Brilliant service and a brilliant meal. Incredibly delicious, authentic food. It feels like you are visiting a friends home for dinner. Would go back without hesitation.
Brilliant service and a brilliant meal. Incredibly delicious, authentic food. It feels like you are visiting a friends home for dinner. Would go back without hesitation.
Excellent food- the best African cuisine I’ve had in a long long time. Don’t delay. Get down to Cafe Merkama asap.
Food is beautiful and Temam is a great host! Great taste of Ethiopia! Highly recommend for something a little different
We often eat African in Melbourne, Merkama was of the highest standards of these, and cooked their own in house Injera bread, we had a selection of 8 dishes, all of which were excellent, and if you don't try the home made persian love cake...you are losing one of the best deserts I have ever tried, Bravo, you will see us again!More
Very interesting and lovely food, accompanied by excellent introduction to this food by owner. Great experience. The silverbeet dish was particularly lovely as was the welcoming shai tea.
Great little restaurant. Different Ethiopian food. We are in and had the tasting plate, excellent. Reasonably priced and BYO. This guy deserves your patronage, you won't be sorry
Wonderful tasty food. Fantastic service by owner/ chef. We had the tasting plate and the chef helped us choose the options. Great price too. BYO alcohol. Enjoy.
Best food I’ve eaten in a long time. Lovely warm and friendly service with tasty food. We had the taste of Africa sample plate and loved everything. Highly recommend
Excellent service and wonderful food, especially for someone who doesn’t get to eat Ethiopian food very often. The owner set up a table for us, as we had dropped by earlier in the day. His food suggestion was spot on and the goat tender and...delicious. We were the only people there as it is the off season, but i highly recommend it. One thing to note is you need cash to eat there or know how to use his payment system. No credit cards.More
I have to fair and make sure I don't get tied up in the hype of TripAdvisor. It was nice, but was it the best I have had, no, far from. Was it worth trying, yes. The flavours were clean, it was tasty. Portion size...OK. Value OK. Atmosphere OK. I would say its a good place to try but lower you expectations from the TripAdvisor hype a couple of notches.More
A very enjoyable meal and value for money. The goat stew went extremely well with the vegetables. Other choice is chicken or beef stew.
great food, definitely coming back the next time I’m in Ballarat and bringing more people to enjoy as well😋😋
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Yummy food, good vibe & very affordable!! Very good service and lovely environment. The xylophone was extra special treat.
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Shai tea and Persian Love cake just wonderful. Very good, complex flavours, and relaxed and affordable. Loved it.
Thank you for your kind words
Fantastic food and gracious host. I took my mother here for her birthday and will be going back many a time. Beautiful heart warming food, we had the share plate for three and couldn't be happier.