Best Ethiopian Restaurants In San Francisco Near Me

4worldlovers: Voted East Bay’s Best Ethiopian Restaurant by East Bay Express and Oakland Magazine

Located in the historic Adams Point District in Oakland next to Lake Merritt, the friendly Enssarro Ethiopian Restaurant family will welcome you to the warm embrace of inspired Ethiopian cuisine. Many ingredients and spices are brought directly from the town of Enssaro in Ethiopia, providing the adventurous diner with unique flavors not experienced anywhere else.

The People’s Choice for Ethiopian Food - East Bay Express

4worldlovers: Served with salad and a choice from misir wot, kik alicha, gomen, alicha tikil gomen, or key sir.

Small pieces of injera tossed in beef berbere, based sauces cooked with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and ginger. Served with salad, azifa, and buticha.

All breakfast items are served until 2:30pm and with a choice of injera or bread.

Beans cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and berbere spice with a touch of Tadu’s special butter or olive oil. Served with yogurt.

እንብላ (pronounced – “e-ne-b-la”) is a courteous word that you would hear walking into a family home or restaurant while people are eating meals. It means “let us eat together” or “join us for this meal”. It is a profound way of inviting the person to join them to share a meal. As sharing is the center of the communal Ethiopian culture, the word reflects on similar aspect. Similar to expressions like “the more; the merrier” you would hear the word repeatedly being said to friends, family, or even strangers during meals. It is a heartfelt gesture, and whether there is enough food to accommodate is irrelevant-as meal of any size is meant to be shared.

We are thrilled to bring House of Tadu to the Mission Bay Area. Tadu at Mission Bay serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as freshly brewed coffee and local and Ethiopian beers and wines. Our spacious living room will be able to accommodate groups of any size with love.

Our illustrations will take you to the land of Ethiopia; artworks of different traditional practices, portraits of tribal clothing’s, and huge handmade traditional garments are displayed.

As we are opening a bigger Tadu, we still stay true to our original mission and values; inspired by our grandmother Tadelech Oda, from which the name Tadu originated. We hope to provide a warm and radiant hospitality in reminisce of her personality. With our new and diverse (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) menu, we bring the authentic flavors of Ethiopian cuisine made with great delicacy and passion.

So, as we are opening our doors to welcome the community for the second time, we hope to provide you with an amazing experience that will create a lasting impression of the Ethiopian culture.

It is with great humility and genuine gesture when we invite you to our House of Tadu and say እንብላ“e-ne-b-la”

Ayib: mild cottage cheese that’s often used to top other dishes.

Berbere: spice mix used heavily in Ethiopian cooking; made of toasted, dried red chile peppers, ginger, garlic, cardamom, onions, cloves, cinnamon, basil, and salt.

Firfir: infused with ginger, garlic, and several spices; made from shredded injera with spices and is the typical breakfast food.

Kitfo: finely chopped beef, seasoned with clarified butter and mitmita; often served raw, as the last dish of the meal.

Injera: soft, stretchy, crepe-like flatbread, made of sourdough starter and teff, then cooked until bubbly on a wood-fired clay griddle. Used as a utensil to pick up other dishes that are eaten by hand.

Wot: Ethiopia’s signature spiced stew, made with vegetables, fish, chicken, lamb, or beef.

Anxious about eating in a brand new restaurant? Are you worried that you won’t know what to do or not to do? Here are some tips to ease your nerves. Don’t worry, though, it’s really all about the food and the people you’re with. You will enjoy both at Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen! Ethiopian dining is distinctive in many ways; there are only a few cultures that share Ethiopia’s methods of consumption and preparation. With the abundance of western culinary options even at ethnic restaurants, you may expect to find these options here at Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen. But while you are here, you will definitely see and eat true Ethiopian food.