Safari

Super leckeres Essen– nette Bedienung und schönes Ambiente… Wer mal was außergewöhnliches will sollte ins Safari gehen… Das Essen wird mit den Händen gegessen und es schmeckt super :)) immer wieder gerne!!! Hatten eine Platte für 2 Fleisch und Beilagen gut gewürzt und reichlich…

Really had fun drinking the fruity beer out of the coconut bowls. The food was good, not too spicy, mine was a tad dry the night we came. It’s a small restaurant, so call ahead if you need to have a group. We stayed late one night, and the staff was incredibly friendly.
Would return!

Still our fave. We take everyone we know (and anyone new to the area) here. If you’re a vegetarian you have many options. Best deal is to request a vegetarian plate for 2, 3, even 4! Often we get the plate for 3 and it feeds our family of 5.
They are super family friendly.
Call for same day for reservations. If they say «no availability» ask to sit at the bar.
Showing up is not the best option, but in a pinch… Try the bar or take-​away.
Our favorite dish is a toss-​up. Definitely the SHIRO! And our family will take red and yellow lentil dishes every time.
Since their opening, We have visited every other month if not sooner. And if you want to learn the recipes and buy African, Indian and mid eastern groceries and spices, they run the Asia Greenland market a few doors down ;) GREAT family and Atmosphere for entertaining or hosting an intimate dinner.

Great place!!! Food was delicious and the amount was huge, we couldn’t even finish it all the servers where very friendly and I loved the decorations

We were excited to try this place and we weren’t disappointed. It is kind of hidden on a random street in Ktown, but don’t let that turn you off. The inside is a lot of fun! We got a bottle of red wine (cheap) and the dinner for two. The staff was awesome. We really enjoyed out time here!.. Check it out!

The food is very interesting and the staff is courteous and takes their time explains to you what everything is. It’s pretty awesome to drinks. Beer out of a gord bowl.

Really excellent Ethiopian food in Kaiserslautern! The service is friendly and all waitstaff speaks English, had a lovely conversation with Solomon who was working the bar as I was eating alone. Nice-​sized restaurant, and was full of Americans on a Sunday night when I went in. The injera «bread» was really well done, not too soft or spongy and easy to eat the accompanying dishes with. Would highly recommend a platter there so you can sample several of the specialties, and very much recommend this restaurant!

Danke! In Kaiserslautern sucht man mitunter wirklich lange, bis man ein ungewöhnliches, authentisches Restaurant findet. Wenn es dann auch noch so richtig gut schmeckt, dann war man wohl im Safari…
Der Küchenchef hat es verstanden: weniger ist mehr. Die Speisekarte bietet eine übersichtliche Auswahl an original ostafrikanischen Gerichten — für jeden Geschmack ist sicher etwas dabei. Man wird nicht überfordert mit einer unnötigen Vielfalt, sondern kann sich sicher sein, dass Gerichte alle frisch und handwerklich gekonnt zubereitet werden!
Geschmacklich ist in meinen Augen auch nichts mehr zu verbessern, es war einfach gut! War die Portionsgröße auf den ersten Blick übersichtlich, erwies sich dieser Eindruck allerdings schon nach kurzer Zeit als falsch, und wir waren alle sehr satt und zufrieden (ja, der Teller wurde ganz leer, weil es einfach so lecker war). Darüber hinaus passen die angebotenen Fruchtbiere toll zum Essenserlebnis hier.
Die Gastgeber sind herzlich freundlich, aber nicht aufdringlich. Man wird kompetent beraten und das Essen mit den Fingern und dem gereichten Injera (Fladenbrot aus Teffmehl) erläutert. Das Ambiente ist schlicht mit geschmackvollen afrikanischen Dekorationen und einer unterhaltsamen Foto-​Diashow. Leise afrikanische Musik im Hintergrund macht das Essen hier zu einem ganzheitlichen Erlebnis.
Einen kleinen Wunsch /​eine Anregung für die Besitzer möchte ich hier noch anbringen: wie wäre es mit einem Dessert auf der Speisekarte? Das hätte noch mehr zum Verweilen eingeladen — mit einigem Abstand zum sättigenden Hauptgericht wäre das irgendwie sicherlich auch noch drin gewesen. Aber das nur als Tip.
Ansonsten: uneingeschränkte Empfehlung des Safaris für alle, die abseits von gewöhnlicher Gastronomie in Kaiserslautern spannende geschmackliche Erfahrungen machen möchten und Spaß an Neuem haben. Ich war hier bestimmt nicht zum letzten Mal…

