Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant & Lounge Menu and Prices

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Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant & Lounge Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Beverages

Soft Drinks

$2.00

Bottled Water

$2.00

Perrier Water

$2.75


Appetizer

2 Sambusa

$4.25

Thin pastry shells stuffed with lightly-spiced minced meat or vegetables.

3 Sambusa

$6.25

Thin pastry shells stuffed with lightly-spiced minced meat or vegetables.

4 Sambusa

$8.25

Thin pastry shells stuffed with lightly-spiced minced meat or vegetables.

Qategna

$5.95

Fresh warm injera spread with kibe, garlic and spice and sliced into sections.

Diamond Salad

$7.25

Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, red cabbage, carrots and cucumbers. Served with house dressing.

Diamond Royal Salad

$10.25

Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, red cabbage, carrots, cucumbers and grilled chicken breast meat cubes. Served with house dressing.

Yemisir Azifa

$6.50

Cooked whole lentils mixed with chopped onions and green peppers seasoned with garlic, white pepper and lemon.

Beet Salad

$7.25

Cooked beets and carrots mixed with fresh tomatoes, onions and green peppers. Served with a lemon-based house dressing.


Beef

Kay Watt

$14.00

Lean beef cubes cooked in a spicy homemade "diamond sauce." Hot and spicy.

Yesiga Alicha

$13.00

Lean beef meat cubes cooked in a mild sauce of onions, garlic and ginger.

Kitfo

$12.75

Ethiopian tar tar. Fresh minced lean seasoned beef with a touch of seasoned butter and "mitmitta" (dried ground chili pepper and spices).

Kitfo and Garlic

$13.25

Kitfo with garlic.

Kitfo Na Gomen

$13.50

Kitfo mixed with gomen (collard greens) and homemade cheese.

Tibs

$13.00

Meat cubes marinated in fresh garlic, sauteed with green peppers and onions.

Tibs Watt

$14.25

Tibs simmered in a spicy sauce. Hot and spicy.

Tibs Alicha

$14.00

Tibs simmered in a mild sauce.

Zilzil Tibs

$14.50

Tender lean beef strips marinated in fresh garlic, sauteed with green peppers and onions.

Gored Gored

$13.50

Morsels of choice lean beef tossed in a homemade spicy chili sauce and seasoned butter. Hot and spicy. Served rare.

Okra and Kay Watt

$13.50

Cooked okra in kay watt.


Chicken

Doro Watt

$13.50

Tender chicken legs marinated in lemon juice and ginger cooked in a homemade spicy sauce. Served Ethiopian style with a hard boiled egg. Hot and spicy.

Doro Tibs

$13.50

Chicken breast meat cubes marinated in fresh lemon juice and garlic, sauteed with onions and green peppers.

Doro Tibs Watt

$14.50

Doro tibs simmered in a spicy sauce. Hot and spicy.

Doro Tibs Alicha

$14.00

Doro tibs simmered in a mild sauce.


Lamb

Yebeg Watt

$14.75

Lamb meat (bone-in) cooked in spicy sauce. Hot and spicy.

Yebeg Alicha

$14.25

Lamb meat (bone-in) cooked to tenderness in a mild and distinctly flavored onion, garlic, ginger and basil sauce.

Yebeg Tibs

$16.25

Lamb meat cubes marinated in garlic and fresh ground rosemary, sauteed with green pepper and onion.

Yebeg Tibs Watt

$16.75

Yebeg tibs simmered in a spicy sauce. Hot and spicy.

Yebeg Tibs Alicha

$16.25

Yebeg tibs simmered in a mild sauce.


Meat Combinations

Tibs Quosta

$14.75

Sauteed meat mixed with quosta and a choice of chicken, beef or lamb.

Tibs Combo 1

$16.50

A mixture of chicken, lamb and beef (zilzil) sauteed together with green pepper and onion.

Tibs Combo 2

$17.25

A mixture of shrimp, chicken and beef sauteed together with green pepper and onion.


