Desta Ethiopian Restaurant – Ethiopian
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant welcomes guests into a bright, bustling space where the intoxicating aroma of berbere and toasted spices signals the start of a communal feast. Mornings are transformed by vibrant platters of honey-kissed fetira and savory chechebsa, inviting diners to gather around hearty bowls of buttery kinche and spiced lamb dulet for a soulful, flavor-drenched experience.
Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas TX 75243 https://destaethiopiaresturant.com/Rating: 4/5 (1 reviews)
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Price range: $$
Dietary options: dairy-free, gluten-free, halal, high-protein, keto, low-carb, vegan, vegetarian, heart-healthy, low-fat, low-sodium, mediterranean, paleo, pescatarian, plant-based, whole30, anti-inflammatory, atkins, dash-sodium-reduced, gerd, high-fiber, low-cholesterol, south-beach, aip, alkaline, carnivore, renal, tlc, volumetrics, zone, juice-cleanse, lectin-free, macrobiotic, slow-carb, soy-free
Diet fit at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Dairy-Free at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 5 dairy-free-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Difin Misir, Atkilt Alicha and Alicha Kik. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Gluten-Free at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 2 gluten-free-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Bozena Shiro and Atkilt Alicha. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Halal at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 22 halal-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Key Wot, Difin Misir and Spaghetti. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
High-Protein at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 4 high-protein-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Lamb Tibs and Doro Wot. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Keto at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 4 keto-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Ethiopian spiced Hot Tea, Gored Gored and Doro Wot. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Low-Carb at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 7 low-carb-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Ethiopian spiced Hot Tea, Kitfo and Pineapple Juice. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Vegan at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 12 vegan-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Key Wot, Difin Misir and Spaghetti. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
Vegetarian at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
Desta Ethiopian Restaurant in Dallas has 19 vegetarian-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Key Wot, Difin Misir and Spaghetti. Tags come from dish-level menu analysis and update when the menu changes.
How tags work: Dish-level menu analysis by Chefi's rule-based diet engine with AI assistance; nutrition values are estimated from ingredients unless marked verified. Allergen and certification claims are never inferred.
What to order at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
| Dish | Net carbs | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Doro Wot | 1.3 g | 51.1 g |
| Breakfast Combo | 54.6 g | 44.2 g |
| Tilapia Sandwich | 40.3 g | 44.2 g |
| Kitfo | 17.4 g | 43.9 g |
| Goden Tibs | 3.9 g | 42.6 g |
| Meat Combo | 6.5 g | 35.9 g |
| Ethiopian spiced Hot Tea | 0 g | 26.3 g |
| Tilapia Tibs | 23.5 g | 24.1 g |
| Enkulal Be Sega | 33.8 g | 24 g |
| Chicken Tibs | 1.8 g | 23.5 g |
| Misto | 38.6 g | 19.9 g |
| Zilzil Tibs | 36.4 g | 17.5 g |
Nutrition values are estimated from ingredients.
Currently open
Hours
- Friday - Saturday
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Sunday - Thursday
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
What diners are saying
Guests love the succulent chicken dishes, which showcase the kitchen's clear pride in their craft and attention to quality. Celebrated for its cozy and pleasant atmosphere, the space offers a warm environment where reviewers highlight the welcoming and timely service. Standout dishes include the perfectly prepared poultry, ensuring a delightful experience for those seeking a well-executed meal in an intimate setting.
Menu
Breakfast Menu
- Scrambled Egg - $10.99: Scrambled egg with tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos served with bread. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory Available at: breakfast, brunch
- Kinche - $9.99: Cracked wheat seasoned with clarified and spiced butter. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Low-Sodium, High-Fiber Available at: breakfast, brunch
- Lamb Dulet - $19.99: Carefully cleaned tripe, lean red meat, chopped onion, and jalapenos.
- Chechebsa - $9.99: Flat wheat bread cut into pieces mixed with berbere (spicy pepper) and spiced butter. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian
- Firfir - $11.99: Injera mixed with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, tossed in Berbere (spicy pepper) sauce. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Pescatarian
- Enkulal Be Sega - $13.99: Egg with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos served with bread.
