massawa restaurant in New Westminster

Recommended by friends. The cuisine was exquisite. The chef was so pleasant & humble.

Personally recommend the Awaze Tibsi.

Really enjoyed my first meal here

Great food and service!

Delicious food! The fried bread is delicious. Awesome to have Eritrean cuisine to try. Hopefully they can get a green jersey on the wall soon!

I had come a few times to this restaurant and they always treat me nicely, serving great food. I came today again and I loved the food so much that I gave more tip which the host tried to refuse. Naw y all deserved it. It made my day.

Great service ! Fun atmosphere and great food and drink selections

Once for a while when I drive by this restaurant after work, I like to drop by to have dinner. Their food always taste fresh and delicious. and good services.

This is one of the go-to spots for my partner and me. We always get the veggie combo, comes with a lot of great dishes and totally vegan friendly. Its very affordable. Love the decor inside, some nice art and other nice things.

Good service and great food

Thanks for the great service guys l love everything

Everything is perfect

Vegetarian options: Vegatations are healthy and contains different types vitamines and minerals. Food

Kid-friendliness: Thats amezining Food

Delicious eats. I m glad I found this spot. I recommend it to others!

the best

Pretty good food, different from standard restaurant fare. Very reasonable prices. Service hit and miss, and the music a little too loud but overall would recommend

Dined in, went around noon and it was empty. I had the awaze tibsi and I love it. Ive ordered from this restaurant on Uber eats multiple times and enjoy it every time. Delicious!

Great food! I love the special bread taste when it is combined with the food juices and gravy.

So delicious! Absolutely wonderful food! Thank you

The person working, was very friendly, and the food came out quite quickly as well. I ordered the Awaze Tibs and the food came out very quickly. Id eat here again! Food

Lovely family-run restaurant with welcoming service and tasty food!

A delightful place that features both East African and Mediterranean dishes. The East African dishes are served with injera, a spongy flatbread that is used as the utensil for rolling up or dipping in the food. We had the vegetarian special and the awaze tibs (spicy chunks of lamb). Both were excellent. Service was super-friendly and the music and decor added to the pleasant ambiance. Highly recommended. Vegetarian options: Multiple choices Parking: Ample metered street parking

The food was amazing, it was a really busy night so I understand the bad service. The only reason I gave a 4 star not 5 was how bad the service was.

Massawa is a city in Eritrea . Ethiopia is on its southern border. There are two types of cuisine here: East African and Mediterranean. I ordered the Awazi Tibsi for $19.99. The flavour was rich and spicy... Spice was mild to medium heat level. The meat was not tough, but not melt in your mouth either. They give you a very generous portion of injera bread to go with your meal. Overall, the service was polite, the food was tasty, and the atmosphere was bright at my window seat. I would probably return.

Super great food and amazing coffee

Amazing food, staff was very nice! We pretty much had the place to ourselves. The food was fast and honestly so good. Never had East African food before but my partner dragged me there and very happy he did. We had a great night Vegetarian options: Had their veggie combo and it was to die for. I loved the cabbage dish and my partner loved the green bean dish

Its our first time to try out African food. We had succulent lamb with veggies combo. Two Chinese girls enjoyed this tasty and healthy meal very much. Their service is good. We were so full when we finished this big combo that we had to take a long walk to Fraser River to digest it. Were going to come back with more friends. I would like to suggest you to put on some African elements on your windows and at front door to let people passing by to know more about you and encourage them to give a try.$32 for this combo. My friend and I had African rice for the first time and ordered a mutton and vegetable mixed meal. The big round plate that came came with seven different flavors including mutton, vegetable salad, and curry beans. So delicious. The waiter spoke English very well, had a good attitude, and was handsome. It was a bit overwhelming for two people to eat this big plate, but because it was delicious, we finished it anyway. Highly recommended. The decoration in the store is simple, so friends who like luxury should come here. This is $32 for two people, which is very cost-effective.

Unique menu~

Went for a veggie combo. Absolutely delicious - even ordered a plate of shiro. I would go just for the shiro. Veggie combo and shiro Vegan friendly.

Best lighting I ve seen around town. Good café and strong music.

Great customer service

Awesome food here. Good location in uptown new West

We visited for lunch and it was quite delicious! We had the Vegetarian Combo, which was delivered on an Injera ( similar to crepe) platter. Green beans, cabbage stew, Shiro and lentils were all super tasty and each item had a distinct flavour. Best part is you get to use your hands, by ripping the Injera into pieces, scooping up the food. Super fun finger foods ! The owner, Gabi was attentive and helpful. I really respect someone who comes to Canada and gifts is a piece of his culture in our homeland. Very cool !

