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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Willamette Week and Portland Monthly. Updated September 2026.
Enat Kitchen Restaurant · Concordia
Enat Kitchen plates gorgeous, overflowing combos of stewy vegetables and meat on a massive sheet of silky injera, which Willamette Week calls brighter and fresher than at other Ethiopian kitchens. The Killingsworth Street room feels like eating in someone's home, with long communal tables and a generous family platter.
Queen of Sheba Restaurant · Eliot
Willamette Week calls Queen of Sheba the grand old lady of Northeast Portland's Ethiopian epicenter, open on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard since the mid-1990s. It introduced many Portlanders to the cuisine and balances its spicing carefully, favoring subtlety over heaviness across its meat and vegetable combos.
Bete-Lukas | Ethiopian Restaurant · Richmond
Willamette Week's 2014 restaurant guide names Bete-Lukas a Portland Ethiopian stalwart, serving lentil sambusa, serrano-stewed kale, and cardamom-spiced beef kitfo atop tangy, spongy injera. It points diners toward the family-style veggie and beef combos, praising fresh, crisp ingredients and warm hospitality.