Nile Menu and Prices

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Last Update: 2025-03-14


Appetizers

Vegetable Sambusa

$1.99

thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot green peppers, herbs and deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection

Beef Sambusa

$2.49

thin dough shells stuffed with a balanced blend of minced beef, green chili & herbs deep-fried in vegetable oil to golden perfection

Azifa

$4.99

lentil salad seasoned with herbs & spices served with a slice of home make ethiopian traditional bread

Selata

$4.99

crisp romaine lettuce topped with green pepper, tomato & onion in an authentic house dressing

Timatim Fitfit

$4.99

tomato salad mixed with pieces of injera


Vegetarian

Mitten Shiro

$7.95

ground chickpeas cooked with fresh garlic and herbs

Misir Wot

$7.95

lentils prepared in a special blend of ethiopian spices

Alicha Wot

$7.95

yellow split peas prepared with turmeric sauce

Gomen

$8.95

collard greens simmered with garlic, onions and jalapenos

Atikilt

$8.95

a delicious mix of fresh vegetables simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, fresh herbs and ethiopian spices

Misir Azifa

$8.95

a salad of green lentils, onions, chopped jalapeno pepper seasoned with ginger,garlic, pepper, lemon & mustard seed

Timatim Fitfit

$8.95

tomatoes, onions, jalapeno pepper, lemon,black pepper, combined with spices and mixed with injera (served hot or cold)

Timatim Selata

$8.95

ethiopian style salad: tomatoes, onions and jalapeno pepper mixed with lemon and ethiopian spices

Vegetarian Sampler 1

$8.95

misir wot, aterkik alicha, gomen and aterkik wot

Vegetarian Sampler 1

$12.95

with fish

Vegetarian Sampler 2

$10.95

misir wot, aterkik alicha, gomen aterkik wot, mitten shiro and timatim selata

Vegetarian Sampler 2

$14.95

with fish

Vegetarian Sampler 3

$12.95

misir wot, aterkik alicha, gomen aterkik wot, mitten

Vegetarian Sampler 3

$15.95

with fish

Fish

$5.95

whole croaker fish (head removed) pan-fried ethiopian style seasoned with assorted spices


Tibs EntreesBeef / Lamb.

Nile Special Tibs

$12.25 - $11.95

tender beef or lamb cubes marinated and sautéed with onions, tomatoes, a pinch of fresh garlic, ginger, awaze, jalapenos and our seasoned butter

Lega Tibs

$11.95 - $10.95

tender cubes of lamb or beef sautéed in flavored butter with onions, rosemary, tomatoes, green jalapenos and other ethiopian seasonings

Derek Tibs

$11.95 - $10.95

cubed tender lamb or beef sautéed until well done with rosemary, green jalapenos and a touch of flavored butter

Tibs Fitfit

$11.95 - $10.95

cubed tender lamb or beef marinated and cooked with tomatoes, garlic and berbere sauce with mixed injera pieces

Zil Zil Tibs (House Specialty)

$14.95

long strips of tender beef marinated in sauce and seasoned with a touch of garlic, onions, black pepper and rosemary, charcoal broiled to perfection


Fitfit, Firfir & Wot Entrees

Yebeg Wot

$9.95

fresh lamb stew made with berbere sauce, onions, flavored butter, garlic & a blend of spices

Yebeg Alicha Wot

$9.95

fresh lamb stew made with mild turmeric sauce

Kikel

$9.95

fresh lamb made with flavored butter, onions, green pepper, garlic,ginger, & other spices mixed with pieces of injera

Gomen Besiga

$9.95

a mild dish of lamb stew prepared with collard greens, flavored butter, garlic, ginger, onions & green pepper

Key Minchet Abish

$9.95

finely chopped lean beef fried in a pan with garlic, ginger, onions, cardamom & white pepper until golden, then cooked in hot berbere sauce & other spices

Alicha Minchet Abish

$9.95

above dish prepared in mild sauce

Quanta Firfir

$10.95

spiced dried beef cooked in a red pepper stew with onions, garlic, tomatoes then mixed with pieces of injera

Doro Wot

$10.95

tender chicken leg or thigh marinated, sautéed in seasoned butter & stewed in red pepper sauce flavored with onions, garlic, ginger & other spices served with hard boiled egg

Doro Fitfit

$10.95

doro wot mixed with pieces of injera

Dor Tibs

$10.95

boneless, skinless cubed chicken sautéed in special blend of spices & braised in onions, tomatoes, green pepper & purified butter, served hot or mild

Bozena Shiro

$9.95

spicy stew of yellow split peas & chopped beef simmered in berbere sauce with onions, garlic, ginger & a blend of other spices


Kitfo

Gored Gored

$11.95

extra tender raw chunks of beef rolled in a special blend of herbed butter & ethiopian spices, served on injera

Kitfo

$10.95

freshly minced extra lean beef , seasoned with mitmita (spiced chili powder), other spices & herbed butter sauce, served raw, medium or well done

Kitfo Dulet

$11.95

above entrée mixed with diced garlic, jalapeno & onions

Special Kitfo

$12.95

kitfo served with homemade cottage cheese & cottage cheese mixed with finely chopped collard greens made with a blend of spices

Kitfo Sandwich

$6.95

Combo 1

$12.95

yebeg wot & minchet abish

Combo 2

$15.95

yebeg wot, minchet abish, nile special tibs

Combo 3

$17.95

yebeg wot, yebeg alicha wot , nile special tibs, kitfo

Combo 4

$19.95

yebeg wot, yebeg alicha wot, nile special tibs, kitfo, doro wot

Make Your Own Combo

$19.95

chose any five items to combine


Soft

Juice

$2.25

mango, orange, cranberry

Soda

$1.99

coke, diet coke, sprite, club soda, ginger ale

Bottled Water

$1.99

Perrier

$2.49

Coffee

$1.99

Tea

$1.99

Iced Tea

$2.25

Espresso

$2.49

Cappuccino

$2.75

Macchiato

$2.25


Ethiopian Beer $4.95

Harrar Beer

Price may varies

St. Georges Beer

Price may varies


Ethiopian Wine By The Glass $5.95

Gouder

Price may varies

Axumit

Price may varies

Honey Wine

Price may varies


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