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Walia
Ethiopian
Ethiopian jazz plays low while honey wine arrives, and the room slows down around both. Walia is a sit-down Ethiopian restaurant tucked into a busy San Jose shopping plaza, the kind of spot where the parking lot is slightly chaotic but nobody inside seems to notice. The injera is the vehicle for everything, and the kitchen handles spice with a careful hand. Street parking is your friend here.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Ethiopian restaurants in the Bay Area
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In San Jose
One number, weighted & current 77
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Quanta firfir
“the buttery quanta firfir ($15.95), dried beef and injera rolls cooked with ghee and spices, can tame big appetites”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Sambussas
“crunchy sambussas ($12.50) filled with mashed lentils are especially notable for their slightly acidic berbere sauce”
San Francisco Chronicle
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