So when Abay was the only Ethiopian place in Pittsburgh it was my was one of my favorite places to eat--seriously, I went nearly once every week. The staff is friendly, the ambiance is great, the selection is wide and the food is AMAZING.
Now that it's not the only one (Tana recently opened around the corner on Baum Blvd)--it just got BETTER. Not one to be disloyal to my friends over at Abay, I still wanted to try the new place just to see how it compared. Well the verdict is, it doesn't. There were far less choices on the menu and the menu was unclear--and the waitress had no idea what was going on. The food arrived and from the very first bite it was disappointing. It was cold and completely flavorless. If you like Abay stick with it, Tana isn't worth spending the money to even try it. And if you want to try out something new and flavorful at an Ethiopian place, skip over Tana and head straight to Abay! I think I'm gonna have to go there for dinner to get the awful Tana flavor out of my system...