Flamingo

Having spent some time in Ethiopia, I was dying to find a place where I could find the amazing flavours of abeshan food: here it is!
The service is very nice and helpful, Ethiopian music is an acquired taste and you’ll probably not like it the first time you go there (but keep trying and it’ll come).
The decoration is all in ethiopian style, a bit overdone and cheesy but just like you would expect it to be, with a little handwashing cubicle to wash your hands before getting them dirty! (Yes, the funniest part of eating ethiopian food is that you get to eat with your hands! Well, your hand really, only your RIGHT hand. Using the left one is very much against the etiquette.)
Dessert are really not an ethiopian forte so I would overlook that and stuff up on starters and mains instead.
Tip: get St George’s beer.
Plus, injera might not be low carb, but it is gluten-​free!

Wow, OK so I have never eaten Ethiopian food before. I went along with some friends without any expectations and was pleasantly surprised by the experience.
I wouldn’t recommend this type of food for anyone on a low carb diet as all the dishes come out presented on the worlds biggest pancake type base, which is then torn off and devoured as required. I decided to take a low carb holiday and tuck in!
With 4 meat eaters and 3 veggies we ordered one plate each so the veggies didnt have to worry about getting mixed in with the meat and it worked perfectly.
A bottle of wine is £15 and a glass a very reasonable £3!
The dishes are around £8 each but for 4 of us we ordered the meat speciality which was £32 and then another meat dish called Derek t’ibbs (chosen mostly because we liked the name). This was more than enough food for 4 people, we left a bit of it.
Over all the bill came to £18 per head with drinks which was great and we had spent the whole evening there enjoying the atmosphere and the magical smells created by the coffee ceremony and the wonderful food.