Ada's Gojjo 1301 Memorial Drive, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

"ridiculous experience. stopped in after work on my own. ordered a vegan messob for 1, the waitress asks me which veggies i wanted and i responded "whatever the kitchen recommends". (clearly she understood that i didn't want every item on the menu.) "we don't have the pumpkin." "ok, whatever they recommend out of the others" (again, clarification that i didn't want every item.) minutes later i was served an insane amount of food. first time here so i chalked it up to generous portions. proceeded to eat, literally the only guest in the restaurant on a saturday. not checked in on once during the meal while listening to the waitress and a young guy mess around on their phones, him super condescending to her about a litany of things (her spanish and what i've come to understand was my meal) within earshot of my table. i asked for a to-go box for the leftovers and then the bill came. $44. for the 2-person sampler. for one person. for one meal. (the waitress knew that's not what i wanted - she either ordered it from the kitchen wrong or the kitchen screwed up; not my problem.) older woman, maybe their mother, came to the table when i asked for clarification. the waitress sat with her back to me, didn't look in my direction or respond once during the conversation - she knew messed up. the rude young man did too. they were literally talking about it while i ate. i'm a reasonabled person and would've been happy to chalk it up to a miscommunication if the only 3 people i interacted with in this tiny restaurant weren't so rude. i'm pissed and have an ugly box of leftovers that i paid way too much for. for $44 i would have expected real service and a better experience / some level of professionalism. hard pass on Ada's Gojjo. it's a shame that the front of house sucks because the food is decent."

"Food is tasty but the miserable girl working there ruined it. She clearly doesn’t want to be there and it made us feel awkward. We enjoyed the food and service better last year. Gave us terrible heartburn and we eat just about every cuisine. Meaning we’re very accustom to different meats, vegetables and spices. Sad because we adored this place a year ago."

"My boyfriend and I shared the vegetable platter for 2. It was delicious. My only complaint is that they dont give you bread to scoop it up with like most Ethiopian restaurants do. They charge $4.00 for bread so we just ate the bread from below which was well marinated. If the bread was included, the experience would have been excellent!"

"Food was good and had large portions, but the overall experience left much to be desired. For eating there on a Saturday, I wished there was music playing in the restaurant and that the staff had been a bit more knowledgeable/descriptive of the menu items. Still would recommend checking it out for a casual lunch if you like trying new foods."

"Food was very good. We got both Dominican and Ethiopian. I really enjoyed the Dominican while my husband enjoyed the Ethiopian. Large portions. Met the owner, a lovely woman. Service needs some work. Two servers, nice, but not experienced."