Rendez-Vous Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurant

The restaurant is a long skinny space which makes each table more private. The dimmer lighting and soft instrumental music make for nice ambiance.

The food was amazing! So many great flavours! We had the spiced tea and the vegetarian combo and meat combo which allowed us to try so many dishes and tastes. What a great place!

Absolutely loved this place. The food was amazing, I was blessed to experience the coffee ceremony and the staff was wonderful and so attentive. The toast to ring in the New Year was a welcome touch. Will definitely be back.

Mon épouse et moi avons dîné au Rendez-Vous avec deux amis, le dimanche 10 décembre. On a pris deux entrées, un combo légumes, un combo viandes et, en plus, l'agneau aux pommes de terre. Et, à la fin, le café avec cérémonie. Tout a été parfait. La bouffe, le service, l'atmosphère feutrée. On s'est promis de revenir!

Having never had ethiopian food before it is not possible to compare this to others but we were both exceptionlly happy with our meal.

Good place for vegan/ vegetarian Ethiopian food
flavourful and tasty, well priced meals

We went to this restaurant to dine in tonight August 29 at 8.50pm. It took us around 15 minutes to order food as we were checking the menu!
We also ordered something to drink! 1 white wine which tasted bitter and 2 soft drinks! One waitress came and took order verbally she didn’t have any notebook to write the order! Anyway, we started to wait!
The restaurant had all native diners of the same community. Except us.
After us a group of 8/10 people came and they were promptly served! Maybe within 15 minutes of their arrival. They might have ordered before coming? Just giving benefit of doubt for that! (All from the same community)!
Then 3 gentlemen came took a table ahead of us and their order was also served on time!
The waitress who took our order verbally was walking past by our table with a puzzled look, not maintaining any eye contact!
Then finally at 9.50pm I asked where is our food?
She didn’t answer and hurriedly walked away! We were surprised! The people who came after us all left except those 3 men who were eating! The waitress then comes to our table and quietly mumbled that the food will take some time! (she must have forgotten to place our order to the chef since she took the order verbally) Not ready to hear this after an hour long wait!
We stood up prepared to leave and we’re ready to pay for the drinks! She said we don’t have to pay for the drink! Wow! So generous eh?
Not a word of apology for her mistake or negligence! We left the place! I did declare Loud that we will give a ‘Great’ review! Never to return to that place ever! We eat out quite often and enjoy the food we dine everywhere!
A very poor customer service! With a 0 rating!

It was my first time trying Ethiopian food and I had the most wonderful experience at Rendez-Vous. We got the two meat and two veggies platter which you can see looks like a feast!

Our group really enjoyed the food and the flavours were so wonderful. The restaurant had a great ambiance too, complete with beautiful background music and great service.

We also got the Ethiopian coffee and watched the coffee ceremony. Our server roasted the coffee beans on a pan next to us and the aroma filled up the entire space. The coffee itself was very delicious. Even though we had it at 9 pm, we had no troubles falling asleep.

Will recommend to anyone.

One of the best Ethiopian restaurants in the city! I always get the vegetarian platter and it is ALWAYS impressive! My favourites are Ye ‘Kim wot and the gomen. Last time we went my husband had the Ye ‘Begkey tibes - it was so delicious. The meat was tender, and coated in a luscious sauce.

We ordered takeout but when we arrived a little early to pick up, the vibe was so great we decided to stay and were very glad we did. Fantastic food, great service. We’ll be back!

I came here a week ago for my boyfriend's birthday and we had a great time! The food was delicious and the staff were lovely, thanks again:)

My favourite Ethiopian restaurant in Toronto. Food is super flavourful (meat and veggies), fun to come with a group to share the injera platters. Service is great as well.

If you've never eaten African food, Ethiopian cuisine is a great starting point, it's not spicy, has flavour and comes in generous portions.

Rendezvous is fun hangout that serves a great selection of Ethiopian food, most of the dishes are a mix protein, vegetables and healthy serving of Injira bread. I like the lamb they serve, it comes in sizzling and has a lovely layer of charring.

Note that Ethiopian food is eaten with your hands but the staff will given you cutlery if you desire! Overall had a lovely time, definitely recommend!

Delicious food, great vibes from the atmosphere but more importantly the staff working. Know their menu well and fell in love the moment I entered from the deliciously intoxicating scent of the food and roasting coffee beans. Will definitely be back soon!

June 14,2023. The service was not as before. The main point is, we were served with "Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony". Three of us drank the coffee and in the receipt it was mentioned "Over 4 people". Shockingly the price of the coffee was $30 - much much higher than any expensive food I saw in the menu. Very exaggerated price for a coffee!

The food was excellent! I wasn't even hungry and I ate an entire vegetarian platter. So delicious

We were a part of 40 plus and Beti (not sure spelling) our server was amazing. She handled everybodies order very well and it was a smooth process. Food took a while but that's understandable considering how many of us there were.
Definitely recommend the food, it was my first time trying Ethiopian food and I got the veggie platter which was amazing. All the different curries were very tasty as was the injera.

The coffee ceremony was interesting too and they brought out a pan with the beans toasting in front of us. I didn't realize that its meant to be shared (2-4 ppl) not just for one. And it felt a little rushed but that was probably because of how busy it was.

The one complaint would be that 20% auto gratuity was added, but they didn't inform us, so ended up tipping double.

Would definitely go back for the food and service. Thank you guys!

Went here today with the gals and the service was superb, the food delicious, the ambiance great! Will be coming back for sure!

Not a good experience here. On a weekend at lunch, literally no one else in the entire restaurant. Yet the food still took a long time to come. I got the cha cha which was charbroiled beef and my friend got some 3 meat plate. The cha cha beef was straight up burnt. It was more well done than well done. Some pieces were inedible charred meat bits.
While we were eating they started lighting incense or some sort of scented fire right next to us on the counter. Again, literally no one else in the entire restaurant so not sure why they did that… This caused our area to smell very strongly of smoke.
Not sure why it’s so highly rated but there’s plenty of better Ethiopian spots nearby.

It was my first time trying Ethiopian food and the flavours were delicious, portions were generous and the servers were extremely attentive without being pushy at all.

Looking forward to eating here again in the future.