginger root, cardamom, garlic, and exotic spices served with a hard-boiled egg.
Alicha Doro Wot
Mild a leg of chicken marinated in lemon simmered in kibe (clarified seasoned butter), flavored with ginger root, turmeric, garlic, and other exotic spices, served with a hard-boiled egg.
Yeteketefe Doro Wot
Spicy or mild chopped chicken breast, marinated in lemon simmered in clarified seasoned butter (Kibe) with red hot peppers sauce (berbere), flavored with ginger root, cardamom, garlic, and exotic spices.
Lalibela Tibs
Tender lamb cubes marinated in red wine and spices especial blended sauce (berbere), simmered with jalapeno hot peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
Lega Tibs
Tender cubed pieces of lamb marinated with especial spices, onions, tomatoes jalapeno, and garlic.
Dereck TIbs
Savory lamb chunks dry fried with onions, jalapeno peppers, and red hot especial seasoning (berbere).
Gomen Besiga
Tender chopped pieces of lamb with steamed collard green combined.
Lamb Entree
Beef Entree
Lalibela Ye Shint Tibs
Spicy tender pieces of rib eye beef fried with onion and jalapeno or mild ye shint tibs.
Mild Ye Shint Tibs
Yebere Goden Tibs
3 inches beef ribs, fried with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos peppers.
Kitfo
Ethiopian style steak tartar, seasoned with herbed butter and hot chili peppers, served raw, lightly, or well cooked.
Leyu Kitfo
Fresh ground beef seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and hot chili peppers, mixed with cheese and served raw, lightly, or well cooked.
Taye Kitfo
Fresh ground beef seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and hot chili peppers, mixed with onions, jalapeno pepper, and cheese, served raw, lightly or well-cooked
Gored Gored
Chunks of raw fresh beef simmered in berbere (a blend of hot peppers), onions, ginger, and herbal butter.
Key Wot
Fresh beef marinated in red wine and cooked with red hot peppers sauce, onions, ginger roots, garlic, and berbere (a blend of exotic Ethiopian spices).
Alicha Wot
Fresh and tender beef prepared with especial Ethiopian herbed butter, seasoned with turmeric, onions, garlic, and ginger roots.
Key Ena Alicha
Half and half combinations of 29 and 30.
Kuanta Fitfit
Dry or tender beef sauteed in hot red peppers sauce, onions, tomatoes, and mixed with pieces of Ethiopian bread (enjera).
Dulet
Chunks of lamb tripe and beef seasoned with herbed butter and served raw, lightly or well-cooked with onions, garlic, and jalapeno pepper.
For 1 Combination Special
Your choice of 1 item.
For 2 Combination Special
Your choice of 2 items.
For 3 Combination Special
Your choice of 3 items.
For 4 Combination Special
Your choice of 4 items. Additional beef or chicken.
Lalibela Combinations Special
House Specials
Pasta with Meat Sauce Special
Rice with Meat Sauce Special
Pasta with Tomato Sauce Special
Rice with Tomato Sauce Special
Pasta with Mixed Vegetables Special
Rice with Mixed Vegetables Special
Fish Crocker Special Special
Tilapia Sandwich Special
Salmon Fish Sandwich Special
Fish with Mixed Vegetables Crocker Special
Fish with Mixed Vegetables Telapiya Special
Mixed Vegetables Special
Served with French bread.
Grilled Chicken Special
Fried Lamb Special
Fish Cotlet Special
Kifto Sandwich Special
Lamb Sandwich Special
Soda
Foundatin Soda
16 oz.
Coffee
Hot Tea
Ice Tea
Bottled Water
Ethiopian Style Spiced Hot Tea
Served with cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.
