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Tamem KitfoBole Branch
Tamem Kitfo

Bole · Addis Ababa

The home of
famous kitfo

Prime beef minced by hand each morning, folded through niter kibbeh we clarify ourselves, and served the way Gurage families have served it for generations.

More than kitfo

What we are known for

  • Hand-minced kitfo

    Tire, leb-leb or fully cooked — prepared to order with our own spiced butter and mitmita.

  • Bulla, genfo & dulet

    The Gurage table in full: silky enset bulla, rich genfo, and dulet chopped fresh each service.

  • Mesob dining

    Traditional low tables and hand-woven mesob for family gatherings and long lunches.

  • Catering to you

    We bring the clay pans, the chefs and the coffee ceremony to your home or office.

Tradition & heritage

A Gurage kitchen in the middle of Bole

Kitfo is not a dish you can rush. The beef is trimmed and minced by hand, never machine-ground, because the texture is the whole point. The niter kibbeh is clarified in our own kitchen with korerima and koseret, and the mitmita comes up from Gurage growers who have sold to this family for years.

Everything else follows from that. Warm kocho instead of bread. Fresh ayib, not yesterday’s. Gomen cooked down slowly. It is the same food our grandmothers made, served in a room where you are expected to stay a while.

  • Niter kibbeh clarified in-house
  • Prime beef minced fresh daily
  • Mitmita sourced from Gurage growers
  • Served in traditional clay and mesob

From the menu

Order a plate

A few of the dishes people come back for. The full menu has more.

Tamem Special KitfoPopular

Tamem Special Kitfo

680 ETB

Prime beef minced by hand and folded through our own niter kibbeh and mitmita. Served with fresh ayib, gomen and warm kocho. Ask for it tire, leb-leb or fully cooked.

Spice: Very hot
Gurage Kitfo in ClayPopular

Gurage Kitfo in Clay

750 ETB

The Gurage way: served sizzling in a hot clay pan with extra kibbeh, homemade kocho, ayib and spiced gomen.

Spice: Very hot
Tamem Special DuletPopular

Tamem Special Dulet

540 ETB

Tripe, liver and lean beef chopped fine and sauteed with green pepper, onion, niter kibbeh and mitmita.

Spice: Properly spicy

Mobile catering

We will bring it to you

Weddings, mahiber, office lunches and family days. Our chefs mix the kitfo in front of your guests, and the coffee ceremony runs to the end.

Events & gatherings

A hall built for celebrations

Our cultural hall seats a large party under woven walls and warm light, with mesob seating and a full coffee ceremony set.

The room

Come and see

Tamem special kitfo served in enset leaf
Gurage kitfo in a traditional clay bowl
Niter kibbeh poured from a clay jebena
Kitfo served on a woven mesob
Injera and kitfo laid out for the table
Ayib, gomen and kitfo in a clay bowl

Find us

Open every day

Bole Dabi Complex, Ground Floor, opposite Ramada Hotel, Bole, Addis Ababa

Cultural hall