Meski

Meski serves the Save the Children Cafeteria. The food is delicious and selected from organic sources. The customer service is excellent!

We got catered lunch from Meski and it was great! The employees were very kind and the food was delicious! I think the bread freaked everyone out a bit (ha, it is basically a sponge with a sourdough taste. not bad, just different) but everything else was devoured. I was happy to have tried something new but probably won’t have it again soon (maybe in a few months). It’s also very vegan friendly!

Where have you been! You haven’t been to Dupont in ages. We miss you over here:(

Just the best, authentic ethiopian food truck out there. Great flavor, not burn-​your-​mouth-​off spicy (yet spicy enough), great portions, and really customer focused. I asked about a particular dish that wasn’t on the menu (curried chick peas), and she actually made it for me! She told me to come back in a few minutes, and voila. Now that’s service!

I have been following this truck over a year now and I am always amazed at the absolutely delicious home cooking from Mimi. Her dishes have a wonderful flavor that sets it above the rest. I know she puts a lot of love into what she does. I am a vegetarian but they also have delicious meat options. I’ve eaten from a lot of other trucks and she is definitely my favorite! Once you taste it, you will see it is of a much higher standard. It feels home cooked, very fresh and tasty. I have to say it is not only the best Ethiopian food but the best vegetarian food in my opinion and yes, I am picky about what I eat! And she does it all at a great price point! I highly recommend the Meski Healthy2go food truck!

There are lots of good cooks, but every once in a while we find someone who has been gifted by the Gods, and that is Mimi, Mimi and her family prepare the Ethiopian food that they offer with such love and skill, that the result is astoundingly good. When I eat the food at MeskiHealthy2Go, I always ask, HOW does she do it? The flavor, and the variety are just so appealing and memorable. And this kind of food will never weigh you down. Love it!

My favorite Ethiopian food truck by far. I eat a fair amount of Ethiopian and these guys have some of the better misir wot and habesha gomen I’ve had. I love when they have the portabello mushroom tibs although they don’t always and they seem to sell out of them quickly. The injera is a very mild version, without a lot of tang. I wish more Ethiopian places in the area carried all teff versions, which are gluten free.

Amazing food truck fare and fantastic Ethiopian food.

I had my second experience eating at the Meski food truck this week and is was even better than the last. I’m thrilled to have a new locally owned food truck in Friendship Heights that has some character and fantastic food. It is especially good that all meals are prepared preservative free, free of artificial color, additives, and without hydrogenated oils.
Not only is everything on the menu incredible, especially the doro tibs (chicken) and all the vegetables (cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, collards, spinach, other greens) but the service is impeccable. The Worku’s, the owners take so much pride in her food and wants to make sure her customers are happy. She will even let you try any of the dishes you are considering. I try to avoid starchy foods and she was very happy to substitute rice for more salad. The salad dressing is also wonderful!
I haven’t had a single entrée or side dish that I haven’t enjoyed. I look forward to going back soon and trying something else new. If you see this truck, trust me and give it a try. If you like ethnic food with real flavones and taste, you will be set!

Meski’s food is divine. It is fresh and made with top quality ingredients. It is wonderfully and delicately spiced. I highly recommend her chickpeas and her lentils. I love Ethiopian food and have eaten at most of the restaurants in this area and can say hands down that Meski’s is the best Ethiopian food in Washington, DC.

Even though I love food trucks I rarely go to them because I feel like they have limited ‘healthy’ options. Today I did not have lunch packed though and saw that MeskiHealthy2Go was going to be by my office; the name alone sounded promising. I looked at their menu and the spicy lentils and chickpeas sounded right up my alley. I also liked that all meals were served with salad and rice or ijnera (Ethiopian flat bread). Well I gave it a try and was not disappointed, they even have a veggie combo plate that is two vegetarian entrees, salad and rice. The spicy lentils were the perfect spice and with some rice… yum! The salad was mixed up fresh when I ordered and was exactly what I wanted. The chickpeas were my least favorite but just because they didn’t have the same flair as the lentils, still very tasty and fresh! $ 9 for everything and I am stuffed. Highly recommend you try Meski out if your looking for something healthy, fresh and filling.

When I started working in Friendship Heights, I tweeted that we needed Ethiopian food. Meski’s truck magically showed up. And I am happy she did. This is as close as you can get to restaurant-​style Ethiopian food without the restaurant. I’m a huge fan of the doro tibs and miser wot (chicken and spicy lentil stew). And while the wait is often a few minutes, this is a smaller family operation without the glitz and marketing fanfare that the other trucks enjoy. They have a hand-​written sign daily, limited quantity and while that might limit their availability, it also means that you don’t get yesterday’s food today.
Yet, the food is flavorful but not Ethiopian-​grade spicy and as a truck that sports «Ethiopia With A Twist,» the twist is salad, less spice but still an authentic Ethiopian flavor experience. Meski loves her food too but is customer-​focused. I’ve chatted with her about items I didn’t like and she’s listened. Most of her customers aren’t Ethiopian, they’re mostly white people so she has to find a balance (note: this happens at most Ethiopian restaurants).
Ethiopian food is healthier than most American food but Ethiopians do use a lot of «niter kibbeh» butter in their meals (still healthier than McDonalds). And while I’m not a fan of the extra oil in the food from time to time, there’s a reason. Keeping wot moist without the oil is nearly impossible (yes, I’ve cooked a few dishes at home and messed up many because they were too dry).
At the end of the day, Meski is the highlight of my week and it makes me happy that an entrepreneurial Ethiopian saw my Tweet and delivered great food. I’ve eaten there every week since. And I know my food, I’ve been to Ethiopia three times and eaten the food of many regions. Meski’s portions are massive and nothing like I got in Ethiopia. For $ 10 – 12, I get two meals. One for me and one for my Ethiopian-​born daughter who knows Meski in name but loves her meal each week. That makes two of us thankful.

