This place is still open right?

Just called and got no answer. I see open weekdays till 10pm. the place at Mission valley

2/16/2011 4:34:00 PM

I'd like to know as well. I've got a hankering for giraffe meat.

2/16/2011 4:41:37 PM

Still open but they canceled their lunch buffet

2/16/2011 4:45:38 PM

the times i've gone there its been no open but no service, so i just wind up leaving. Pretty weak imo, dunno how they stay open. Amedeo's service is shit too, not that im in a complaining mood

2/16/2011 5:30:07 PM

decent food, but poor service when i've been, too

[Edited on February 16, 2011 at 5:33 PM. Reason : go to queen of sheba instead]

2/16/2011 5:32:01 PM

I thought I read something about that place getting raided because it was a drug front.

2/16/2011 5:49:39 PM

It would not surprise me at all if that restaurant is a front. I've known so many people that have gone there and walked back out because no one ever appeared to serve them

2/16/2011 7:36:51 PM

yeah... let me see... i'll take an order of sand... ohhh the UN ration looks good... how about some more sand... great!

2/16/2011 8:27:03 PM

Funny story...
I came out of MV one night and there was about 8 black guys in the parking lot (pretty evenly spaced out) screaming at each other in a language I did not understand, and about 25-30 other people standing around watching the situation. I quickly got my awkward white ass out of there.

2/16/2011 9:05:49 PM

Sounds like you walked right into the middle of an amateur production of Stomp the Yard.

2/16/2011 10:04:15 PM

i went and they served me an empty plate

2/16/2011 10:46:12 PM

it's because of the famine

2/16/2011 10:49:27 PM

Hahah went there last night. We were the only ones in there. They served the guineas in a bottle no glass. It was fun nonetheless. It's always like that when I go there

2/17/2011 11:18:14 AM

When I went, it was fucking excellent. This was like 6 years ago though.

2/17/2011 11:29:06 AM

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"When I went, it was fucking excellent. This was like 6 8 years ago though."

im surprised it's even still there.

NCSU students and campus-area locals just aren't capable of sustaining any decent restaurants.

2/17/2011 11:37:54 AM

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"served the guineas"

2/17/2011 1:23:16 PM

Seriously, though, how does this place stay in business? It's always empty.

2/17/2011 1:24:32 PM

maybe its a front?

I've never been, but I've always had it on my "list"

2/17/2011 1:35:27 PM

I went there and because I don't like spicy food I ordered a simple rice dish.

Swear to god, all jokes aside, they came back and said they were out of rice and that I had to pick something else....

2/17/2011 2:04:50 PM

see, this is what i'm talking about.

if you want rice, go to a goddamn Chinese buffet.

2/17/2011 2:11:52 PM

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"maybe its a front?"

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2/17/2011 2:14:58 PM

2/17/2011 5:24:52 PM

^^ lol I had forgotten about that thread.

2/17/2011 6:09:25 PM

my friends and i tried to go there a while back...and we got there a little early on a sunday (for the buffet) so we waited...and waited...and no one ever showed up. my friend had even called to make sure they'd be open the day before!

2/17/2011 7:05:50 PM

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5x the steak in the middle
leave the mushrooms
leave the dark red mud on the left
take away everything else
yum!

2/17/2011 8:18:39 PM

they have some good lamb dishes

2/17/2011 8:19:42 PM

They're still open. I eat there every now and then. Lunch buffet good for $10. Excellent for anyone who doesn't eat meat and or dairy.

2/17/2011 10:37:05 PM

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"Seriously, though, how does this place stay in business? It's always empty. "

They’re Ethiopians. They’re used to enduring.

2/18/2011 12:35:38 AM

^ I know so many restaurants like this. The reality is that many of them will go out of business, they're just on some lifeline and loosing money. In the bigger picture, restaurants are possibly the most over-invested sector of our economy. The margins are not very good, but the barrier to entry is reasonable for many common affluent people, so they make the mistake of putting their money where it's easy to get into, versus into where makes them money and is sustainable.

2/18/2011 8:44:49 AM

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"restaurants are possibly the most over-invested sector of our economy. The margins are not very good, but the barrier to entry is reasonable for many common affluent people, so they make the mistake of putting their money where it's easy to get into, versus into where makes them money and is sustainable."

is this just an assumption you are making, or do you have anything to back that assertion up. Because it sounds like some made up shit.

2/18/2011 9:29:07 AM

Abyssinia sucks. shitty food and TERRIBLE service. took over an hour and a half to get food that looked like a dog puked on a sourdough pancake. I'm all about exotic/ethnic foods but this place is terrible.

2/19/2011 6:31:54 PM

How many of you guys actually had Ethiopian/Eritrean food before this place? I'm kind of iffy about some of these reviews lol.

2/23/2011 3:00:58 PM

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"How many of you guys actually had Ethiopian/Eritrean food before this place"

not ncsuallday, i can tell you that

2/23/2011 3:08:31 PM

I dont wanna pay 15 bucks for a meal just to feel poor

2/23/2011 3:14:55 PM

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" not ncsuallday, i can tell you that "

Lol. I was thinking not by his post.

So, ncsuallday when you say ethnic food are you including Taco Bell in that equation?

[Edited on February 23, 2011 at 3:36 PM. Reason : >_>]

2/23/2011 3:17:11 PM

I used to love this place when I lived on that side of town. I still get hankerings for it every now and then even though I havent actually eaten there in a few years

2/23/2011 3:28:59 PM