Food probably is 3.5 stars. But the owners/staff are so very sweet and accommodating that they deserve 4 stars.
Every state that I have ever lived in my husband and I have tried every Ethiopian establishment possible so were pretty familiar with the tastes and flavors of Ethiopian food. Considering that experience, some of the items on the menu were disappointing.
I normally get the veggie combo and my husband gets doro wat. the dishes in veggie combo were just ok flavor wise. initially when they brought me my platter, every dish was cold, so I had to have it sent back. It took them nearly 15-20 minutes to bring me back my platter, apparently they were preparing me a brand new platter. I appreciated the effort and consideration but it took way too long, by that time my husband was already done eating his plate. When they brought my dish back it was missing one of the dishes that the platter comes with; disappointing. Also some of the chick pea dishes and the lentil dishes were super dry not what im used to. My husband was a little unhappy with his doro wat, he felt it lacked in flavor and spice. He told the owner/staff about it and he was kind enough to bring some spicy beef dish for my husband to try and that too free of charge.
The restaurant itself is nice, probably one of the better decorated Ethiopian restaurants I have been to. The air circulation within the restaurant leaves something to be desired. While we were there they must have just started cooking but the restaurant was filled with a slight smoke and both my husband and I had irritated eyes the whole time while we were waiting for our food.
Service was slow even though we were the only ones there. Its a fairly new restaurant so maybe they are working out their kinks. I might give them a try again if im close to the area but I am not sure I would make the 40 min drive just for that unlike some other Ethiopian places I know.
Still worth a try.