Ge'ez Ethiopian
Our restaurant is cozy and welcoming .
Come and enjoy our delicious food that suits your lifestyle. We’ve Vegan & gluten free food option
Phone outage!
Dear customer:
There’s a technical issue with our landline number. Until it’s resolved, Please book your table via online booking portal. Meanwhile you can email your take out . We’ll attend all emails promptly.
Temporary number to call:
0430304635
Or
0402502461
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you for understanding.
Ge’ez team
Restaurant Menu
Vegan and Vegetarian Dishes
Ye-Dinch Wot (Potato Stew)
Steamed potato cooked with olive oil, onions, garlic, curry and ginger spicy berbere sauce, served with injera or rice.
Ye-Misir Wot (Lentil Stew)
Split lentils simmered in oil, onions, garlic, curry and ginger spicy berbere sauce, served with injera or rice.
Difin Misir Wot (Whole Lentil Stew)
Whole lentils cooked with olive oil, onion, tumeric, garlic, ginger and capsicum, served with injera or rice.
Ye-kik Alicha Wot (Yellow Split Peas Stew)
Yellow Pea Sauce; Split peas cooked with oil, onions, garlic, curry, ginger and rosemary, served with injera or rice.
Ye-Gomen Wot (Kale/Spinach Roast)
Kale/ Spinach cooked in herbed oil with onions, green pepper and garlic, served with injera, ciabatta bread or rice.
Shiro wot (Chickpea stew)
Spiced with herbs, chickpea powder simmered in onion, tomatoes, garlic and olive oil, served with injera or rice.
Ye-Duba Wot (Pumpkin Stew)
Sundried pumpkin cooked with olive oil, onions, garlic, curry, ginger and spicy berbere sauce, served with injera or rice.
Key Sir Alicha (Beetroot)
Steamed beetroot and red potatoes saluted with olive oil, onion, garlic, ginger and fresh green pepper, served with injera or rice.
Ye'Tikil Gomen Wot (Cabbage roast)
Cabbage cooked with herbed olive oil, spring onion, ginger and fresh green & red pepper, served with injera or rice.
Meat Dishes
Lega Tibs (Juicy Roasted Meat)
Cubes of tender beef or lamb sautéed in oil with onions, garlic, rosemary, jalapeno pepper and exotic herbs, served with injera, or rice & spicy awaze sauce.
Doro Wot (Chicken Casserole)
A traditional dish of chicken stew simmered in garlic, onion, ginger, kebe, other herbs and spices and berbere served with ayeb, boiled whole egg and served with injera or rice.
Ye- Shekla Tibs (Ceramic Roast Meat)
Cubes of tender beef or lamb sautéed in oil with onions, garlic, rosemary, jalapeno pepper and exotic herbs, roasted and served with ceramic. Accompanied with Injera or rice & spicy awaze sauce.
Minchetabish (Minced Meat Casserole)
A traditional dish with finely ground lean beef cooked within a thick stew simmered in garlic, onion, ginger, kebe, other herbs and spices and served with injera or rice.
Key Wot (Meat Stew)
Freshly made beef or lamb stew, served with injera or rice.
Tuna Lentil Stew
Spicy or mild. Tuna and lentils cooked with olive oil, onions, garlic, berbere/ tumeric and ginger, served with spicy berbere sauce, and injera or rice.
Share Platters
Vegetarian/ Vegan Platter
Chefs’ choice combo of vegan/vegetarian dishes + house salad
Meat Combo Platter
Chef’s choice combo of meat dishes + house salad
About us
Ge'ez (ግዕዝ), is an ancient South Semitic language of the Ethiopic branch. Ge'ez is the father of all languages and is the oldest language in the world. It is 5000 years old and still spoken in Ethiopia as well as Eritrea with it's own alphabet and numbers. The earliest known inscriptions in the Ge'ez script date to the 5th century BC. At first the script represented only consonants. Vowel indication started to appear in the 4th century AD.
Why Ge'ez?
Ge'ez is the ancient and the classical language of Ethiopia, which is still used to this day. We used the name Ge'ez because it represents the civilisation and culture of Ethiopia.
Injera:
Is the main staple for Ethiopians
The Ethiopians started eating their most popular food, Injera, in Ge'ez እንጀራ at around 4000 BC. According to history, Injera itself is ancient time creation food. The ancient civilization introduced the traditional food and here we are enjoying their creation. Although, we are preparing our food with our touch of ingredients, we like to remember their contribution through telling this story.
Benefits of eating Ethiopian food
- Healthy And Nutritious
The key ingredient in injera, is Teff, which is a gluten-free super grain native to Ethiopia. It is filled with complete proteins, fibre, magnesium, iron and calcium. No other grain on earth has more fibre per serving like Teff.
Alongside with the injera comes wot – aromatic stews of lentils, cabbage, potatoes, pumpkin, kale, beetroot cooked with; onions, garlic, ginger and more exotic herbs and spices. Families also often enjoy beyaynetu (shared platter); which are individual platters of vegetables or meat, cooked in different ways, such as stuffed whole jalapeno peppers, simmered greens, beans and chickpeas in a tomato puree.
- It’s Incredibly Vegan-Friendly
The special qualities of Ethiopia is the most incredibly delicious food and most of the traditional staple dishes being completely plant-based! Ethiopians plant-based diet started at around 2000 years ago due to the country’s Orthodox Christian background, it is common to eat plant-based food every Wednesday and Friday. 70% of Ethiopians diet are plant based.
Our Restaurant
Our restaurant caters 55-70 guests at a time. It is a great place to host your small functions and celebrations. We host high teas, birthday parties, weddings, baby showers, work functions and more. We have an extended private function room at the back which allows you to run your private function without any disruptions. We encourage you to contact us to access our function room catalogue as well as other catering facilities.
Restaurant Reservations
Features
Contact
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 03 8354 0124
- geezrestaurant@gmail.com
- Closed: Monday & Tuesday Open: Wednesday - Sunday 5pm - 10pm
