Awash Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian restaurant · Uleta
19934 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens, FL 33169, USA
Highlights
Homestyle Ethiopian dishes, coffee & honey wine in a casual space
Homestyle Ethiopian dishes, coffee & honey wine in a casual space
"Miami-Dade County has exactly one Ethiopian restaurant. And Awash seems to understand this. The first pages of its menu read like an Intro To Ethiopian Cuisine textbook. But dinner here is not just a field trip to learn about Ethiopian food. It’s a great restaurant worth visiting whether it’s your first or 500th time at an Ethiopian restaurant. The food is incredible. Chicken, beef, fish, and vegetables are beautifully spiced and stewed until they've reached peak tenderness. The best way to experience it all is via one of the Awash platters, which give you small portions of nine entrees along with rolls of tangy injera. Come here with friends, order the dangerously drinkable Ethiopian honey wine, and try not to feel upset that Miami is so lacking in Ethiopian options. Just be thankful we have Awash." - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo
"Miami-Dade County has exactly one brick and mortar Ethiopian restaurant. And Awash, our solitary Ethiopian option, seems to understand this. The first pages of the menu read like an Intro To Ethiopian Cuisine textbook, giving context on the country, the river the restaurant is named after, and injera—the spongy flatbread that doubles as a utensil for scooping up the Ethiopian stews and tender vegetables you’ll find here. But dinner at Awash is not just a field trip to learn about Ethiopian food. It’s worth visiting whether it’s your first or 500th time at an Ethiopian restaurant." - mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
"Miami-Dade County has exactly one Ethiopian restaurant. We’d like more, but hey, at least our one Ethiopian restaurant is incredible. It’s also just a lovely place to have a relaxing meal. The Miami Gardens restaurant is usually full of people tearing chunks of spongy injera bread and using it to scoop up piles of beautifully seasoned and spiced vegetables and meat. The best thing to get here is the Taste of Awash platter: portions of all the vegetarian, beef, and chicken entrees served in tiny piles atop an injera the size of a city bus’ steering wheel. An Ethiopian coffee to finish things off is a good call too—or just get another glass of the dangerously drinkable Ethiopian honey wine." - mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
"This is not a good double date for a couple you’re not very comfortable with. Awash is quiet and you will be eating scoops of injera together with your hands. So a bit of intimacy and conversational ease is required. But for good friends, this place makes for a lovely casual catch-up. Awash is an excellent (and Miami’s only) Ethiopian restaurant. And while it is quiet, it’s not boring. Service is friendly, Ethiopian music videos play on a loop, and delicious honey wine is available by the glass or bottle." - mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer
"Awash Ethiopian, Miami-Dade’s only Ethiopian restaurant, is in Miami Gardens, a city well north of all the Basel stuff. The relaxing little restaurant is a great place to hide from traffic and influencers while tearing off chunks of spongy injera and scooping up piles of beautifully seasoned vegetables and meat. The best things to get here are the Taste of Awash platter or the vegetarian combo. An Ethiopian coffee to finish things off is a good call, especially if you have to fight through 45 minutes worth of traffic on the way home." - ryan pfeffer
