text: As I have noted in other reviews I am a recent transplant from Venice Beach CA and have decided to dive right into the scenennIn LA there are tons of wonderful Ethiopian restaurants to choose from so I have been checking out what Las Vegas has to offer I began my journey at Meskerem last week see my review and decided to check this place out nnI read a post do not think it was on Yelp that said that Cottage Cafe was better than the spots in Little Ethiopia in LA That is a bold statement Needless to say I had to see what the hot fuss was aboutnnI called my order in as I know that Ethiopian joints can some times have service that is SSSSLLLLLLOOOOOWWWWW I placed an order for the vegetarian combination and the lamb stew An order like this from most Ethiopian restaurants is typically enough food for me to make into about meals Perfect as I do not want to cook in degree weather nnThe first woman who answered had to get someone else to take my order as she could not understand the simple phrase I would like to place an order to go Anyway I ordered with a bit of apprehension and proceeded to head over thinking that surely my food would be ready by the time I got there I live in Green Valley and the restaurant is around the corner from UNLV You would think that that would be enough timennOf course there were no customers in the place when I got there about pm on a Thursday night and the chicks behind the bar looked put out to have a paying customer walk in the door When I said that I was there to pick up my order one frowned up at me and asked what it was and proceeded to write out the ticket and take it back to the kitchen HELLO The point of calling it in was so that it would be placed and ready for me to pick up The other chick never said a word and just disappeared into the back somewhere WownnAfter standing at the bar and watching an episode of Real Housewives of NY on their big screen TV I finally got my order Long story short for bucks I was expecting more food more flavor and some form of service a simple Hello would have been nicennWhen I got home I was pretty disappointed The portions of veggies were way smaller than I am accustomed to and the lamb was way dry Unlike one reviewer I know it was definitely lamb not dog or cat meat like he saidtee hee hee but the bone to meat ratio was pretty high and I had to add my own Ethiopian spices to it nnDont know how anyone could give this place more than star but I would avoid this place at all costs Never again will I return For the first time in my life I am NOT looking forward to the left over Ethiopian chilling in my fridge Being tipsy helped it go down okay last night Might have to try that again for the remainder