Good tastes great, very friendly waitress. The most importantly, I didn't feel any MSG or other…read moreenhancers. This one is a keeper.

Excellent experience- the food is amazing as is the service. A very authentic decor which adds to…read morethe experience. We always do the sampler- plenty of food and tons of flavor. This is my go to every time I am in Frankfurt- really close to the convention center great stop after an event.

Make your reservation and come! Make sure everyone is cool with sharing food and eating with their…read morehands. (If not, you need to find new friends!) We had the mixed platter for 2. Two beef dishes, spinach & kale, cabbage & potatoes and lentils. The more people, the more dishes. Everything is served together with a delicious salad in the center. You scoop with pieces of buckwheat "pancakes" and Yum! The drinks are nice (African beer and Aperol), the waitstaff is lovely, there's a sink by the stairs to wash up, and the vibe is chill. Great music, great decor - even for sitting in the basement, which was quiet and intimate. I'd ask for this spot s ps: For dessert we ordered the Banana Cream dessert. It's kind of a whipped cream-thing. Nice ending. Coming back!

If you are interested in authentic African food in a beautiful and unique environment, Im Herzen…read moreAfrikas is the place for you! Before I even get to the food, I have to talk about the atmosphere as it is truly special and makes you feel the African vibes. Everything seems to be interestingly shaped and carefully curated to fit the theme. There is even a little treehouse sort of elevated seating area and a part of the restaurant with sand on the floor. You just have to take a look for yourself. As for the food, it is really authentic style where you eat everything with only your hands. The menu is sort of limited, where you pick a handful of items to be served on a single large plate and shared. We got 3 kinds of beef, chicken, lentils, and white cabbage. They all had a good flavor, and some were quite spicy. It was served with lots of bread on the side, which was flat, soft, yet somewhat fluffy. The way to eat this is by grabbing the food with the bread (kind of like making a little wrap). It's 18 EUR per person, which is a decent deal. I also got the non-alcoholic "momo is back" cocktail (9 EUR), which was a mix of lime juice, grenadine, peach juice, and guava juice. It was tasty and served in a nice cup with garnish on top. The staff are friendly and helpful. We were able to get a table for two with no wait on a weekday night, but I know it can be quite busy at peak times. Overall, I had a great and unique experience at Im Herzen Afrikas and highly recommend it to anyone interested in trying some African food in Frankfurt!

I was pleased to find a Western African restaurant. The owners were very welcoming and, the…read morerestaurant was clean and, felt like home (safe). It did take a while for the food to come out but, I was too distracted by a game of "Awale"( African board game) to notice. The food was worth the wait as it was cooked to perfection. I definitely enjoyed my experience at this restaurant.

It truly pains me to do this, but I have to downgrade Nollywood a star. I still think they rock,…read morebut the food last time I was there was a mess. I considered giving it another go before writing this, but I have concluded I will no longer eat off of their every day menu and will simply go there for the Saturday buffet (which I still think is better than Kenkey House in Sachsenhausen). The last time I was here I ordered a groundnut stew. It came out with the wrong protein, and the flavors were just off. It tasted like peanut butter. I like the subtle hints of peanuts throughout in this stew, but for the entire thing to just taste like peanut butter is a bit much. My boyfriend's food wasn't too appetizing either. The portions here are so large that it is really difficult to know where to start eating and it leaves me stressed because I can't finish it and the pounded yams don't hold well for leftovers. I don't know really what else to say except I am going to stop going here for meals unless it is buffet day for a while. I hope they can get their game back on track because I really like this place and its owner.

I just went here again and this place literally kicks butt. The customer service was incredible…read more I asked how to make their African red pepper sauce at the end as we were paying and the lady gave me a massive bag of it to take home. Every time we are in here, we are treated so well. Even if the place is packed and they are short-staffed. This time I ordered my usual fufu with peanut soup. My boyfriend ordered banku with meat. And we took our friend from France with us and he ordered pounded yams with assorted meats. Mine was delicious as always and they both thoroughly enjoyed theirs and finished it all off quick! West African food is unique and not everyone's cup of tea. But it is mine and I'm so happy to have found this little gem in Sachsenhausen.

