About Blue Nile
This quirky restaurant stands out on Birmingham’s foodie scene, showcasing the rarely seen cuisine of Ethiopia – think slow-cooked hunks of lamb and rich blends of spice. Since opening they’ve picked up warm praise from local bloggers.
Starter
Blue Nile Salad
Lettuce, green pepper, onion, olive, cucumber chef's recipes.£4.50Garlic Bread with Salad
Lettuce, green pepper, onion, olive, cucumber chef's recipes.£5.50Honey and Mustard
Honey mustard, lettuce, green pepper, onion, olive, cucumber and chef's recipes.£5.00Tuna with Salad
Lettuce, green pepper, onion, olive, cucumber and tuna chef's recipes.£10.50Ye Abesha Salad
Tomato, green pepper, onion and olive chef's recipes.£5.00Lamb Samosa with Salad
£5.50Mix Vegetables Samosa with Salad
£5.50
Vegetarian
Shiro Wot
Powdered peas, onion, vegetable oil, powdered red pepper & ethiopian spices.£11.50Gomen Wot (Vegetarian)
Finely chopped collard greens are steamed with mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£11.50Combination Vegan
Combination of lentil, fresh string beans, carrots, potatoes & cabbage.£15.50Yesom Beyayinetu Ke Asa Gar
Combination of lentil,fresh string beans, carrots, potatoes & cabbage. Served with fried fish.£25.50Misr Wot (Vegetarian)
Split hot lentil sauce.£11.50Kik Wot (Vegetarian)
Split peas cooked in onion, garlic and turmeric flavored sauce.£11.50Tikl Gomen Wot (Vegetarian)
Cabbage cooked with slices of potatoes and carrots.£11.50Brown Lentils (Vegetarian)
Mild lentil sauce.£11.50Yetsom Firfir
Split hot lentil sauce mixed with injera.£13.50
Combination Of Vege & Meat
Spinach with Chicken (Combination Of Vege & Meat)
Spinach, served with chicken mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£14.50Bozena Shiro
Powdered peas, meat, onion, vegetable oil, powdered red pepper and ethiopian spice.£13.50Gomen Be Sega (Combination Of Vege & Meat)
Finely chopped collard greens are steamed with meat mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£15.50Mahberawi
Mixed vegetables dish with yebeg alicha and yebeg key wot.£19.50Gomen Be Ayb
Finely chopped collard greens, served with ayb (cottage cheese).£11.50
Lamb Dishes
Yebeg Key Wot (Lamb Dishes)
Fresh lamb cooked with berbere (ethiopian hot pepper), onion and ethiopian herbs. Served with aybe (cottage cheese),£12.50Yebeg Alicha Wot (Lamb Dishes)
Fresh lamb delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other ethiopian herbs.£12.50Yebeg Kikil
Tender lamb pieces and ribs cooked with onion, butter and ethiopian herbs.£13.00Misto
Combination of yebeg keye wot and yebeg alicha.£15.00Yebeg Derek Tibs
Tibs tender lamb cubes sauteed in a flavourful sauce of awaze,onion and ethiopian herbs.£14.00Awaze Tibs firfir
Tender lamb cubes with onion, garlic, tomato sauce and other ethiopian herbs.mixed with Enjera£13.50Yebeg Tibs
Tender lamb cubes fried with spices, hot pepper, onion and ethiopian herbs.£13.00Yebeg Awaze Tibs
Tibs tender lamb cubes sauteed in a flavourful sauce of awaze, onion and ethiopian herbs.£14.00Tibs Firfir
Tender lamb cubes fried with spices, hot pepper, onion and ethiopian herbs mixed with injera.£13.50Gaslight
Minced lamb sauteed with onion, tomato, fresh garlic , jalapeno,Add chif recip£14.50Minchet Abish (Hot)
A very delicious ground minced lamb, simmered in a hot sauce with ethiopian butter, onion, ginger, garlic and boiling egg.£13.50Minchet Abish Alicha (Mild)
A very delicious ground minced lamb, simmered in a mild sauce with ethiopian butter, onion, ginger, garlic and boiling egg.£13.50Enqulal Be Sega
Egg with tender lamb cubes fried with spices, hot pepper, onion and ethiopian herbs.£13.50Gomen Be Sega (Lamb Dishes)
Finely chopped collard greens are steamed with meat mild seasonings,onion & olive oil.£15.50Kitfo (Raw)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Prepared to desire: raw£15.00Kitfo (Medium)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Prepared to desire: medium£15.00Kitfo (Cooked)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Prepared to desire: cooked£15.00Special Kitfo (Raw)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Served with ayb (cottage cheese) and collard green. Prepared to desire: raw£16.00Special Kitfo (Medium)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Served with ayb (cottage cheese) and collard green. Prepared to desire: medium£16.00Special Kitfo (Cooked)
