Dama Ethiopian in Arlington

I cannot believe I didn't go here for every cake need I've had in the last 6 years. I've passed this place so many times and just didn't know the treasures it had inside. This wonderful business has a fresh variety of delicious cakes that they will box up in no time with a special message of your choosing on it. I went in this past Saturday afternoon and was greeting immediately and then helped...

When you're here you will forget that you're in the Unites States. This place is free from any synthetic customer service and unnecessary manners but is full of natural Ethiopian hospitality. The food is absolutely flavorful and comes in generous portions. The staff is super kind and are really down to earth.

As I start this review I begin to daydream about wearing a full body suit made of injera and diving into a pool of delicious Dama ethiopian and tearing off pieces of injera and eating my way through said pool of awesomeness.  MMMMMM.  Oh wait...sorry...Ok...review time.... In my opinion DC beats NYC in terms of two cuisines.  Ethiopian and Vietnamese.  Before doing a project in DC I probably had Ethiopian maybe 4 times in my life.  Now that my DC project is over, I can says that I have had it over 18 times and at least 8 of those dining experiences were at Dama, It may have also helped that I was staying next door at the Sheraton but I still preferred Dama to (Das, Ethiopic, Balageru, Others that I forget the name) What do I like about it you may wonder? Besides for the taste, it's the authenticity of the place for sure.  I hate seeing things americanized to extremes the way we get at many asian restaura...