I lived in Ethiopia as a kid and am very familiar with the food. Ate at the Blue Nike tonight, and it was probably the worst, most frustrating dining out experience I have had in the last ten years. What a joke- I'm pretty sure this is a drug front or something.
Though the wats (stews) were good, there was no injera. (You can't have Ethiopian food without injera- it's the staple of the meal. It would be like having a hamburger but having no patty.). We were told it was being cooked. We waited and waited and waited. They brought us dried toast instead (what a joke, are you serious?). Finally when we were ready to walk out, a plate of it showed up cold, like it had just been taken out of a refrigerator. When I asked about it "being cooked" I was told it is not made in-house. So the "cooking it" part was a lie. I'm pretty sure someone ran to the Center street store and bought the premade stuff they sell there.
To add to the strangeness of the meal... The service was awful- our server claimed she was Ethiopian but didn't look it at all- when I asked her how to say thank you in Amharic, she uttered something I've never heard before in my life. (I speak Amharic.). When I challenged her on it, she insisted it was Amharic. Nope, no it wasn't. Not sure why she'd lie but that wasn't Amharic.
Not sure what's going on at the Blue Nile, but it doesn't seem like it's food. It's a ghost town every time I've been in there. I will never go back. Fassils in Forrest Lawn is a better choice.