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita (ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Served with ayb (cottage cheese) and collard green. Prepared to desire: cooked£16.00Special Quanta Firfir
Dehydrated striped tender beef cooked with hot pepper sauce and ethiopian herbs mixed with injera£13.50Gored Gored
Beef cubes seasoned with herbed ethiopian butter and mitimita ( hot chilli pepper)£15.00Special Zilzil Tibs
Strips of tender, lean beef sauteed in a flavourful sauce of awaze, onions and ethiopian herbs. Served hot flamed on ethiopian hand made£16.00Yeberie Lega Tibs
Fresh beef delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other ethiopian herbs£13.50Yeberie Awaze Tibs
Tibs tender beef cubes sauteed in a flavourful sauce of awaze, onion and ethiopian herbs£14.00Chef Specialty
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopin butter & chef special recipes£15.50Gaslight
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopin butter & chef special recipes cooked£14.50
Poultry Dishes (Chicken)
Doro Wot Firfir
Chicken cooked ethiopian style with hot pepper sauce and special spices mixed with injera. Can also be served with aybe (cottage cheese).£14.00Spinach with Chicken (Poultry Dishes)
Spinach, served with chicken mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£14.50Doro Wot
Chicken cooked ethiopian style with hot pepper sauce and special spices.£13.50
Ideal For Two or Three
Yefisik Beyaynetu For Two
Combination of five different dishes includes yebeg keye wot, yebeg alicha, yebeg tibs, kitfo & doro wot and cottage cheese.£30.00Blue Nile Special For Two
Combination of ten different dishes includes misr wot, kik wot, tikl gomen wot, difn misr wot, kosta wot, yebeg keye wot, yebeg alicha, yebeg tibs, kitfo & doro wot.£34.00Yefisik Beyaynetu For Three
Combination of five different dishes includes yebeg keye wot, yebeg alicha, yebeg tibs, kitfo & doro wot.£40.00Blue Nile Special For Three
Combination of ten different dishes includes misr wot, kik wot, tikl gomen wot, difn misr wot, kosta wot, yebeg keye wot, yebeg alicha, yebeg tibs, kitfo & doro wot.£47.00Kornis
Combination of special quanta firfir & kitfo served with ayb (cottage cheese).£28.00Combination Vegan For Two
Combination of lentil,chickpeas,carrots potatoes,cabbage & cooler green with salad£30.00Combination Vegan For Three
Combination of lentil,chickpeas,carrots potatoes,cabbage & cooler green with salad£44.00
Rice Dishes
Rice Spinach With Chicken
Rice spinach, served with chicken mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£14.50Rice with Michetabish Alcha (Mild)
Rice a very delicious ground minced lamb, simmered in a mild sauce with ethiopian butter, onion, ginger, garlic and boiling egg.£14.50Rice with Michetabish Key (Hot)
Rice a very delcious ground minced lamb, simmered in a hot sauce with ethiopian butter, onion, ginger, garlic and boiling egg.£14.50Rice with Alcha Wot
Rice fresh lamb delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other ethiopian herbs.£13.50Rice with Key Wot
Rice fresh lamb cooked with berbere (ethiopian hot pepper), onion and ethiopian herbs.£14.50Rice with Lamb Tibs
Rice tender lamb cubes fried with spices, hot pepper, onion and ethiopian herbs.£13.50Rice with Derek Tibs
Rice tibs tender lamb cubes sauteed in a flavourful onion and ethiopian herbs.£15.00Rice with Chicken
Rice chicken cooked ethiopian style with hot pepper sauce and special spices.£14.50Rice with Vegetable
Rice combination of lentil, fresh string beans, carrots, potatoes & cabbage.£15.50Rice with Misto
Rice combination of yebeg keye wot and yebeg alicha.£15.50Rice with Zilzl Tibs
Rice strips of tender, lean beef sauteed in a flavourful onions and ethiopian herbs. Served hot flamed on ethiopian hand made.£16.00
Fish Dishes
Tilapia Whole Fried Fish
Whole fried fish, flour salt pepper and spices.£13.00Tilapia Boneless Fried Fish
Boneless fried fish.£13.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.50Asa Tibs
Tilapia fish fillet cubes marinated in a special blend of house spices, onion, garlic, jalapeno, pepper, rosemary butter.£15.50Assa Gulash
