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    Toukoul

    4.1 (122 reviews)
    PriceyEthiopian
    Open 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Jamie B.

    Not too bad of a place to eat. Not sure how it works out to be a music venue what with all the tables & crappy acoustics (a look around could tell me that) Shame that they were out of a key ingredient of a cocktail we ordered. Whenever a place is out of a key ingredient be it alcohol or good it discourages me slightly so minus a star for that. The food was bang on for spice level & flavour. Quantity was a bit overboard. It could quite easily have fed twice as many. I feel awful wasting food, but I did my best to leave as big a dent as possible. Not too expensive either. I prefer this place over the competition down the road, as this is non touristy. And no one aimlessly trying to sell trinkets.

    Lunch for two.
    Jennifer W.

    This restaurant is fantastic. Started with cocktails, the pisco sour was one of the best drinks I've ever tasted. My boyfriend and I ordered two meat dishes (lamb and chicken) and two veggie dishes (carrots/cabbage and lentils). They were served on traditional injera with salad and a soft white cheese. Everything was delicious, especially the lamb. The meal came with plenty of injera. The restaurant is spacious and boasts live music most evenings. The two cocktails and aforementioned meal totaled 49 euros and provided plenty of food. Couldn't recommend this place enough.

    Discovery menu with added ginger lime dish.
    Ward M.

    Friendly waiters, open view on the kitchen with happy chefs, nice food you can eat with your hands (you're supposed to). Live music 4 nights a week may be a bit loud for some. Reserve on time, it's a busy place.

    Shifinfin
    Rose B.

    I enjoyed the experience and food here at Toukoul. I've never had Ethiopian food before, but have always wanted to try it, just never got around to it, so it was great to try it while on vacation. There were two of us, and we ordered the Shifinfin menu which we thought was a good sampler of the things we wanted to try. I ordered a Tej (Ethiopian honey wine) which was quite yummy - not too sweet. We got there right around 6pm and got a table right away, but it got crowded around 6:30. I gave it 4 stars because I think the price is a little high (I'm comparing it to the Ethiopian restaurants here in NYC). We definitely left full. We couldn't finish all the food. The injera is pretty heavy, but delicious.

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    7 years ago

    Food was OK, Server was not good in explaining how platter works. Manager was rude and charge us lot more.

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    Great Food, great place. Friendly service and sometime in house music. Speaking about prices : a bit too much.

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    12 years ago

    I have had Ethiopian in the states but this was by far the worst! No siting on the floor, the hand bread was like paste, avoid!

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    Very good food, service and overall experience. I loved the interior. I definitely recommend the scampi!

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    Kokob

    3.6(125 reviews)
    0.8 kmCentre-Ville, Stalingrad, Bruxelles
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    Making a reservation was so easy with their website. Went on a Sunday for lunch, it was calm and…read morequiet. Few customers (probably covid related). The decorations were simple and beautiful. The waiter was super nice and he knew the menu well. The menu was simple enough for me to think that everything is made fresh everyday! Everything we ordered was delicious, although, i must say that ordering entrées and the menu is too heavy all were delicious but we got full quickly. It's like we had food good for 3 people with the big plate of the menu. I recommended this place to my friends and of course everyone else. Ethiopian food is awesome!

    I was very impressed with Kokob. I'd been missing Ethiopian and Eritrean food since I moved from…read moreWashington DC. Knowing that there isn't a huge community in Brussels, I didn't have particularly high expectations for Kokob. The restaurant was adorable, very clean and tastefully decorated. Service was very good and fast. Most importantly, the food was delicious. We got the combo that had two meat dishes and three veggies, and everything was amazing. The drink selection was good, too. They had a wide selection of regular wine, Ethiopian honey wine, beer, coffee, and tea. Overall, it was a great experience. I have two major complaints that prevent me from giving this place five stars. First off, the combo meals are absurdly expensive. They have combos for minimum two people, charging EUR 20 PER PERSON for a minimum of two people. It was also way too much food, easily enough to feed four people, but if you had four people eating the same combo, you would be paying 80 euros! And yet, I know that the combo option is clearly the best way to enjoy this type of cuisine. To better strategize for next time, I would go with a group of 4-8 people and order menu items individually to share, in order to maximize our value. Secondly, they will not let you take the enjera (bread) home. We had a ton of leftovers that I was eager to take home. First they said that I just couldn't take home anything on the enjera that we'd been eating off of. They said I could take home everything else, including extra enjera, but that the enjera had to be eaten by noon the next day. Then the server consulted with the kitchen and declared that I could not take home any enjera at all. I've taken enjera home many times from restaurants in the U.S. without problems, and Google tells me it will probably stay good in the fridge for 5-7 days. Being denied my leftover enjera really was the worst part of my day. That having been said, all the food was excellent, and I will definitely be back, but I'll probably bring my own container from home to sneak enjera into my purse.

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