Injera is a spongy, slightly sour flatbread made from teff flour that serves as both the plate and utensil in Ethiopian cuisine. Diners tear off pieces to scoop up stews and vegetables.

Cambridge Dining Guide

Best Ethiopian in Cambridge

Cambridge has a vibrant Ethiopian food scene. Discover the best Ethiopian restaurants with injera, wot, and communal dining.

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Cambridge is one of the best cities in America for Ethiopian food, thanks to a long-established Ethiopian community centered around Central Square. The communal dining tradition — tearing off pieces of spongy injera to scoop up richly spiced wot — makes Ethiopian restaurants ideal for group meals and a uniquely social dining experience.

Insider TipEthiopian restaurants are perfect for vegetarians — most offer extensive veggie combination platters with lentils, collard greens, cabbage, and split peas.

Central Square

Asmara Restaurant

Ethiopian · Central Square

Central Square Eritrean-Ethiopian restaurant since 1986. Traditional mesob (woven basket) dining — diners sit around a basket with the food served in the center. Two kinds of house-made injera (rice flour and teff), and one of the strongest vegetarian combos in Cambridge.

4.5$$T accessible

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Central Square is Cambridge's hub for Ethiopian dining, with several well-established restaurants serving traditional dishes. The area has one of the best concentrations of Ethiopian restaurants in New England.

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Best Ethiopian in Cambridge

Central Square

Asmara Restaurant

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