Awash Ethiopian Restaurant

Oh lord. Like a fellow reviewer I really wanted to like this place as it's so close to my home and I am a huge fan of Ethiopian food. Sadly, the service was horrible (friendly but EXTREMELY slow). It was not a busy night, barely any customers in there but we waited almost an hour for the APPETIZER and another hour for the food. We wound up having to go to the counter to just ask for it to go, but they were "just putting it on the plates." I have eaten in a lot of ethiopian restaurants and the food here was sadly the worst out of those I've tried. They also messed up my order and gave me double of the vegetable that I said I did not want. Overall was quite the fail, very disappointed. Will be walking the extra blocks to go down to Ethiopian Diamond.

The food was delicious and the service was friendly and quick. We had a lamb and a chicken entree, and a spinach appetizer. I ordered the chicken entree to be spicy and it was perfect. Highly recommended.

There is something about, or in Ethiopian cuisine that just slows the world around me down. Then again, maybe it's just me who slows. Next thing I know when asked about the food I go with a... Food... Good.

I love Ethiopian so I find it strange that most Ethiopian restaurants are dead around 6/7 at night. Whenever I go there is maybe two other tables. Do people not get how good this food is?! Or am I eating dinner at a strange time?! Either way I drove by to see empty table at all times of the day. I mean come on people, if you like Indian, it's fairly similar. You have your meats, vegetables, sauces, and bread. Spices and flavors are different but if you have a palate for Indian you should for Ethiopian. Plus it's more fun, you get to eat with your hands!

As for Awash, the service is excellent and the food is some of the best I've had. Service is slow but it is not because they are being mean, you're supposed to take you time and relax. We tend to want to be in and out, but it doesn't work like that here or any Ethiopian restaurant matter of fact. Actually, I thought the service was a bit faster then most places. Regardless of speed the service here was super friendly. The food is so good I almost want to say it's the best Ethiopian I had so far. Everything was cooked perfectly, you got strong flavor with every bite, and the serving size was nice. It's really hard to compare but the flavors here just seemed so much stronger then most places. I think more "research" is needed to make this decision, anyone want to join me??