Blue Nile Cafe

933 E University Dr, Tempe AZ 85281 bluenilecafe.net (480) 377-1113

Cuisines and Dishes at Blue Nile Cafe:

Ethiopian

Menu for Blue Nile Cafe

Appetizers

Sambussa $1.75
a pair of triangular dough shells filled with a variety of different stuffing's and lightly deep fried in soybean oil to a golden perfection.
Meat
choice of chicken or beef.
Vegan
choice of lentils, cabbage with potatoes, or collard greens with potatoes.
Shrimp Appetizer $6.50
large fresh shrimp sauteed in apple cider vinegar and fresh herbs. served with house pita chips.
Ethiopian Style Crisp $6.50
grilled chicken, vegetables, and cheese sandwiched between two flat pitas and baked crispy. served with spicy sauce for dipping.
Vegan Red Sea Hummus $4.99
house made garbanzo dip served with pita bread. drizzled with olive oil. add grilled chicken or beef $1.50. lamb $2.00.
Vegan Mixed Bean Plate $4.99
mixed beans cooked with red onions, tomatoes, garlic, and topped with feta cheese (optional). served with pita bread.
Vegan Floret Crunch $3.99
cauliflower lightly browned till crispy and drizzled with sesame seed dressing and served in a bed of lettuce.
Goat Cheese And Plantain $4.50
sliced plantain slightley fried with grilled goat cheese and touch of spicy fruit sauce.

West Of Red Sea Salads

Vegan Misir Azifa $3.50
pureed lentils mixed with finely chopped onions in a zesty dijon dressing.
Vegan Tomato Salad $3.50
diced tomatoes freshly tossed with a mix of finely chopped onions and greens chilies in a tangy dressing of lime juice.
Vegan Ethio Potato Salad $3.50
diced potatoes mixed with herbs and onions in blue nile's vinaigrette dressing.
Vegan Kay Seer Salad $4.50
a mixture of chopped beets with potatoes in pureed chilies and onions in lime juice.
Vegan Timatim Fitfit $5.99
injera soaked in a tangy puree of tomatoes, onions, peppers, limejuice and vegetable oil. traditionally served cold.
Vegan Fruit Salad $6.50 - $8.50
a mix of succulent fresh fruits topped with shredded coconut and house made strawberry dressing.

East Of Red Sea Salads

Blue Nile Grilled Chicken Salad $7.99
grilled chicken breast pieces served on top of a freshly toosed salad of romaine lettuce, red onions, feta cheese, tomatoes, and calamata olives. served with blue nile's herbal balsamic vinegar dressing.
Vegan Grilled Vegetable Salad $6.99
mixed vegetables grilled with garlic and cilantro, served over a bed of fresh romaine lettuce. drizzled with house balsamic vinegar dressing. (add grilled chicken for $2.00).
Vegan Falafel Salad $6.99
crispy fava bean croquettes served over a bed of fresh romaine lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and calomata olives. drizzled with house sesame seed dressing.
Mixed Greens Salad $6.99
spring mixed greens toosed with apricots, walnuts, tomatoes, and soft goat cheese drizzled with house balsamic vinegar dressing. add grilled chicken for $2.00.

Vegan Entrees

Kik Alitcha $6.50
slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in mild sauce of onions, herbs and spices.
Tikil Gomen $6.99
sliced cabbage with potato chunks, cooked with curry and herbs.
Misir Watt (Whole) $6.50
whole lentils are simmered in blue nile's own mild turmeric and cumin sauce.
Kik Misir Watt (Split) $6.50
a traditional favorite of red lentils simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, and berebere (a blend of ethiopian spices).
Atkilt Watt $7.50
string beans, with sliced carrots and potato chunks, simered in tomato based sauce.
Gomen Watt $6.99
chopped collard greens are simmered in a mild garlic ginger sauce, herbs and spices.
Shuro Watt $6.50
sun dried, roasted, and then seasoned milled chickpeas cooked in berbere sauce.
Begerdan $7.50
eggplant cooked with bell peppers in tomatoes and onions with mild ethiopian spices and shredded coconut.
Dubba $6.99
yellow squash simmered with tomatoes and onions with ginger and oregano sauce.
Inguday $6.99
mushrooms simmered with fresh tomatoes in an ethiopian curried sauce.

Non Vegy Dishes

Doro Watt $8.50
a drumstick and thing cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick berbere sauce, and served in ethiopian style with a hard-boiled egg.
Zilbo $8.25
tender morsels of beef sauteed with onions and garlic and simmered with collard greens in a specially seasoned mild sauce.
Zegeney $9.99
cubes of beef cooked to tenderness in a sauce of tomatoes, garlic, and thick berbere sauce.
Blue Nile Tebbs $8.99
tender chopped lean beef, sauteed to perfection with onion, green chili, seasoned butter and herbs.
Creamy Curried Chicken $8.99
chicken breast simmered in Nile's creamy curry sauce, seasoned with herbs and ethiopian cardamon. substitute shrimp, $2.00(shrimp watt).
Chicken Atkilt $8.99
chicken breast marinated in fresh herbs and spices, slowly grilled and sauteed with fresh mixed vegetables. substitute shrimp, $2.00 (shrimp atkilt).
Chicken Tebbs $8.99
chicken breast marinated in fresh herbs and spices, sauteed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, roasted peppers. substitute shrimp, $2.00 (shrimp tebbs).
Healthy Eater $10.25
chicken atkilt, chicken tebbs and two vegetable sides arranged on our large serving toy.

