Blue Nile Cafe Menu

Welcome to Blue Nile Cafe, an inviting vegetarian haven in the heart of Kansas City at 20 E 5th St. With a strong focus on Ethiopian cuisine, this cafe showcases an array of vibrant dishes, perfect for both vegans and vegetarians alike.

Highlights include:

  • Gomen Dinner: Fresh collard greens seasoned to perfection.
  • Misir Watt Dinner: A hearty red lentil stew bursting with flavors of ginger and cardamom.
  • Atikeltt Dinner: A comforting medley of cabbage, potatoes, and carrots.
  • Veggie Sambusa: Crispy pastries filled with spiced lentils and vegetables.

With options for delivery and takeout, Blue Nile Cafe caters to both casual diners and those looking to enjoy authentic Ethiopian fare in a cozy atmosphere. Don't miss their Happy Hour specials for a delightful experience!

Dinner Vegetarian and Vegan

Gomen Dinner

Fresh collard greens cooked and seasoned with onion, ginger, and garlic.

$19.70

Misir Watt Dinner

A stew made from red lentils cooked with sauted onions and berbere, then flavored with ginger, garlic, and cardamom.

$19.95

Atikeltt Dinner

Cabbage mixed with chunks of potatoes and carrots cooked with yellow onion and flavored with ginger, garlic, and turmeric.

$19.95

Yekik Watt Dinner

Seasoned yellow split peas slowly cooked with ginger, turmeric, and garlic.

$18.95

Fosolia Dinner

Fresh green beans and carrots cooked with onions, fresh garlic, turmeric, ginger, and a touch of cardamom.

$19.95

Inguday Watt Dinner

Gluten free, vegan. Sliced button mushrooms and julienned onion sauted and simmered in misir watt.

$19.95

Dinich Watt Dinner

Chunks of potatoes cooked with garlic seasoned in tomatoes and berbere sauce.

$18.95

Shimbera Watt Dinner

Chickpeas and green peas simmered in a gravy made with diced tomatoes, onions, and roasted and powdered peas.

$19.95

Veggie Combination Dinner

Your choice of 4 vegan items.

$20.95

Vegetarian Sampler Dinner

Vegetarian items from entres 1-8 for two.

$39.95

GomenLunch

Fresh collard greens cooked and seasoned with onion, ginger, and garlic.

$15.49

Misir WattLunch

A stew made from red lentils cooked with sauted onions and berbere, then flavored with ginger, garlic, and cardamom.

$15.49

Atikeltt Lunch

Cabbage mixed with chunks of potatoes and carrots cooked with yellow onion and flavored with ginger, garlic, and turmeric.

$15.49

Yekik Watt Lunch

Seasoned yellow split peas slowly cooked with ginger, turmeric, and garlic.

$15.49

Fosolia Lunch

Fresh green beans and carrots cooked with onions, fresh garlic, turmeric, ginger, and a touch of cardamom.

$16.95

Inguday WattLunch

Gluten free, vegan. Sliced button mushrooms and julienned onion sauted and simmered in misir watt.

$17.95

Dinich Watt Lunch

Chunks of potatoes cooked with garlic seasoned in tomatoes and berbere sauce.

$15.49

Shimbera Watt Lunch

Chickpeas and green peas simmered in a gravy made with diced tomatoes, onions, and roasted and powdered peas.

$17.79

Veggie Combination Lunch

Your choice of 4 vegan items.

$17.95

Vegetarian Sampler Lunch

Vegetarian items from entres 1-8 for two.

$32.95

Lunch Vegetarian and Vegan

Dinner - Appetizers

Veggie Sambusa Dinner

A pastry filled with spiced lentils, cabbage, and carrot flavored with herbs and spices. With blue Nile special sauce. 2.

$9.49

Duba Shorba

Butternut squash and red lentil soup seasoned with exotic-spices.

$9.49

Veggie Sambusa Lunch

A pastry filled with spiced lentils, cabbage, and carrot flavored with herbs and spices. With blue Nile special sauce. 2.

$7.95

Duba Shorba Lunch

Butternut squash and red lentil soup seasoned with exotic-spices.

$7.95

Lunch Appetizers

Dinner - Meats

Doro Watt Dinner

Tender skinless and boneless chicken marinated in lemon, sauted in herbed butter, and stewed in berbere sauce flavored with a pinch of cardamom and nutmeg.

$19.95

Tibbs Watt Dinner

Lean strips of beef, slowly simmered in a sauce made with finely chopped onions, berbere, and tomatoes until tender, then seasoned with garlic, cardamom, mekelesha spice, and kibbeh.

$22.49

Yebeg Watt Alicha Dinner

Mild. Cubes of lamb, slowly simmered into a stew with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and kibbeh butter.

$22.49

Sampler Platter Dinner

A platter featuring items 1 through 8, 10, 13, 16. For 2.

$52.49

Meat Combo Dinner

A platter featuring items 1, 2, 3, 10, 13. For 1 person.

$23.79

Doro Watt Lunch

Tender skinless and boneless chicken marinated in lemon, sauted in herbed butter, and stewed in berbere sauce flavored with a pinch of cardamom and nutmeg.

$17.79

Tibbs Watt Lunch

Lean strips of beef, slowly simmered in a sauce made with finely chopped onions, berbere, and tomatoes until tender, then seasoned with garlic, cardamom, mekelesha spice, and kibbeh.

$18.95

Yebeg Watt Alicha Lunch

Mild. Cubes of lamb, slowly simmered into a stew with onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and kibbeh butter.

$18.95

Sampler Platter Lunch

A platter featuring items 1 through 8, 10, 13, 16. For 2.

$46.49

Meat Combo Lunch

A platter featuring items 1, 2, 3, 10, 13. For 1 person.

$19.95

Lunch Meats

Desserts

Baklava

A rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or frosting or honey.

$5.17