Café Lalibela, traditional Ethiopian injera feast, Footscray Melbourne
Australia's first Ethiopian restaurant · Est. 1996

Thirty years
of feeding
Footscray.

Authentic Ethiopian cuisine, injera made in house, traditional coffee ceremony. 91 Irving Street, Footscray: where it's always been.

View the menu → (03) 9687 0300
1996

Established Footscray

First

Ethiopian restaurant in Australia

30+

Years in the community

Made here

Injera baked in house, daily

"Australia's first Ethiopian restaurant, and thirty years later, still the truest one."
Timeout Melbourne · Footscray food guide

The ceremony

Ethiopian coffee.
The full ritual.

Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia. The ceremony: jebena pot, three rounds of cups, frankincense smoke. Is how it has been served for centuries. We do it properly.

Book ahead if you'd like the full ceremony at your table. It takes an hour, on purpose.

Reserve a ceremony →
Ethiopian coffee ceremony. Café Lalibela, Footscray

Come and eat.

Tuesday: Friday

12pm: 9pm

Saturday

12pm, 9pm

Sunday

12pm, 8pm

91 Irving St, Footscray VIC 3011 · (03) 9687 0300 · Bookings recommended

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