Great African food for a reasonable price. Very cosy and intimate ambience, due to it being quite a…read moresmall space. We came on a weekday night and it was not too crowded, but comfortable. We started with the Cramped Cauliflower (fried cauliflower) entree, which was quite good, but nothing amazing. Basically deep fried cauliflower with some herbs. Then came the mains. The outstanding dish was the Genfo African Fufu (gnocchi of toasted barley flour). Unique in flavour, the gnocchi had a great consistency with some holding a little crunch from the pan frying. It's topped off with a big dollop of cream, and was very filling yet satisfying. We added chicken to it. Our other main was the Molokia (spinach and lamb with rice), which was decent but lacked a little flavour compared to the fantastic gnocchi.

Absolutely delicious, well priced, authentic and a fav of mine in Melbourn for something different.read more

Still good! On my most recent visit we indulged in the $33pp banquet (there's a $30, $33 or $38…read morebanquet - that's some serious value). The extra $3 will get you a few more entrees, on top of a variety of dips and bread, and three different meaty mains. I am so glad we got the entrees - they were the standouts of the meal and included roast cauliflower and a delicious beef mince delight. We went on a Tuesday and there was only one other table, so the atmosphere wasn't at it's greatest - but it meant we got great service. It is still BYO but I highly recommend you try an African beer while you're there. Why not?!

Nyala has been a fixture on Brunswick Street for over two decades now and it has to be one of the…read morefew restaurants in Melbourne let alone Fitzroy that serves (authentic?) African cuisine. Nyala refers to a Southern African antelope that is very common in Ethiopia. And the owners of Nyala are Ethiopian but also do a number of dishes from across Africa. When we were there the restaurant was very empty and the service was extremely friendly and attentive (as you'd expect with so few patrons). The food was pretty good and flavoursome and they had a number of African beers to try. I'll go again but I'm still a little bit on the fence....

Must try…read moreamazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nearly passed out the waiter was so hoooooooooooooooooooooooot omGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Great service and food ??????????!!!!!@@@@###$$$$$%%

My second tasting of ethiopian food was at a Friday night team dinner at the African horn. What…read morelooks like a tiny restaurant has a narrow corridor leading down to a seating area of five to six tables and an outdoor seating area for groups and another seating area that sort of looks like a lounge room with a bright pink armchair. The group seating area has hanging plants and a set of drums out in the front. The tables are of different sizes. The lounge room looking like area has a massive tapestry of a lion and that's also where the toilets are. A big flag of Ethiopia adorns the wall. The serviettes are red, green, and yellow - the colours of the ethiopian flag. They turned on some ethiopian music for us but shut it off as the restaurant got busy. The menu has variety with seafood, lamb, goat and beef as well as a large selection of vegetarian dishes. The drinks menu consists of four types of ethiopian beer, ethiopian sparkling water called ambo, ethiopian coffee, cider and wine. The desert menu is scarce with only two items. As a group, we ordered the banquet option consisting of entree and mains for $28 per person. Pretty good value. The entrees we received were 1. Fried injera bread with hummus topped with some chilli paste and flavoured with some unknown spice - loved the fried injera bread and the spicy hummus 2. Beef samosa served with a tomato chutney - pretty average and chutney didn't seem to go with the samosa 3. Foccacia bread The main consisted of a platter served with three meat curries, a salad, two lentil curries and a cabbage carrot curry laid on top of a massive injera bread. Th inner bread is quite rubbery and has a slightly sour taste but goes well with the curries. We didn't know which meat we were eating and the service staff didn't introduce any of the dishes. I found this quite disappointing. No one could guess the meat. Even the black lentils tasted like mince meat. The food can be quite spicy for some. Even the salad had spice in it but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I do not like not knowing what I'm eating though. My colleagues quite liked the ethiopian beers. the ethiopian sparkling water tasted quite sweet. The chai latte was actually just chai brewed with milk in a teapot. Service was very very slow. We were all on time and waited almost an hour for drinks and my colleagues sparkling water was the last to arrive. We were the first group too.

The Horn of Africa is a great little spot to go in a group to enjoy some seemingly authentic (so a…read moretaxi driver told me) Ethiopian cuisine the way it should be eaten - with your hands. The place was heaving and is quite big (they have a big courtyard out the back), way bigger than you might think from the outside. Perhaps because of this, the service was a ropey in parts. Extremely friendly when the waitress was there but she was run off her feet. The food also talk a long time to come out. Yet despite these little things I just couldn't help but to have a good time here. The atmosphere is just really warm, the food is tasty and they have a wide range of Ethiopian beers. There wasn't any live music whilst we were there but I'd definitely be back on a night when there is. It surely would have to be the perfect accompaniment to an already relaxed vibe.

Incredibly tasty food and friendly service. The African eggs are a must.read more

Great place where you can eat a great combination of vegetarian and african food which is tasty,…read moredelicious and yummy. I have discovered this place by pure coincidence and were amazed of how good it is.