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    Dirdawa Cafe

    3.5 (61 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Very loud
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Derek tibs with homemade berbere spice

    I don't know what some of these reviews are on about but this is a gem of an Ethiopian restaurant, with a great location open 7 days a week! The owners are very friendly and service was both prompt and attentive! Best of all THEY MAKE THEIR OWN BEBERE SPICE MIX ( seriously the best I've had in Los Angeles and that includes all the spots on fairfax) and they make their own injera as well which has a rich fermented flavor that let's you know that it's really homemade and not mass produced. I had the derek tibs which is deep fried beef sautéed in reptilian spiced butter with peppers and onions! So good but the berbere spice is what really made the experience for me! I also had a cafe late and the coffee was excellent as well I'll definitely be back!

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    Joshua G.

    I sat down and was brought a menu and then 20 mins later no one came to take my order. There was a group of guys who had already eaten and one couple waiting. As I left the lady working said oh sorry. I really wanted Ethiopian food but oh well.

    Found a long piece of hair in my food today. Disgusting! Please wear hair nets people!

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    Terrible customer service, just called to ask a question and the lady who answered said no and hung up...

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    Amazing! The best Ethiopian food I've had. I highly recommend the vegetarian combo. I'll definitely be coming back over and over.

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    I ordered via Door Dash a couple of weeks ago -- got the Pepper Soup with goat and pounded yam, and…read moreRice combo with Fish. First, the food arrived hot and well-wrapped so that's a plus. The Pepper soup was absolutely delicious-- so flavorful, spicy and the goat was tender. And it was a nice portion. The pounded yam was nice--it was like a mashed potato ball, smooth and the perfect neutral canvas for the soup. Next, the Jollof rice with the fish--very tasty, and a generous serving of rice that lasted me up to 3 days and by day 3 the rice was even better (I made chicken to go with it). I truly enjoyed my meal and rated it "I love it!" The funny thing is, I apparently ordered from them a year or so before and didn't have a good food experience so I didn't rate them well--I completely forgot and only realized it when my old bad DD review popped up after I posted my new good one . But everyone deserves another chance and they hit it out the park with that meal. So much so that I ordered from them again the following week and tried the Fufu combo with the mixed meat (cow leg, beef and tripe--I had always seen tripe but never had it) Egusi and the Eba. It was well prepared but the flavor was interesting to me--there were notes of bitterness (from the bitter leaf I presume or maybe the melon seeds?) and the Eba was a bit sour, like Ethiopian injera but stronger in my opinion. I really wanted to like it -- I even tried adding salt -- but I think maybe it's an acquired taste for my personal palate. The beef was a bit tough and the what I think was the cow leg skin was thick, tough and chewy. I've had Jamaican cow foot soup before and the skin was tender so not sure if it's just a different kind of cooking or what ‍. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't my cup of tea but maybe for someone else it's perfect. I'm only sharing my experience for someone who may have never had it and like me was curious, so this is my opinion on it (after all, Yelp is all about the word of mouth). But nothing ventured, nothing gained. Still, I want to try the other items and will always come back to that pepper soup and rice combo! UPDATE on 3/2/26 -- After my review I then got a taste for jollof again. So Yesterday I ordered the Edikanikong too and it was truly delicious!!! So flavorful and fresh! These are some of the best greens I've had! And that's it. Honestly because I ordered from DD so much I mostly do my reviews now there vs here on Yelp, but I felt compelled to share my experience on this spot on this platform too. FYI - I deleted my food photos that I uploaded to DD so I have none to share here.

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