- Fetira - $10.99: Artisan cheese, scrambled egg and a little honey wrapped in a flat bread. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Low-Sodium
- Special Full - $12.99: Fava beans with scrambled egg. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC
- Full - $10.99: Fava beans garnished with fresh tomato, onion, jalapenos. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Low-Cholesterol, TLC, Alkaline, Slow-Carb
- Breakfast Combo - $22.99: Combination of chechebsa, kinche, scrambled egg, and firfir. Dietary tags: Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Anti-Inflammatory, High-Fiber
Appetizers / Starters
- Sambusa - $3.99: Pastry puff with brown lentils and diced peppers. Dietary tags: High-Protein Available at: dinner, lunch
- Desta Roll - $10.99: Ground beef rolled with injera and diced into bitable size. Served rare. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, GERD-Friendly, Volumetrics, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
- Desta Salad - $7.99: Fresh lettuce and tomatoes mixed with the house dressing. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
- Tomato Fitfit - $8.99: Shredded injera soaked with spicy sauce, onion, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Heart-Healthy, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, GERD-Friendly, Zone, Volumetrics, TLC Available at: dinner, lunch
Combination Plates
- Banatu - $23.99: Combination of firfir, kinche, ayb, topped with kitfo. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Kintot - $39.99: 2-3 people. Combination of kitfo, gored gored, lega tibs, and dry tibs. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Zone, Volumetrics Available at: breakfast, brunch, dinner, lunch
- Meat Combo - $29.99: 1-2 people. Combination of doro wot, non-spicy beef stew, and collard greens with meat. Dietary tags: Keto, Low-Carb, Atkins, South-Beach Available at: dinner, lunch
- Meat and Veggie Combo - $23.99: Combination of veggie plate and meat. Choice of beef, lamb, tilapia, or chicken. Dietary tags: Gluten-Free, Anti-Inflammatory, Soy Free Available at: dinner, lunch
- Half and Half - $20.99: Combination of two choices of either quanta firfir, kitfo, or tibs. Available at: dinner, lunch
Vegan / Vegetarian Plates
- Alicha Kik - $11.99: Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and jalapenos. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Tegabino Shiro - $12.99: Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, South-Beach, Alkaline, Renal, Slow-Carb Available at: dinner, lunch
- Atkilt Alicha - $11.99: Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, carrots, and turmeric. Available at: dinner, lunch
- Difin Misir - $11.99: Whole lentil cooked with onion garlic and ginger. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Dairy-Free, Mediterranean, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Low-Cholesterol, Zone, Volumetrics, TLC, Alkaline, Macrobiotic, Slow-Carb Available at: dinner, lunch
- Misir Wot - $11.99: Split red lentils simmered in spicy berbere sauce. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Plant-Based Available at: dinner, lunch
- Veggie Combo - $17.99: A combination dish of all the vegan plates and collard greens. Dietary tags: Whole30, Paleo, AIP, Lectin-Free
Fish Plates
- Tilapia Dulet - $19.99: Freshly minced tilapia fish mixed with collard green and ayb cheese.
- Fried Whole Fish - $19.99: Fried tilapia whole fish served with salad. Seasonal. Dietary tags: Halal, Pescatarian, Lectin-Free
- Misto - $22.99: Fried tilapia on a bed of Shiro, misir, gomen, and cabbage.
- Fish Goulash - $18.99: Cube cut tilapia marinated in a mix of spicy sauce mixed with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos.
- Tilapia Sandwich - $11.99: Deep fried tilapia sandwich with mayo and tomatoes. Dietary tags: Halal, Pescatarian
- Tilapia Tibs - $15.99: Cube cut fried tilapia sauteed with tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos.
Main Courses
- Mahberawi - $59.99: 3-4 people. Special combination dish of keywot, Alicia beef wot, kitfo, gomen be siga, lega tibs, and choice of two veggies.
- Special Kitfo - $23.99: Ethiopian style steak tartar freshly minced extra-lean beef seasoned with mitmita and spiced butter. Served with kotcho.
- Tuna Kitfo - $18.99: Ethiopian style tuna tartar minced and seasoned with mitmita and spiced butter.
- Tuna Dulet - $19.99: Ethiopian style tuna tartar minced and seasoned with mitmita and spiced butter mixed with onion and jalapenos.
- Goden Tibs - $24.99: Well-cooked beef ribs marinated with soya sauce, onion, and jalapeno served in a traditional pan. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC
- Sizzling Tibs - $19.99: Chunk of lean beef or lamb dry sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Anti-Inflammatory
- Desta Special Tibs - $19.99: Chunk of rib eye beef sauteed with onion, tomato, jalapenos, and spiced butter. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Atkins, South-Beach
- Zilzil Tibs - $19.99: Chunk of lean beef or lamb dry sauteed with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, Atkins, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC
- Kitfo - $17.99: Ethiopian style steak tartar freshly minced extra-lean beef seasoned with mitmita and spiced butter. Dietary tags: Low-Carb, Low-Sodium, South-Beach
- Doro Wot - $16.99: Slowly cooked chicken leg and a boiled egg made with traditional onion berbere sauce. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Keto, Low-Carb, Atkins, South-Beach
- Beef Tibs - $17.99: Chunk of lean beef sauteed with onion, tomato, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, GERD-Friendly, Volumetrics, TLC
- Lamb Tibs - $18.99: Chunk of lean lamb sauteed with onion, tomato, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: High-Protein, Halal, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, Atkins, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, TLC
- Chicken Tibs - $17.99: Chunk of freshly prepared chicken diced up sauteed with onion, tomato, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Halal, Anti-Inflammatory, Atkins, South-Beach
- Tibs Firfir - $22.99: Shredded injera mixed with spicy berbere sauce, topped with beef or lamb tibs.
