zeni-ethiopian-restaurant Menu and Prices

41 menu items · 10 categoriesUpdated June 10, 2026

Zeni is an Ethiopian restaurant, go there if you want something different. Their injera is the signature-the sour, sponge-like pancakes served with a large plate of stew (wot) and eaten by hand, which has a very special taste. You can choose the spicy degree, and people who don't often eat East African food can also find the right one. It is suitable for going with friends and sharing a dish while chatting. The atmosphere is quite relaxed. Moreover, the berbere spice in the seasoning is very fragrant, and you will feel that you have opened up a new world after eating it.

Appetizers

  • Sambussa

    $3.00

    Thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot green & herbs. This meatless dish is lightly deep fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection

  • House Salad

    $4.50

    Crisp green salad topped with green pepper tomato, onion in an authentic house dressing

Vegetarian

  • Gomen Kitfo

    $13.50

    Chopped collard greens made for perfection with herb butter served with zeni's home made special cheese iyeb

  • Yemisir Wot

    $10.50

    Pureed split red lentil are simmered in zeni's own spicy, hot berbere sauce

  • Shuro Wot

    $11.50

    Roasted and powdered chick peas, Shuro are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce with vegetable oil

  • Ye Timatim Fitfit

    $9.50

    Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomato, onions, green pepper mixed with zeni's own home made dressing

  • Foule

    $10.50

    Cooked beans mixed with fresh tomato, green pepper, spice and home made cheese iybe. Prepared with a choice of oil or butter. Served with fresh bread

  • Vegetarian Combo

    $13.50

    A combination of ye-miser wot ,ye-kik alitcha, atakelt wot, ye-gomen wot, ye timatim fitfit

  • Misir Kitfo

    $10.50

    Pureed lentil mixed with mitmita, purified seasoned butter and herbs

Poultry

  • Ye Doro Wot

    $12.99

    A drumstick or thigh cooked to tenderness in a hot & thick red pepper, onions, garlic, ginger & purified butter sauce. Served with a hard boiled egg and home made cheese

  • Ye Doro Tibs

    $12.99

    Boneless, skinless cubed chicken sauteed in a special blend of spices and braised in onions tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served hot or mild

Lamb

  • Ye Beg Tibs

    $13.50

    Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sauteed in butter seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato and rosemary. Served juicy or fried

  • Dulet

    $12.99

    Chopped red meat, tripe, and liver seasoned with herbed purified butter, spiced chili powder mitmita. Served row, mild or well done

  • Gomen Besiga

    $13.50

    Lamb with bone cooked with collar green, herbed butter, garlic, ginger, onions, and green pepper

  • Ye Beg Firfir

    $12.99

    Piece of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper sauce, mixed with pieces of injera before being served

Beef

  • Kitfo

    $12.50

    Ethiopian steak tartar, from selected lean round steak, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served raw, mild or well done with home made cheese

  • Bozena Shiro

    $12.50

    Zeni's highly seasoned milled chick peas simmered in berbere sauce with selected cubes of lean beef served in a deest a traditional pot

  • Gored Gored

    $12.00

    Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper and herbed butter. Gored is served raw or rare, and served with awaze

  • Zilzil Tibs

    $12.00

    Strip of tender beef sauteed in purified butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, fresh rosemary

  • Ye Bere Tibs

    $12.00

    Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter. Served mild or spicy

  • Kei Wot

    $11.00

    Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce and purified herbed butter, with exotic spices added

  • Alicha Wot

    $11.00

    Mild and spicy beef stew, extra lean chopped beef simmered in mild sauce with spicy butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric

  • Firfir

    $12.50

    Injera moistened with deliciously tender cubed beef simmered to perfection in berbere sauce, flavored with garlic, and ethiopian spices

Breakfast

  • Scrambled Eggs

    $9.50

    Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapenos and fresh tomatoes

  • Egg & Meat

    $10.50

    Scrambled eggs with ground beef, onions jalapenos, and fresh tomatoes

Combination

  • Meat Combination

    $14.50

    A combination of alitcha fitfit, doro wot, or key wot and beef Kitfo, home made cheese

Zini's Specialities

  • Yedoro Kitfo

    $12.50

    Boneless, skinless ground chicken, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served cooked

  • Kiyet Kitfo

    $13.50

    Beef kitfo cooked, raw or rare mixed with gomen kitfo and home made cheese

  • Special Kitfo

    $13.50

    Beef Kitfo cooked, raw or rare, mixed with home made cheese

  • Goden Tibs

    $13.50

    Giblets sauteed in butter seasoned with onion, black pepper, green peppers & rosemary. served saturdays & sundays

  • Tibs Firfir - Yebere

    $12.00

    Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices

  • Tibs Firfir - Yebeg

    $12.99

    Chunks of lean lamb sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices

  • Yebeg Kikil Kenemerequ

    $12.99

    Pieces of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper and turmeric sauce, seasoned with onions, garlic herbs and spices

Side Orders

  • Shiro Wot

    $5.75
  • Gomen Wot

    $5.25
  • Miser Wot

    $5.25
  • Kik Alitcha

    $5.25
  • Atakilt Wot

    $5.25
  • Iyeb

    $3.50
  • Seneg Qaria

    $2.00

Ethiopian Coffee

  • Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

    $0.00

    Zeni restaurant prepares and serves Ethiopian coffee with its full ceremony. Please order an hour in advance.

Prices may vary by location. Confirm with the restaurant before ordering.