This is a hidden gem on 6th. I ordered the spring chicken and it was amazing! Ill definitely be going back. The flavors and the spice oh man was it tasty.

Tried all the Ethiopian restaurants in Vancouver and this is the best one. Lol sorry van. Their tibs were so tender and the sauce was good, glad it wasn t overly spicy but spicy enough. Also enjoyed their green salad; a great simple dish is the sign of a great restaurant. Ethiopian is my favourite kind of food in the world, I m always amazed these places aren t packed. People are slipping!I just wish they had that honey wine hehe

Delicious food

Great Ethiopian food !

Since I have never had East African food I cant speak to the authenticity, but I had an amazing culinary experience here at Massawa. I took my brother out for his birthday as we were both curious about this restaurant, having walked past it regularly. Inside its vibrant colours and relaxed atmosphere. The food was DELICIOUS, for me personally I found it a little spicy, possibly from my own silliness in thinking whatever spicy pepper was on top of my dish was a basic green bell pepper and eating a large chunk of that right out the gates. Ill be back, Im excited to try more of the flavors to be found in African cuisine.

Super friendly hosts. Good vibe. Plenty of fresh and delish food for a great price. All around great meal out.

If you are looking for 24 hour casino, look somewhere else. Can not get good girls here.

Long wait because they were so very busy. The food was tasty!!!

My husband and I had brunch here today for the first time. The food was delicious!! It was the best hummus I have ever had. So light and fluffy. Way too mild for my taste buds but I love the fact that it was all healthy food. Im sure they would make it spicy if I asked. Portions were huge. Being a health concious person, I hardly find any healthy food options. Much better than western cuisines. The server was very sweet. Highly recommend.

Zilzil the same

Unfortunately, nothing about this restaurant makes me want to come back. Mediocre service & taste. Less than mediocre atmosphere and portions. I ordered a chicken wrap and ended up getting fast food on the way home because it wasnt filling at all.

Parking: The best restaurant East African in Vancouver! Food

An absolutely wonderful encounter with Ethiopian food. I ordered the Awaze Tibsi, and right from the first bite, I knew this was something I would cherish. The Injera (flatbread) that comes with it is incredibly delicious as well. What caught me off guard was how big it is, and that it was part of the plate itself. The lamb itself was perfectly cooked, and given the eating style (not really fork and knives friendly, way easier to use your hands) the end result was that emotion that is felt after a wholesome, soul-filling meal. Depending on your appetite, one plate of Tibsi can be shared between two people.

Very good authentic Eastern African cuisine in a casual cafe environment.

The service was awesome. The lady who served us that night was professional, friendly and made us feel very comfortable. The food was incredible. Super delicious, very very filling, large portions and tons of nutritional value. Definitely worth the price if you get any dish there. Definitely would come back!

Nice, clean, delicious meals. Strongly recommend.

colourful display, yummy food, affordable. the bread did not sog, a scientific marvel.

The Best Food i Ever Eat And i love watching soccer too so i recommende this restruant!!

Nice place

Very Nice food and service!

Very Nice Restaurant Nice service?

The best spring chicken very test food and good service!!

I.like this Restraunt and good food !

Thats good restraint that have good foods

Good service And good food i like it ?

I had ordered a meal from Uber eats and the driver forgot to deliver one of our orders. The restaurant ended up personally delivering the meal themselves! Awesome food and great customer service! Highly recommend.

The best food ever

Best kitfo in the lower mainland. Hands down. Super inexpensive veggie platter. I found these guys via uber eats where they have top ratings. Dine is better than delivery. Bring a sweater, the food is made with love and they have beer and proper coffee service. <3 These guys are now my regular Eritrean place.

Very flavourful extremely awesome service for customers people of all ages and races love this please in the traditional coffee is out of this world.

I think they were angry They treated us badly. We decided to go. Cheesecake is good.

great food fare prices

We came here to try the food here. We ordered veggie platter and Shiro with coffee. The food is super delicious. It feels like home cook food. Its so flavourful enjoyed the meal. It was too much food for 2 of us. But we enjoyed every bite. Would highly recommend this place. Would come back again.

It was amazing

Food and service was excellent.

Best Eritrean food in the lower mainland. Even my super fussy, hates everywhere friend loved this place. Delicious gf injera. Ive been to every east African place around town and this one is the best.