- Kuanta Firfir - $17.99: Shredded injera mixed with spicy berber sauce with dried beef jerky.
- Gored Gored - $18.99: Cubed raw beef seasoned with spiced butter, awaze, onion, and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Keto, Low-Carb, Atkins, South-Beach
- Bozena Shiro - $14.99: Chickpeas stew made with lamb and seasoned with butter or olive oil.
- Gomen Be Siga - $16.99: Ethiopian style collards with a mixture of beef and seasoned with mitmita.
- Beef Dulet - $18.99: Ethiopian style steak tartar freshly minced extra-lean beef seasoned with mitmita and spiced butter mixed with onions and jalapenos. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Dairy-Free, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Anti-Inflammatory, Low-Cholesterol, Alkaline
- Key Wot - $15.99: Ethiopian style beef stew made with berbere mixed with different Ethiopian herbs. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Dairy-Free, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Anti-Inflammatory, Low-Cholesterol, Alkaline
- Alicha Siga Wot - $15.99: Ethiopian style non-spicy beef stew made with different Ethiopian herbs. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Mediterranean, Whole30, Pescatarian, Paleo, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Low-Cholesterol, TLC, Alkaline, Soy Free
- Kekel - $18.99: Ethiopian style lamb soup made with mixed different Ethiopian herbs served with shredded injera inside.
Pasta
- Spaghetti - $11.99: Long pasta with choice of sauce: Tomato, Meat Sauce, Tilapia, or Chicken. Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Dairy-Free, Mediterranean, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Low-Fat, Anti-Inflammatory, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Low-Cholesterol, GERD-Friendly, Zone, Volumetrics, TLC
Beverages
- Apple Juice - $3.5
- Orange Juice - $3.5
- Pineapple Juice - $3.5 Dietary tags: Low-Carb, Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, South-Beach, Zone, Volumetrics, Alkaline, AIP, Renal, Macrobiotic, Juice-Cleanse, Slow-Carb, Lectin-Free
- Bottled Water - $1.99
- Soda Can - $2.5
- Soda Bottle - $3.5
- Sparkling Water - $3.5
- Fresh Mango - $5.99 Dietary tags: Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Alkaline, AIP, Macrobiotic, Lectin-Free
- Macchiato - $4.99
- Cappucino - $4.5
- Cafe Latte - $4.99
- Coffee - $2.99
- Ethiopian spiced Hot Tea - $2.99 Dietary tags: Keto, Low-Carb, Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Plant-Based, Low-Fat, Anti-Inflammatory, Atkins, South-Beach, Low-Cholesterol, GERD-Friendly, Carnivore, Zone, Volumetrics, Alkaline, AIP, Macrobiotic, Slow-Carb, Lectin-Free
- Ginger Tea - $4.99 Dietary tags: Low-Carb, Vegan, Vegetarian, Halal, Pescatarian, Heart-Healthy, Plant-Based, Low-Sodium, Anti-Inflammatory, South-Beach, DASH Sodium-Reduced, Low-Cholesterol, TLC, Alkaline, AIP, Renal, Macrobiotic, Slow-Carb, Lectin-Free
- Espresso - $3.25
- Iced Tea - $2.99
Frequently Asked Questions about Desta Ethiopian Restaurant
- Is Desta Ethiopian Restaurant dairy-free-friendly?
- Yes. Desta Ethiopian Restaurant has 5 dairy-free-tagged dishes on its current menu, including Difin Misir, Atkilt Alicha and Alicha Kik.
- What can I eat at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant on a dairy-free diet?
- Difin Misir, Atkilt Alicha and Alicha Kik carry the dairy-free tag, out of 5 tagged dishes on the current menu. Every dish's diet tags are listed in the menu.
- Does Desta Ethiopian Restaurant have vegan options?
- Yes. 12 dishes are tagged vegan on the current menu, including Key Wot and Difin Misir.
- Is Desta Ethiopian Restaurant gluten-free?
- 2 dishes are tagged gluten-free on the current menu. Chefi never infers allergen tags from a dish name alone, but a tag is not a certification — confirm preparation with the restaurant if you have celiac disease or a severe sensitivity.
- What is the highest-protein dish at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant?
- Doro Wot, at roughly 51.1g of protein (estimated from ingredients).
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