Tilapia fish fillet cubes marinated in a special blend of house spices, hot sauces, onion, garlic, jalapeno, pepper, rosemary and fresh tomatoes.£15.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Kitfo) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Awaze Tibs) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Lega Tibs) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Key Wot) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yebeg Alcha) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Miser Wot (Lentils)) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen)) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Spring Green (Gomen Wot)) (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Awaze Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Lega Tibs)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Kitfo)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Key Wot)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Yebeg Alcha)
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Miser Wot (Lentils))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Cabbage (Tikl Gomen))
£16.5050-50 Choose Dishes (Yellow Split Peas (Kik Wot)) (Spring Green (Gomen Wot))
£16.50
Beef Dishes
Kitfo
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and mitimita (Ethiopian made hot chilli pepper). Prepared to desire: raw, medium or cooked.£15.00Specila Kitfo
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and mitimita Ethiopian made hot chilli pepper. Served with Ayb (cottage cheese) and collard green. Prepared to desire: raw, medium or cooked.£16.00Special Quanta Firfir
Dehydrated striped tender beef cooked with hot pepper sauce and Ethiopian herbs mixed with injera.£13.50Gored Gored
Beef cubes seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and mitimita (hot chilli pepper.)£15.00Yeberie Awaze Tibs
Tibs tender beef cubes sauteed in a flavouful sauce of awaze, onion and Ethiopian herbs.£14.00Yeberie Lega Tibs
Fresh beef delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other Ethiopian herbs.£13.50Special Zilzil Tibs
Strips of tender, lean beef sauteed in a flavourful onions and Ethiopian herbs. Served hot flamed on Ethiopian hand made.£16.00Chef Specialty
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter & mitimita, chef special recipes.£15.50Chef Speciality
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter & chef special recipes£15.50Gaslight
Minced beef meat seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter & chef special recipes cooked.£14.50Geba Weta
Beef cubes seasoned with herbed Ethiopian butter and mitimita (hot chilli pepper). Hot soft cooked£15.00
Side Dishes
Misr Wot (Side Dishes)
Split hot lentil sauce.£5.50Kik Wot (Side Dishes)
Split peas cooked in onion, garlic and turmeric flavored sauce.£5.50Tikl Gomen Wot (Side Dishes)
Cabbage cooked with slices of potatoes and carrots.£5.50Brown Lentils (Side Dishes)
Mild lentil sauce.£5.50Gomen Wot (Side Dishes)
Finely chopped collard greens are steamed with mild seasonings, onion & olive oil.£5.50Yebeg Keye Wot (Side Dishes)
Fresh lamb cooked with berbere (ethiopian hot pepper), onion and ethiopian herbs. Served with aybe (cottage cheese).£6.00Rice
£3.50Aib
£3.50Yebeg Alicha Wot (Side Dishes)
Fresh lamb delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other ethiopian herbs.£6.00Extra Enjera
£1.25
Kids Meal
Fish Finger & Chips
£5.00Rice with Alcha Wot Salad
Rice fresh lamb delicately seasoned & cooked with spiced garlic & other ethiopian herbs£13.00Rice with Michetabish Alcha Salad
Rice a very delicious ground minced lamb, simmered in a hot sauce with ethiopian butter, onion, ginger, garlic and boiling egg£14.00Chicken Nuggets and Chips
£5.00
Hot Drinks
Tea
£2.00Coffee
£2.25Cappuccino
£3.00Latte
£3.00Espresso
£2.50Espresso Macchiato
£2.50Tea with Spirits
£4.00Coffee with Tea
£3.00Hot Chocolate
£3.00
Soft Drinks
Coca Cola 330ml
£2.00Diet Coke 330ml
£2.00Coca Cola Zero Sugar 330ml
£2.00Sprite 330ml
£2.00Fanta
£2.00Appletiser 275ml
£2.00Schweppes Toni Water 200ml
£2.00Schweppes Slimline Toni Water 200ml
£2.00Schweppes Lemonade 200ml
£2.00Super Malt
£2.00Coco Malt
£2.00Pepsi
£2.00Water
£1.50J20 Juice
£1.50Small Perrier
£2.00Ginger Beer
£3.00Red Bull
£2.75
Wine
Small Bottle
£3.75Red Bottle
£18.00White Bottle
£18.00Rose Bottle
£18.00Tej (Berele Bottle)
£3.50
Beer
St George Beer
£4.00Desperado Beer
£4.00Walia Beer
£4.00Habesha Beer
£4.00Bedele Beer
Bedele Beer£4.00C0rona Beer
Harar Beer£4.00Stella Beer
£3.50Budweiser Beer
£3.50Guinness Beer
Guinness Beer£4.00Heineken Beer
£3.50Bacardi
£3.00Black Label
£3.00Jack Daniel's
£3.00Gorgon Gine
£3.00Chivas
£3.00Bell's
£3.00Vodka
£3.00Hennessy
£3.00Tequila
£3.00Cognac
£3.00Baileys Cream
£3.00Martely
£3.00Brandy
£3.00Captain Morgan
£3.00Jameson Whisky
£3.00Sambuca
£3.00Malibu
£3.00