Balagger Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Bailey's Crossroads

Absolutely delicious! I ordered their veggie combo from UberEats, which includes cabbage shiro, lentil kik alicha (stewed yellow lentils), spicy red lentils, green lentils, collard greens, and a salad. All of these dishes were served on a bed of injera, and the order came with another piece of injera folded up and left on top. Everything was incredibly tasty and, even after traveling about 30 minutes across Virginia, was still the perfect temperature. Ethiopian food definitely holds up well in take-out containers (even though it loses some of the aesthetic). I personally would've preferred that the spicy lentils be slightly spicier, but they were still incredibly flavorful and had a very slight kick. The salad seemed to just be lettuce, tomato, red onion, and slices of jalapeno with what tasted like a standard Italian dressing. I wasn't a huge fan of the large slices of jalapeno, but the salad was still nice and refreshing, and it helped to counterbalance how heavy the rest of the meal felt. The dressing does soak through the injera really quickly, though. The shiro certainly lived up to all the hype, and everything was all-around solid and really tasty. There's also an incredible amount of food for the price -- the combo costs $16 off of UberEats and it can absolutely feed 2-3 people. I also ordered a scrambled egg to eat the next morning; it's a simple dish with a delicious egg scrambled with tomato, red onion, and jalapeno. It has a slight kick and is a phenomenal way to start the morning. You can either get it with bread or injera; I originally ordered injera, but it seems like they made an accident and gave me bread instead. Either way, I'm glad that I ended up getting to try out their bread; it had a super soft center with a slightly crunchy exterior, and it was absolutely delicious when warmed up. I definitely plan to become a regular here, and I can't wait to visit in person...

Horrible oily experiences TWICE in a row. By far the worst unhealthy and disgusting ethiopian dishes and restaurant experience. The owner with the glasses is very creepy. He snuck up to us while we were eating asking us if we are okay we have no idea who he was and what he was doing there it took us by surprise.

Then he went behind the counter and turned up the music so loud where we couldn't even hear each other it was awful experience.

Their food is extremely oily and greasy and we were not able to eat our food whatsoever. When we asked our waitress about why they're trying to kill us slowly with all that oil, she responded to us that this is the normal ethiopian way. That this is actually less oil, and that they usually put even more oil in their food. All we ordered were tibs and Injara, and my wife ordered the spaghetti...

It's the hilarious moment ever I have been experienced in my life!

What a shameful waitress. Just be carefull out there that they are too slow and selfish. If you don't carefully know how much you spend they will charge you for an extra order/item that you didn't drink or eat. I ate one special tibs and drunk 2 stela drafts. Finally she charged me for one special tibs and 3 stela drafts. I asked her why she did charged me for an extra drink that I didn't even ordered it. Finally I paid in full what they claimed for but I didn't gave them tips. The sever started to blame me why I didn't give her tips. She openly invaded me by asualtive words... I will be never and ever visit Balageru again. I recommend just to becareful if anyone go there. They love your $$ without...