Five stars for Fufu with light soup and goat meat God bless…read moreour homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong, bold to defend forever the cause of freedom and of right, fill our hearts with true humility, make us cherish fearless honesty, and help us to resist oppressor's rule with all our will and might for evermore, and help us to resist oppressor's rule with all our will and might for evermore.

Fantastic food. Feels like family is serving you at their house. Variety for all. The combo…read moreplate gives you the best first look. Great place to bring your family.

From the owner: Kinderfreundlich, für Gruppen geeignetread more

Sehr freundlicher Service und ein gemütliches Ambiente. Das Essen war hervorragend und lädt zu…read moreweiteren Abenden ein. Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder, vielen Dank!

Mommona is a wonderful restaurant with delicious(and filling) food and friendly service, all…read morewrapped up in really beautiful decoration. And as organizer of vegan events, I can only recommend their vegan menu card.

I have to start off by stating the good I found at Sebeta (and trust me, it does exist)!…read more The atmosphere of the place was really calming and quaint. It was impeccably clean and just smelled like a newer establishment. I normally eat at delicious places in Frankfurt that are located inside of dodgy buildings, so that in itself was a breath of fresh air. I found the tables and chairs here to be most comfortable and it was so nice to not give in to other Ethiopian 'sit on the floor' style arrangements that you find at other restaurants (I understand this may be how it is done culturally, but when sitting with friends for hours, it can become slightly uncomfortable). I also must commend the staff which was most helpful and altruistic. Granted, we were the only customers in the restaurant aside from two men in another corner, but nevertheless... they were very customer service focused and attentive. I really appreciated that. Ugh... now for the part I hate... I feel I would be disingenuous if I said the food here was good. I found it very subpar and truthfully, I couldn't even finish my plate. After paying 30 Euros for our food amongst two of us, I left very hungry. I eat Eritrean/Ethiopian food on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and am very fond of the stuff. I normally eat at African Queen down the street from Sebeta but was stoked to try this place with my fellow Yelp crew just to see how it measures up. The entire food experience here assured me to never stray far from the African Queen. First of all, the ordering style was a bit strange to me. At most restaurants in Frankfurt you can order a dish for two people and split and pay one reasonable price. Normally this is around 25 or 30 Euros... never much more. At Sebeta, the options aren't really there and you must pay 25 Euros... PER PERSON. Granted, this offers you an appetizer and dessert, but I still think this pricing is far too steep. Everything is ordered a la carte here and I ordered my own dish, which was the vegetarian platter, running me 11 Euros and some change. I think the greatness of Ethiopian cuisine is that it is a share cuisine and very intimate experience, so when I got my dish and it was served on an individual plate to myself, I was rather disappointed. My boyfriend and I like our dishes coming together so we can share... which is what you typically find at an Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant. This one just comes on a white square plate. Okay, okay, back to my 'bayenetu'.... It consisted of injera of course, some stewed kale (which i guess was supposed to be their verson of gomen?), mesir wot, kik alicha, fasolia, a beetroot salad with potatoes (and maybe tomatoes or something I couldn't identify alongside it), and a typical side salad of marinated lettuce. The 'gomen' (or stewed kale in this case) was not too tasty. The taste was overly pungent and maybe kale wasn't the best substitute for this (the menu stated specifically that this was kale and it definitely tasted like it to me). I think the reason gomen is so good is that collards are a perfect accompaniment to the other flavors. Kale just didn't offer this same cohesion. A lightly stewed spinach may have... but even if this was spinach hiding beneath it all, it was still a strange and almost artificial flavor. The injera was delicious. The mesir wot (red lentils) was a mess. It lacked spice and flavor and all I could taste was tomato paste. Tomato paste should be a flavor enhancer and used to color, but shouldn't be tasted in this capacity. I tasted no berbere in it whatsoever. It was thick, dry, and clumpy and left me wishing they had given me shiro wat instead. The kik alicha was tasteless. The fasolia was bland and tasted like it came from a can. I am almost certain the green beans did, at least. The beetroot salad should have been a huge highlight for me as I could live the rest of my life off of beetroot and beetroot alone, but it was, too, disappointing. The beetroot didn't taste fresh and the potatoes were hardened and difficult to digest. The lettuce was alright though and I ate a few bites of that. The wait staff put some berbere and an awaze-like sauce on our table. The berbere lacked the punch and didn't taste fresh and robust like it should have. I didn't taste the awaze. Overall, I was very unsatisfied. The food also came out rather cold. I am really passionate about my Ethiopian/Eritrean fare and I think I will just have to stop exploring the Frankfurt scene and stick with what is best a few blocks down from Sebeta. I do want to commend the customer service for being so exceptional though! While I won't be back here, I had fun with my friends and overall enjoyed the evening!

