Kilimanjaro Cafe
Restaurant, Bar
Profile
$$ - average
Ethiopian/Eritrean
Ethiopian
Ethiopian restaurant on the West Bank
Near corner of Cedar and Riverside
- Large Group-Friendly
- Live Music
Added by Robin Garwood on Jan 5 05 (updated Aug 12 05)
Reviews
The food was pretty good, a fairly standard mix of lentil and vegetable dishes. It'd be nice if they had more vegan appetizers or soups, like Addis Ababa does.
When we went it was late on a Friday night, and the music was very loud, which isn't all that surprising given that it is also a bar. It would've been nicer if it was quieter, though.
Excellent food, good price. The music was too loud.
Good ethiopian, right next door to the Red Sea. Vegan options served family style (order the vegetarian combination). Quite good. They have loudish live music most nights, always in my experience made by the same guy. Friendly staff, good atmosphere. Definitely among the best ethiopian places in the Twin Cities, on par with Red Sea, Fasika, and Addis Ababa.
This place has amazing food. The vegetarian appetizer (it has fava beans in it) ordered without feta is excellent - it comes with fluffy, crusty white bread - very good. Easily enough for three or four people. The vegetarian combo for two is enough for three, really. They have the best injera bread I have had in the twin cities, and everything on the combo platter was fantastic. According to the server, all of the vegetarian meals are vegan. We had to wait a while for our food - but it is so worth the wait. They had this huge TV on the whole time we were there (same as Addis Ababa is this a quirk of Ethiopian places??) and that was a bit distracting, but once the food gets there, we blocked everything else out. The only reason it's getting a nine instead of a ten is that I've only been once, and it could have been an 'on' night - I'll be going back to finish my research, though. UPDATE: Research completed 3 out of three right on the money. This is, hands down, the best Ethiopian place in town.