Eritrean & Ethiopian meals are shared & scooped up with injera bread at this homey, family-run spot. Based on 541 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
739 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 864-7447
Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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5–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 5–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9 PM |
| Thursday | 5–9 PM |
| Friday | 5–9 PM |
| Saturday | 5–9 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
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Reviews
Jimena Romero
You can’t miss this place! We had a wonderful diner, our waitress was super friendly and the food was top! Good portions and amazing quality! Hard to find. The best food I had from Eritrea or Ethiopia, and I have tried many. Will be back any time we are in town.
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Erin Karpich
I loved this place. The server was knowledgeable and friendly. We each got the vegetarian combo. There was a good amount of each type for two people. The inside atmosphere was fun!! I would come back and order my favorite item from the vegetarian combo.
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Annabella Gong
Asmara is unequivocally one of the best restaurants in the entire Boston area. The meat and veggie combo (see photo) is our go-to dish — you sample a little bit of everything, and every bite is just nirvana in your mouth. Perfect dish to share and enjoy for any sized group, whether it’s a pair or a crowd of 6. Also the great thing about the food is that even if you overeat (which you inevitably will b/c it’s so dang tasty), the food is so healthy and nutritionally dense that you don’t feel “gross” afterwards. We order the meat and veggie combo every time we come here (and it’s been like 50x and counting). Last but not least, Sarah is THE BEST — she is hospitality at its finest.
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Suvam Mukherjee
The restaurant is conveniently located near Central Square and has an interesting decor. We took the chicken wings as starters, which was pretty good. There was a honey + beer which was really good. That’s pretty much all the positive experience we had.
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Saran Ouk
Cute little Ethiopian restaurant. I got the meat combo with beef, chicken and lamb. We also got a couple apps, spinach with ricotta and the stuff tomato.
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Pantea Karimi
The restaurant has chicken, beef, lamb, vegetarian, and vegan options. The staff are cool and the fermented bread has a unique and interesting flavor.
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James Zabik
The ambiance is pretty casual, and you come in and wait in line until your part can be seated. My party and I ordered the meat combo and the veggie combo so we could try a bunch of things. It was totally the best move because we got to try so many amazing things. Eating with your hands and the injera bread was a little weird at first but after a minute I was loving the experience!
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Brian Twitchell
Shared two combination entrees and found it a bit too generous portions for two people with small appetites. Nonetheless the server was patient and worked hard despite a busy dinner crowd. Food was delicious. Spicy items were spicy but not too much for someone with mild tolerance. Bathroom was clean. Meat and vegetable dishes available.
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Sarah Wang
Such a fun vibe and great flavors! Loved the huge plates and eating with my hands. I don’t think I am the biggest fan of Eritrean food, but everything tasted great. I especially loved the sponginess of the bread 🙂 Very friendly waitress too! I recommend getting the trials of the meat and veggie, so you can taste everything! Surprisingly, I liked the bean dishes the best.
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Lydia Chew
I walk by this restaurant constantly, and something about it had been calling to me for *months* before I got the chance to go. Perhaps it’s the difficulty of actually getting seated at a table to eat here – I had planned multiple excursions here, only to be turned away, before I was actually successful. They had a month-long closure earlier this year, then they were closed on a Friday evening that I came out (so note that the listed hours might not always be correct), and on top of that there are often long lines. Because it’s so busy, don’t expect service to be quick, but everyone we interacted with was extremely nice!
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