Food tastes good, but both times Ive ordered theyve gotten something wrong, and there was no apology or effort to make up for it at all. Not worth the frustration.

A great place to chill. Good food and coffee Also like the fact that there is mediteranean food options as well.

A mid experience. Food was slightly above average and doesnt have a wide variety of East African foods for a restaurant advertising as East African .

Its best restaurant of East African.

I love this place! The staff has always been friendly. The food is amazing! Great vegetarian options. I always get the veggie platter. Large portions and with lots of injara.

Great food and friendly people. Ordered too much takeout and then ate it all anyway. Really flavourful meats. Im never quite sure what to order here since Im not familiar with the dishes but I have never been disappointed.

Succulent lamb in an amazing moderately spiced sauce, everything was made to perfection, draft beer was nice and cold and we both started off with avacoda banana and mango smoothies ( real fruit you can taste the difference), the host was super friendly and spoke good English, excellent service.

Wonderful East African food, friendly service. Highly recommended! Vegetarian options: Lots of good vegetarian options, without sacrificing flavourful. Parking: Free street parking right outside

The food is really good zilzil

Just ordered from uber eats for the first time. The food was amazing. Large portion and delicious.

A little bit expensive and kind of small portion size but the food was excellent.

NOT GLUTEN FREE. Not celiac friendly. Despite East African food having a reputation of being gluten free this place is not. I ended up projectile vomiting, until 1am. It ruined my night last night and not feeling 100% today either. The language barrier made it difficult to convey allergy information. I asked the waitress about wheat, barley or rye. She got another waitor who spoke more English, he also had trouble understanding. But waved the youre fine gesture. I suspect their injera has barley or wheat in it. It was impressively stretchy for gf Rating 2 stars instead of 1 because the food was good, staff were friendly, and it was a cute little spot with a sense of community.

Please stop allowing customers to smoke on patio while others are eating, it ruined our meal.

Always so delicious and such generous servings!! Loyal customer :)

Best place to eat, perfect chicken food they have , thank you.

Great taste and very reasonable prices

The veggie soup was amazing and grilled lamb served with salad and bread was delicious. Cant wait to try more delicious dishes

Friendly environment with amazing food.

Amazing! Went for lunch today. Great value and great taste!

Fitfit kecha it was amazing and delicious

Wow Very nice food I enjoyed with my family . I cant wait to have it again on my next visit.

Wonderful gem to find! Especially as I wasnt expecting to find somewhere so delicious in New West at 10pm on a weeknight.

Very nice Mediterranean food Shawarma Wrap

Very tasty, ample portions, will be a regular stop for me.

The most that I like in Massawa restaurant is mango smoothie it reminds me Capri and also they have very excellent serve and food.

The spring chicken rice was amazing and the place was good so cute , we had good time there thanks for the owners .

WOW! WOW! WOW! Delicious food! Beautifully spiced! Generous portions! Friendly staff. Highly recommended!

Friendly service and delicious food every time! I highly recommend this place to everyone who is looking for healthy yet affordable dining options. There are some tasty vegan opions too. Keep up the great job!

thank u,for ur service.every thing is amaizing.keep,going.

The lower mainland doesn t have many options when it comes to some authentic East African food. That s my opinion, as I have had some of the best out in Ontario for sure but out here it s been quite difficult. This place is what I ve been waiting for. You really don t need to look any further if you want a real taste of East African cuisine. One of my favorite dishes I always love to order is Awaze tibsi. This place does it the best here in the Lower mainland. Other dishes I tried was the shawarma plate and lamb bone broth soup. Everything was fantastic and will be back again

Ordered via Ubereats but the driver forgot half of our order. Called Massawa and they so kindly delivered the rest of our food! Great service and even better food! Everything was absolutely delicious - would highly recommend.

Food was delicious, patio dining area is nice. Would visit again for sure.

Top shelf Ethiopian food with beautiful injera. Its been years since I found an Ethiopian restaurant with this food this good, and its in New West, AND they have all teff flour gluten free injera. Theyre also open late which is awesome. How lucky am I? I only regret they dont have a fish dish but you cant have it all.

So delicious!!! Had the vegetarian combo and loved everything. Will definitely be coming back.

