Abyssinia Ethiopian

Might be my new favorite restaurant. It's a super authentic, hole in the wall, family owned restaurant, and you can just tell because when you walk in, the owner and their family is all sitting at one of the tables. I know there's a menu, but when my friend and I walked in, she just asked us if we wanted meat or veggie (probably because we are very white and don't appear like we would know anything about ethiopian food, which is fair). We told her we like both meat and veggie, and she told us she would bring out a plate for us to share.When she brought us our plate, we instantly just smelled absolute deliciousness. The large platter was lined with injera, and then also came with 4 rolls of injera bread on the sides. We were given Tibs, shiro (lentil/chickpea stew), yellow peas, green beans, and some stewed collards. When I tell you EVERYTHING was good, I mean it. Everything was so delicious and flavorful. Dig into the injera bread with your hands and taste all the stews. The injera bread has a perfect fluffy texture with a sour taste, and I genuinely could not tell you which stew was our favorite. I am OBSESSED. It was all so so so good. It is more expensive than I imagined (we EACH paid $27 for the meal plus a waterbottle each), but utterly worth it. The one platter was more than enough for 2 of us, and we still had leftovers.

We absolutely love this place. The staff is so friendly and helpful and the food is authentic and delicious. We get the combo usually, but the shiro wet, miser wet, tikel gomen, and beef tibs are our favorite. And you can get the St George beer we loved to drink in Ethiopia as well! Highly recommend!

Can't really speak to much on the menu, because I always get the sampler platter. I can say that the menu is a bit larger than some of the other more simplistic (but still fantastic) Ethiopian places within a few miles of here.Ample beef, perfectly seasoned and cooked veggies, and injera. Friendly and fast service as well!If you like Ethiopian or have never tried it and want to, this is a great place to try.

In town for work meetings and 4 of us wanted to get Ethiopian food. The first place we found on Yelp was closed when we got there. We searched for the next place and found this one. Overall we were all happy with the food. It is a local no frills place. Food was good. I haven't eaten at enough Ethiopian places to say how it compares to others but two others in our group have and also enjoyed the experience. The veggie platter was good. The yellow lentils were my favorite. The red portion was spicy.I would go back and try other options as everything we had was good.

Great food. Vegetarian platter is HUGE. Injera is so fresh. I loved the spicy red lentils and my kids devoured the yellow lentils. Food is super authentic, which we are very familiar with having had Ethiopian in other places like Boston. Owner made a tim-a-tim salad (tomatoes and onions) especially for us at our request. It's a dive, but don't let the exterior fool you -- we absolutely loved the food and the hospitality.

Craving Ethiopian for my birthday so we decided to give Abyssinia a try. If it had been busy we were going to take food to go but since we were the only ones there we decided to dine in. A lovely woman greeted us, I believe she was running the show and doing the cooking as well. We told her we ate vegan and to bring us what she wanted us to eat. We were delighted with a platter about 20" inches across with five different veg options, two scoops of each and a fresh tomato jalapeño relish surrounded with warm fresh injera bread. There was a chickpea foul, sautéed greens, yellow lentils, sautéed cabbage and a spicy delicious tomato onion stew with soaked injera. It was hard to pick a favorite since the flavors all complimented each other perfectly. We enjoyed a pot of spicy ginger tea with our meal and all three of us left full and satisfied. A few other diners came in but there was plenty of room to have distance during these Covid times. The restaurant itself is a simple casual space but let's face it, when you're craving delicious Ethiopian food that's what's important, not a fancy dining room!

Great food and service. We had the meat and veggie sampler and really enjoyed it. Would recommend.

We ordered delivery from Abyssinia recently, and we really enjoyed our meal. We love Ethiopian food, but since we hadn't been to/ordered from Abyssinia before, we decided to order the basics to try their food out! We ordered one Veggie Lover (a veggie combo platter that came with two types of lentils, chickpea puree, cabbage), one Abyssinian Special (two small servings of meats as well as the same lentils and cabbage from the Veggie Lover platter), and foul (stewed fava beans) - one of my favorite dishes that I don't see too often in menus in the Nashville area! The two platters came with plenty of injera. The injera was great, and everything we tried was very good. The foul was our favorite thing of the night - we finished every bite; no foul leftovers! I'd happily order takeout from Abyssinia again, and I look forward to eating there in person in the future!

Delicious! I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find great Ethiopian food in town but this definitely eased that concern. One thing to note is that this is take out only. When you arrive, you enter a large blank building that has a lobby with a pickup window, some chairs, and a kiosk that you can order on. You can order ahead or in person. I ordered at the kiosk and it took about 10-15 to receive my food but someone actually walked out and handed it to me and she was very kind and friendly. 10/10 would recommend!

This is a great place to enjoy authentic Ethiopian food. Be brave through the parking lot. It's worth it. The food portions were generous and delicious!!. The staff were friendly and accommodating. We loved the Ethiopian coffee--complete with the clay pot. If you're craving Ethiopian cuisine. This is the place!