Semhar is rated 9.4/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories: Quality of food: 9.7/10 Service: 9.2/10 Atmosphere: 9.1/10

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Semhar is identified as offering ethiopian cuisine.

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Semhar

Name: Semhar
Address: Marnixstraat 259-261, Amsterdam, 1015 WH, Netherlands
Price range: €25 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.5

Restaurant menu

Food photo15 photos

Type of cuisineEritrean

Average price€25

ChefB. Yohannes

Zegeni

€18.5

Gestoofde lamsvlees, rijk aan kruiden en aangevuld met vegetarische bijgerechten

Zebhi Dorho

€18.5

Een traditioneel feestgerecht van kip met rode saus en aangevuld met vegetarische bijgerechten

Kelwa

€18.5

Gebakken kalfsvlees mild/pittig gekruid en aangevuld met vegetarische bijgerechten

Reviews

9.5
of 10

Excellent

170 reviews

Ambience

9.1

Food

9.7

Service

9.3

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Érika B. • 6 reviews
January 25, 2025
8.5/10
amazing food, amazing presentation. I was curious about the traditional way for the seats downstairs, but it seems that is need a special reservation. The value of money for food is one of the best

Julia R. • 1 review
January 18, 2025
8.5/10
Place was nice but the meal ended up being very expensive related to the amount of food we had. We paid 60e for one veggie plate, which I consider too much for 2 people.

Sergio V. • 14 reviews
December 14, 2024
10/10
Tasty food, nice environment, friendly staff

Ian T. • 1 review
November 30, 2024
9.5/10
Food was great; I had the lamb dish with injera and date cake for dessert. Definitely worth visiting.

Mark L. • 59 reviews
July 25, 2024
10/10
We enjoyed the food very much. Beautifully presented. We had a meal for 2, an assortment of foods. Layers of flavor !!!! Loved the coffee and date cake. A must visit.

Andrew B. • 1 review
July 14, 2024
10/10
Incredible food, lovely service, the owner was so sweet, overall gave me one of my favorite parts of my trip to Amsterdam

Anthony B. • 1 review
April 14, 2024
10/10
Some of the best Ethiopian food I've ever had!

Antoine d. • 13 reviews
January 27, 2024
10/10
Amazing place for diner to discover new food. Good ambience and friendly service, we loved it!

Claudia A. • 2 reviews
October 14, 2023
10/10
Great and cozy place. Amazing service.

Julia H. • 1 review
November 9, 2019
9.5/10
It was a great find and barely other guest present so we as a group of 9 people had a lot of space and could enjoy our dinner to the fullest! Big recommendation in jordaan.

- -. • 1 review
August 4, 2019
9.5/10
It is my favourite place to eat in Amsterdam. Just delicious. Service was amazing. It was my second visit and I'll definitely be back. Would highly recommend.

Kelin S. • 33 reviews
April 30, 2019
9/10
I have been to about five Ethiopean/Eritrean restaurants before and I always enjoy them. The dishes are varied and the way to eat with the sour dough crêpes is a nice change to our conventional eating. This restaurant was very good and I can definitely recommend it. The only thing I was not delighted by was that in the non-meat version there was only a single spicy sauce... the famous spicy egg does not come in a vegeratian version.

Nida S. • 1 review
April 6, 2019
8/10
Good food. Nice, Nice, simple, authentic decor. Was transported back to Africa!

- -. • 4 reviews
January 19, 2019
10/10
Just excellent

- -. • 5 reviews
October 28, 2018
8/10
Tasty food and good service. We had the meat platter for two (can't remember the name!)

James F. • 2 reviews
May 18, 2018
9.5/10
Love Ethiopian food and this has some really good examples. We have eaten there twice, the first time we split the large meat platter for 2 (substituting an Okra dish for one of the meat dishes) and the second time we ordered individual dishes. The injera is well done, the lentil dishes are very tasty (particularly the red lentils), good greens. I really like the spicy red meat and fish dishes, my wife loves the okra in red sauce. Restaurant is in a quiet part of Amsterdam with some tables looking out at a canal. House wines are reasonable, good beer selection.

Tripadvisor reviews

Tripadvisor

209 reviews

Location

Marnixstraat 259-261, 1015 WH Amsterdam

TRAM 5

Parking lot

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About this restaurant

Dit restaurant is genoemd naar een Eritrese provincie aan de Rode Zee wat ligt aan de Afrikaanse Oostkust. Dankzij de ligging vormde Semhar in de afgelopen eeuwen een brug tussen Azië, Europa, Afrika en de Arabische wereld. Het gebruik van kruiden bij het koken werd beïnvloed door de contacten me...

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Semhar is rated 9.4/10.TheFork users have rated accordingly in the following categories:
- Quality of food: 9.7/10
- Service: 9.2/10
- Atmosphere: 9.1/10