Dilla’s

I fall in love with this restaurant the first day, I had a plate with Vegetarian and Veggies Pastry shell filled with Lents, onion, jalapeño, herbs, & spices. The food was so delicious and highly pleasant to the taste. The way they mix the injera with good served on centerpiece platters that will make you mouth hungry all over again. I had to get one to go after I finished a plate there and the customer service was five star. Thank You for a good work. Hassan

Great food. Veggie combo was terrific, as was meat and veggie combo. The service was great. Beer, coffee. Highly recommend. Maybe better than Fasika…

Excellent veggie platter with gomen, beets, yellow split peas, red lentils, green lentils, green beans with carrots with a fresh iceberg salad in the center on a dark teff injera. Delicious flavors and nice portion for 2 adults. Friendly service too.

Unlike many Ethiopian places, this one had a nice crowd (not too much) on a weekday night. I got the vegetarian combo and I’m sure I ate too much because it was all so good! Excellent value for the price — for 1 person, you get very ample servings of like 8 different dishes plus injera for $ 10.50. It could be shared by 2 if you wanted normal human sized portions. OR you could get the full size for 2 ppl for even more delicious food at $ 15.99. A great deal either way!
Service was super friendly. Everyone else in the restaurant seemed happy too. I will definitely return next time I’m in town!

We were in town from San Francisco to visit our freshman at the U over parents’s weekend. Dilla’s gave us the perfect venue for catching up, meeting our daughter’s new friends and trying delicious Ethiopian dishes at a reasonable price. Best of all, though, was the attentive and friendly staff. Such nice women! Thanks for a memorable meal and for sharing your wonderful specialties!

Dilla is the best Ethiopian Food restaurant in minneapolis i go there every weekend to have roast beaf or awaze tibs.

Situated just steps away from the UMN West Bank Campus, yet not overrun by the student population, is this little Ethiopian joint that offers a Thurs /​Sun buffet for a mere $ 10 per head.
Yesterday, I finally got the chance to pig out during the Thurs buffet…
Plenty of variety, with about 6 veggie-​friendly dishes including my favorite — a spicy brown lentil stew. Other notable mentions included the warm red beets, the spiced collard greens, and some flash fried green beans and carrots. Thick rolls of deliciously fresh injera (spongy sourdough-​flavored bread designed to be used in lieu of utensils) accompanied.
Everything was so good and satisfactory in quality, though the pools of oil tipped me off that I might not be consuming diet-​aligned food. Note: I’m hypersensitive to oily food and this was not anywhere near nasty enough to irritate my stomach.
Dilla’s has a far-​away Sub-​Saharan vibe to it, yet seems to be a local gathering place for expats. It’s beautified by colorfully-​patterned mesob baskets, bright and bold paintings of native folks captured performing the mundane (i.e. hair weaving), and a traditional bunna coffee set.
We were seated in a cozy side room with ample natural lighting. In the main dining /​buffet areas, a rather intimate space, was situated a bar. At the time (just prior to 3 p.m.), it was occupied by several men engaged in foreign yet clearly jovial conversation with, whom I can only assume was, the matronly owner of the joint. Warm and proud, the woman inquired how we enjoyed our meal. I assured her it was delicious and that we’d be returning back soon.

Worst service ever. Took 30 min to get a bean dip appetizer, and then ordered the 5 combo meal which made me sick most of the night. Not good.

I’ve been coming to Dillas for 3 – 4 years now, I can’t imagine a better tasting restaurant with kind and consistent service. All of my meals are satisfying, I walk away full, and with left overs! They have recently upgraded their décor with brand new tables and chairs! I highly recommend Dillas to anyone looking for a chill atmosphere and tasty Ethiopian cuisine.

Yum! Checking «Eat Ethiopian Food» off our list on our trip to MN was important! Dillas did an awesome job.
When you walk in the door you’re not sure what to do… some folks at the bar sort of stood around and I wasn’t sure if they were guests or employees. it’s a small place and would be tough for a crowd of 6+ if you didn’t plan on using the whole restaurant. You walk downstairs to the creepy bathroom, but all these are overcome by the deliciousness of the food. I was nervous about introducing two of our friends to ethiopian but Dilla’s held their own.
The waitress was very sweet and helped me pick out a platter that would be big enough. We basically ordered the vegetarian platter and the combination platter. I also tried the Ethiopian coffee for the heck of it — some extremely strong espresso in a tiny adorable coffee pot with some frothy cream. I had to add a heck of some sugar to it to match my taste but it was a cool little extra.
All the dishes on the platter were great. I won’t pretend to be able to identify them all but the lentils are delicious, they include the traditional salad and cheese too; the doro wot was good, and the red lentils = VERY spicy! There was also something like beets, I think, that I hadn’t seen at other E places, and it was actually extremely good! The two platters was TOO much for 5 people and at about $ 12/​person it wasn’t too bad. We could easily have fed 6 or even 7 with the same food. I would go back if I’m ever in the area!

There are a few good places in town to eat Ethiopian, but Dilla’s in the best. I usually get the Awaze Tibs and tea. The inera bread that comes with is great! Sometimes, my husband orders the Kifto and we get an appetizer of sambusa to eat with the tasty sauce!
Parking can be crazy, and I wish they had more spaces in the lot next door.
The other thing is that sometimes there is only one or two servers for the whole restaurant. The foods so good that I temporarily become a patient person.

The people were friendly enough, but the service wasn’t great.
Most importantly of all, we did not enjoy our food. The roll that they served had the consistency and sponginess of a baby’s arm… and not in a good way!
Ate here once and Would definitely not dine here again…

Best Ethiopian in town. Blue Nile was my fav, but the flavors and quality are better here. My husband and I shared the veggie platter and both left very full. So tasty!!!

Excellent food. My wife craves the zigni with boiled eggs. Food takes a lil time but it’s so tasty. I’ve already came this place twice. I also tried their burger combo. Tasty fries and burgers. I would recommend this place to anyone.

Fresh, delicious and authentic food.
We tried the beef sambusas and the vegetarian combo plate. Both were excellent!
As others have noted, service can be slow so go when you are not in a big hurry.

Best Ethiopian restaurant in the Cities! You won’t regret it …
Please go and test the delicious variety of foods!

Delicious, authentic and great service. The negative was that the meat variety was three kinds of meat in the same sauce. The veg assortment made up for it though. I was ready to be disappointed due to previous low flavor, low seasoning experiences at ethnic restaurants catering to MN natives. This place was a welcome surprise.

This place is fantastic!
The food is delicious and authentic and the prices are reasonable.
For years, I thought Fasika had the best Ethiopian food in town but now Dilla‘s is my favorite.
I highly recommend it!!!

We’ll go a long, long way out of our way to dine on Ethiopian. We flew all the way from Albuquerque to Minneapolis to chow down on these eats, and let me tell ya, it was every second of the flight.
We also happened into a relative’s wedding while we were in the Cities. Strange coincidence.
Again, I state with emphatic determination, ABQ needs Ethiopian. Even the sort of average eats, like those we had at Dilla’s, are such a unique change of culinary pace and so fun to eat. Dilla’s doesn’t offer any fluff, no flare, just home cooked recipes and (during our visit) really friendly service. The injera was very cold, which kinda flattened the warm toppings available from the buffet, but no matter. Our bellies were full, our toddler was coddled, good times. Hey Dilla’s, I know of a place where the summers are hot and the winters are basically snow-​free. Wanna set up shop in New Mexico?

Just wanted to quickly update the price of the combination has gone up to $ 13.