Lalibela

Just got back from probably my worst experience in a London restaurant. We've waited to order for about 30 minutes, and another 1:45 minutes to get our food. and they havent served the whole table evenly, 2 friends had to wait another 15 minutes to get their dishes... food was cold extremely salty all this time i couldnt get them to serve me a single glass of tap water. i could get the jar but they never brought a glass for me. service was not only negligent, it was rude. so of course, SERVICE IS INCLUDED. im never coming back and i advise you to look for another ethiopian restaurant. this one is def not worth it

Not as good as the Ethiopian restaurants in the States but still a good choice in London. The restaurant has a nice intimate atmosphere and the food was pretty decent. A little known gem in London

I can't believe this restaurant has been awarded more stars than Addis in N1! I've been here once, and thought the service was very very slow (and staff was pretty disinterested as the other reviewers noted), the food was very mediocre - there were no distinct flavours in the 3 main dishes we ordered. The place is very well done up, but in general it just wasn't as authentic - other Ethiopian places I've been to in Rome, Chicago and London, insist on eating with your fingers and serve all the food on the injera. Here they didn't do that, and we had to pay separately for the injera! It was definitely more expensive than Addis, and nowhere as good! And there was not a single African customer...which tells you a lot about how authentic it is.

Having tried Ethiopian food before I was really looking forward to this meal. The restaurant itself was great, very atmospheric with lots of incense! However I found the service to be somewhat lackluster. Whilst not unpleasant, the two people serving were not able to make confident and informed recommendations on dishes. The food itself was lovely, we went for the veggie option which was varied and flavourful. I felt the prices were a little on the high side. Generally a good experience, however there is clearly some room for improvement.

An extremely poor restaurant this dining experience was a disappointment from start to finish. Firstly the service was slow, we waited a good five minutes in an empty ground floor restaurant before someone came to greet us. Once upstairs the heat was completely oppressive and stuffy and whilst i appreciate there is very little you can do about the weather it did not make for a comfortable dining experience. Sat in the heat we then waited a good 10 mins before the waitress slouched over to take our drinks order, which then took another 10 mins to arrive. Having never tried Ethiopian cuisine before i then asked the waitress to explain the style of eating and offer any recommendations. With a complete lack of enthusiasm she pointed at three random meat dishes saying that they were nice. This should have been a wake up call in itself. So we settled on two starters and one curry to share, no suggestions we made about accompaniments so we went for the bread, asking for it all to arrive together. And it did not, firstly the fish salad and the king prawns in pastry which were basic beyond belief. Iceberg lettuce with tomatoes and scraps of fish and then three prawns wrapped in puff pastry, with no sauce,on top of the same lettuce. And then for the curry which arrived long after the salad, having consumed that in a matter of moments. Following the recommendation of Lamb Wot we searched hard within the little pot for tender pieces of Lamb, but to no avail, with only three scraps of lamb hidden amongst the heavy sauce. I did complain and it was replaced but still no tender pieces of lamb, just a mass of gristle. Not even finishing the meal, despite still being starving we made a sharp exit, not before reluctantly paying £32.00 for the pleasure of very disappointing meal.

This has to be my all all time favourite restaurant in London!!! I used to live in Ethiopia a few years back, and may i say when i go there it feels like i've just stopped at a restaurant in Addis. This service is always wonderful, the interior deisgn never fails to take my breath away and the food is just amazing! Keep it up Lalibela =)