Ibex Ethiopian Bar & Restaurant Menu
Welcome to Ibex Ethiopian Bar & Restaurant, a hidden gem located on Shady Lane Road in Columbus, OH. Here, you are invited to immerse yourself in the rich flavors of Ethiopian cuisine. The menu boasts an array of authentic dishes, from the savory Doro Wot, a traditional chicken stew, to the delightful Vegetarian Combo, featuring a diverse selection of vegan-friendly options served on a plush bed of injera.
Highlights include the flavorful Awaze Tibs, made with tender lamb or beef sautéed with a special blend of spices, and the gratifying Ful, a hearty crushed bean dish. Each plate reflects the vibrant culture of Ethiopia, making every bite an experience to savor.
Exceptional service complements the menu, as noted by delighted customers. Whether you're seeking a family meal or a casual outing, Ibex is a perfect choice for an authentic taste of Ethiopia.
Breakfast
Quanta Firfir
Dried beef jerky cooked with special blend of onion, tomato, garlic, and berbere sauce tossed with pieces of injera.
Ful
Simmered beans crushed and mixed with olive oil and garnished with fresh onion, tomato and jalapeos .
Injera Firfir
Pieces of injera mixed with special blend of onion, tomato, garlic, and berbere sauce.
Tibs Firfir
Tender cubed beef sauteed with tomato onion and berbere tossed with pieces of injera.
Kita Firfir
Pieces of kita mixed with special blend of onion, tomato, garlic, and berbere sauce.
Egg with Beef
Eggs scrambled with chopped leaned beef, tomato and jalapeo served with your choice of injera or bread.
Scrambled Egg
Eggs scrambled with tomato and jalapeno served with your choice of injera or bread.
Tuna Firfir
Pieces of your choice of injera or bread mixed with special blend of onion, tomato, garlic, and berbere sauce with added tuna.
Avocado Sils
A special blend of diced tomato onion garlic and berbere sauce topped with fresh-cut avocado pieces served with bread.
Kinche
Cracked wheat cooked in herb filtered spiced butter and flavored with Ethiopian spices.
Chechebsa
Handcrafted like flatbread tossed with ibex house clarified Ethiopian butter and berbere.
Dabo Firfir
Pieces of bread mixed with special blend of onion, tomato, garlic, and berbere sauce.
Suf Fitfit
Sunflower seed juice tossed with pieces of injera topped with diced tomato onion pepper.
Egg Sandwich
Pan-fried egg served with bread as a sandwich.
Tomato Fit Fit
Pieces of injera tossed with diced tomatoes, red onion jalapeno peppers, and soaked in tangy lemons dressing.
8 Piece Chicken Wing
Lightly breaded chicken drums, deep fried to a delicious golden brown, and coated in your choice of hot or mild sauce.
House Salad
Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pepper with ibex house dressing.
Salad with Tuna
Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pepper with an Ibex house dressing with tuna.
crispy Sambosa 2 pcs
Spiced and well seasoned lintil rolled in tortilla and fried to perfection.
Appetizers
Sandwich and More
Rice
White rice steamed in olive oil in sea salt. Served with your choice of protein sauted with onion, tomato, garlic and a spicy Cajun sauce.
Spaghetti
Spaghetti served in Ethiopian style sauted sauted tomato with garlic sauce.
Ibex Cheesesteak Sandwich
An Ethiopian twist on the Philly favorite your choice of beef or chicken sauted with with onions, jalapeo pepper, tomato, and cheese. Served on a wheat sub roll.
Chicken Sandwich
Pan-roasted chicken cubes with onion and tomato served in a bread.
Fish Sandwich
Tilapia fried to perfection with lettuce and tomatoes in a bread.
Awaze Tibs
Seasoned and cubed tender lamb chicken or beef sauted with ibex s awaze sauce special blend of Ethiopian spices and chili paste tomatoes onions jalapeos served with injera and a side salad.
Tibs
Your choice of seasoned and cubed protein sauted with onion jalapeno tomato and rosemary served with mitmita injera and a side salad.
Doro Wot
Our signature dish. Traditional chicken stew simmered in berbere (cayenne pepper) onion, garlic, ginger, and clarified Ethiopian herbal butter. Served with a boiled egg and a side of homemade Ethiopian cheese.
Mahberawi
A variety of all of our special meat stews served in a bed of injera.
Kintot
Delicious beef stew served in a bed of injera along with all of our veggie dishes.
Godin Tibs
Prime short ribs marinated with special sauce sauted with onion tomato fresh garlic, and pepper.
Kitfo
Beef tartare seasoned with our homemade Ethiopian herbal butter, mitmita (red chili spice blend) and cardamom ordered to your choice of raw, medium or well done. Served with homemade Ethiopian cheese.
Lega Tibs
Tender beef cubed sauted with onion, jalapeno pepper, and Ethiopian spice butter. Served medium rare.
Ibex Special
Very lean beef cubes fried to a perfect crisp with onion and pepper, served sizzling on fajita pan.
Banatu
Tibs firfir topped with kitfo and ayb with boiled egg.
Ibex Special Kitfo
Beef tartare seasoned with our homemade Ethiopian herbal butter, mitmita (red chili spice blend), and cardamom ordered to your choice of raw, medium or well done. Served with homemade Ethiopian cheese and collard greens.
Misto
Two of our most popular spicy and non spicy beef stews served on a bed of injera with a side of ayb Ethiopian cheese.
Zilzil Tibs
Stripes of beef sauteed and seasoned with Ethiopian butter, onion, garlic, and jalapeno.
Minchet
Finely chopped lean ground beef simmered in a blend of minced ginger onion garlic and berbere sauce served with hardboiled egg.
Gomen Besiga
Chopped collard greens cooked with onion garlic and cubed meat spiced and purified with Ethiopian butter.
Gored Gored
Chunked cubed beef awaze sauce onions and peppers cooked with butter.
Bozena Shiro
Roasted and powdered chickpeas cooked with beef cubes, onion, tomato, garlic, and Ethiopian spice butter.
Afghan
Well chopped lean beef cooked well with onion pepper and Ethiopian spiced butter.
Lunch and Dinner
Fasting
Vegetarian Combo
A variety of vegan-friendly veggie dishes served on a bed of injera. Lentil and chickpea stew, cabbage, potato and carrot medley, Ethiopian style collard greens and a green bean and carrot stir fry.
Whole Fish
A whole seasoned and fried fish to perfection served rice and Side salad.
Shiro Wot
Ground chickpeas prepared with olive oil, minced onions, garlic, ground ginger, chopped tomatoes, and berbere spice.
Fish Dulet
Well chopped tilapia pan sauted with olive oil onion tomato garlic and green pepper.
Potato Stew
Pieces of potatoes cooked with cubed beef in a blend of special sauce.
Fish Stew
Chopped tilapia spiced and sauted with olive oil onion tomato garlic and green pepper.
Kids Chicken Nuggets and Fries
All-natural chicken lightly breaded and fried served with fries.
Kids Mac 'N' Cheese
All-natural macaroni and melted cheese.
Kids Alfredo Pasta
Angel hair pasta toasted with Alfredo sauce.
Kids Menu
Drinks
Smoothie
A blend of fresh mango avocado strawberry and banana.
