As long as I exercise my patience I can enjoy going to Nazareth. The first time I went I liked in a lot. We sat down after a 5 minute wait and the anticipation added to the experience. Also I had never been for Ethiopian food before. It was ok... obviously I eyed the other people on my table remembering who had washed their hands and who hadn't. The food itself was ok too. Although I ran out of the teff bread you use to scoop we asked for more and it came free of charge - which was nice.
Since then the experience hasn't had as much of that new feeling and I have been annoyed with having to wait, standing up for 30 to 50 minutes - and adding to that the realization that the food itself is not that great. In fact everything on the platter... lentils or sweet potato, maybe some spinash... ermm well it all tastes the same. However the resounding thing that keeps me coming back are my friends that like the place, and of course the price. I mean, $7.50 for a platter for two and bottled guiness for $3.50 - $4 means you can't complain too much and you just have to deal with it. Mediocre food and service but as I and other reviewers have said, to eat, get full and have a drink all for under $10 for a sit down meal isn't bad is it??