Restaurant

Cascade

Open daily, breakfast through dinnerOver the fallsTwo levelsRoof terraceEthiopian craft

Tables are composed with the calm of a private salon, share your evening and we will place you beside the lake, the fire, or the open kitchen.

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An all-glass pavilion suspended above a waterfall, where the day is measured in courses and the lake fills every wall.

Sunset tables on the deck are held by request. Speak with the concierge.

The venue

Spatial and atmospheric

Dress: Resort elegant. Linen and quiet jewellery by day, a warm layer for the highland evening
Service: Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Two levels in green onyx, burl wood and brass, wrapped in glass and crowned by a circular skylight, cantilevered over a volcanic-rock waterfall.

Designed by AVA Creative Solutions as a radial pavilion on two levels, cantilevered over a volcanic-rock waterfall. The ground floor turns around a central rock-and-water feature, with a burl-wood bar and illuminated cellar, green onyx columns in brass, porcelain floors and woven chairs at onyx-stone tables. A spiral stair rises to an open roof terrace and its own bar, set beneath a circular skylight. Framed Ethiopian art, vintage stamp pieces and woven textile panels run throughout, and glass walls open to the lake and the Wollo hills.

Seating zones

The Ground FloorOpen all day
Salon lounge
Perimeter tables turning around the central rock-and-water feature, beneath green onyx columns.
The Outdoor TerraceWeather permitting
Lakeside terrace
Open-air tables at the glass edge, set among potted olive trees above the falling water.
The Roof TerraceBest at sunset
Over-water deck
An open upper level beneath the circular skylight, with its own bar and curved banquettes.
The BarOpen all day
Salon lounge
A burl-wood bar with an illuminated cellar wall, on the ground floor and again on the terrace.

Provenance and heritage

Fruit and vegetables
The resort's seven hectares of organic orchards and gardens
Planted within Ethiopia's Green Legacy and harvested a few steps from the kitchen.
Aromatic spices
The on-site highland spice gardens (ቅመማ ቅመሞች)
Berbere, korarima and cardamom grown and dried on the grounds.
Coffee
Diverse Ethiopian Terroirs
The birthplace of Arabica. A rotating showcase of the country’s finest profiles ranging from the high-altitude alpine plateaus to deep forest canopies. Roasted to order and prepared on-site.Roasted to order and served in the Ethiopian tradition.
Honey
Highland apiaries of the Amhara region
These highlands have drawn beekeepers for generations.

Hours

Breakfast06:30 – 10:30
All day10:30 – 18:00
Dinner18:30 – 22:30

Curated movements

Daily chronicle

Ingredients, technique, and sensory narrative, pricing lives in the lookbook, not the plate line.

Movement 1

First Light

Morning opens slowly, with coffee roasted at the table and the lake still flat with mist.

Coffee ceremony, roasted at the table
Ingredients · Single-origin coffee arabica, frankincense at the birth of coffee.
Roasted, ground and brewed tableside in the jebena or steamed depending on your interst.
Smoke first, then dark fruit, then a long warmth.
Teff porridge, honey, toasted seeds
Ingredients · Brown teff, highland honey, sunflower and flax
Slow-cooked over a low flame
Nutty and warm, sweetened only by the comb.

Movement 2

The Highland Table

The long table of the day, built around the open fire and what the gardens gave up that morning.

Smoked highland lamb, fermented butter, charred greens
Ingredients · Wollo lamb, niter kibbeh, garden chard and kale
Slow-smoked over volcanic stone
Smoke and spiced butter, cut by the bitterness of the garden.
Orchard pears, honeycomb, spiced cream
Ingredients · Pears from the resort orchards, highland honey, cardamom cream
Roasted in the wood oven
Warm fruit and raw honey, the cardamom arriving last.

Mixology and cellar

Sommelier's canvas

Hover a curated pour, aroma, profile, and legacy unfold against full-bleed lifestyle footage.

Rare vintage

Aged tej

Ethiopia's honey wine, aged and served as a digestif.

In residence

Cascade

Spatial and atmospheric

First Light

Coffee ceremony, roasted at the table

Teff porridge, honey, toasted seeds

The Highland Table

Smoked highland lamb, fermented butter, charred greens

Orchard pears, honeycomb, spiced cream

Aged tej