Lalibela

Pros: giant lentil sambusas. Fresh, delicious vegetarian options. Friendly staff.
Cons: very small portions in the vegetarian combo. The serving for two was really for one person. Each food was about one cup’s worth, hardly enough for two. And the servings of injera were also skimpy. Very strange.

Friendly owner is always there. Food is spectacular and worth every dollar. Smells and tastes delicious. Try the tibs wat, avocado salad, or cabbage.

My favorite is the lamb. Yum. Family owned and everyone couldn’t be nicer. If you don’t like Ethiopian spices and flavors and the spongy bread, you just won’t like it. But I’ve been to many Ethiopian restaurants and this is the best.

They had a large group tonight but service was still attentive and as if we were there on a regular night.
The food is delicious! It is different. I have had African food before and Ethiopean definitely is my favourite.
We ordered appetizers and the combo platter and shared it. It came with 5 dishes placed on the injera bread. They give you a second bread separately. It’s rolled up and cut.
I was unaware that Ethiopia produces a stout. I am used to seeing that one national lager brand that non-​beer-​drinking countries make for tourists and export. The Hakim Stout was quite interesting.
All in all, we will be back.

Worst Ethiopian food ever. It was totally bland. No extra injera was given by the server.

This is only our second time eating Ethiopian food but Lalibela is delicious! We ordered Doro Wat, several vegetarian dishes and a lamb… all YUMMY. Friendly and attentive service. We’ll definitely return!

I love this place. Good service, clean restaurant and the food is very authentic. We had the Timatim Fitfit, a great tomato jalepeno and onion salad, so good. We then shared both a lamb tibs and beef siga wat. I had a Hakim stout as well, a very tatsy dark Ethiopian beer. My wife and I will definitely be back.

Solid small location in the heart of Mount Kisco. The place was small. Perhaps it was the timing, but then again, i never see this place busy…
I came here with a friend on a late Saturday afternoon. The place was empty and the 1 waitress allowed us to sit anywhere. What is cool is that this place serves Ethiopian beer! I never had it before, so i tried 1 of the 4 choices.
We shared a combo platter of «Taste of Lalibela». It comes with Siga Wat, Yebag Wat, Doro Wat, and 3 veggies, which we opted to have MIsir Wat, Cabbage and Gomen.
The platter of the food was on a large plate with a large piece of injera. They also provide smaller pieces of the injera on the side. Remember to all you novices: Ethiopian food is meant to be eaten with your hands… not utensils. The injera bread is your utensil. The sour spongy pita like bread is used as a mild canvas to absorb the sauces and pick up the chunks of yummy food.
The Siga Wat was yummy. The Yebag wat had a gamey taste, so for people who don’t like lamb, it may not be that pleasing. The meats are chopped up into small cubes so they are easier to grab with the injera. The sauces are pretty flavorful. The Doro Wat was a small chicken leg (with bone), so they provided a knife and fork to peel off the meat.
The beef and lamb were a bit tough but the chicken was tender. The Misir Wat wasn’t as spicy as i hoped. I really enjoyed the cabbage and gomen, and I can see why the Doro Wat is their signature dish.
We finished our lunches off with a cappuccino for her and an Ethiopian coffee for myself. Personally, i couldn’t tell the difference of the Ethiopian coffee, but then again I abstained from coffee for Lent, so maybe my taste buds for coffee is a bit weakened.
Def willing to come back, and I hope this place attracts more business and sticks around. The food is really solid for the price.

I am absolutely in love with this true-​well-​made Ethiopian restaurant. Staff is always friendly, food is ALWAYS beyond excellent.
The vegetarian sampler is amazing, and the cheesecake… ohhhhh the cheesecake!
super worth trying. you will fall in love with this place
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A must-​try if you’re in the Mt. Kisco area!
I’ve been to Lalibela’s 3 times now, and have had a great dining experience every time. I really love this little spot for the menu and presentation, which really stands out among the typical Asian or Italian options you get in Westchester.
Entrees and sides are served on a giant crêpe-​ish spongy flatbread that you can easily share amongst your tablemates. The idea is to pull apart the bread and use that to eat the meat and vegetables, but you can of course use fork and knife if you want to keep your hands clean.
There is an especially large variety of vegetarian options (tried them all, all tasty), as well as lamb, beef, and chicken (can’t comment on these). Everything is flavorful without feeling at all greasy or salty, and the portions are perfect so you walk away satisfied but not over-​stuffed. Only complaint is that there isn’t seafood, but completely understandable given that Ethiopia is a landlocked country.
The setting is casual/​intimate. Great for dates or families with kids. The décor is right and there’s enough spacing that no matter who’s there you can have a conversation comfortably. The staff is extremely nice and helpful with explaining the menu. Can’t wait to go back!

Been wanting to come here for a while, and I am really glad we finally made it. My wife and I had no idea what to expect, but came away with a new place high on the go-​to list.
The restaurant is small, but clean and neat, and comfortable for the experience.
The idea is simple — finger foods that are picked up using Injera «bread» made of Teff — a fermented grain (really a species of grass) which is native to Northeast Africa and is gluten-​free, high in fiber, iron, calcium and protein. Unlike «bread» this is flat, soft, and slight moist and spongy, and can be rolled up or spread out like a pizza dough. For those who are not comfortable with the bread pickup bit, they do put out silverware! I cheated once or twice on the salad.
We decided to take the culinary tour with salads, served on a flat piece of injera, consisting of super-​fresh finely chopped red onion, green pepper and tomato. This was a great palate prep!
For entrees we went with the sampler, which provides for three (3) «wat» dishes — one each of beef, chicken and lamb, served in a spicy (but not really hot) mix of onion, fresh ginger, garlic, berbere chili sauce (a chili powder containing ginger, garlic, cloves, coriander, allspice, rue berries, ajwain black peppercorns and salt) and olive oil. Along with these you get to choose three (3) vegetable dishes. Once again, all is served on a big flat piece of injera, along with some rolls of injera to use as picker-​uppers.
For our vegetables we went with lentils «wat» cooked with onion, fresh ginger, garlic, berbere chili sauce and olive oil, and an «unspiced» lentil dish (no chili sauce), as well as a pickled cabbage, potato, garlic, turmeric, carrot and olive oil mix — where the vinegar component offset the spicy chili sauce nicely.
We tried all three of the Ethiopian beers, Harrar, Meta and St Georges. The Meta was my fav, although the slightly sweeter St Georges was a better match to the spicy food.
The staff was friendly, helped answer all our questions and was very attentive.
We will head back to work through the rest of this menu!

Tried 3 different meats– all perfect. Kitfo was prepared just right. Injera was subtle and thin, just the right texture. Excellent side vegetables and lentils. St George & Hakim beers were much enjoyed. Excellent service. Will definitely come back.