This place serves Awesome food. Very easy on pocket. The seating is good. The servers are very pleasing. All in all a very nice experience. Thanks for doing a great job with the food.
Patricia Bragado Marín
+5
It was my first time eating Ethiopian and I loved it so much. All the veggies were very tasty, excellent spices and tender meat. Everything with this spongy flat bread that makes it more delicious. The service was very kind and the place is quite cozying with some african art.
So I hang around in this part of west village a lot and that's how I happened to come across this hole-in-a-wall place.
This is a small cozy place with really good service. I've been here at least 20 times and there are definitely those on off days when it gets crazy busy and you end up waiting more than usual.
The vegetarian combo is the best that I've eaten and I rarely get anything else here. I don't think I can say about many places I've been, but the quality here has been very consistent over the last four years. The meat items are typically more greasy than I'd like hence I stick to my veggie option. I would definitely recommend trying the Ethiopian beer. I wasn't a big fan of the honey wine people rave about.
To sum it up, ever since I've been here, I have stopped going to any other Ethiopian restaurant in the city. Totally deserved 5 stars!
If ur an Indian I'm sure u won't feel nostalgic for Indian cuisine once ur here...quite easy on pocket and love the chilled out ambience. Must Visit!
Had Ethiopian food for the first time. It's very similar to Indian food. A quiet little place. Definitely the place for foodies. Presentation of the food could be better. Loved it otherwise.
It was our first meeting with ethipian cuisine based on a recommendation by a friend. We ordered samosas and the combo for two as we were not extremely hungry. Everything was very new taste and we enjoyed it (expect the chicken with spinach for me). The ethiopian beer was salty and strange but we drunk it as it went well with the food.
Affamé Et Assoiffé Yoda
+4.5
Ethiopian cuisine is kinda/sorta Indian. Their 'rotis' are like neer dosas. Their curries are like Indian curries, but slightly different in tastes and more garlicky. I have been to a few Ethiopian places (in Boston and New York) and I liked them. But after a quick lunch at Meskerem, I knew how much I loved the cuisine!
It was a monday afternoon and the place was fairly empty. The staff was amicable and quick. We ordered for 3 different lunch specials (Yebeg Alecha, Gomen Besaega and Meskerem Tibs). Each of them came on the Injera (the dosa thingy) with extra Injera and a side of lentils (each of them delicious). The Alecha was the hero dish of all. The others were good, but not as good as the Alecha. Not spicy, but loaded with flavor. The Injera is pretty big so if you are unsure of whether you can finish it, you can ask them to get the extra Injera later.
But I left the place happy full.
Solid size portions, even with their lunch specials. A good deal for some good food. Definitely coming back to try more of their menu.
Ethnic Food Enthusiast
+4.5
Ate here two out of four nights. During my brief trip to NYC I managed to dine 2 of the 4 nights at Meskerem. My daughter and I are Eritrean/Ethiopian food junkies and Meskerem rates very high for us in terms of food quality and price. We both ordered the vegetarian combos which were perfectly spiced and the injera was plentiful.
Excellent, generous portions, fun to eat! Great, smiling service, $24 bottle of honey wine! Loved it.
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