Restaurant Minilik

Definitely a place to consider! My 4 stars comes from the fact that portions are small to start with and majorly the rice was served cold, after a long waiting time. They do give a heads up on an average waiting time of 2 h but when you wait that long the food shouldn’t be served cold at least. There’s potential for sure, if they would have at least one more employee to help managing the place. The owners seem sweet people, but I was slightly disappointed with my experience.

Such flavorful and tasty food! It was so nice to finally have some spice and flavor while in Iceland. The owners do suggest to consider giving them a courtesy call if you plan to dine in so they can prepare for your arrival. the atmosphere is very cozy and food so tasty! Highly recommend!!

Tasty food, great service, nice vibes. I enjoyed the dinner at Minilik restaurant. The food came reasonably fast (20 minutes), the owner who serves was very nice and efficient. The restaurant was only 25% full, so that may have helped. Some people mentioned that the service is slow. I can imagine if it's only two person operation, the restaurant is too big to efficiently serve everyone if it's full. I would suggest the owners could hire some extra help or could just have less tables. I had one of the combo options and the amount of food despite some reviews was good (normal European portion). I enjoyed my dinner a lot and hope to come back.

Amazing food absolutelly delicious and the owners are the nicest people we met in Island. It happened that we were there on our daughters birthday and they made us feel so special. Rosa will remember this day forever.

Finding an Ethiopian restaurant here was quite unexpected. While we have had better Ethiopian food before, the flavors are quite authentic and it provides a welcome break from the usual hot dogs, burgers, pizza and fish n chips! This is run by a couple, and they are the only staff, so be prepared for slow service. The atmosphere is great though, with hundreds of original artifacts from Ethiopia beautifully decorating the place.

Unique experience! This is a family-owned restaurant from a kind and attentive icelandic and ethiopian couple. Despite the closing time was at 21, they welcomed us at 20.30, so we could enjoy a very nice meal after a long and exhausting day. The motto of the restaurant is that ethiopian cuisine takes time to prepare and enjoy, so they suggest to allocate 1.5 - 2 hrs to properly experience the meal. We tried two main dishes with lamb and sliced beef served with typical bread injera (which is used also to eat instead of cutlery). Both dishes had authetic taste, however the portions are not that abundant. We therefore suggest to try also a starter. The service was very informative and kind, we could also speak a bit with the owners after dinner, while they were closing up the restaurant. It was very pleasant. Another remark is that the restaurant is fully decorated with ethiopian art and items which is a very unique atmosphere to find in such a remote nordic place. It totally deserves a visit, especially for dinner, to have a tasty and different meal compared to the other options of the area.

There’s plenty of options on the menu! (Vegetarian options too) The food is worth the wait. We really enjoyed it! The owners are very friendly and hospitable! During dining hours they were very busy; however we stayed until they were almost about to close. So we had chance to chat with the owner; she showed us around and introduced us to their grand decorations in the restaurant! Very unique experience!

I hate to give this place only 2 stars, but with all the good reviews on here people need to know what they are in for. The two stars are for the ambiance, decorations, and the fact that they are able to get Ethiopian spices and food in rural Iceland. That is simply amazing. I applaud their efforts and it really is a beautiful restaurant. The owner cooks everything herself and her husband manages and serves. It’s a 2-person operation and they advise that food might take a while since they are usually busy. However, let’s be real here. The food was just not that good. Maybe we are spoiled because we live in Washington DC and eat amazing Ethiopian food all the time. The injera was partly stale. My lamb dish came with maybe one tiny chunk of lamb. I was about to ask if I received the wrong order when I discovered the lamb. The vegetarian platter had decent lentils but everything else was meh. Overall, I wouldn’t return. I love Ethiopian food, but this just wasn’t worth it. Also note that if it’s busy when you get there be prepared to wait up to two hours for your food.