Blue Nile One München — Restaurant in Munich

The ambient inside is really impressive, as it makes you feel like you stepped outside Munich and into another world. The interior is very colorful and full of details.

When you enter the restaurant, the smell of burning wood hits you, and you get a feeling like you are in a restaurant in the mountains.

The restaurant is small, which in my opinion makes it more cozy and comfortable. The downside of the size of the restaurant is that you would probably want to make a reservation before you go.

There were two of us eating there, so we decided to take a specialty of the Ethiopian restaurant, which is like some kind of menu. You pay 35€ per person, and each of you gets: A welcome drink. By default they would bring you Ethiopian wine, but you can also ask them to switch it for a nonalcoholic drink. Note that you only get a small welcome drink, and that if you want a proper one (which you would probably need), you would have to pay extra. For appetizers, you get a dish that is vegetable-based. You get four crunchy, triangle-shaped spring rolls filled with lentils (which are called sambusas). They are served together with different sauces. As the main dish you get a big plate (known as gebeta) with various food on it. I suppose that depending on the number of people who order, the portions of each food on the big plate are adjusted, as everybody pays 35e. It was more than enough for the two of us. Most of the food you get on this plate is meat-based, so heads up for people who don’t eat meat to order something else. Each of the small dishes are prepared with different type of meat like chicken, beef, and veal. Pork meat is not present in the dishes. Besides this plate, you get 6 pieces of pancake-like Ethiopian bread (called Injera). You are not served cutlery, as this is how people traditionally eat this dish in Ethiopia. You would instead use the Ethiopian bread to scoop food from the plate. Additionally, the big plate is covered with Ethiopian bread, and the small dishes are on top of it. This makes the bread collect all the juices from the dishes, making it even tastier. One baklava for each guest, along with a serving of a pudding with mango and rice. Each person can choose between Ethiopian coffee and Ethiopian tea. The Ethiopian coffee is more similar to Turkish coffee than the espresso coffee you would be served in most European places.

The staff working in Blue Nile One restaurant was super friendly, always smiling, and they were speaking both German and English fluently.

The bathrooms were very clean and neat looking.

An important fact is that the restaurant does not accept MasterCard, but only EC cards and cash.

When we were putting our jackets on and preparing to leave, the waitress approached us and gave us a small gift. It was 20ml of a strong Ethiopian drink called Katikala.

I gave this restaurant 5 starts, not based solely on food. The food itself was tasty, but it was expensive. However, I think that when you go to restaurant you are not paying only for food but for the general experience. I couldn’t have felt more cozy and welcomed than I did in this restaurant, and thus, I am giving it the highest...

What a horrible experience eating at this restaurant, from an ethiopian client perspective the food was inedible, very small overpriced dishes and most importantly not fresh. The apex was the bad customer experince we incurred. For start the injera bread was stale and not made on the day, following this the minced meat for the Kitfo dish, was not fresh. The tips dishes were maximum 200gr but of the lowest quality of meat and were served with hardly any sauce. The mixed platter dish, with meat sauces and veggies, was solely abhorrent. The zighni and white meat part were a reheat of overcooked frozen sauces similarly to the vegatables, the dish was very stale or bitter, clear sign of the lack of quality in their cooking. On tasting all the elements, this was highlighted to them, the manager/owner was informed by his staff and rather than addressing this issue, his attention was devoted to the next table. We left the dishes as per the attached images, paid for the meals and I requested for the manager to come to hear our comments. In fairness he did come and having explained my concerns on the dishes, he proceeded to swoop on the plates, snapping them of our table while swearing in German. In summary avoid this establishment, you are being scammed to paying over the top prices for less than edible not fresh items, in addition to have been the rudest owner/manager, who rather than listening or discussing the issue, chose to swear. From a Habesha...

If there was a possibility of no star, I would have given that to this place. Sheer disappointment was faced on the night of 23 June by me and my 4 friends. Little did we know that the famous Ethiopian restaurant was known for racist remarks, slow service, non-courtageous staff and no sense of hospitality! The waiter believed ordering 3 dishes amongst a group of 5 was less and Indians have no money.

To the owner of this place - we, Indians believe in Athithi Devo Bhava (meaning we treat our guests like God), a land where people offer self-less gratitude, a land known for tourism much larger than your country! To add to your knowledge, we have the largest population of engineers, scientists and doctors anywhere in the world and Indian communities are found prospering in every country on the map. If one intends to share food, it should not be considered as a low budget but pure intention of sharing a plate (to taste different cuisines). If you think that is a sign of poverty, I urge you to visit our country/ homes to get a fine taste of hospitality and warmth which unfortunately your waiter could not give...