Reviews & Ratings for Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant

12/14/11

Excellent Ethiopian food even for vegetarians

by LisaMur

This is an excellent restaurant for Ethiopian food. I ordered the tim tim salad which is tomatoes onions, etc with injera bread, and sambosa (lentil) and the vegetarian sampler. Loved all three dishes. I also go to Maskerem down the street sometimes and enjoy both places. Queen of Sheba can get crowded at times and the tables in the corner are a little tight on space but the food is very flavorful.

08/23/11

Somewhat decent

by JulieM101

The first red flag should have been that we were the only ones in the place for almost the entire duration of our meal.

The appetizers were kind of a joke, we got the lentil sambousas. They were two TINY little pockets for $5!

We asked the waitress if a sampler platter was big enough for 2 people to split, and she said something like yes or we'll make it work (we could have asked her to clarify now that I look back on it), but she brings a platter out and we were charged for TWO platters. They charge you $5 to share a dish (which is kind of ridiculous) & we haven't eaten at enough Ethiopian place to know when we're getting two servings as opposed to a shared serving size.

Our bill was nearly $50 dollars for a shared platter or platters (couldn't tell), an appetizer & 2 sodas.

Another bothersome aspect of the place was that the servers kept turning the music off and on so that they could watch a show on the tv hanging above the bar. They would turn the restaurant music on during the commercials & turn it off during the show.

To make a long story short, the food was okay. But I think they are a bit overpriced & the ambiance needs some help.

03/12/10

Dark but tasty

by Joanne Z

Their platter is the best value.

The food was sour and my friends ordered a platter and we shared it with 2 meat dishes which seemed to be like curry dished and we had this with this sour thin crepe like bread

• Pros: Very dark
• Cons: Nice seating arrangement

08/10/09

Not that great. Disappointed

Contributor

I've been to several ethiopian restaurants in NYC and this is one that i was not happy about. The food itself is a little below average. Service is also Disappointing. Non Ethiopians may think this is great tasting food, but i speak for several ethiopians when i say that the food is mediocre. The place is soo small, the tables are placed soo close. Music is good .

12/06/08

This place is not to be missed..

by brucegoss

This is one of the best finds in New York. It's so fun to eat here with a group of friends so you can sample the most from the delicious menu. They really know how to bring out the flavor of the food in season. I had the dabo my appetizer, which was really good. My main course was the beef , which was good, but wasn't one of the best dishes I've ever had. This place is not to be missed!

• Pros: food,ambiance

05/01/08

Best Ethiopian Restaurant in New York

by lblroberts

I love eating at exotic places. Queen of Sheba is the best Ethiopian Restaurant in New York. The spices they use are savory and tasty. I'm a vegitarian and sometimes I like to shake it up. Queen of Sheba really exited my taste buds. The scene is colorful and the music in the background makes you feel like you're somewhere other than New York. They sat me right away and the service was alright. Nice ambiance and 2 seconds away from Time Square. I came right after a play and I will come again. Cheers to Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant. I'd try the plate with an assortmant of different vegetarian meals like the garbanzo beans and the collard greens! Yummy. The spongy crepe is a little weird at first but goes great with the meal.

• Pros: Beats boring traditional tasting meals
• Cons: None that I can think of

02/10/08

Cheap, Excellent Food, Kind of Far

by wisebrain

Far from the subway but worth the wait. I suggest getting the two combo platters to split with a group of four.

• Pros: Cheap
• Cons: Crowded

12/11/07

Worse customer service I have ever had!

by akpakpakpakp

I made a reservation for a party of 8 for my birthday. The reservation we made was for 8:30pm. As we were headiing toward the restaurant at 8:15 I had a message from the restaurant that I missed saying that they were giving away our reservation b/c we were late. I called back immediately and said our reservation was for 8:30 but regardless we were 3 blocks away!. However, when I got there, they had already sat the other party and told me it was a 1 hour wait now. They claim someone called that day and changed the reservation to 8pm..and I know that was not true! We left and are never going back to a place with such rude service.

09/04/07

Nice experience but crepe too strong and stews a bit cold

by monkey0418

I ate in here like a month ago and found the food fun to eat by sharing different stews gathered in one plate with your friends and w/o any utensils. I always love trying different type of cuisine and Ethiopian was not in my list yet. Food was good but found it a bit cold. And for the crepe I am not sure if it was supposed to be that strong in vinaigrette flavor but I would have love to have a milder flavor that will not overpower the flavor of the stews. Service was ok, but i think i upset the waitress by cutting her off when she was trying to make a suggestion. And when I asked her about her suggestion again after saying sorry, she didnt care for much at that point. But overall it was still a good experience.

• Pros: Different type of food. fun to eat
• Cons: None

04/21/07

Great Ethiopian food

by sthompson14

Fresh, tasty and well-made. The only limitation is the size of the actual restaurant. It's small, so it gets packed quickly. You can end up standing outside.

• Pros: Great traditional food
• Cons: Too small and often too crowded.