Wir haben nach einem außergewöhnlichen Restaurant gesucht und wurden im Safari fündig! Das Ambiente ist wirklich schön, das Restaurant ist nicht sehr groß, weshalb reservieren wahrscheinlich sinnvoll ist. Die Bedienung ist sehr freundlich, das Essen kam nach sehr kurzer Wartezeit. Geschmeckt hat alles ganz ausgezeichnet! Es gibt auch vegetarische Gerichte. Man isst mit den Fingern, mit Hilfe einer Art Brot/​Pfannkuchen. Zu trinken gibt’s unter anderem afrikanisches Bier und sehr feines Fruchtbier. Alles in allem ausdrücklich zu empfehlen!

I am happy to give Safari five stars. I feel like all ratings should be taken with a grain of salt and never at face value, but, gentle reader, Safari makes my heart (and my stomach) happy.
Do you ever eat something that leaves you with a flavor memory so vivid that you hold it up as the standard for future food? Safari is this for me. True, I have never had Ethiopian food, but I have had enough variety in my life to feel like my rating of the flavor profiles here is fair. I’ve heard that the Ethiopian place in Frankfurt is better, and, maybe after dining there, I will realize that Safari was an inferior product, but at this moment, I can feel my mouth watering remember the food I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy here.
The injera bread, which you use to eat everything on your plate (I know they *have* forks, but I cannot fathom why anyone would want to use one) is sour and solid without being dense. It is also plentiful, but the advise I would give is try not to eat too much of the plate of untouched rolled injera they bring you, rather get to the injera soaked in the spices and juices of the food you’re eating… they line the plates of food with it and that, my friends, is what all plates in heaven must be made of. The lamb is spicy chunks of meat so amazing I’m willing to forget the fluffy face that used to be attached to it and just bask. The lentils have converted me… I was once a lentil hater… now it’s a love affair. The chicken with eggs is good and the beef is lovely. The spiced vegetables are phenomenal. The samosas are a great start to the meal, but I find that I can do without them, knowing that I will not be able to finish the amazingness brought to me on a platter of injera.
I have never left here unsatisfied. I don’t mind walking three streets to my car… I can always use some exercise after ingesting enough food to feed a family of four (what can I say… I’m a fat kid at heart). And I personally love the super random music videos they play… you can request them and the dancing is so fascinating to me. I love watching the groups of men and women dance and move… I will perfect the shoulder shrug one day.
Take this review as you will, gentle reader, or, better yet, go forth and taste for yourself. Even at four stars, this place would be well worth your time.

Great food. Unlike reviewer Bradley, I grew up eating world foods. Born in NYC makes every food in the planet seem normal.
For K-​town comparison, Safari offers a unique experience of trying something new for a majority of locals, and also for the timid American population that you get to see waiting for hours to eat at Chilis or Macaroni Grill. Very sad sight to see people lined up at these places for no good reason.
I understand that the dining options in Ktown are very very limited. That’s why I think foodies around here are excited about Safari.
Agree, not 5 stars, I’ve been at several true 5 stars. But for Ktown, this is a unique addition to the area that has nothing to offer to us foodies.
I got lucky with a parking spot right on the street where the restaurant is located.

I find talking about ethic food the most challenging. How do you review something so foreign to what you’re used to? You’re dealing with flavors traditional to nothing familiar, and even customs different from the usual dining experience. Easy to say, there aren’t many Ethiopian places where I’m from. How do you review that objectively?
I can gloss over the food in just a few sentences. It was delicious. It was very delicious. The injera will make you question all previous meals you trudged though without it, and the blend of flavors ensures every part of your taste buds an invitation to the party.
But I’m certainly not on the 5-​star bandwagon, not until the overall experience can take it from good to great. I can get over parking three streets over if the service earns it, but it just doesn’t. I have the feeling the 5s this place is getting over on Trip Adviser is from people so flattered by the food, they overlooked everything else about a restaurant that makes it good.
Call me bitter, but just because you’re in a unique niche market, doesn’t excuse you from the follow-​through of a top-​quality restaurant. I’d say you’re going to have to do better than employees on their phones and a low-​res slide show on loop.