Cafe Romanat
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Cafe Romanat

Dinner, Ethiopian
462 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 444-1800
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Appetizers

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Romanat Salata

Organic romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, cilantro and house Romanat dressing.

$12.00

Buticha

Chickpeas, garlic, jalapeno and onions.

$12.00

Vegetarian Sambussa

Fried pastry stuffed with lentils, jalapenos, and onions.

$12.00

Timatim Fitfit

Shredded enjera in tomato, red onion, jalapeno, garlic, berbere spice and olive oil. Served cold. Vegan.

$12.00

Beef Sambussa

Fried pastry stuffed with beef, lentils, jalapenos and olive oil.

$9.00

Romanat Style Salad

Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jalapeno pepper, cilantro and Romanat special dressing. Vegan.

$7.95

Vegetables

Yemisir Wot

Split lentils simmered in in berbere sauce, bessobela, garlic and red onions. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$11.95 +

Kik Alicha

Delicious split pea simmered in turmeric sauce, fresh garlic, ginger and bessobela. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$11.95 +

Mitten Shiro

House produced imported chickpea flour deliciously seasoned and cooked with garlic. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$13.95 +

Shiro Combo

The Mitten shouro with side of gomen and atakilt. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$14.95 +

Mushroom Tibs

Seasoned mushrooms sauteed in garlic, onions, tomato and bell pepper. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$14.95 +

Gomen

Tasty collard greens sauteed in onions, tomatoes, garlic and jalapeno pepper. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$11.95 +

Atakelt

Cabbage, carrot and potato sauteed in onions, ginger, garlic and turmeric sauce. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$11.95 +

Veggie Combo

Yemisir wot, kik alicha, atakilt, gomen and buticha. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$13.95 +

Vegetarian Banatu

Enjera sauteed in a vegetarian sauce. Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$12.95 +

Create Your Own

Served with enjera and a side of salad. Vegan.

$12.95 +

Meat

Alicha

Meat seasoned in tumeric and sauteed in a ginger garlic sauce, jalapenos, tomatoes and onions.

$20.00 +

Derek Tibs

Special dry cooked meat doro, yebeg and yebere.

$25.00 +

Gomen Basega

Choice of chicken, beef or lamb braised collards greens, onions, ginger, jalapeno and garlic.

$20.00 +

Quanta Fitfit

Strips of dried beef tenderloin mixed with enjera and sauteed in berbere butter sauce with onions, rosemary, jalapeno and spices.

$21.00 +

Bozena-Shiro

Ground beef simmered with garlic and mitten shiro.

$20.00 +

Mushroom Sega

Mushrooms with meat and sauteed with rosemary, onions, garlic, jalapenos and tomatoes.

$20.00 +

Kitfo

Traditionally eat raw. Lean minced beef marinated with Niter Kilbee and Mitmita spices.

$20.00 +

Kifto Special

Served with red onions and jalapenos.

$20.00 +

Bozena Shiro

Crisp ground beef slowly simmered with mitten shiro. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Doro Tibs

Boneless marinated chicken sauteed with onions, jalapeno peppers, fresh garlic and tomatoes. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$13.95 +

Doro Wot

Fresh chicken leg, simmered in a delicious herb sauce and served with heard boiled egg. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$12.95 +

Kitfo Special

The Kitfo with fresh onion and jalapeno. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$15.95

Lega Tibs

Tender cube of beef stir fried in romanat spices with onions, jalapeno peppers fresh garlic and tomatoes. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Meat Combination

Gomen besega, dora wot and lamb wot. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Yebeg Alicha

Lean choice of meat seasoned with Romanat spices and sauteed in ginger and garlic sauce. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Yebeg Derek Tibs

Seasoned lean cubed beef with onions, jalapeno peppers, fresh garlic and tomatoes. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$17.95

Yebeg Tibs

Cube lean lam meat, sauteed with onions, jalapeno peppers, fresh garlic and tomatoes. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$15.95 +

Yebeg Wot

Lamb cubes, cooked with minced red onion, yellow onion and garlic in a berbere sauce. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$13.95 +

Yebere Alicha

Lean choice of meat seasoned with Romanat spices and sauteed in ginger and garlic sauce. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Yebere Derek Tibs

Seasoned lean cubed lamb with onions, jalapeno peppers, fresh garlic and tomatoes. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$17.95

Yebere Tibs

Lean cubed beef sauteed in fresh, onion, jalapeno peppers, fresh tomatoes, garlic and rosemary. Served with enjera and a side of salad.

