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"The service in the restaurant is average, but the food is good. If you don 't know ethiopian food, I advice the Menu découverte which enables you to discover this kind of food for a faire price. The decoration of the place is nice and traditional. Note that, like in Ethiopia, you will have to eat with you hands!"
Phone: +41213114907
Address: rue du Valentin 14, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
City: Lausanne
Website: http://www.abyssinia.ch/
Monday: 11:00 -00:00
Tuesday: 11:00 -00:00
Wednesday: 11:00 -00:00
Thursday: 11:00 -00:00
Friday: 11:00 -00:00
Saturday: 11:00 -00:00
Sunday: 11:00 -00:00
Dishes: 29
Amenities: 19
Categories: 5
Reviews: 2402
I really like Ethiopian food and was looking forward to this visit as I had recently visited another Ethiopian/ Eritrean restaurant close by called the Red Sea. My first impression of Abyssinia from the outside was not really great. I think the entrance signboard and façade looked outdated and could definitely improve apparently the restaurant has been around for a decade). looks a bit like a Kebab take away shop. But this was ok and could be overlooked as the interiors were a different story altogether. As in really really great! Rustic, authentic decor from the ceiling to the seating to the menu card right up to the toilet entrance! Really loved it! I love authenticity and this place oozed...
On our first ever visit to Lausanne, we looked up restaurants on Maps and this one popped up so we said why not, since we absolutely love Ethiopian food. The atmosphere was absolutely depressing. Dim lights (not in a good way) and dusty corners. We chose a Menu Dégustation for 2 people, the price in front of it was 38 CHF which seemed quite OK. We've been to better restaurants in Geneva which had similar prices. After our food arrived, we were disappointed in the mediocre quality and quantity of it. It was meh. Not bad, just meh. We didn't finish our plate, and after a more mediocre dessert, we asked for the check and to our surprise, it was 86-ish francs! Apparently, 38 CHF was the price pe...
While living in Lausanne I went a couple of times to this place. I don't pretend to be a connaisseur of Ethiopian cuisine but for me it was a pretty nice experience. Hygiene lovers, beware, food there is eaten with fingers from a common plate which in my opinion makes it even tastier. So if this practice repels you just don't go there. The proposed dishes are all rather copious and the variety of tastes didn't remind of anything I ate before. Price wise it's not really cheap but I think the experience worth it.
Have been contemplating from a long time about this cuisine. The food was fine but thought that the vegetarian dishes other than lentils lacked variety for the price. Service and ambience was acceptable nothing extraordinary. Overall was not so great but can't either say was bad. Perhaps go their once again and then have an second opinion.
The service in the restaurant is average, but the food is good. If you don 't know ethiopian food, I advice the Menu découverte which enables you to discover this kind of food for a faire price. The decoration of the place is nice and traditional. Note that, like in Ethiopia, you will have to eat with you hands!
