"I'd never understood Ethiopian food -- and then Haime Asfaw showed me the way...I ate it with relish, already planning in my head when I could return to Arada for more."
-Jason Sheehan, Westword 06/29/2006
Reviews
- Westword Best of Denver 2007, Best African Restaurant
- 5280 Top of the Town: 2006
- Denver Post, Eats 2007 - The Unexpected
We couldn't stop eating, picking at the last of the meat on the chicken legs, nibbling little bites of the kittfo and homemade cottage cheese, pulling pinches of sauce-soaked injera off the serving platter; going back again and again to taste this amazingly strange, deliciously different, bizarrely comforting cuisine coming from the kitchen of not just Denver's best Ethiopian restaurant, but one of Denver's best ethnic restaurants, period.
Westword, 8-18-2007
Meat dishes share space with top-notch vegetarian fare. Spice freaks will love the place.
- The Denver Post, Eats 2007
No matter your dietary persuasion, an Arada meal is a post-graduate course in sophisticated seasoning.
- Rocky Mountain News, 09/2006
"In a town blessed with a fair number of good Ethiopian eateries, Arada stands out for its attention to detail and quality preparations."
-The Denver Post, 07/02/2004
"After just a few bites, Arada had pretty much cemented its status as one of my favorite ethnic restaurants. Not only was the food excellent, but the room was very pleasant..."
-Westword May 6, 1999