$14.95 +

Doro Wot

Chicken with hard boiled egg

$18.00

Yebeg Wot

Lamb- traditional meat stew with red & yellow onions, rosemary, & garlic in berbere sauce

$19.00

Doro Tibs

Chicken- sauteed with fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, and rosemary.

$19.00

Yebeg Tibs

Lamb- Meat sauteed with fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, and rosemary.

$20.00

Lega Tibs

Medium rare beef sauteed with fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, and rosemary.

$20.00

Yebere Tibs

Meat sauteed with fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, and rosemary.

$20.00

Romanat Favorites

Mushroom and Meat

Mushroom and choice of lean beef or lamb or chicken meat sauteed with fresh rosemary, onion, jalapeno paper and tomato.

$14.95

Gomen and Meat

Lean, cubed meat slowly cooked and blended with peppers, ginger, garlic and onions.

$14.95

Vegan

Misir Wot

Red lentils simmered in a berbere spice sauce, onions, ginger, garlic, and red onion. Vegan.

$16.00 +

Kik Alicha

Split peas simmered in turmeric sauce, fresh garlic, ginger and bessobela. Vegan.

$16.00 +

Banatu

Enjera sauteed in a special spiced vegetarian sauce. Vegan.

$18.00 +

Mitten Shiro

A Romanat specialty - House made chickpea flour, seasoned with berbere spices and garlic. Vegan.

$18.00 +

Mushroom Tibs

Marinated mushrooms sauteed with onions, tomatoes, rosemary, garlic, and berbere sauce. Vegan.

$18.00 +

Gomen

Traditional braised collards greens, onion, tomato, jalapeno, and garlic. Vegan.

$16.00 +

Atalkit

Cabbage, carrots and potatoes sauteed in onions, ginger, garlic and turmeric. Vegan.

$16.00 +

Combinations

Veggie Combo

Ye misir Wot, Atakilt, Gomen, Buticha and Kik Alicha. Vegetarian.

$18.00 +

Shiro Combo

Mitten Shiro, Gomen, and Atalkilt.

$19.00 +

Meat Combo

Gomen Besega, Doro Wot, and Lamb Wot.

$20.00 +

Veggie Combo and Meat Combo

$38.00 +

Hot Drinks

Tea

(Black,Mint,or Green)

$3.00

Coffee

$3.00

Spiced Tea

Whole cinnamon, clove, cardomom

$4.00

Smoothie and Juice

Yetelba Smoothie

Flax seed.

$5.00

Yeselit Smoothie

Sesame seed.

$5.00

Yesuf Smoothie

Sunflower seed.

$5.00

Super Sead Smoothie

Flax, sesame and sunflower. Seeds are roasted and blended with honey.

$5.00

Homemade Lemonade Juice

$5.00

Soda

$3.00

San Pellegrino Sparkling Water

$4.00

Bunberberg Ginger Beer

$4.00

San Pellegrino Aranciata Rosso

$4.00

Pomegranate Juice

$4.00

Fresh Juice of the Day

Please call restaurant for current selection.

$4.50

Ice Coffee

$2.75

Ice Tea

$2.75

Lemonade

$4.50

Coffee and Tea

Iced Tea

$3.00

House Roasted Organic Iced Coffee

$4.00

House Roasted Organic Ethiopian Coffee

$3.00

Black Hot Tea

$3.00

Mint Hot Tea

$3.00

Green Hot Tea

$3.00

Spiced Tea

$4.00

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

Reservation required. 2 to 8 guests. 30 minute duration. A unique and delightful coffee experience that captures the traditional preparation, Aromatics and essence of Ethiopian coffee. Green coffee beans are freshly roasted, creating an aromatic smoke to be enjoyed. The bean is freshly ground and brewed in a jebena, a traditional ceramic vessel over hot coals in Brazier.

$30.00

Desserts

Dessert of the Day

Please call restaurant for current selection.

$4.50
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About Cafe Romanat

  • 462 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
  • Dinner, Ethiopian, Vegan
  • (510) 444-1800
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