Ethiopian restaurants in Houston

Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

9400 Richmond, Houston, TX 77063

Ethiopian meals are eaten without utensils from a communal plate, which is first covered with pieces of a flatbread called injera. You fold each bite... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Katharine Shilcutt writes for Houston Press on Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

See more colorful photos from Lucy's dining room and kitchen in this week's slideshow.

It's not often you find yourself getting bottle service at a mesob, the woven round table that functions as the traditional serving structure at Ethiopian...
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Katharine Shilcutt writes for Houston Press on Sheba Cafe

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If there were any justice in this world, more people would be enjoying Ethiopian food for breakfast.

Of course, that would require more than one Houston restaurant to be serving the...
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Paul Galvani writes for Houston Press on Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

To steak tartare, sashimi, ceviche, carpaccio and crudo, you can add gored gored ($10.50). When you order it at Blue Nile (9400 Richmond, 713-782-6882), the waitress is likely to say, "That's raw beef, you know," making sure she won't have to take it back to the kitchen. Considered the national dish of Ethiopia, gored gored is cubes of tender beef mixed with a butter and...
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Recent User Reviews

sjmarsha wrote a review for Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
12/12/12

If you haven't tried Ethiopian food yet, you need to hop in your car immediately and drive to Blue Nile. The food here is mouth wateringly scrumptious. Be aware that some dishes you eat with your hands by using a flat bread called injeera to sop it up, like we southerners do with biscuits and gravy. The service is good and it's nice inside despite not looking...
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