Alem Ethiopian Village
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
4.2 / 5 votes
Ethiopian food
Restaurant, Bar
A wonderful restaurant that serves traditional Ethiopian food. Forget the utensils, as Alem encourages patrons to dine in the traditional Ethiopian manner, using your hands. You use injera, a pancake like sourdough flat bread, to scoop up your food.
All vegetarian dishes, including: lentils, split peas, collard greens, potatoes, chick peas, potatoes, cabbage, and more, are vegan as well. Note that some of the wines contain honey, but the homemade Ethiopian tea does not. The staff is familiar with what vegan means and even has a "vegan-friendly food" sign in the window.
Alem features a full bar and is completely smoke-free. They have a few traditional Ethiopian low-standing basket-type tables but the dining room is mostly "regular" tables, which are covered with Ethiopian rugs and decorations.
Price ranges from $5.50-$8.50 for lunch and $5.50-$12.00 for dinner. They offer a small vegetarian combo platter including about 4-5 items, and a large vegetarian platter that features all 8 vegetarian items on the menu.
Added by Felisha.Anne on Sep 20 08 (last updated Dec 27 08)
Mark this place closed (permanently).
Most Recent Reviews
veganshark
Feb 6
Jesus R
Feb 4
We ordered a vegan platter for two. It was delicious for the most part. It was like a sampler of many(or all, not sure) their vegan dishes, on bread with the bread rolls and salad. It was really good. Most of them were delicious, only one or two were kind of bland. There must have been like 8 or so scoops of different things on there. Overall, it was very very good, and something different to try. I recommend it.
Neighborhood
DowntownDirections
#15 bus to Water Street, walk east a few blocks.
Non-Smoking
Wheelchair Accessible
Prices
$$ - average
Payment
Cuisines
- Ethiopian/Eritrean
Features
- Kid-Friendly
- Large Group-Friendly
- Quiet
I went to Alem Ethiopian Village for dinner last night, and I have to say I thought it was quite good. My girlfriend and I got the vegetarian combo platter for 2, just to try a bunch of different things at once. I thought having such a combo on the menu was a great idea, as many people (including myself) aren't extremely familiar with Ethiopian food. Everything was delicious and very flavorful. Though I loved the chance to try many different items at one time, my favorite (as well as my girlfriend's) was the Yemiser Wot. When I return, I will probably just order this entree for my meal.
I would definitely recommend this restaurant to any vegan who is in the area, as the vegan options are many (they even mention this right on the front page of their web site), the prices are more than reasonable, and the food is delicious.