IBEX Ethiopian Restaurant and Lounge

This restaurant is a hidden gem. The food is excellent and the vibe warm and friendly. Much of this is due to the owner, Danny, who is an excellent, gracious host. He made an impromptu birthday celebration for our daughter into a very special night. Can't recommend this place enough!

I felt the service was by far the worst ever. It’s always interesting to me when foreign Black people try to mistreat Black American people. She served every man in the restaurant And then came to help my children and I. The opportunity to even sell your food in this country is because of me and my ancestors! I love Ethiopian food but I’m straight on some of the racist and ignorant people like the women working as an oppressed servant in this restaurant.

It's a mehh restaurant, tried a couple of their foods and it's just okay nothing special. They messed up my order one time tho, ordered some firfir with no tomatoes or big onions (they said okay we can do that) but behold the food got ready after 45 minutes and I was the only customer ( I believe good food takes time) but this was just disrespectful lol. The tomatoes were visible to the blind and the onions looked like they were chopped with a spoon. Went home and trashed it without taking a single bite. I gave them another chance and tried their "derek tibs" with no onions just jalapeno. That was extremely dry and was chaffing my teeth, but I still managed to finish it. They need some good chefs and active servers. Might go back again if I feel lazy to get good ethiopian food 10 minutes away in downtown silver spring or 15-20 mins away at Ust in DC.