Juba

Authentic food great price. Lovely staff. Room of Floor seating and a room for booth seating. Get the green jalapeño sauce they have and put it on everything ok

Its unfair that Unilocal doesn’t let you give 0 stars. Yes, this is a business and they do put in work. But here is the kicker, you are not running this restaurant in somalia or some 3^rd rate neighborhood, it is here in the USA. So your customer service AND food needs to be of some minimum threshold.
Never in my 9 yrs of stay have I been yelled yet by a restaurant receptionist (they have been rude, yes and indifferent, yes, but never ever yelled at). The tall guy at the reception, was extremely rude to start off. When I questioned the difference is the price posted on the wall and on my receipt, I was yelled yet, and a long sue of arguments ensued between me, that guy and his boss. The whole thing was so unprofessional, and I was treated like crap. It felt extremely racist. The food is barely good, definitely not goods enough to withstand this crap hole.

My boyfriend had come here once and he mentioned it was a must try. I’m a very spectacle person so walking into a dark restaurant with no one here I was concerned then siting on the floor (Which is an option) I was nervous to try something new BUT let me tell you, IT WAS BOMB!!! The Food was authentic with lots of flavor not to mention the plates were huge. The quietness made it relaxing and enjoyable. Happy Valentine’s Day.

Small but well maintained. Food is authentic and excellent.
Try the chicken shawarma with the green sauce. Wow.
The chicken shish with chapati is good too if you are fan of thinner breads and more chicken filling

Large amount of food and it’s really delicious!
I order the grilled chicken rice.
The chicken is great and the rice taste really special!
It worths a try.

This is not authentic Ethiopian restaurant, the menu is kind of mixed Mediterranean (Somali/​Nigerian). I was deceived by this restaurant. Don’t go if you are looking for pure Ethiopian.

This was our first time trying Ethiopian food, I’m surprised how good it was. We started with hummus and had chicken shawarma and hill in goat which were really good. The rice was very good. Im surprised how slow the place was for being a Friday night

We got a goat dish and a chicken dish. Fast, hot, and flavorful. Very ethnic restaurant — l love it. Will definitely be back.

Love the shawarma… both chicken and lamb… also the dining style with floored mats and sofa… Arabian styleeee… didn’t like mango shake though…

They took on the menu from Blue Nile, which I was excited about. But frankly, the Ethiopian food quality went way down hill fast. Many items are often missing from that menu, and I went in on day in the evening and they «hadn’t cooked that yet.»
The middle eastern food there is decent but not very vegetarian friendly. If you’re going there for that, you’ll get what you expect. If you’re going for the Ethiopian food, go elsewhere.

Worst food I have ever tasted in my life. I went with my husband yesterday around 8.45pm. We ordered Ethiopian food. Sumbusa for appetiser and shared a vegetarian combination platter. The Sambusa was tasting ok. The five Vegetarian dishes we ordered were bland and was tasting similar (Shiro, Cabbage+carrot dish, green lentils, mushroom, red lentils). Injera was sour and sticky.
Please don’t go here for Ethiopian food.
Place not to visit when you had a bad day or when you have craving for an Ethiopian food.
Except the service nothing was good. The one star is for the service.

Dirty bathrooms. Slow service. Took ten minutes to just get water. Here about an hour and twenty minutes total.
The food is good, but I don’t think it all warrants the high four stars this place had. The owner is nice and polite, but the service is just slow to deliver and non-​attentive.
The hooks area is a pretty cool spot. Wouldn’t mind trying that area.

I thought the food here was pretty good — cheap too. It started as an Ethiopian restaurant but the server told me that some Somalis bought it. The atmosphere was fine and they have a sitting room — see photo. The service was fine and the bathrooms were clean. My date enjoyed her Vegan meal and I enjoyed my beef dish. We left thoroughly satisfied — the portions were adequate. I would come here again. Celebrate Diversity! Solid!

Here’s the plan. You have a friend who likes adventurous, flavorful food but who just can’t quite manage to like «mediterranean» food. You will take the friend to Juba. You will order for that friend the Chicken Shawarma meal. You will see your friend like Mediterranean food.
Or we could drop the pseudonyms and you could buy me some chicken shawarma. The spicing is somehow different from what I’ve had at Greek restaurants, and I like it better. On some future visit, I may try the goat, though I’ve had goat before elsewhere, so I don’t get Adventurous Points for eating goat any more.
Entrees run about $ 11-​$ 12, so for a dive ethnic restaurant, this isn’t cheap-​cheap, but the portions are gluttonously huge. The chicken shawarma is at least the poultry bulk of a healthy Cornish game hen, served on what I would consider to be a week’s supply of very nice rice. There is also a frill of salad and a puddle of respectable hummus, with pleasant pita.
Service is sweet-​natured and pleasant, and if you’re bored during the short wait, you can read the free Pakistan West newspaper and decide that you really need to go to Pakistan to ride the Karachi Circular Railway when it’s rebuilt.

