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Abyssinia Restaurant

229 S 45TH ST · University City, PA 19104

Read from this restaurant's toast ordering page on September 8, 2026. Prices here have not been confirmed with the restaurant and are not a quote — check before you order.

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Plain text version — 82 dishes in 12 sections

Breakfast

  • Alicha Firfir

    Shredded injera braised with mild beef or lamb stew

    $12.00+

  • Ful

    Fava beans with onions, tomatoes, pepper & olive oil. Served with bread

    $14.00

  • Quanta Firfir

    Shredded injera braised with beef jerky in a sauce

    $14.00

  • Enquilal

    Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, pepper & kibbeh. Served with bread

    $14.00

  • Sheya

    Beef pan fried with onions & green pepper & side of Enqulal or Ful. Served with bread

    $14.00

  • Dabo Firfir

    Shredded baked bread mixed in a sauce

    $15.00

  • Qey Wot Firfir

    Shredded injera braised with spicy beef or lamb stew

    $12.00+

Vegan Entrees

  • Misir Alicha

    $14.00

  • Kik Alicha

    $14.00

  • Yetsom Firfir (V)

    Tomato based sauce with a hint of berbere tossed with shredded injera

    $14.00

  • Miser Wot (V)

    Red lentils stewed in a rich mild or spicy sauce with onions, garlic & ginger

    $14.00

  • Kik Wot (V)

    Yellow split peas stewed in a mild or spicy sauce with onions & ginger

    $14.00

  • Gomen Wot (V)

    Collard greens with onions & garlic

    $14.00

  • Azifah Wot (V)

    Whole brown lentils seasoned with mustard, onions, garlic & jalapeño. Served cold.

    $14.00

  • Shiro (V)

    Ground chickpea simmered in a rich house sauce & spiced with olive oil

    $14.00

  • Atikilt Wot (V)

    Vegetables stewed with onions, garlic, ginger, cabbages, carrots & potatoes

    $14.00

Abyssinia's Specialties

  • Quanta Firfir

    Shredded Injera braised with beef jerky in berbere sauce

    $17.00

  • Alicha firfir

    $17.00

  • Tere-Siga

    Raw meat served raw with mitmita & awaze

    $21.00

  • Special Kitfo

    Abyssinia Kitfo with jalapeño & onions with kibbeh & mitmita

    $18.00

  • Special Gored-Gored

    $19.00

  • Assa (Whole Fish)

    Pan fried fish over rice with timatim salad

    $20.00

  • Kitfo

    Ethiopian beef tartare with kibbeh & mitmita. Served with ayib & gomen

    $17.00

  • Kurt Tibs

    Abyssinia special beef cut cooked in tibs

    $19.00

  • Gored-Gored

    Chunk of beef seasoned with kibbeh & awaze

    $18.00

Wot Entrees

  • Gomen Besiga

    Collard greens w/ sauteed beef in garlic, onion & kibbeh

    $18.00

  • Qey Wot

    Spicy stew sauce onion, garlic, ginger, berebere & kibbeh. Choose Lamb or Beef

    $17.00+

  • Doro Wot

    Spicy or Mild chicken leg stewed with onions, garlic, ginger, berbere & kibbeh. Served w/ boiled egg & ayib

    $17.00

  • Alicha Wot

    Mild stew sauce with onion, garlic, ginger & kibbeh. Choose Lamb or Beef

    $17.00

  • Doro Alicha

    $17.00

  • Bozena Shiro

    Ground chickpeas with onion, tomato, garlic and beef

    $17.00

  • Shrimp Wot

    Fresh medium size shrimp cooked in Abyssinia spices

    $17.00

Tibs Entrees

  • Kurt Tibs

    $19.00

  • Fish Tibs

    $18.00

  • Chicken Tibs

    $16.00

  • Derek Tips

    $17.00

  • Tibs Firfir

    $17.00

  • Lamb Tibs

    $18.00

  • Shrimp Tibs

    $19.00

  • Beef Tibs

    $17.00

Food Combo

  • Combo

    $10.00

  • Snack Combo

    $5.00

Appetizers

  • Kategna

    Rolled strips of injera dusted with berbere & drizzled with kibbeh & mitmita

    $7.00

  • Sils Firfir

    Tomato based sauce with a hint of berbere tossed with shredded injera

    $9.00

  • Timatim Fitfit

    Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapeno peppers mixed with pieces of injera. Served cold

    $9.00

  • Azifah Fitfit

    Whole brown lentils seasoned with mustard, onions, garlic & jalapeños. Served cold.

    $9.00

  • House Salad

    Tomatoes, onions, jalapeño peppers, romaine lettuce & Abyssinia dressing

    $9.00

  • Samosa

    Crispy pastry shell filled with vegetables, onions and jalapeño peppers

    $7.00

Sandwiches

  • Chicken Sandwich

    $16.00

  • Kifo Sandwich

    $16.00

  • Special kitfo sandwich happy hour

    $7.00

  • Lamb sandwich happy hour

    $7.00

  • Beef Tibs Sandwich

    $17.00

  • Special Kifo Sandwich

    $16.00

  • combo special

    $10.00

  • Chicken sandwich happy hour

    $7.00

  • Veggi sandwich

    $6.00

  • Lamb Tibs Sandwich

    $18.00

Extra

  • Boiled Egg

    $1.50

  • Injera

    $2.00

  • Awaze

    $2.00

  • Bread

    $1.00

  • Yogurt

    $2.00

  • Ayib

    $2.00

  • Meat

    $3.00

  • Mimeta

    $2.00

Sides

  • Misir Wot

    $6.00

  • Azifah

    $6.00

  • Kik Wot

    $6.00

  • Seneg Kariya

    $3.00

  • Rice

    $5.00

  • Atikilt Wot

    $6.00

  • Gomen

    $6.00

  • Kik Alicha

    $6.00

  • House Salad

    $6.00

  • Shiro

    $6.00

  • Enqulal

    $1.50

Abyssina Combo Platters

  • Abyssinia 2

    Kitfo/Qey Wot/Misir Wot/Shiro/Kik Wot

    $19.00

  • Abyssinia 1

    Kitfo/Derek Tibs/Misir Wot/Shiro/Kik Alicha

    $19.00

  • Veggie Combo

    Misir Wot/Atikilt Wot/Shiro/Gomen/Kik Alicha/Azifah

    $17.00

  • Meat Combo

    Key Wot/Lamb Alicha/Doro Wot/Shiro/Kik/Azifah

    $18.00

Desserts

  • Baklava

    Greek flaky pastry (includes nuts)

    $6.00