Before I write anything I want to note how great the customer service was here- they were attentive…read moreand very welcoming. They even roasted the coffee beans for the Ethiopian coffee in front of everyone, which I'm sure was great tasting (I don't drink coffee personally). The restaurant itself was clean and decorated nicely and I like the fact that they haven't tried to do the cliché sit on the ground thing like many other east African restaurants. If this review was based on the restaurant and staff alone, I would give them a solid 5 stars, however, sadly for them, it's not. Time to talk about the food. Firstly, I want to note that I have tried a few east African places and regularly eat at an establishment up the street called the African Queen on a nearly weekly basis as the food there is amazing. However, the opportunity came with Yelp to visit a newer establishment and I was keen to try something different. I had seen Sebeta's food truck at the African culture fests that were in Rebstock park this year so I was keen to finally try their food. Sadly for them, at the festival there was too much competition and Gambian food is just too tasty to turn down. I ordered the Mixed platter with both meat and veggies (number 19 on the menu). The Presentation: So the best thing about Ethiopian food is its rustic nature and, in my opinion, it should be served in a rustic fashion. It's pointless trying to elevate your plating for a food I will be eating with my hands. The food here came on a square plate with neatly presented injera and small dollops of food on it. It was garnished with a well constructed salad and I instantly felt that this took something away from the rustic nature of this cuisine. The food was served on a cold plate with no cover as you normally get the food, leaving it mostly stone cold- although the coldness of the food could be due to how long it took to come out. Perhaps they were not used to dealing with such a large group and our food was sat on the pass for a bit too long. The Food: The food was bland and it lacked the punchy character of East African food. I tried it first without adding extra spice myself and it was bland... very bland. So I piled on the berbere, which didn't help much. I feel it was a bit old (the berbere) and had lost some of its flavour. The potatoes were undercooked and the green beans destroyed any flavour I tried to add to them with their dullness and lack of freshness. The beef was ok- probably the star of the plate. There was a ground meat, maybe a lamb dish, which was a grey mush on the plate and was essentially dull. On the positive side of the food, the injera was well-made. Although I finished my plate, out of hunger more than anything, I have to say that unless they significantly improve the food here, I would not go back as I know there are far better establishments in Frankfurt for East African food.

I came here for dinner with a group of 9 people on a Thursday evening. I had made a reservation…read morebeforehand, which was fortunate since the place filled up quickly after 7 pm. Throughout our stay, the service was a bit slow and we had to wait quite a long time for drinks and later for our food order.. but our server was really friendly and always happy to explain items on the menu in more detail. Eventually, everyone got their food and it was a big hit. Everyone really enjoyed it. I opted for a mixed platter that would allow me to sample different vegetarian and meaty dishes and I really enjoyed it. My favorite was the Derho though - and my son, who sampled my plate but had just ordered the Derho by itself, certainly agreed. I will definitely be back - maybe for their Monday night buffet option for 14 EUR. ;)

Spent an amazing evening enjoying a fabulous meal at African House. We couldn't decide on a wine…read moreand the owner brought us several different bottles of African Wine to sample. The food was delicious, so different from normal fare. It was an experience, sure to be repeated soon!