very disappointed. my husband and i have been going to cafe lalibela for about two years, and we have always had a wonderful experience. however, we met another couple for dinner there last night, and the service was so poor, i will be looking for another ethiopian restaurant to patronize. we had been telling this couple for almost a year how wonderful the service and food were, and we were finally able to arrange a night out together. apparently, the owners were on vacation and left someone else to run the restaurant and they were doing a very poor job. three of the four people in our party ordered the house hot tea and it never arrived until just before our meal; about 20 to 25 minutes. and, we were never even offered a refill. in past visits, our cups were never even able to get completely empty, before we were offered a refill. the person drinking the iced version of the house tea was offered and had at least two refills. hmmm...in fact we never actually saw our server again until our meal was served. at no time during our meal were we ever asked if there was anything we needed. when our server came to take our dirty dinnerware, the only comment was "these are heavy", as all the plates were stacked to carry away. there was never a bill brought to the table. we were told we would be charged at the register. to complete our wonderful dinning experience, we were charged incorrectly, however it was not discovered we were charged for the other couples meals, until after we had paid, and were standing outside waiting for the other couple, and our sever came out an told us we had been charged incorrectly, and we still owed on our meal; we owed another $5.00. in all fairness though, the meal was excellent. however, that will not be enough inducement to have me go back; at least not until the owners have returned from vacation. i will most definitely be calling beforehand, to make sure they will be there, if we ever decide to go again.