Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

Best Ethiopian food in the city. Fantastic atmosphere and great service.

I love this place so much - not just for the delicious food and great prices, although those things are great. But the folks behind the counter are always friendly and I once saw one of them high-five a kid for helping to clean up a table. It was so cute and sweet, and I was happy I witnessed it. Lots of places have good food, but I like to give my money to good people, too.

Nice try of Ethiopian food. It is a big meal and the taste is good.

Holy cow, this place changed my life 😂 I'd never tried Ethiopian cuisine before, and this place is easily in my top-5 of all-time favorite places to eat. Our waitress was the nicest woman ever, and the food was some of the tastiest I've ever eaten. If you're wondering if you should try this place out, YES, YOU SHOULD!

This was my first time having Ethiopian Cuisine. Loved the idea of having everything from a single plate -people share a special bond when you are sharing the same plate. The curries were delicious the service was great.

Great service and polite and friendly staff. We had a great time sharing injera with friends. I would highly recommend this experience especially if you haven't tried Ethiopian restaurant before. Convenient location.

This was my first time here. Went with an Ethiopian friend and was blown away with the food. Amazing flavors and you get to eat with your hands. So much fun, I will be back.

Highly recommend this place. Went on a Sunday afternoon and it was very slow so service was great. Ordered the meal for 2 that included 3 meat selections and 3 veggie selections! All of it was delicious and was more than enough, so much so that we had plenty of left overs to enjoy later. Would definitely come back!

Great atmosphere, friendly service, delicious food. Fun!

Best Ethiopian food , hosting in Chicago. We were served by Haile , very nice person. We ordered chicken stew, lamb and sambosa platter . Coffee is a must try.

Highly recommended this place. I have heard a lot about ethiopion food and finally tried this place to find out what the fuss is all about.I must say we all love the food, it was delicious. we were party of 7, they accomodated us very well. Server was informative and super nice to us, explained the menu and suggested to the shared style dinner which turned out to be really really good.we had Big serving of lentils, chicken, shrimp, collard green house salad with injera and it was enough for 7 people.they also served us tea at the end which was on the house, loved their gesture.Definitely recommend⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food and staff was amazing. Loved the experience.

Besides coffee served in a tiny cup the food was good. If you've never had Ethiopian food I'd suggest going for the beef and chicken dishes. Reason is vegetarian dishes including the bread have a sour taste to them which is not necessarily a bad thing. Enjoy!!

Really fresh and delicious! Everything is good, but definitely try the flat bread with farmer's cheese- crazy delicious. Really friendly staff, as well

Decent experience. However everything tastes similar on platters. Bread is very sour. Love the sanitary door openers in the restrooms.

I enjoyed the family style entree, the cozy restaurant and beautiful staff! The food was delicious and the 40 Springs cocktail should not be missed!

Fantastic place! Went here on a date and had a really good time. The food is amazing and the atmosphere is perfect! It does get crowded fast, so I recommend making a reservation if you want to go there during the weekend.

Great honey wine. Food was good but probly wouldn't go again. I wanted to try Ethiopian food and felt this was an excellent place to do so. The cuisine is just not my personal taste.

Wonderful spicy tasty food !!! Ethiopian bread is one of the best I ever ate. Much more tasty if you try to eat with your hands !

This was very authentic cuisine, served in a classically comfortable and typically American setting. There is a full bar available. Street parking is available, free on Sundays. The service was friendly and attentive, though the meal wasn’t speedily served. The appetizers did come very quickly, however. It wasn’t a long wait, at any rate. This place is: Highly Recommended. You’ll enjoy yourself!

Came here for dinner a few nights ago. We were seated immediately and got our food within about 10 minutes of ordering! Great selection of vegetarian options and large portions. We ordered the vegetarian for two and couldn’t finish it. Highly recommend and would definitely go back!

This place was truly an amazing experience! The food was great and the service was phenomenal. Went there for a last minute quick lunch and ended up staying a couple hours! If I could have ordered and eaten everything on the menu I would have. I will be back most definitely. This is one of my choices for Mother’s Day!

Had lunch at this awesome place. The food is amazing, cooked perfectly with nothing amiss. Lots of vegetarian options as well as meet options. The staff was great, friendly and gave good introductions to the food on the menu. Will definitely be going to Demera again!

Love the banquet hall seating and the music playing while we ate was amazing. Our server was perfectly attentive despite having a huge party to tend to (who also seemed happy).

Went for the 3 meat 3 veg platter and was not disappointed. Everything was delicious. Our server opened a brand new bottle of wine for my friend when she asked which one was freshest that night (Thursday). We didn't have a reservation and were seated at a small table next to the kitchen even though the restaurant was never more than half full. Overall 10/10 would go again, but make a reservation next time.

Delicious spicy food and we ate family style, which is the right way to have Ethiopian food. Xingu Black Beer was surprisingly good and right for the meal.

Very interesting cuisine and a good atmosphere. It was pretty busy considering we went on a Monday night. Everybody was really friendly and nice to us. Props to the staff. My only remark that i would give is that my cocktail was not shaken well enough, it was not cold at all. Also, just to let you guys know, most of the food is pretty spicy. But delicious.