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About Ruth Gebeta Restaurant on International Avenue

Ruth Gebeta Restaurant serves Ethiopian food at 3719 17 Ave SE, on International Avenue in Calgary's Forest Lawn. The menu runs from Ethiopian breakfast to kitfo, tibs and doro wot, with vegan fasting platters and jebena coffee.

Ruth Gebeta Restaurant storefront and sign on 17 Ave SE in Calgary
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An Ethiopian restaurant in Forest Lawn, Calgary

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On 17 Avenue SE

Ruth Gebeta is at 3719 17 Ave SE, on the International Avenue stretch of Forest Lawn in SE Calgary. Gebeta is the Amharic word for the shared platter Ethiopian food is served on. You can eat in, or order online for pickup or delivery.

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Ethiopian breakfast, lunch and dinner

Breakfast covers dulet, quanta firfir, kita firfir, bula, foul and the kurs combo. Lunch and dinner bring kitfo served raw, rare or well done, lega tibs, gored gored and doro wot. Yetsom Beyaynetu and Yetsom Agelgil are vegan fasting platters, and Yetsom Beyaynetu is served on injera.

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Coffee from the jebena

Buna begebena is traditional Ethiopian coffee brewed in a jebena. The drinks menu also has macchiato and tea.

From our Google reviews

What Google reviewers mention

4.6 on Google, 65 reviews

Reviewers write about the welcoming room, the owner, the veggie platter and shiro.

Family owned

Google reviewers describe it as a family owned restaurant.

Open every day, 10 AM to 10 PM

Visit us at 3719 17 Ave SE, or order online for pickup or delivery.

Ethiopian combination platter on injera with tibs, ayib cheese, collard greens, awaze and mitmita Dulet kitfo with green peppers in a black clay pot Ruth Gebeta Restaurant storefront in Calgary Gored gored, cubed beef in spiced butter, in a clay bowl on injera with a side of mitmita
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