It’s been ages since I had Ethiopian cuisine. The last time I ate here was when it was still named Blue Nile. It looks like they kept the Blue Nile menu, but then expanded it to include more general Middle Eastern dishes.
We stepped in for lunch, and saw the large advertised sign on the window for $ 5.99 lunch. There are 2 large menus to choose from. Browsing through the menu, we couldn’t find the lunch specials on it anywhere. When I asked the waiter where I could find the lunch specials on the menu though, he vaguely pointed to the 3 pictures on the window in front, and briefly described them. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s odd to not have at least a printed paper description of your lunch specials at your table if they are so boldly displayed on your window front. Since there were only 3 of them, it would not be that hard to describe or print out!
Anyways, we decided to share the veggie/​meat Ethiopian combo ($ 9.50). My friend asked «Is it good?» and the waiter replied almost instantaneously «It’s alright.» Not very reassuring, no? So we asked what would be better. After some hesitation, he pointed to quite possibly the most benign, Americanized, and uninspiring menu item, the grilled chicken salad. He then went on to say that the combos were quite popular (…But not good?). Faced with this rather odd discourse, we decided to carry on with our plan to get an Ethiopian dish and take the risk!
The combo came out in fairly quickly. The dish came with grilled beef, chicken, and 3 veggies of your choosing. Unfortunately, despite having the waiter repeating our choices for us and pointing to them on our menu, one of the items was not the right veggie. Despite this mix up, the combo tasted good, and the injera bread went well with the meat and vegetables.
Even though the sign out front says they were open from 11 to 10 that day, they decided to close at 1 P.M. and left the «Open» neon sign lit. Quite a few people tried to enter the restaurant only to find out that it was locked. We got there a little after 12 and were still eating when they locked up the door. They let us know that we could take our time and the chef could let us out when we were done, but we felt uneasy being the only customers in there, trapped inside so we left as soon as we finished. I’m not sure if they normally close at 1 P.M., but perhaps changing their signage or leaving a sign describing why you are closed just that day would help clear any confusion.
I used to really like going to Blue Nile for both the food and the service years ago, but since the change in management and name this rather odd eating experience has left me leery to frequent this restaurant again. On to Lalibela perhaps for our next Ethiopian outing!

Juba has amazing food! If your taste buds are as adventurous as mine, this place is a must try!
I wanted a different dining experience, one that made me feel like I was somewhere else. I wanted to find a place where they served traditional ethnic food, while eating on the floor. What do you know, I found it! You are more than welcome to eat on dining tables, but if you want to go all out, take off your shoes and sit on the floor!
Whenever I go to a new restaurant, I like to ask the waiter what they would recommend and/​or personally eat. I don’t say no to many foods, so this girl ordered the lamb and goat on a bed of rice. I’m not an expert on Ethiopian food, but I know when something makes my taste buds wanting more. My dish was well prepared — bringing out flavors I’m not familiar with.
The food is inexpensive and the portions are large enough to share. What more can you ask for?

I love this food here, service-​not so much.
As someone with genetically determined diet, it’s difficult to enjoy eating out anymore. This place is great because I can go here with my family and we can eat according to our different diets.
They offer floor-​seating. This is a perfect option for large parties. There are two menus, one Greek/​Mediterranean and the other Ethiopian.
Service is sparse. I’ve only seen two servers for the whole restaurant each time. They also cashier. This makes for very occupied servers.
This is a bummer, but the food is worth the wait.

This place is a new hookah lounge I found recently and has become my favorite local spot to smoke. They offer great hookah prices that I haven’t seen anywhere else and the staff is very friendly! I recommend everyone to check it out, you might see me there!

People here doesn’t seem to write Unilocal review as often. I almost miss this gem because of the few reviews.
it is a very unique place, with seating choice of on the table, or on the floor, of course we chose the floor. it is just so relaxing sitting on the floor eating :)
Food here tastes great too, the lamb meat was falling off the bone, and melts in your mouth. salad was refreshing.
only complain is that the serving for this place is HUGE, the two of us would definitely gotten full if we only ordered one dish.

This restaurant is great. It’s relatively cheap but the food is quality, the servers are extremely friendly and helpful, and the restaurant has a nice ambiance to it. You can sit at what I assume to be African style dining tables, on the floor, or at a table if you prefer.
This place is great if you’re vegan or vegetarian – especially when going out to eat with people who aren’t, because there’s plenty options for both.
I’d recommend the vegetable samosas, baba ghannouj (my personal favorite) and then getting one of the vegetable (or meat) dishes with 5 different ‘platters,’ which are sort of like tapas or dim sum but with flavorful African/​middle eastern flavors.