Zehabesha Traditional Etdiopian Food in Yellowknife

Amazing vegetarian food!! Loved it. It’s just yummmmm.

Holy s***. Go to this place. Order the curried chicken. It’s amazing and you won’t regret it.

The food is great, the price is fair (especially for Yellowknife), the portions are large, and the staff are friendly. Great place! And you can eat with your hands. :D

I suggest guests order one meal for 2 people

The spiced tea and ethiopian coffee were amazing. The four of us each tried some of the others' dishes and there were all unique and delicious. Will definitely go again.

tibs is not pulled... too tough. all else was excellent

Pretty decent food. Not the greatest customer service skills, mainly from the owner. We felt like we're troubling them just by being in there.

EXCELLENT quality of food. Good portions for price, we were very satisfied. Th atmosphere of the restaurant was also clean and spacious with good natural light. Can't wait to come back!

Don't miss this if you're in Yellowknife!

The service is wonderful. It's a got a family business atmosphere. And the food is amazing. I've enjoyed everything I've tried so far.

I was craving a taste of home; something spicy and delicious. Ethiopian was as close as I was getting in YK so I figured I would give Zehabesha a try. I ordered the curry goat and was a bit skeptical when my total came to just over $25. Best $25 dollars I spent since my arrival in here. I got a HUGE plate of delicious goat meat with rice and salad that went perfectly. If amazing tasting food and gigantic portions sound like your calling, then Zehabesha is worth checking out!!

Fantastic and delicious tasting Ethiopian food right in Yellowknife! This place has wonderful flavours, tasty vegetarian options and super friendly service. They also make the BEST injera! The portions are great and reasonably priced - you won't be disappointed! One of my favourite restaurants in town.

I have a curry goat rice and a rice cake. The goat is great. The rice cake is a bit sour I don't like it. But the goat is great.

Had the curried goat and it was amazing

Green spicy source is really spicy! Big portion, love food here.

Ethiopian food in very close region to the North. That is something.

Delicious food, great service and I started that like there was going to be three things...Seriously though, I have only good things to say about this restaurant. They even make coffee a special treat.

Best Ethiopian I've ever had. Go if you can.

This is so good, first time seeing the actual food is larger portion than it looks like on the menu, goat are recommended, but even chicken and beef are great too!!!

The one and only place I've had Ethiopian food, and it was amazing. The owners are very nice as well. Great place to bring a group as you can share plates.

Can't go wrong with this place. Amazing coffee

I had never been to an Ethiopian restaurant and made the same mistake as Hwee and I ordered the Mahiberawi combination plate- I have FOMO so I thought this was a great way of sampling a lot of dishes. This is definitely a share plate! 😜 it was delicious but there was no way I could eat it all.The food alone gets ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ But the service was inattentive. Don’t expect fancy decor or amazing service you go here for the food.

Incredible food! Get the combo platter with extra injera, trust me -- you won't regret it. It's a huge portion, and each individual dish is fantastic. Absolutely my new go-to for takeout.

The place is very good to eat. Who will there is an authentic Ethopian food in a middle of small city. The food are fresh and tasty. The ambiance are okay, serving is a bit slow but they are very accommodated.

It's a pretty good Ethiopian restaurant. You will find an authentic dish selection here.

Just think about it: an african restaurant in the middle of nowhere, in Canada's North ! Well, Yellowknife is not exactly the middle of nowhere but I honestly did not expect to find such a classy Ethiopian restaurant here. The food ia great. No alcohol served but you won't regret eating there if like me you like that kind of food.

Delicious food and good service. This is my go to place for a quick and delicious food.There had been numerous restaurants that tried in this location but none of them lasted as long as Zehabesha. Obviously, the management knows what they're doing.

Super delicious restaurant. Definitely must try during the stay in Yellow Knife. The capacity of meal is huge, you might get super full if wanna finish one dish alone. Suggest to order different dishes and share with friends. BTW, the tradition coffee is so bitter, be careful. Prefer the tea better personally.

Service was slow but the food was authentic and delicious.. one portion is good enough for 2 people

Very nice Ethiopian food and their service was excellent.

Excellent food and great service

Read some of the review saying the place is always busy. Perhaps I went there during a low season but there was absolutely no one around. Still the curry was amazing. Definitely worth a visit if you are in town.