Vegetarian

Shimbra Assa

$13.50

A unique vegetarian food prepared from chick pea dough cooked to look like a fish stew. Hot and spicy. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Yemisir Watt

$11.25

Red lentils simmered with onion in a spicy homemade sauce. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Kik Alicha

$10.25

Split peas cooked in a mild sauce of onion, garlic and ginger. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Shiro

$12.00

Seasoned chickpea flour cooked in a mild sauce. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Gomen

$11.25

Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of onions and fresh garlic. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Quosta

$11.25

Chopped spinach simmered in a mild sauce of onions and fresh garlic. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Tikel Gomen

$11.25

Sliced cabbage and carrots cooked in a mild sauce. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Yatkilt Watt

$11.75

String beans, carrots and potatoes cooked in a mild sauce of onions, garlic, ginger and Ethiopian spices. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Dinich Alicha

$10.25

Potato cubes and carrots cooked in a mild sauce of onions, garlic, ginger and Ethiopian spices. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Okra Quosta

$12.25

Okra and chopped spinach simmered in a mild sauce of onions and fresh garlic. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Veggie Combo

$14.00

Your choice of any three vegetarian dishes. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Tofu Tibs

$12.50

Grilled tofu served with sauteed green pepper, tomato and onion in a mild exotic spice sauce. Hot and spicy. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.

Duba Watt

$11.75

Pumpkin simmered with onions in a spicy homemade sauce. Cooked in vegetable oil and contains no eggs, butter, milk or honey.


Seafood

Shrimp Watt

$15.50

Shrimp simmered in a spicy homemade sauce with onions and green pepper. Hot and spicy.

Shrimp Alicha

$15.25

Shrimp simmered in a mild homemade sauce with onions and green pepper.

Shrimp Tibs

$14.75

Shrimp marinated in fresh lemon juice and garlic, sauteed with onions, green pepper and fresh tomatoes.

Assa Watt

$15.50

Tilapia fish cooked in a spicy homemade sauce. Hot and spicy.

Assa Tibs

$15.25

Tilapia marinated in fresh lemon juice and garlic, sauteed with onions and green peppers.

Assa Special

$17.00

Whole tilapia fish marinated with fresh lemon and house spices. Served with one side and a salad.


Taste of Ethiopia

Meat E1 Combo

$17.25 - $1.00

Kay watt, doro watt, yebeg alicha and quosta.

Meat E2 Combo

$18.75 - $1.00

Yesiga alicha, doro watt, yebeg watt, yesimir watt and quosta.

Vegetarian E3 Combo

$16.75 - $1.00

Shrimba assa, yesimir watt, kik alicha, gomen, gomen and dinich alicha.

Tibs Sampler E4

$18.75 - $1.00

A mixture zilzil tibs, doro tibs and yebeg tibs, gomen, quosta and tikel gomen.

Traditional E5 Combo

$21.75 - $40.00

Doro watt, yebeg tibs, yemisir watt, kik alicha and gomen.


Tour of Ethiopia

T1 Tour of Ethiopia for 1

$19.50

Served with two sambusa appetizers, diamond salad, one entree and one side.

T1 Tour of Ethiopia for 2

$39.00

Served with four sambusa appetizers, two entrees and two sides side.

T2 Tour of Ethiopia for 1

$21.50

T2 Tour of Ethiopia for 2

$41.00


Sides

Side of Shimbra Assa

$5.00

Chick pea fish. Spicy.

Side of Yemisir Watt

$4.00

Spicy.

Side of Kik Alicha

$3.50

Side of Gomen

$4.00

Side of Quosta

$3.50

Side of Tikel Gomen

$3.50

Side of Yatkilt Watt

$4.00

Side of Dinich Alicha

$3.50

Side of Okra Quosta

$4.00

Side of Black Injera

$2.00

Gluten-free.

Side of Plain Injera

$1.00


Dessert

Destaye

$5.25

Thin dough shells stuffed with dried red and white raisins, pistachios, split almonds, shredded coconut and cardamon powder.

Sambrosa Selit

$5.25

Tropical seedless dates baked in a pastry crust.

House Special

$4.75

French vanilla served on fried pastry triangle with chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Diamond

$4.50

Chocolate fudge filled cake served on fried pastry triangles with chocolate sauce.


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