Mesi's Kitchen

Restaurant · AfricanLower Holloway

No dishes marked gluten free

37 dishesmenu read 7 Novmesiskitchen.com

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Menu

Tue–Fri lunch 12:00–3:00pm, dinner 5:00–10:30pm; Sat 1:00–11:00pm; Sun 1:00–9:00pm; closed Mon. Closed between lunch and dinner.

Starters

  • Ethiopian Style Salad£5.50

    Made with lettuce, tomatoes, green chillies, onion, lemon juice, and our own herbs, and spices.

  • Lentil Azifa£6.95

    Whole lentils cooked, mashed and blended with onions, jalapeno, and light oil, fresh lemon juice. Served room temperature.

  • Mushroom Fried£6.95

    Portobello mushrooms marinated and sautéed with onions and pepper. Can be prepared spicy, medium, or mild.

  • Sambusa£6.95

    Fried triangular pastry filled with vegetables or meat or chicken and spice.

    Likely gluten

  • Hummus£4.95

    Mashed chick peas made with tahini, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and spiced up with our secret recipe.

    Likely sesame

  • Roast Vegetable Salad£6.95

    Roast vegetables served with hummus and olives.

    Likely sesame

Side Dishes

  • Ye Misser Wot£6.50

    Split lentils in hot sauce.

  • Ye Ater Kik Alicha£5.95

    Slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs, and spices.

  • Tekil Gomen£5.95

    Cabbage, potatoes, and carrots cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.

  • Gomen£5.95

    Thinly cut collard or spring greens steamed to perfection in a mild sauce.

  • Fosolia£5.95

    Whole beans with strips of carrots cooked with spice.

Main Courses

  • Special Vegetarian - Vegan Variety£1

    A combination of Vegetarian / Vegan dishes selected by our main chef arranged on our large serving tray.

  • Meat Combo£1

    A variety of beef, lamb and chicken dishes arranged on our large tray.

  • Mesi's Combo£1

    A dazzling array of non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes selected by our main chef arranged on our large tray.

Beef Dishes

  • Zilzil Tibs£16.95

    Strips of choice lean beef sautéed in gee, onion with an assortment of herbs and spices.

    Likely dairy

  • Special Kitfo£19.95

    Finely chopped lean beef mixed in our melted ghee and garnished with mitmita and served with home made cheese & spinach, served medium or…

    Likely dairy

  • Kitfo£16.95

    Finely chopped lean beef mixed in our special melted ghee and garnished with mitmita and served medium or well done.

    Likely dairy

  • Ye Tibs Wot£15.95

    Very lean chopped beef, simmered in a hot and thick flavoursome berbere sauce.

Lamb Dishes

  • Lega Tibs£15.75

    Cubed tender lamb sautéed to perfection with onion, rosemary, and tomato with salad.

  • Awaze Tibs£15.95

    Cubed tender lamb marinated in a sea of awaze sautéed to perfection with onion, tomato and seasoned gee and herbs with salad. Hot pepper…

    Likely dairy

  • Dullet£16.95

    Finely chopped lamb tripe with lean beef garnished with spiced butter, red onions, and green chillies. Served medium or well done.

    Likely dairy

  • Yebeg Wot£16.50

    Succulent lamb cooked in a dense spicy stew of onion, berbere and spiced gee.

    Likely dairy

  • Yebeg Alicha£13.95

    Succulent lamb cooked in a mild tasty sauce with a distinctive flavour.

  • Gomen be Siga£15.50

    Tender lamb sautéed with red onion, spring green and our spices.

  • Ye Goden Tibs£17.95

    Tender lamb ribs marinated with special spices and fried with onion, rosemary and served with salad.

Chicken Dishes

  • Doro Wot£14.95

    Chicken drum sticks cooked slowly to tenderness in a thick spicy stew with hardboiled eggs.

    Likely egg

  • Doro Alicha£13.95

    A mild version of doro wot with turmeric.

  • Doro Tibs£13.50

    Chicken cubes marinated and sautéed with red onions, jalapeno pepper, mixed with our secret spices prepared hot or mild with rice and salad.

Fish

  • Fish£15.45

    In season fresh water fish. Ethiopian style prepared moist flakes of fish in crispy skin served with salad & vegetable.

    Likely fish

Vegetable Dishes

  • Ye Misser Wot£12.95

    Split lentil medium spicy sauce.

  • Yeater Kik Alicha£11.45

    Slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs, and spices.

  • Shiro Wot£12.95

    Seasoned milled chick peas (shiro) simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.

  • Fosolia£11.45

    Whole beans with strips of carrot cooked with Mesi's own spices.

  • Mushroom£12.95

    Mushrooms marinated and sautéed with Mesi's own secret spices, onions and garlic prepared spicy, medium or mild.

  • Azifa£11.45

    Whole lentils cooked and mashed blended with onions, jalapeno, mustard and olive oil, fresh lemon juice and a hint of garlic.

  • Beyaynetu - Vegetarian & Vegan Variety£15

    Vegetarian & Vegan variety (Beyaynetu).

  • Beyaynetu - Pescatarian£23.95

    Beyaynetu with fish.

    Likely fish

What the menu saysThe menu header reads 'Gluten Free / Teff Injera' (an image caption). No dish is labelled gluten free, and the main-course intro describes the injera as 'our light, airy, sourdough flatbread'. No venue-wide coeliac or cross-contact statement is printed.
  • The menu header reads 'Gluten Free / Teff Injera' (an image caption). No dish is labelled gluten free, and the main-course intro describes the injera as 'our light, airy, sourdough flatbread'. No venue-wide coeliac or cross-contact statement is printed.

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Facts

FactDetail
Address128 Holloway Road, Lower Holloway, N7 8JE
AreaIslington
KindRestaurant · African
Phone+44 20 7018 2640
Websitemesiskitchen.com
BookingOnline through Book online
Menu read7 Nov 2026 from mesiskitchen.com
Hours
  • Monday5pm–11pm
  • Tuesday5pm–11pm
  • Wednesday5pm–11pm
  • Thursday5pm–11pm
  • Friday5pm–11pm
  • Saturday12pm–11pm
  • Sunday12pm–11pm
MapOpen in Google Maps

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Where this comes from

Allergen answers come from the menu’s labels first, then the listed ingredients, then a model’s judgement checked when unsure. How allergen status is decided.

Questions about Mesi's Kitchen

Does Mesi's Kitchen have gluten-free options?

No dish is marked gluten free as served, from the menu read 7 Nov 2026. Each dish shows whether the venue labelled it or it was read from the ingredients.

Is Mesi's Kitchen coeliac friendly?

The venue notes: “The menu header reads 'Gluten Free / Teff Injera' (an image caption).”. Eatcrush reads each venue’s own menu and says where every answer came from. It never calls a dish safe: kitchens share fryers, boards and flour, and menus change. If you have coeliac disease or an allergy, confirm with staff before you order.

When is Mesi's Kitchen open?

Monday: 5pm–11pm. Tuesday: 5pm–11pm. Wednesday: 5pm–11pm. Thursday: 5pm–11pm. Friday: 5pm–11pm. Saturday: 12pm–11pm. Sunday: 12pm–11pm. Hours can change on public holidays; check with the venue.

Can I book Mesi's Kitchen online?

Yes, through Book online: https://www.mesiskitchen.com/reservations

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