Dama Restaurant and Pastry

This place is a community. Come in the morning and observe local Ethiopians getting together for coffee and meals. What a place! Staff is friendly. Barista serve flavorful coffee using Ethiopian beans and in high volume. When they offer to coat it bombolino in sugar, take it. Prices are affordable as well! Next visit I'll have to try their food. Only had enough time for coffee and sweets today.

Great food! 🤤 The server was so nice that even though we didn’t ask for it, she brought us an extra food item for our 19 month old toddler hoping he would eat with us 🥰 It is popular among local Ethiopians in VA and DCA area. We were the only non-Ethiopian couple but we were felt very welcomed.

Staff is great. Smilingly helped us with our choice. The cake is amazing and generous portions. Even the vegan cake was good. Ordered the vegetarian plates. Greatly satisfied. Can not say enough about the service

i love this place and am so happy to have found it! the lunch buffet is amazing and you can take it to go. the bakery is out of this world! everything i have tried has been delicious and it’s always a treat to stop by when i am working in the area!

I do like the atmosphere of the restaurant but there food needs help including there service it’s needs to be next level , like more options for food, more options for drinks, even though it’s a restaurant and pastry place that’s all, it needs more desserts that’s all. It’s good but it’s needs more seasoning and there bread for there combinations that’s all. It’s good and it’s a good place to eat at but it’s needs more to wow the customers that’s all. But it’s not appealing I’m sorry. Including more combinations for that restaurant and pastry that’s all, I’m sorry but we’re in the 21st century that’s all.

I went there for breakfast and it was very disappointing. I had the combination of full, eggs and chechebsa. The full tested as if it just came out of a can . It was flavorless and the bread was soggy. Very disappointed 😞. I wish I had their lunch food. I heard it is good.

We hosted a graduation party recently and served delicious authentic Ethiopian cuisine from Dama restaurant. The food was delivered on time, and our guests all enjoyed the food and had a memorable experience. I would like to thank Kelem with her support and food recommendations. It’s imperative to have great food along with the joyful times. Highly recommend Dama restaurant! Thanks

A great place if you have the time for brunch/breakfast. The food was great and so was the coffee. It's only my second time eating Ethiopian food, but this place has made like the cuisine even better. We went there for brunch and it was a good place for it. For the cafe side of the establishment, the atmosphere is very much of a local place, with patrons (probably their regulars) having their morning coffee as they watch and discuss the soccer (I actually prefer to call it football) game playing over the small screen overhead. I didn't see many tourist there, but considering we went at 10am on a Saturday, maybe we missed the morning rush from the people staying at the hotel nearby already. The only point I took off was for forgetting our order, but they were very nice about it, and noticed before we got up to ask. The server and cashier were very friendly and helpful to the two girls who know next to nothing of Ethiopian food and explained in detail what were were to expect inside our food. Highly recommend this place.