Blue Nile – Middle Eastern
Fragrant clouds of berbere and garlic drift through this inviting space, where the communal spirit of Ethiopian dining comes alive over vibrant platters of slow-simmered stews. Guests gather to tear off pieces of tangy, spongy injera, scooping up colorful mounds of earthy Kik Alicha, spiced Yemissir Wot, and tender Gomen in a tactile celebration of traditional flavors. From the crisp crunch of golden sambusas to the refreshing zest of a chilled Timatim salad, every dish offers a soulful and aromatic journey through a rich culinary heritage.
3030, Audley Street, Houston, TX, 77098 +17138145101 https://www.bluenilerestaurant.com/0Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Price range: $$
Currently open
Hours
- Mo-Th - Sunday
- 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
- Friday - Saturday
- 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Menu
- Blue Nile Salad - $14.99: Fresh Green leaf lettuce with diced onions, bell pepper, jalapeno and tomatoes with a special Ethiopian Salad dressing
- Timatim Salad - $14.99: Chopped fresh tomato, onion, hot pepper and house dressing
- Sambusa - $4.99: Meat or Vegetarian
- Timatim Fitfit - $14.99: Fresh tomato, olive oil, jalapeno, bell pepper special herbs and spices, mixed with pieces of Injera
- Shiro Fitfit - $14.99: Diced onions, jalapeno, bell pepper special peas flour, herbs and spices, mixed with pieces of Injera
- Kik Alicha - $17.99: Split peas cooked with oil, onion and flavored with spice
- Gomen - $18.99: Chopped collard green with fresh garlic and bell pepper cooked with oil
- Atkilt Wot - $18.99: Mixed vegetables with garlic, ginger, turmeric, and oil
- Yemissir Wot - $18.99: Red lentil stew, simmered in berbere sauce, spices, garlic, ginger, and green pepper
- Green Lentil - $17.99: Green lentil cooked with oil, onion and flavored with spice
- Shiro Wot - $19.99: Diced onion with special peas flower, herbs and spices
- Vegetarians Combination - $26.99: Combination of items 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11
- String Beans - $18.99: Cooked with chopped onion, garlic and fresh chopped tomato with oil
- Shinbira Assa Wot (Chick Peas) - $21.99: Grounded and baked powder cooked in berbere with oil and special spices
- Vegie Firfir - $21.99: Pieces of Injera mixed in tomato and berber based sauce, spices, onion, garlic, ginger and green pepper
- Fitfit - $27.99: Lamb cubes in turmeric sauce with special herbs, jalapeno and spices, mixed with pieces of Injera
- Dulet - $28.99: Minced lamb tripe, liver and lean top round beef sautéed with spiced butter, mitmita and herbs
- Yebeg Tibs - $29.99: Lamb cubes sautéed with slices of onions, jalapeno peppers and fresh rosemary (gravy or dry)
- Yebeg Key Wot - $29.99: Lamb cubes cooked in berbere sauce with special herb and spices
- Blue Nile Special Tibs - $30.99: Lamb cubes sautéed with onions, jalapeno peppers, tomato and special sauce
- Yebeg Alicha Wot - $29.99: Lamb cubes cooked with special herb and spices
- Banatu - $22.99: Beef cubes in berbere sauce with special herb and spices, mixed with pieces of Injera
- Yessiga Wot - $24.99: Beef cubes cooked in berbere sauce with special herb and spices
- Yessiga Alicha Wot - $24.99: Beef cubes cooked with special herb and spices
- Alicha Minchetabish - $24.99: Fresh minced beef cooked with onion oil, red paper and Ethiopian spices
- Bozena Shiro - $24.99: Powdered peas cooked with beef cubes, onion, vegetable oil and red pepper
- Key Minchetabish with Egg - $24.99: Fresh minced beef cooked with onion, berbere and Ethiopian spices
- Gomen Besiga - $24.99: Collard green and beef cubes cooked with onion and Ethiopian spices
- Quanta Firfir - $25.99: Dehydrated beef cooked in berbere, onion, special spiced butter, mixed with pieces of Injera
- Kitfo - $29.99: Minced extra lean beef seasoned with Ethiopian spices, mitmita, and spiced butter. Served with Ayb
- Blue Nile Special Kitfo - $30.99: Minced extra lean beef seasoned with Ethiopian spices, mitmita, spiced butter, Ayb, and gomen
- Tibs - $26.99: Beef cubes sautéed with slice of onions, bell pepper, jalapeno and fresh rosemary (gravy or dry)
- Zilzil Tibs - $27.99: Tender strips of beef steeped with special sauce and light sautéed with slice of onions, bell pepper and spices
- Tibs Fitfit - $26.99: Juicy lamb cubes mixed with pieces of injera
- Gored Gored - $29.99: Tender cubes of red beef lightly steeped with specially spiced butter and berbere sauce
- Awaze Tibs - $29.99: Beef cubes cooked in Awaze sauce with onion, fresh garlic and tomato
- Goden Tibs - $31.99: Tender beef cubes and beef ribs fried with spice, hot pepper and onion
- Grilled Chicken Breast - $25.99: Chicken breast cooked with onions, herbs & spices
- Chicken Tibs - $25.99: Chicken breast cubes gravy sautéed with onions, herbs & spices (spicy or non-spicy)
- Doro Wot - $27.99: Traditional chicken stew cooked in berbere, onion, special spiced butter and spices
- Yefisik Beyayinetu - $34.99: Combination of items 1, 13, 22, 24, & 39
- Fried Fish - $25.99: Deep fried Tilapia fish served with rice and salad
- Fillet of Fish - $25.99: Pan sautéed pieces of fillet fish with garlic, onion & special sauce, served with rice
- Fish Tibs - $26.99: Tender cubes of fillet fish lightly steeped with garlic, onion & spices (spicy or non-spicy)
- Shrimp Wot - $26.99: Fresh shrimp cooked with Ethiopian spices served with Injera
- Blue Nile Special by Mesob - $88.99: Combination special includes 1, 7, 8, 19, 24, & 39
- Meat Combination Platter (28, 29, 31, 34) - $75: Quanta firfir, Kitfo, Legatibs, Gored Gored
- Lamb Combination Platter (15, 17, 18, 20) - $75: Fitfit, Yebeg Tibs, Yebeg Key Wot, Yebeg Alicha wot
- Ethiopian Traditional Family Size - $199: Doro wot, Blue Nile Special Tibs, Yebeg Tibs, Yessiga Wot, Yebeg Fitfit, Zilzil Tibs, Bozena Shiro, Fillet fish, Gomen, Ayb, Salad, Atkilt Wot
- Sunday’s Special - $114.99: Quanta firfir, Dulet, Yebeg Goden Tibs, Yebeg key wot, Kitfo, Ayb, Salad
- Side String Beans - $11.99
- Side Gomen - $11.99
- Side Atkilt Wot - $11.99
- Side Yemissir Wot - $11.99
- Side Shiro Wot - $9.99
- Side Shimbra Assa Wot - $9.99
- Side Kik Alicha - $11.99
- Side Green Lentils - $11.99
- Regular Injera - $2
- Teff Injera (100% Gluten Free) - $2.99
- Packet Injera - $13.99
- Packet Teff Injera - $16.99
- Baklava - $5
- Chocolate Cake - $9.99
- Pistachio Cake - $9.99
- Freshly Brewed Coffee - $6
- Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony - $30
- Cappuccino - $6.99
- Latte - $6.99
- Macchiato - $6.99
- Espresso - $5.99
- Tea - $4.99
- Ethiopian Tea - $5.99
- Iced Tea - $4.99
- Soda - $4.99
- Juice - $5.99