Menu
Introducing the menu at New Eritrea Restaurant & Bar, located in San Francisco, offers a wide range of traditional Eritrean dishes. The appetizers include flavorful options like Meat Sambusa, Lentil Sambusa, Mixed Vegetable Sambusa, and Green Salad. For the main course, customers can enjoy dishes like Kilwa, Zigni, Kilwa Dorho, Zebhi Dorho, and a variety of vegetarian options like Tumtumo, Hamli, Alicha, and Okra. The reviews from customers highlight the fantastic flavors and friendly service at the restaurant. With a casual atmosphere and a full bar, New Eritrea is a great spot for groups and individuals looking to enjoy authentic Eritrean cuisine. Try the meat sambusa and vegetarian platter for a delicious and fulfilling dining experience.
Appetizers

Meat Sambusa
An eggroll shell filled with prime ground beef prepared with onions and spices.
Lentil Sambusa
A lentil recipe, east African style prepared with onions and spices.
Mixed Vegetable Sambusa
Delicate pastry filled with mixed vegetables, onions and Eritrean spices.
Green Salad
A combination of fresh tomatoes, onions with Italian dressing.
Kilwa
Tender beef sauteed in butter with tomatoes, onions, garlic Eritrean spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Zigni
Squares of lean beef simmered in red sauce with Eritrean spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Kilwa Dorho
Tender boneless chicken sauteed in butter with tomatoes, onions and zesty spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Zebhi Dorho
Eritrean and Ethiopian dishes, this is all time favorite. Marinated drumsticks chicken simmered in onions, tomatoes, clarified butter, red pepper sauce. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Kilwa Begee
Boneless strips of lamb simmered with onions, tomatoes, garlic and vegetable oil or clarified butter and eritrean spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Alicha Begee
Savory lamb cooked in a mildly spiced turmeric sauce with onions and garlic. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Meat Combination
Combination of squares of lean beef simmered in red sauce with eritrean spices, eritrean and Ethiopian dishes. Marinated drumsticks chicken simmered in onions, tomatoes, clarified butter, red pepper sauce, savory lamb cooked in a mildly spiced turmeric sauce with onions and garlic. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Gored Gored
Cubes of tenderloin tips served rare in awaze and butter dip. Served with injera and fresh salad. Spicy.
Kitfo
chopped lean flank steak, mix with seasoned butter accompanied with homemade cheese and mitmita. Served with injera and fresh salad. Spicy.
New Eritrean Special Kitfo
Tartar of finely chopped lean flank steak, mixed with sauteed collard greens, cheese and seasoned mitmita and clarified butter.
Kilwa Special
Tender beef OR chicken sauteed in butter with collard greens, tomatoes, onions and zesty spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
New Eritrean Special
Tenderized boneless chicken mixed with mushrooms sauteed with onions tomatoes, garlic and authentic eritrean spices. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Entrees

Vegetarian Dishes

Tumtumo
Lentil beans pureed, and simmered with Eritrean spices, onions and herbs. Vegan.
Hamli
Collard green and spinach simmered in authentic Eritrean spices. Vegan.
Alicha
Mildly seasoned mixture of potatoes, carrots, cabbage, garlic and ginger. Vegan.
Alicha-Ater
Chickpea pureed and simmered in onions, garlic and authentic Eritrean spicy. Vegan.
Okra
Okra cooked lightly and flavored with fresh tomatoes, onions and Eritrean spices. Vegan.
Shiro
Prepared with split peas, tomatoes, onions, garlic, deliciously seasoned perfections. Vegan.
Kantisha
Mushrooms sauteed with specially seasoned onions, tomatoes, and zesty spices. Vegan.
Vegetarian Combo
Combination of lentil beans pureed, and simmered with Eritrean spices, onions and herbs, collard green and spinach simmered in authentic Eritrean spices, mildly seasoned mixture potatoes, carrots, cabbage, garlic and ginger. Vegan.
House Sampler
Vegetarian 6 hearty and gourmet dishes: lentil beans pureed, and simmered with Eritrean spices, onions and herbs; prepared with split peas, tomatoes, onions, garlic, deliciously seasoned perfections and salad. Vegan.
Asa Kilwa
Select cuts of fresh tender catfish sauteed with onions tomatoes, garlic seasoned red pepper sauce and olive oil. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Shrimp
Shrimp sauteed with onions, tomatoes, garlic seasoned red pepper sauce and olive oil. Served with injera and fresh salad.
Seafood

Beverages

Soda
Ginger Ale
Root Beer
Juice
Tea
Vegetarian Dishes
Homemade Yogurt
Homemade Cheese
Stuffed Jalapenos
Teff Injera
Gluten free.
Rice
On The Side