Wow !! The best food truck that parks in Friendship Heights. I usually pick up two vegi combo (normally I am not a vegetarian, but they know how to infuse something as plain as cabbage with great flavor) and my biggest headache what veggies to choose. I especially look forward to spicy lentils and cabbage. The collard greens with huge chunks of mushrooms is my second.
True fact, I even taught myself to cook lentils after trying them at the truck.

I’m always happy when this truck comes by Friendship Heights. It means I’m going to get a good lunch.
I usually get the Beef Tibs from them. I especially love the fact that they have the injera is little bit size squares just perfect for use with the food. Add a side and a salad for $ 12.00 and you have yourself a pretty filling meal.

Wow. Amazing food truck fare and fantastic Ethiopian food. The cabbage was creamy without the usual acidic tang of your typical cabbage dish, and the lentils had such flavor that I’ve not had in better Indians restaurants. The injera, compared to my limited exposure, made me love injera for the first time. I can’t wait for them to come back up to Friendship Heights.

3.25 stars. From a pure flavor standpoint, Meski is actually quite good. Unfortunately, the Meski experience is balanced out by a number of flaws.
Foe example, while the people who work at Meski are super friendly, the service is painstakingly slow. Furthermore, they were out of ½ their veggie menu, and the brown rice they advertised as an alternative to injera bread was unavailable. From a purely vegetarian standpoint, the selection was rather limited. Also, they don’t give you numbers so you really need to pay attention to your order. The whole experience is really unsettling, and it’s confusing enough that I almost parted with someone else’s order multiple times.
To the people who are saying this is a healthy experience, you have got to be kidding me. Sure, the board contains some vegetarian options, but all of the items I ordered were absolutely drenched in either oil (cabbage, spicy lentils) or salad dressing (salad). At least one item was heavily salted (spicy lentils). I get that they provide a salad option and a brown rice option, but let’s not get carried away here and pretend this is super healthy. In fact, I would say it’s borderline unhealthy, but at least you are getting a solid amount of vegetarian food. Basically, if you are vegetarian for religious/​spiritual reasons, this is definitely a good truck to visit. If you are vegetarian for health reasons, not so much.
Overall, I like their food, but I feel some of the positive reviews are the result of being misled that the customer is eating healthy food. Having said that, if they fix their service issues, this would likely be a 4 star review.

I love Ethiopian food, and while other Ethiopian trucks have impressed me before, none have impressed me like this one.
As a person trying to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle, just the name of this truck really appealed to me. They live up to their name! I had the vegetarian combo with spicy lentils and the portobello mushrooms with spinach, which were both amazing. I am not usually a fan of mushrooms, but have been trying them more lately. These were delicious! They were perfectly cooked and seasoned, and tasted great with the spinach, onions, and peppers.
With a vegetarian combo, you get your choice of 2 veggie entrees, complete with a delicious, fresh salad and the perfect portion of injera. I finished my lunch feeling satisfied and nourished. Other Ethiopian trucks will sometimes cook with too much oil and give you a lot of injera, which leaves me with a heavy feeling. Probably because the spongy bread soaked up all the oil and expanded in my stomach. Just a theory.
I will definitely be back again to try the other dishes, vegetarian and otherwise. :)

I am so happy that Meski is now making a regular weekly stop at State Department! I look forward to the chickpeas, spicy lentils and injera all week. Once you get a taste of this food, it’s hard not to want to go back again and again. Everything is high quality, fresh and delicious. The injera is some of the best I’ve ever had.

Today Meski did what my mother has failed at for the past 30+ years — got me to eat mushrooms. Portabellas, to be specific. The wonderful woman (owner, I think) convinced me to take a sample of their special along with my spicy lentils. It was fantastic. I still have issues with mushroom consistency, but these were delicious.
Since my first review I’ve had the cabbage, spicy lentils, chickpeas, and now the mushrooms. It’s all been amazing. One of these days I’m going to get the beef tibs, but it’s hard to make that decision when the veggies are SO GOOD!

Just had the chickpeas with rice and salad and it was incredible. Couldn’t tear myself away… The flavor is so full but not spicy, great for someone like me. And they were just the nicest people, eager to share their delicious food. Try the cabbage as well, it’s to die for!