Ethio Combo

Blue Nile Messob $9.50
each, a dazzling array of blue nile tebbs, doro watt with your choice of 3 vegetarian sides, aranged on our large serving tray. served with injera.
Strictly Vegan Combo $8.50
each, a combination of your choice of 5 vegetarian dishes arranged on a platter, served with injera. add vegan salad for $0.50 extra.
Meat Lover's Combo $12.50
each, a combination of lamb tebbs, shrimp watt, chicken tebbs, zegeney and gomment watt arranged on our large serving tray with injera. add any additional veggie for $2.00 each.
Create Your Owen Messob $4.50
choose from any of the non vegy dishes for, or your choice of Vegan dishes for $2.99. choose as many side as your like.
Extended Family Messob $45.50
a combination of shrimp watt, chicken tebbs, lamb tebbs, beef watt (zegeny) and three vegetable sides of your choice arranged on our large serving tray with injera. serves 4 - 5 people.

West Of Red Sea Specials

Lamb Fitfit $13.50
juicy tender leg of lamb slow braised with onions, garlic, tomatoes, ethiopian herbs and spices, served over. couscous or injer.
Gored Gored $10.99
morsels of choice lean beef dipped in a traditional souce of milled pepper thickened with aromatic buttery spiced sauce traditionally served raw or very rare.
Kitfo $10.99
freshly minced, very lean choice beef mixed with mitmita and spcied butter. served like steak tartar raw or rare.
Yebeg Tebbs (Lamb) $12.99
slices of lean lamb sauteed with onions, green chilies and tomatoes in ethiopian herbs and spices.
Bazerua Shurro $8.50
cubes of lean beef simmered in blue nile's seasoned milled chickpeas.

Eas Of Red See Special

Grilled Chicken Plate $9.99
grilled chicken breast over brown rice served with, spiced yogurt and house salad.
Vegan Falafel Plate $8.50
crispy fava bean served over a bed of salad with calamata olive side of hummus dizzled with house sesame seed dressing.
Vegan Lentil Plate $7.99
lentils cooked with cumin and garlic, are served over a bed of brown rice and topped with crispy fried red onions. served with a side of hummus, pita bread and house salad.
Grilled Chicken Vegy Plate $9.99
grilled chicken breast served with steamed or grilled vegetables and a side of pita bread, hummus and house salad.
Vegan Vegy Plate $8.50
grilled or steamed vegetables served with side of mixed beans on rice, served with house salad.

Extras

Brown Rice $1.99
Spiced yogurt $1.50
Red Sea Hummus $1.99
Injera $1.00
Chutney $0.65
Mixed Beans $2.99
Rosemary Potatoes $2.99
Steamed, Sauteed Mixed Veggies $3.99

Dessert

Vegan Ethio Coffee Cake $3.00
biscuits dipped with ethiopian coffee are lined with layers of non - dairy cream and topped with crystal caramel and almonds, choose between strawberry or orange flavored.
Fresh Mango Cheese Cake $4.00
fresh mangoes mixed with cream choose over a golden crumbled honey cookie crust.

Beverages

Ethiopian Coffee $2.00
Espresso $1.25 - $2.00
Milk $1.85
Chocolate Milk $2.25
Soy Milk $2.50
Hot Chocolate $2.50
Specialty Coffees And Drinks $3.50
your choice from cappuccinos, chai mattes, macchiatos or special order. substitute organic soy milk for $1.00 extra.
Freshly Squeezed Juices $3.50
orange, carrot, apple.
Bottled Juice $2.00
mango, guava.
Sodas $1.75
pepsi, diet pepsi, raspberry tea, sierra mist, dr. pepper, gaterade, pink lemonade, bottled water.
House Brewed Ice Tea $2.00
House Rose Water Lemonade $2.00

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Reviews for Blue Nile Cafe

Ratings and Reviews for Blue Nile Cafe

Mar 22 2012

Jen D. via Yelp

I'm obsessed with this place. I feel bad for just getting around to reviewing it. We go every Thursday. Food alone this place is 5+ stars, it's so fun to...read more
Feb 27 2012

Aaron L. via Yelp

Great food but a little pricy for the small portion that you receive.read more
Feb 22 2012

Ryan S. via Yelp

This is my favorite restaurant in Tempe. The food is great with many vegetarian options. The atmosphere is usually pretty quiet and the servers are all...read more
Nov 15 2008

via Citysearch

Lunch specials around $7 will have you coming back! Dinner options are really good- and they will let you bring your own beer/win...read more
Jul 25 2008

Montecore13 via Citysearch

I chose to go to Blue Nile cafe after reading several reviews on other sites. Most prefered this to lalibela cafe. They have a t...read more
Jan 01 2008

jaimejay via Citysearch

Tried blue nile once, will not return. After having been to Africa, I am accustomed to good, authentic Ethiopian food and the Blu...read more

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