Not my type of food. Specialty the bread that they serve is not really tasty

My friend and I were always curious about this new restaurant and were finally lucky to visit it tonight. Wow!! The food was absolutely delicious - compliments to the chef! The dishes were all fresh with good quality meat (generous portions too). The spices and flavouring were flavourful and delicious yet subtle. The decor was traditional and the people kind, humble, and friendly. We could tell there is pride in their restaurant.. and that directly translates to the food. We had a hummus dish with lamb, two lamb dishes, and a spicy chicken dish with rice (my personal fave). There are many vegetarian options that look great too. Highly recommend. If you want to explore new and wonderful dishes and flavours, go to Massawa.

Ethiopian food hits sooo good! So glad we tried this gem out! good quick service and portion sizes are huge so come hungry or be open to sharing! some good veggie options as well got myself the vegetable combo. Sooo much flavour!

Just delicious.

Service was good, food was great! Loved the injira and lamb. I will be returning.

One of the best shakshuka and pita bred, and all species and salad really very fresh, tasty, perfect quality Thank you I happy all the time in the restaurant, chief can be 10 of the 10, but I can rate here only 5.

Amazing food at a really good price! I ordered the vegetarian combo for takeout and it was great.

1) Took 1 hr plus for pick up 2) food not fresh, (particularly the cabbage, shiro, beans were off ) 3) chicken made in Berbere spice was subpar to be honest, dripping in oil. Lacked finesse and taste. PS: we ve tasted the best African/ Ethiopian food, and this thoroughly was painful. Perhaps what appeared to be

The atmosphere was fun and Vibing, delicious food, I fell in love with the authentic Ethiopian coffee

Best habesha restaurant

Wow amezing services and amezing habesha food

An amazing restaurant, I love the food and drinks. Also, really clean Restaurants with humble Coustmer service. Thank you so much

Oh! my goodness, It is a very amazing restaurant. Go and try it I like it and I enjoyed it every Saturday and Sunday.

It was very nice.

Best place to eat habeshas food.

We ordered take out from here through Door dash and the meal was amazing. We had the vegetarian combo and Tsada tibsi both amazing and flavorful. Highly recommended.

Got the vegetarian platter, which lives up to the platter side of the name, an almost two foot across injera with 5 different vegetarian dishes and a salad on top, plus more bread on the side. This would be great for sharing, but as I ordered it solo, I now get to enjoy leftovers for days (great, cause it was so tasty). As a vegetarian fare, this was a fun way to have a lot of separate, deep flavours on one plate. Also... the coffee! Get it! Served with a side of air popped popcorn, and burning incense its a delightful experience to round out a meal.

10/10

If you are looking for generous portions, at reasonable prices while experiencing the exquisite taste of East African cuisine, look no further than Massawa. The staff is incredibly friendly, and proud to showcase the flavors of their culture. A must try.

Incredible flavours leave me wanting more and more. Generous portions that will satisfy the heartiest of appetites. Wonderful staff take pride in delivering a delicious meal. I can t recommend this restaurant highly enough. Do yourself a favour, it might become your go to for some of the best that Vancouver has to offer.

It was pretty good. Will order again.

Absolutely delicious food. Hot off the pan to your plate and great customer service!

Great food and atmosphere. Really enjoyed coming here with my friends.

Our dining experience here was exceptional. Firstly, the food was amazing. This wasnt the first time wed had authentic Eritran, cuisine and its ranked on the top of our list. The food is rich in flavour and the vegetarian combo is perfect for two people. Secondly, the service was above and beyond. Our waiter was very polite and helpful. The food, while taking a bit of time to arrive, was well worth the wait. We highly recommend this establishment of you are looking for a warm, friendly atmosphere and an authentic regional flavour. (As another point of interest, the pricing was reasonable)

very fresh and delicious food filled with flavour! the owner is also very kind and friendly. Highly recommend this place to anyone wanting to try an Eritrean restaurant. Also a great way to support a local business. I am looking forward to coming back.with our friend!!

Best Mediterranean food on the town

Massawa Restaurant supplies a unique food experience where they prefer for you to eat using hands only! very nice Eritrean food!!

Nice service, very respectful, and well customer care.

Delicious awaze tibsi, not too spicy but a little kick! I would like to see a non vegetarian combo in the future because this was a lot of meat. Also the salad dressing was really delicious, something that would be easy to miss but they did it well. Thank you for a delicious meal!

Great customer service healthy food very fresh Queq serve and happy face each of them thanks for delicious food

Authentic Injera and curry, India people will like as similar food, and good soul food

Truly amazing!

my first experience was great! food was really tasty. lots of people enjoying food and friends. quick service and friendly. second experience just as Good and the chef came out. will be back.

Love this spot...amazing shawarma and delicious ethiopian/eritrean food