Deset Ethiopian Restaurant

First time trying Ethiopian food, amazing experience. Everything fresh, well cooked, great tastes, very good service.

We had Chicken Awazi and fish Gulash with rice and salad. Both were very delicious. I would love to come back here try other dishes. The service was very nice and staff were very friendly.

I had the veggie platter and it was good overall. I had 2 favorites, the red lentils were spicy for me (but I can’t take spice), and the other 2 veggies were bland. It worked out fine as I was full. The service was excellent as was the Ethiopian tea. The ambiance is a drab, loud ‘lounge’ - not my style. I would still recommend it.

I was waking down the street from my AirBnB actually looking for Chinese food. I stopped a young couple and they actually said none in the area but pointed out Deset which I had passed a few times. Wonderful Chicken Tiba dish and salad.. I was in the back by the stand where they poured on the incense which I Love but many people may not enjoy the heavy smoke from the burning. I had no issue. Would definitely come back on my next trip!

If you go here in a group make sure you inform that you want your food on separate plates. Staff was extremely nice and frendly

We enjoyed our dinner as we were visiting DC. From Naples, Italy. Great dining experience 🫠

Had ordered the veggie combo over Uber Eats and it was very unique under all the other competitors.

Place to eat good Ethiopian Coffee. At this place you can come and check out Sunday coffee ceremony by me

The food is great love the lamb tibbs And the fish goulash is amazing. The food was delicious this place is Totally underrated.

There are way too many amazing Ethiopian restaurants in this area to ever come to this one. Hiwot down the street is delicious, but I wanted to try this one because I like the space and wanted to plan a wedding shower dinner here next month, so I wanted to try the food. I ordered Misir Wot, just red lentils. They came, the injera was nice, bitter, and delicious. I then went to taste the lentils.. Ice cold. Like from the fridge. No servers around, but I know such places have service issues, it's fine. I finally flagged one down and told her. This woman looked at me dead in my face and told me that "this is how it is served. But if you want it hot I guess I will heat it for you, but we serve it cold". I said, "come on. You're going to act like this is my issue? I'm from East Africa, I've been eating Ethiopian food my whole life. We don't serve ice cold stews. "Well, I am from Ethiopia and this is my food and I am telling you it comes cold!" "Okay", I said. "I won't argue with you. Just let me pay for my drink and go." She started shouting loudly. "YOU HAVE TO PAY! YOU HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE YOU ORDERED! YOU WANT HOT FOOD! YOU HAVE TO PAY!" I said "Whatever, just pack it to go." She literally rolled her eyes and took my food, which I'll obviously not eat because she probably spit in it, to heat and pack up. She came back and I had my money on the table. She took it, left, brought back my change and threw it on the table. I did nothing to this person but ask for warm lentils instead of ice cold fridge lentils. Lol. Never again.

I came because of the excellent critic and customer reviews I read and wanted to try a delicious meat and vegetable plate: great service in a loud setting with a vociferous lounge bar and Ethiopian and English music videos to the side. I ordered a mild beef with rice which was delicious. My fresh salad included too many jalapeño slices for my taste, so I sorted most of them out. Two of my kids like their wings and fries, but the spaghetti was too spicy hot for my two other kids: my 12-year-old son said it was delicious and finished his with lots of water, but my 5-year-old only had five bites. My husband and other daughter ordered the chicken sandwiches. My daughter didn't like hers at all, perhaps because it was over-charred; my husband said his was okay.

So frustrating, we ordered through Uber eats And they only gave us one of our dishes when we paid for two for entrées and one appetizer, doesn't seem like there's any way to contact Uber eats and this restaurant doesn't pick up their phone, seems that their phone is disconnected. I'm sure if we put a note written complaints to Uber eats will get a refund but what a waste of time, total disappointment. So unprofessional.

Tiny rip off portion size "for two" for $28.00 Ordered through Uber eats. They have it set up to force you to buy extra injera and then fill the box with bread. A big let down compared to other habesha market and restaurants.

I ordered the Lega Tibs (Lamb) vis grubhub and it was delicious! I ordered this two days in a row and each time it was awesome. I'm surprised by the negative reviews here. Definitely this is the best lamb I have had from the five Ethiopian restaurants I order from or go to regularly.

If you want really good, authentic flavored, Ethiopian food, DO NOT go here. This is americanized Ethiopian food. Very bland flavors. The meat tibs where doused on tomato sauce, with cooked green peppers. Just horrible. There are plenty of good Ethiopian places to eat, just not this one. Blaa!

Tasty little Ethiopian restaurant in the neighborhood. Super friendly staff, and it seems like there are locals who come to the bar. Nice combination platters to have a taste of all different vegetables and meat. Variety of Ethiopian beers available.

A must try place with many delicious options on their menu. I had a great meal, the owner/manager as well as the server were very friendly. I will be coming back to try all the potions.

Wonderful sweet service from a family owned restaurant who clearly loves what they do. We came in on thanksgiving- the manager Emebet was accommodating to my dietary needs (gluten free) and showed me the 2 available types of Injera. The traditional "Teff injera" was delicious! The restaurant was having a free thanksgiving meal later in the evening for the community- when we couldn't stay, we were given some to go!! Would recommend to anyone!

The waitress was extremely nice is all I can say good about my experience at Deset. When we entered the Restaurant there were no diners, just a couple of people at the bar. That should have been a red flag! When the food arrived, the presentation looked good, but many of the items on combo platter were cold as if it had been warmed up rather than really cooked. To top off the right, they refused to accept the Restaurant.com voucher. The owners stating how if he accepted it would leave little money for him. I explained that he needed to remove his Restaurant from the website. This was my first & last time at Deset. There are plenty of other great Ethiopian restaurants in the area. Rude Manager & bad food at Deset!