Habesha Restaurant & Bar
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Hours
Sun
14:00 - 23:00
Mon
15:00 - 23:00
Tue
15:00 - 23:00
Wed
15:00 - 23:00
Thu
15:00 - 23:00
Fri
15:00 - 23:00
Sat
13:00 - 23:00
Ratings and reviews
4.5
RATINGS
Food
Service
Value
Atmosphere
Food and ambience
African, Ethiopian, Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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Details
CUISINES
African, Ethiopian
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, After-hours
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Table Service
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4.5
305 reviews
Excellent
192
Very good
86
Average
19
Poor
5
Terrible
3
Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
Jack Barks
29 contributions
Sept 2023 • couples
This place is a real experience. It is a bit hard to find, but once you get there, you feel like you have left Manchester. The service took quite a while but was incredibly friendly, and they explained how to eat the injera (soured teff flour pancake) properly, which was helpful. We ordered the Doro Wat and a mixed vegetarian dish with injera. The vegetarian dish had lots of delicious buttery pulse purees, and the doro wat was spicy and warming too. Ethiopian beer was lovely too! Overall, if you have never had Ethiopian food before, this is the place to have it—a real authentic and memorable experience!
Written 24 May 2024
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Julia F
Burham166 contributions
Apr 2024 • family
We had lamb dishes, they were both delicious. Staff were friendly. Restaurant is not obvious from the street but well worth a visit.
Written 20 April 2024
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grumps2014
Cheshire25 contributions
Apr 2024 • friends
Four of us selected one item from each category - beef, lamb, chicken and vegetarian - and then shared. Very tasty, and a novel experience eating everything using the folded injera bread, all washed down with bottles of (good) Ethiopian beer. Friendly service at a very reasonable price - four main courses and 8 beers came to £71.00 which is amazing given the central Manchester location.
Written 17 April 2024
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Girl Takes Mundo
Manchester202 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
Hands down my favorite Ethiopian Restaurant and I've had my fair share as a travel blogger for Girltakesmundo.com.
The veggie platter is my go-to and highly recommended for even the meat eaters. The waiter is always the same as this establishment is family run and I've never seen him not smile. (Probably the happiest person I know in Manchester.)
Price is affordable, in the great location in Manchester and family run. What more could you ask for!
Written 18 March 2024
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Jo W
Eastbourne10 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
Thoroughly enjoyable experience. Food was delicious and plentiful. Different dining experience. The waiter was so lovely. Very good value. Would highly recommend and we will definitely be returning next time we’re in Manchester.
Written 17 March 2024
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Chefborn2eat
Manchester467 contributions
Mar 2024 • friends
What a fabulous place this is. Before talking about the food, i would like to appreciate the staff, so smily and cheerful. Nebew was such a fun host and server. The food is outstanding. This was the first time we tried Ethiopian Cuisine. We tried the Wot which is a medium spicy stew which is slightly thick cooked with meat. Doro Wot is
tender chicken slow cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, spices and herbal butter served with a boiled egg.
Shiro - Powdered chickpeas cooked with onion, garlic and ginger, mildly spiced
Beyaynetu is a traditional national dish served with various components - Yetsom Beyaynetu is spicy red lentils, yellow split peas, cabbage and carrots, shiro and house salad. The Injera is a flatbread similar to a pancake which is made from teff flour and is served with all the dishes. The total bill for 6 people was £60 including 5 Ethiopian Beers and food
Written 9 March 2024
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Sugarlips x
Shaw68 contributions
Feb 2024 • friends
Came here 3 or 4 years ago and was excited to come back but left disappointed. The place felt scruffy and smelt stale which it never used to. Lovely waiter he's a star but the prices have shot up and the food just isn't as good and there's a lot less of it. The injera were cold which was a bit off putting, the food was OK but nothing to write home about. The chicken was 1 very cheap chicken quarter and cost 11 in some gravy. The veggie option was also overpriced at 10. I wont be going back, and it's a shame cos I loved it first time
Written 4 February 2024
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Emma W
3 contributions
Feb 2024 • couples
Absolutely fantastic, authentic Ethiopian food. Staff were very friendly and accommodating. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to try Ethiopian cuisine
Written 4 February 2024
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Emma B
3 contributions
Jan 2024 • friends
Authentic, Ethiopian food. The service was excellent and the server was very friendly. Lots of vegan/ vegetarian options and very reasonably priced. Homey feel serving Ethiopian specialities . Would recommend.
Written 2 January 2024
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Ross E
10 contributions
Nov 2023 • family
Absolutely fantastic, we’ll just keep coming as you won’t find anything like this anywhere else.
Great food and service!
Written 4 November 2023
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Mark R
41 contributions
Jul 2023 • solo
Lovely Ethiopian food. Demonstrated by a full house at 6:15 on a Friday.
Don’t be put off by the outside (a bit shabby). Good food, great value
Written 21 July 2023
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Stephen B
Northampton92 contributions
May 2023 • solo
Working away so always trying to find good food on a budget. Never tried Ethiopian food so went for it, Wow, great atmosphere, service extremely friendly, helpful and the food was sensational! I think I have found my new favourite bread… great tasting beer to washing it all down, I will most definitely return to this place!
Written 24 May 2023
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Ben M
80 contributions
May 2023 • couples
£11-12 Any main dish which comes with a HUGE bread
£3.50 beer
Simple menu with about 10 choices total (2 of which veg), all enjoyed with a delicious, airy, soft sour flatbread.
Unpretentious, homey, generous, served with a smile, and simply delicious!
Written 20 May 2023
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hhpy
Edinburgh79 contributions
Mar 2023 • solo
It is certainly different! If you don't like spicy food, perhaps that's not the place for you. The dishes seem to be rather hot. Mine was. It came with a massive pancake. It's nice enough really. The service is brilliant. Good value.
How authentic? I don't know. I have not been to Ethiopia!
Written 20 April 2023
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Gavinadj
Prestwich24 contributions
Apr 2023 • friends
We came here with a group of friends, and we were pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere which was very chilled.
We ordered a sample of each meat and shared the board. The chicken was the nicest !
It was a very different experience, but was very nice. Very friendly waiter and good wine. Would recommend and would come back!
Written 6 April 2023
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