Lula Restaurant — Restaurant in Oakland

Please stop blasting music past 2am out of your restaurant on any given day. It can be heard around the entire block. I am posting this at 3am because you are still blasting music out of your restaurant in the evening as an unofficial bar.

Update & PSA: I was woken up at 4am because they were blasting music again. This customer threatened to kill me multiple times on and off camera for asking them to turn it down at 4am. He later on went to graffiti my building with hate speech. Additionally, the owner of this restaurant assaulted me for asking them to turn it down at 4am. Horrible...

My favorite is the Kitfo. There is a particular spiced butter that Lula outsources from Ethiopia, that makes all the difference. For the non meat options the veggie combo is a delicious blend of lentils, cabbage and collard greens set on the enjera ( the traditional bread). The vegetable, legume and seed based plate blends well together, while accentuating their individual flavors. The customer service is warm. I highly recommend this little restaurant for a taste of Ethiopian Cuisine. They also serve alcohol if you...

The best Ethiopian food that I've had in a while, and certainly in the Bay area! Flavors were richer than I've had in either places, and the vegetarian dishes were especially good. We had the veg combo & meat combo. The chicken was great, smokey cacao notes. The cabbage & carrots also surprised us with how flavorful they were - tangy and satisfying....