Zehabesha Traditional Ethiopian Restaurant — Restaurant in Yellowknife

This was my first time trying Ethiopian food, and I was not disappointed. We ordered one vegetarian and one meat tasting platter, both with injera, and a chicken curry rice. My parents also ordered the coffee, which came with popcorn, and they liked it a lot.

Personally I didn't really like the injera (don't come @ me), but I thought that the vegetables and lentils tasted really great, and there were so many different flavours! It was definitely a unique experience. I think that the vegetarian dishes were better than the meat dishes, as the meat was a bit dry. I don't eat meat, but I tried some of the sauces they used for the meat and let's just say that I much prefer the taste of the vegetable/lentil dishes. Plant based ftw! Anyway, prices were on par with every other restaurant in Yellowknife, portions are decent, and I really liked the variety that they offer with the tasting platters. If you come here, I think that the best thing to get would be the vegetarian...

The injera platters are to die for. Love to chill and have popcorn and coffee too. One of the best locally owned eats in town imho. Unique and delicious!

Would be 5 stars except for one thing... Owner is not very welcoming. Kinda sucks when you go to a place often and get those feels :(

All the other staff have been kind to us. Will keep going back as long as we can.

Feedback:

1. People who frequent like to know you appreciate their business too, all it usually takes is a smile and/or a kind word.

2. It's hard to keep track of frequently changing business hours with COVID, please keep them up to date online if you don't want to seat 2 people 40 min before you close (with only 2 other people in the entire place, who already have their food served)... I think I'm showing up 1 hr 40 min before you close as...

We came around 7pm without a reservation and it was busy! So recommend booking in advance unless you don't mind waiting. The man running the show was pretty abrupt telling us they were full, almost as though encouraging us to go elsewhere, but after running around a bit he managed to clear some tables. He was more jovial after this, but still pretty blunt- think it's just his way. We had a mixed platter and chicken curry, and both were delicious and hearty portions - a blessing after our 5-hour hike without lunch. The food was a bit on the cold side and they had run out of the injera so we had rice instead, but it...