A long walk to a restaurant we were looking forward to visiting. Only to find it was shut. And before you ask - yes we did check in advance of the opening times. Don't advertise you're open and then shut early or you'll get bad reviews!

Best restaurant in Yellowknife... I had to take the time for this and I don't even write reviews.

Curry Chicken. Wow. A little known fact if you like to drink is that you can settle next door at the raven and have them deliver fresh from the kitchen. It's so nice and hot when comes through and you can indulge! New menu is really nice and easy to understand.

Ordered the vegan plate with injera.. out of the world! Happy tummy and happy tastebuds! 😀

I visited Zehabesha in October 2018, when I was on vacation in Yellowknife. I haven't tried anything Ethiopean before, to be said incidentally, nothing from African cuisine. In a nutshell: I don't remember exactly the name of the dishes that I have tried (after my first visit I went there every day), they were very tasty and I loved them all. And it stands to mention their coffee, probably one of the best I have ever drunk (the other one was in Portugal). All in all, I highly recommend to visit this restaurant if you are in Yellowknife.

Definitely worth a try. The green chili sauce goes very well with the curry.

Interesting experience. Great food & welcoming!

Had lunch there. Tasty food. Ideal for large parties. Good service. Overall a must try gor anyone visiting Yellowknife.

Had the best chicken curry here.....very flavorful!!! Authentic spices.....large portions!!! Had the spiced tea.....it was so nice!!! Will definitely be back!!!!

Ethiopian food was not what I thought I would be eating on my first trip to Yellowknife, but was it ever good! Service was quick, food tasted fresh and was relatively inexpensive for the quantity you get. We got the non-vegetarian "combination" plate (or so we called it), and the chicken curry. I recommend the former. Worth checking out if you have a big appetite!

Very good fresh food and at a decent price. Best restaurant in Yellowknife. Delicious every time. I highly recommend

Wow, delicious and great value - I turned up as they were about to close, and they'd almost run out of food... The owner was so accommodating, and made me up this amazing vegetable dish to take out. I'm currently enjoying it sitting on a dock on the lake. Heaven!

This was my first time trying Ethiopian food, and I was not disappointed. We ordered one vegetarian and one meat tasting platter, both with injera, and a chicken curry rice. My parents also ordered the coffee, which came with popcorn, and they liked it a lot.Personally I didn't really like the injera (don't come @ me), but I thought that the vegetables and lentils tasted really great, and there were so many different flavours! It was definitely a unique experience. I think that the vegetarian dishes were better than the meat dishes, as the meat was a bit dry. I don't eat meat, but I tried some of the sauces they used for the meat and let's just say that I much prefer the taste of the vegetable/lentil dishes. Plant based ftw! Anyway, prices were on par with every other restaurant in Yellowknife, portions are decent, and I really liked the variety that they offer with the tasting platters. If you come here, I think that the best thing to get would be the vegetarian tasting platter.

Surprised at all the positive reviews for this restaurant. I ordered the combination plate for lunch while up in Yellowknife for work. The food was cold when it arrived and was mediocre at best. The restaurant itself was dingy and service was nonexistant. And it cost me almost $30 for lunch! I would recommend going elsewhere.

I eat here almost every time I come to town. You will never be disappointed by anything you order here! Their injera is perfect and their goat curry is my favourite. Yum

Amazing restaurant. I only ever order the vegetarian pancake dish, just cuz it’s so good that I don’t even wanna try anything else. My friends order other dishes and they’re happy with them as well. It might seem pricy but the portions are so big that it’s like two meals.

We came around 7pm without a reservation and it was busy! So recommend booking in advance unless you don't mind waiting. The man running the show was pretty abrupt telling us they were full, almost as though encouraging us to go elsewhere, but after running around a bit he managed to clear some tables. He was more jovial after this, but still pretty blunt- think it's just his way. We had a mixed platter and chicken curry, and both were delicious and hearty portions - a blessing after our 5-hour hike without lunch. The food was a bit on the cold side and they had run out of the injera so we had rice instead, but it was very tasty!

Ordered the Mahiberawi combination for dinner because it looks so good on the menu. When the plate showed up, I couldn't stop laughing as it is clearly enough for two people. I couldn't finish the entire plate but it tasted as good as it looked on the menu. Did not disappoint. The restaurant was very casual, suitable for family. Will definitely go back if I visit Yellowknife again.