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Darbo Restaurant

Restaurant Italian restaurant Catering service Halal restaurant African restaurant East african restaurant

Minimally decorated eatery serving traditional African dishes such as curries & stews. People often mention soup, portions, rice, free,


Address

3764 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH 43224

Contact

(614) 475-8004

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (347 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Thursday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Friday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Saturday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Sunday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Monday: 9 AM to 9 PM
  • Tuesday: 9 AM to 9 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: soup (9) portions (8) rice (7) free (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 5/5 Tiniko “Darkskin” C. 2 years ago on Google
    Food was magnificent, workers extremely courteous, large portions and tea was amazing!! Be back soon
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Melisa M. 1 year ago on Google
    I adore this place. The staff is always welcoming and the food is AMAZING. The chicken kalankal, the chapati, the soup (OMG) and tea when you are dining in-house are free and the BEST ever. The salmon is an amazing proportions and so tender. Plus they serve the most amazing pineapple juice and bananas with your meal for free as well. The green sauce....so fresh and deliciously spicy. Such good people to dine with! Thank you Leban!!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Manju P. 1 year ago on Google
    Best Somalian and Italian food. Great customer service. Very tasty and homely food . Very large portions. Liban and his wife will be there to help. Recommend this place. Must try Beef steak and rice. Chicken and rice, it comes with soup and salad. Goat and rice. (Soup and tea is self serve.)
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 faridah f. 4 years ago on Google
    Food is tasty. It was not noisy when we were there. All meals come with complementary banana, soup, tea and pineapple juice. It is clean. Tea and soup are self service. They do take-aways too and price is reasonable. On weekends the tea and soup finish by 4pm. So get there earlier if you want tea and soup. They do close at 9pm but on weekends do get there by 7pm because they may run out of food, which can only mean they have good food. But they do try to accommodate which is very nice.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jackie C. 3 years ago on Google
    The food was absolutely amazing. Bought it for my daughters family graduation party. Loved every bit of it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Deanna D. 5 years ago on Google
    This place was amazing!! My first time and it wasn’t so bad. This is traditional Somali food so be prepared for people to eat with their hands!! It’s not strange it’s their culture and the people are nice and polite! They came to out table a few times and ask about the food. If your going into a place like this have a open mind. This place isn’t American and that fine it’s nice to try out cultures food!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris R. 8 months ago on Google
    I had to revisit this place twice. I couldn't resist the taste and the portions. yummy forever! traveled from Maryland. I will come again.

  • 4/5 irshan n. 2 years ago on Google
    A very different flavor but his chapathi was excellent..

  • 5/5 Imad A. 1 year ago on Google
    One of my favorite places to go and enjoy good fresh food, Soup feee all day , juice free, and they give you some fruits after perfect meal for less than 17$

  • 5/5 Candido L. 11 months ago on Google
    Super delicious and ethnic Somalian food! The owner was very friendly as well. I'd definitely consider going back.

  • 5/5 farida b. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing restaurant and generous portions!! The owner is gentle friendly. Everything is halal

  • 1/5 Fowsiyo A. 1 year ago on Google
    It was sososo nasty wallahi the food made me so sick no flavor no seasoning just very plain food great portion. But no flavour at all the hilib (meat) had 0 taste to it even the baasto Idk what happened to this place but they need the old chef back

  • 5/5 Joey F. 1 year ago on Google
    Phenomenal food! I had the kalangaal and it was top tier, and it came with so much that I really enjoyed too. Will be back soon.

  • 5/5 Henry P. 1 year ago on Google
    It's always a feast at Darbo. Friendly staff, free soup and tea, delicious food in generous portions. Highly recommended. I go out of my way to visit when I'm in town.

  • 5/5 Cheylan Saadou Y. 2 years ago on Google
    Great food and excellent service. I stopped by to break my fast while traveling. Everyone was very attentive and hospitable. May Allah continue to bless your family and your business. Ameen 🤲🏼

  • 4/5 Kevin L. 1 year ago on Google
    This place has wonderful food and such great staff. Chicken steak w rice is a classic and they do it wonderfuly. The free self-serve tea and soup is great too. The portions are really generous. I like the place a lot and the only reason I took off a star was that one of the time I was there, there were a lot of flies around me. If that’s resolved it’s a 5!

  • 5/5 Caleb G. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent food and super friendly staff. We had the chicken and rice as well as the lamb and rice and both were fantastic. Full of flavor and you get massive portions. The pineapple juice was an excellent touch as well. 10/10 would recommend.

  • 5/5 Zach P. 3 years ago on Google
    This was my first time trying Somali food, and it was very good! The tea was also really good! The owner is a very friendly person and will help you out if you are unsure what to order.

  • 5/5 Jordan H. 3 years ago on Google
    Awesome place. Went there for the first time today. The owner let me try some grilled goat that he was preparing while I waited for my to go order, which was super nice and delicious. I ordered the chicken steak and rice, and the curry goat. Both were AMAZING and the portions are HUGE. I ate it for 3 meals straight. Highly recommend

  • 5/5 Adan G. 2 years ago on Google
    My favorite restaurant you can have free soup/tea while waiting your lunch.

  • 5/5 yunis i. 2 years ago on Google
    Great food food is delicious I love it and is cheap 🥰


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Halal food
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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