Blue Nile Restaurant — Restaurant in Boston

Went to try Ethiopian food for the first time per my wife's request. We were seated immediately and the atmosphere, although a bit dated, was very nice. It made me feel, as someone who knows very little about Ethiopia and even less about their food, welcome to a little slice of Ethiopia and it's history, thousands of miles away from Ethiopia.

(I am rather bad with Ethiopian dish names so I will be using primarily English terms) My wife and I both ordered the doro tibs combo with cabbage and collard greens. Oddly enough our food was brought out after people who were seated maybe 10 minutes after us.

Once our food arrived I began to dig into my first Ethiopian meal, with my hands of course. I think after tasting it, I am simply not a fan of injera generally, therefore I will not speak on this restaurant's particular injera. However, the cabbage side was the best part of the meal! The collard greens were awfully bitter. The side salad wasn't great either, as it had been drizzled with some kind of dressing that tried to add to the bland lettuce but somehow made it worse. Lastly, the doro tibs combo was so disappointing. It felt as though when you order fajitas at a mexican restaurant and they come out with 80% peppers and onions and 20% meat. I felt as though for the price we paid, there should have been twice as much chicken in the dish.

For my first Ethiopian experience, I did not enjoy the meal and the service wasn't fantastic either. I hope to try more Ethiopian places in the future that can show me...

The injera was not fresh at all and that is the base of the meal. This is my first and LAST time here. The restaurants in the DMV are WAY better and I am still looking for a restaurant similar. There is also a weird rule that one "entree" per person but normally Ethiopian food is ordered to share. They also forgot my drink and did not serve anyone water until a white family came in. The tea normally called chai that we ordered was not Ethiopian tea (normally classified by certain spices) but rather Lipton tea and a stick of cinnamon. The apple and white grape cider was 3.50 and served in a wine glass when it was s glorified small serving of sparkling welches juice. We also requested a side of tomato salad which is a common side in Ethiopian foods and was ensured that all entrees come with a salad that is filled with tomatoes instead we were met with a disappointment to salads everywhere there was literally 2 slices of tomato. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else that has more reasonable prices because this is not representative of the wonderful culture that comes...

VERY RUDE WAITER who is apparently also the owner. He ignored us and many other groups waiting to be seated while their entire restaurant was empty (some tables outside were filled.) We were made to stand until every table was cleaned and all parties could be seated at once. We (a group of two) waited for 30 minutes before asking how much longer it would be until we could sit. The waiter was extremely rude in his response and said "IF YOU PUSH ME IT WILL BE LONGER." This server made us feel so uncomfortable that we ended up leaving. I'm very disappointed because I lived in Ethiopia and enjoy getting to eat Ethiopian food in Boston but cannot support that kind of service. There are many other Ethiopian in Boston and the greater Boston area: Lucy's, Fasika, Asmara, etc. So next time I will go elsewhere as Blue Nile has lost my business due to ineptitude and unprofessional behavior. Note to owner - hire more people and treat your customers with a little more respect after they've patiently waited for 30 minutes. Also, I've been before and the food is...