This was my second time at Lalibela. The first
time was years ago with a group of my Indian friends. It was a pretty good experience.
My family and I went there for my birthday dinner last Friday night. It was very busy so they seated us next door at Lalibela lounge. We are Eritrean so we're obviously very familiar with this food. I've never been so disappointed with service at a restaurant in my life. The young female server only seemed to pay attention to the non-Habesha guests .. serving them first even though we arrived before them, constantly asking them how their meal is and never asking us once. We even ordered a second dish because we weren't full and the server completely forgot! After 30 mins of waiting, I went over to the bar where she was standing and texting and asked if our meal was ready and all she responded was "oops I forgot". No apologies or nothing. She slammed the food down on our table and walked away. I've never felt so unwelcomed and uncomfortable at a restaurant before. Pretty ironic as it's my cultural environment...
The food was good though. That's the only plus.