Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant
ethiopian
Zeni'S
Crisp green salad topped with green pepper,
$12
tomato, onion in an authentic house dressing.
★ Ye Doro Kifto
$22
Boneless, skinless ground chicken, seasoned with purified herb butter sauce and hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita).
hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita).
$21
★ Keyet Kitfo
$29
Beef kitfo (cooked raw or rare) mixed with Gomen (collared greens).
★ Special Beef Kitfo
$29
(cooked raw or rare) served with Gomen kitfo. Served Saturday and Sundays).
Vegetarian Combo
$30
A combination of Miser Wot (red lentils), Kik Alitcha (yellow split peas), Atakelt Wot (vegetables), Gomen Wot (collard greens), and Timatim Fitfit.
Meat Combo
$30
A combination of Alitcha Wot , Juicy Doro Tibs (Chicken), and Kitfo (Beef), and homemade cheese.
Scrambled Eggs
$19
Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapeños and fresh tomatoes.
Eggs & Meat
$20
Scrambled eggs with seasoned ground beef, onions, jalapeños, and fresh tomatoes.
Meat Combo
$32
A combination of Yebeg Alitcha Wot (with Lamb), Juicy Doro Tibs (Chicken), and Kitfo (Beef), and homemade cheese.
Ye Doro Wot
$25
Chicken cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick red pepper (berbere) onion, garlic, ginger and purified butter sauce. Served with a hard boiled egg.
Ye Doro Wot Fir Fir
$26
Scrambled Injera in Ye Doro Wot.
Ye Doro Tibs
$22
Boneless, skinless cubed chicken sautéed in a special blend of spices, braised in onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served hot or mild sizzling or juicy.
Ye Doro Tibs FirFir
$23
Scrambled Injera in Ye Doro Tibs.
Kitfosourcing signal
$25
Finely chopped prime beef from lean round steak seasoned with purified herbed butter sauce and hot-spiced chili powder (mitmita). Served raw, medium or well done.
Qeiy Wat
$22
Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a hot and thick berbere sauce and purified herb butter, with exotic spices added.
Alicha Wat
$21
Mild beef stew. Extra lean chopped beef simmered in mild sauce with butter, onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Gored Gored
$24
Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper and herb butter. Gored Gored is served raw or rare.
Zilzil Tibs
$25
Strips of tender beef sautéed and seasoned with onions and green pepper.
Ye-Bere Tibs
$24
Chunks of lean beef sautéed with onions, tomato, green pepper and purified butter. Served mild or spicy, sizzling or juicy.
Ye-Bere Tibs FirFir
$25
Scrambled Injera in Ye-bere tibs.
Fir Fir
$25
Scrambled Injera with deliciously tender cubed beef, simmered to perfection in berbere sauce, flavored with garlic and Ethiopian spices.
Bozena Shiro
$23
Zeni's highly seasoned mild chick peas simmered in berbere sauce with selected cubes of lean beef. Served in traditional pot.
Quanta FirFir
$25
Pieces of Injera mixed with savory dried beef cubes, onion, tomato, pepper with a hint of garlic and cooked in red sauce.
Ye Beg Tibs
$29
Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, and tomato. Served juicy or sizzling.
Ye Beg Tibs Fir Fir
$30
Scrambled Injera in a sauce with succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in butter, seasoned with onions, green pepper, tomato, and our exotic spices.
Ye Beg Alitcha Wot
$25
Mild lamb stew, extra lean chopped lamb simmered in a mild sauce with butter, onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
Dulet
$29
Chopped red beet, lamb tripe, and lamb liver seasoned with herbed purified butter, spiced chili powder (mitmita). Served raw, medium or well done.
Ye Miser Wot
$20
Pureed split red lentils are simmered in Zeni's own spicy hot berbere sauce.
Kik Alitcha
$20
Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric. Mild.
Atakilt Wot
$20
Delicious vegetables: chopped cabbage, sliced carrots, and chunk of potatoes cooked and simmered with onions, garlic, ginger and vegetable oil.
Gomen Wot
$21
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion an herbs.
Ye-TimaTim Fit Fit
$17
Scramble Injera in a blend of fresh tomato, jalapeños, onions, lime juice, mixed with Zeni's exotic spices.
Shiro Wot
$23
Roasted and powder chick peas (shiro) are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce with vegetable oil.
Foule
$19
Cooked Fava beans mixed with fresh tomato, green pepper, spice and cheese (Ayeb) prepared with a choice of oil or butter.
Gomen Kitfo
$27
Finely grounded collard greens made to perfection with herb butter. Served with spicy cheese.
Miser Kitfo
$20
Pureed lentil mixed with mitimita, purified seasoned butter and herbs.
Ye Tsome Fir Fir
$20
Scrambled Injera with a delicious berbere sauce, flavored with garlic and Ethiopian herbs.
Sizzling or with gravy.
$20
Shiro Wot
$11
Gomen Wot
$10.50
Miser Wot
$10
Kik Alitcha
$10
Atkilt Wot
$10
2 Stuffed Jalapeños
$2
Tima Tim Fit Fit
$8.50
Ayib with Gomen
$5
4 rolls
$2
and order in advance.
$45
Baklava
$3.50
A traditional Greek pastry made with layers of bleached wheat flour filo dough, filled with chopped walnuts, pistachios in a cinnamon- honey syrup.
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 146 venues in San Jose, CA and could score 18 of them. This one is not among them, so it has no position — not a low one.
There is no score breakdown to show: nothing we read about this venue earned points in any of the four categories, so a bar chart of zeroes would look like a verdict on the kitchen rather than on what it publishes. What we did read is below.
v1.7.4 0.0/100 = sourcing 0.0/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 1 distinct [class=graded-spec x0.00], buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.0/18 (capped at 35% of the 0.0-point evidence base).
Buzzwords only. This venue uses sourcing language ("farm-fresh", "locally sourced") but names no farms, regions, or verifiable attributes.
protein
prime
Attribute“Kikil Kitfo Cooked and finely chopped prime beef, from selected lean round steak seasoned with purified herb butter sauce and hot-spiced chili powder”
on the menu · source ↗
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| Sunday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
| Wednesday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
| Thursday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
| Friday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
| Saturday | 12pm – 8:30pm |
Hours checked Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗ · these hours were read from the page text rather than published schedule data, so we show the week instead of calling it open or closed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Coverage
- Time Out San Jose restaurant guide entry: Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant ↗
Time Out San Jose
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