Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant

1320 Saratoga Ave, San Jose CA 95129 zenirestaurant.com (408) 615-8282

Cuisines and Dishes at Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant:

Ethiopian

Menu for Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant

Appetizers

Sambussa $3.00
Thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot green & herbs. This meatless dish is lightly deep fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection
House Salad $4.50
Crisp green salad topped with green pepper tomato, onion in an authentic house dressing

Vegetarian

Gomen Kitfo $13.50
Chopped collard greens made for perfection with herb butter served with zeni's home made special cheese iyeb
Yemisir Wot $10.50
Pureed split red lentil are simmered in zeni's own spicy, hot berbere sauce
Kik Alitcha $10.50
Split yellow piece made with onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric. Mild
Atakilt Wot $10.50
A delicious vegetable: boiled chopped cabbage, sliced carrots, and potato chunks, simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, and vegetable oil
Gomen Wot $10.50
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion and herbs
Shuro Wot $11.50
Roasted and powdered chick peas, Shuro are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce with vegetable oil
Ye Timatim Fitfit $9.50
Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomato, onions, green pepper mixed with zeni's own home made dressing
Foule $10.50
Cooked beans mixed with fresh tomato, green pepper, spice and home made cheese iybe. Prepared with a choice of oil or butter. Served with fresh bread
Vegetarian Combo $13.50
A combination of ye-miser wot ,ye-kik alitcha, atakelt wot, ye-gomen wot, ye timatim fitfit
Misir Kitfo $10.50
Pureed lentil mixed with mitmita, purified seasoned butter and herbs

Poultry

Ye Doro Wot $12.99
A drumstick or thigh cooked to tenderness in a hot & thick red pepper, onions, garlic, ginger & purified butter sauce. Served with a hard boiled egg and home made cheese
Ye Doro Tibs $12.99
Boneless, skinless cubed chicken sauteed in a special blend of spices and braised in onions tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served hot or mild

Lamb

Ye Beg Tibs $13.50
Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sauteed in butter seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato and rosemary. Served juicy or fried
Dulet $12.99
Chopped red meat, tripe, and liver seasoned with herbed purified butter, spiced chili powder mitmita. Served row, mild or well done
Gomen Besiga $13.50
Lamb with bone cooked with collar green, herbed butter, garlic, ginger, onions, and green pepper
Ye Beg Firfir $12.99
Piece of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper sauce, mixed with pieces of injera before being served

Beef

Kitfo $12.50
Ethiopian steak tartar, from selected lean round steak, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served raw, mild or well done with home made cheese
Bozena Shiro $12.50
Zeni's highly seasoned milled chick peas simmered in berbere sauce with selected cubes of lean beef served in a deest a traditional pot
Gored Gored $12.00
Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper and herbed butter. Gored is served raw or rare, and served with awaze
Zilzil Tibs $12.00
Strip of tender beef sauteed in purified butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, fresh rosemary
Ye Bere Tibs $12.00
Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter. Served mild or spicy
Kei Wot $11.00
Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce and purified herbed butter, with exotic spices added
Alicha Wot $11.00
Mild and spicy beef stew, extra lean chopped beef simmered in mild sauce with spicy butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric
Firfir $12.50
Injera moistened with deliciously tender cubed beef simmered to perfection in berbere sauce, flavored with garlic, and ethiopian spices

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs $9.50
Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapenos and fresh tomatoes
Egg & Meat $10.50
Scrambled eggs with ground beef, onions jalapenos, and fresh tomatoes

Combination

Meat Combination $14.50
A combination of alitcha fitfit, doro wot, or key wot and beef Kitfo, home made cheese

Zini's Specialities

Yedoro Kitfo $12.50
Boneless, skinless ground chicken, seasoned with purified & herbed butter sauce & hot-spiced chili powder mitmita. Served cooked
Kiyet Kitfo $13.50
Beef kitfo cooked, raw or rare mixed with gomen kitfo and home made cheese
Special Kitfo $13.50
Beef Kitfo cooked, raw or rare, mixed with home made cheese
Goden Tibs $13.50
Giblets sauteed in butter seasoned with onion, black pepper, green peppers & rosemary. served saturdays & sundays
Tibs Firfir - Yebere $12.00
Chunks of lean beef sauteed with onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices
Tibs Firfir - Yebeg $12.99
Chunks of lean lamb sauteed with onions, tomato, and green pepper and purified butter tossed in berbere sauce with injera along with our exotic spices
Yebeg Kikil Kenemerequ $12.99
Pieces of lamb with bones cooked in mild green pepper and turmeric sauce, seasoned with onions, garlic herbs and spices

Side Orders

Shiro Wot $5.75
Gomen Wot $5.25
Miser Wot $5.25
Kik Alitcha $5.25
Atakilt Wot $5.25
Iyeb $3.50
Seneg Qaria $2.00

Ethiopian Coffee

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Zeni restaurant prepares and serves Ethiopian coffee with its full ceremony. Please order an hour in advance.

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Reviews for Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant

Ratings and Reviews for Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant

May 18 2012

Jennifer N. via Yelp

Good customer service, great food, and clean.read more
May 18 2012

Tom S. via Yelp

I didn't even know Ethiopian was a food. When someone said "I'm going to eat Ethiopian tonight", I thought they were making some off-colored joke and going...read more
May 16 2012

Amanda L. via Yelp

Flavorful, fresh, and always a fun experience! We always get the veggie combo and the meat combo, and it's enough for three people to be stuffed! Delicious....read more
Feb 02 2008

via Citysearch

I don't think they even deserve 1 star. My friend and I went recently and had the worst service. We really felt discriminated. ...read more
Sep 28 2006

via Citysearch

We've tried all sorts of Ehtiopian restaurants from South San Jose to Berkeley. While nothing will pass the Blue Nile, Zeni comes ...read more
Sep 26 2006

via Citysearch

When we entered the place, the setting seemed really nice.. However, once at the table, it was dirty and the waitress didn't wipe ...read more

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