Mendi Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Mendi Restaurant, a hidden gem located at 7401 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO. Specializing in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, Mendi offers a delightful array of halal dishes that capture the essence of traditional flavors.
The menu is a vibrant tapestry of aromatic spices and fresh ingredients. Highlights include their succulent kebabs, lovingly grilled to perfection, and fluffy pita bread that accompanies every meal with authenticity. The hummus is a must-try, featuring a creamy texture that pairs beautifully with their seasoned olive oil.
Mendi's atmosphere is warm and inviting, making it the perfect haven to explore the rich culinary landscape of the regions it represents. With a commitment to quality and a diverse menu, Mendi Restaurant invites you to indulge in a memorable dining experience that leaves a lasting impression on your palate.
Appetizers
Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, and jalapeño peppers with dressing.
Ayib Bemitmita
Homemade cottage cheese mixed with traditional chili powder, cardamom, and spiced butter.
Veggie Sambusa
Fresh pastry shell filled with whole lentils, onion, jalapeño pepper, and black pepper.
Lega Tibs
Chunks of lamb medium cooked with onion, garlic, jalapeño pepper, rosemary, and spiced butter. Served with a side salad.
Yebeg Tibs
Chunks of lamb cooked with onion, jalapeño pepper, garlic, rosemary, and spiced butter. Served with a side salad.
Yebeg Key Wot
Lamb stew cooked with onion, garlic, tomato sauce, ginger, berbere, and spiced butter.
Yebeg Alecha Wot
Curried lamb cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and spiced butter.
Derek Tibs
Tender lamb cubes sautéed in onion, garlic, jalapeño pepper, and traditional seasoning. Served with a side salad.
Awaze Tibs
Chunks of lamb cooked in onion, tomato sauce, awaze, garlic, rosemary, and spiced butter. Served with a side salad.
Misto
Combination of yebeg key wot and yebeg alecha wot.
Kilkil
Bone-in lamb cooked in stew with onion, garlic, green onion, jalapeño pepper, fresh tomatoes, ginger, and turmeric.
Tibs Firfir
Lamb chunks cooked with onion, garlic, tomato sauce, and rosemary. Mixed with injera. Mild or spicy.
Lamb
Beef
Kitfo
Minced lean beef seasoned with mitmita, cardamom, spiced butter, and salt. Served raw or lightly cooked with a side of spinach and ayib.
Special Kitfo
Minced lean beef seasoned with mitmita, cardamom, spiced butter, and salt. Mixed with ayib and spinach.
Kitfo Dulet
Minced lean beef seasoned with mitmita, cardamom, spiced butter, and salt. Mixed with onion and jalapeño pepper.
Special Zilzil
Long strips of tender beef pan-fried with onion, green pepper, red pepper, and black pepper. Served with a side salad.
Beef Lega Tibs
Chunks of beef medium cooked with onion, garlic, jalapeño pepper, rosemary, and spiced butter. Served with a side salad
Beef Tibs
Chunks of beef cooked with onion, jalapeño pepper, garlic, rosemary, and spiced butter. Served with a side salad.
Quanta Firfir
Dried beef chunks cooked with onion, garlic, tomato sauce, ginger, and spiced butter. Mixed with iniera and one boiled egg
Coffee
Tea
Macchiato
Cappuccino
Soda
Mineral Water
Bottle Water
Beverages
Wine
Red/White
Ethiopian Wine
Doro Wot
Tender chicken legs marinated in lemon juice and ginger, cooked in a homemade spicy sauce, served with hard-boiled eggs.
Doro Tibs
Tender chicken cooked with onions, tomato, garlic, rosemary, and traditional butter.
Chicken
Vegetarian
Shiro
Split peas well cooked with red pepper sauce and other spices.
Gomen
Spinach sauteed in red onions, garlic, jalapeño and other spices.
Ater Wot
Split peas pureed and simmered with red peppers sauce and other spices.
Yemsir Wot Key
Pureed lentils simmered with red pepper sauce and other spices.
Yemsir Wot Alicha
Pureed lentils simmered in turmeric powder, garlic, and ginger.
Cabbage
Cabbage cooked with tomato, onion, jalapeño pepper garlic and ginger
Veggie Firfir
Ieces of injera mixed in a vegetarian sauce cooked with berbere, cardamom sauce, onion, and tomato. Served with sour cream
Veggie Combination
A combination of the above entrees (not including shiro and veggie firfir)
Fish And Rice
Tilapia fillet, deep fried, and served with salad and rice on the side.
